Country size comparison
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Netherlands is about 1.2 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 81.3% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (12.2 million more people live in Netherlands).
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