Country size comparison

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Fort Lauderdale is about 568 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.18% the size of Costa Rica.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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