Country size comparison

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Pakistan is about 16 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Pakistan is approximately 796,095 sq km, making Pakistan 1,458% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (237.7 million more people live in Pakistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Pakistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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