Country size comparison
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Ethiopia is about 22 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 2,061% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (108.5 million more people live in Ethiopia).
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Moving from Ethiopia to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
1 people born in Ethiopia live in Costa Rica.
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