Country size comparison

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Latvia is about 1.3 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, making Latvia 26% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Latvia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Latvia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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