Country size comparison

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Costa Rica is about 61 times bigger than San Diego.

San Diego is approximately 844 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 5,954% larger than San Diego.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Diego vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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