Country size comparison
compared to
Mexico is about 38 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 3,744% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (123.9 million more people live in Mexico).
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Moving from Mexico to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
3,720 people born in Mexico live in Costa Rica.
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