Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 53 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 1.89% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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