Country size comparison

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Madrid is about 85 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Madrid is approximately 604 sq km, making Madrid 1.18% the size of Costa Rica.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Madrid uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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