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).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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