Country size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is about 2.3 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 127% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (7.5 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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