Costa Rica is about 10 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 10.11% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (42.0 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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