Country size comparison

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Greece is about 2.6 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, making Greece 158% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.3 million more people live in Greece).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Greece uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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