Country size comparison

compared to

Cuba is about 2.2 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, making Cuba 117% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.8 million more people live in Cuba).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Cuba uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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