Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 2.9 times bigger than Swaziland.
Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 194% larger than Swaziland. Meanwhile, the population of Swaziland is ~1.1 million people (4.1 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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