Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 3.9 times smaller than Senegal.
Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 25.98% the size of Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (12.7 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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