Country size comparison

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Denmark is about 1.2 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, making Denmark 84.33% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (716,356 more people live in Denmark).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Denmark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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