Country size comparison

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Germany is about 7 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 599% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (79.1 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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