Country size comparison
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Lesotho is about 1.7 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, making Lesotho 59.4% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Lesotho).
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