Country size comparison
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 110 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, making Northern Mariana Islands 0.91% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in Northern Mariana Islands).
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