Country size comparison

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Iceland is about 2 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, making Iceland 102% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in Iceland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Iceland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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