Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 18 times bigger than Samoa.
Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 1,705% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (5.0 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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