Libya is about 34 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 3,343% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (1.9 million more people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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