Costa Rica is about 1.6 times smaller than United Arab Emirates.

United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 61.12% the size of United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile, the population of United Arab Emirates is ~9.9 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of United Arab Emirates vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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