Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 4.6 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making Laos 363% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.5 million more people live in Laos).
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Moving from Laos to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
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