Country size comparison
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Namibia is about 16 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 1,513% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.5 million fewer people live in Namibia).
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