Country size comparison

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New Orleans is about 116 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 0.86% the size of Costa Rica.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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