Country size comparison

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Slovakia is around the same size as Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Slovakia is approximately 49,035 sq km, making Slovakia 95.96% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (226,841 more people live in Slovakia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Slovakia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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