Country size comparison
compared to
Guatemala is about 2.1 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, making Guatemala 113% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (12.5 million more people live in Guatemala).
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Moving from Guatemala to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
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