Country size comparison
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Costa Rica is about 68 times bigger than Tonga.
Tonga is approximately 747 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 6,741% larger than Tonga. Meanwhile, the population of Tonga is ~105,517 people (5.1 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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