Country size comparison
compared to
Malta is about 162 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 0.62% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Malta).
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