Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 3.4 times bigger than Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste is approximately 14,874 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 244% larger than Timor-Leste. Meanwhile, the population of Timor-Leste is ~1.4 million people (3.8 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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