Country size comparison

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Israel is about 2.3 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 42.93% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.7 million more people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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