Country size comparison
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Egypt is about 20 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 1,860% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (102.6 million more people live in Egypt).
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Moving from Egypt to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
13 people born in Egypt live in Costa Rica.
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