Country size comparison

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Cyprus is about 6 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Cyprus is approximately 9,251 sq km, making Cyprus 18.1% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.9 million fewer people live in Cyprus).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Cyprus uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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