Country size comparison

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Paraguay is about 8 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Paraguay is approximately 406,752 sq km, making Paraguay 696% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.2 million more people live in Paraguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Paraguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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