Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 4.2 times bigger than Vanuatu.
Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 319% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (4.9 million more people live in Costa Rica).
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