Country size comparison
compared to
Singapore is about 71 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Singapore is approximately 719 sq km, making Singapore 1.41% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (716,820 more people live in Singapore).
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Moving from Singapore to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
9 people born in Singapore live in Costa Rica.
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