Country size comparison
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Dominican Republic is around the same size as Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Dominican Republic is approximately 48,670 sq km, making Dominican Republic 95.24% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.5 million more people live in Dominican Republic).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Dominican Republic to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
1,317 people born in Dominican Republic live in Costa Rica.
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