Country size comparison
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Macau is about 1,812 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Macau is approximately 28 sq km, making Macau 0.06% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Macau).
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Moving from Macau to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
1 people born in Macau live in Costa Rica.
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