Country size comparison

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Kentucky is about 2 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 101% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (865,044 fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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