Country size comparison
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Iran is about 32 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 3,125% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (81.6 million more people live in Iran).
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Moving from Iran to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
119 people born in Iran live in Costa Rica.
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