Country size comparison
compared to
Rhode Island is about 19 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Rhode Island is approximately 2,706 sq km, making Rhode Island 5.3% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Rhode Island).
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