Country size comparison
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Seychelles is about 112 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Seychelles is approximately 455 sq km, making Seychelles 0.89% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Seychelles).
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