Country size comparison

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Japan is about 7 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 640% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (119.0 million more people live in Japan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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