Country size comparison

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Lebanon is about 4.9 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Lebanon is approximately 10,400 sq km, making Lebanon 20.35% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (92,403 more people live in Lebanon).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Lebanon uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Lebanon to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
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