Country size comparison
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Kuwait is about 2.9 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 34.87% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Kuwait).
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