Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 12 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 1,148% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (7.2 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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