Country size comparison

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Oakland is about 253 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Oakland is approximately 202 sq km, making Oakland 0.4% the size of Costa Rica.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Oakland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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