Country size comparison

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District of Columbia is about 289 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while District of Columbia is approximately 177 sq km, making District of Columbia 0.35% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in District of Columbia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. District of Columbia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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