Country size comparison
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Nigeria is about 18 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, making Nigeria 1,708% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (219.9 million more people live in Nigeria).
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Moving from Nigeria to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
3 people born in Nigeria live in Costa Rica.
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