Country size comparison

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Finland is about 7 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, making Finland 562% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (397,136 more people live in Finland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Finland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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