Country size comparison

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New York is about 2.4 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 139% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (14.2 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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