Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 1.4 times bigger than Taiwan.
Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 42% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (18.4 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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