Country size comparison
compared to
Puerto Rico is about 6 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, making Puerto Rico 17.82% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Puerto Rico).
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Make 40.0% less money in Costa Rica
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Moving from Puerto Rico to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
426 people born in Puerto Rico live in Costa Rica.
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