Country size comparison
compared to
San Marino is about 838 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while San Marino is approximately 61 sq km, making San Marino 0.12% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in San Marino).
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