Country size comparison

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Peru is about 25 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Peru is approximately 1,285,216 sq km, making Peru 2,415% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (27.1 million more people live in Peru).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Peru uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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