Country size comparison

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Sri Lanka is about 1.3 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, making Sri Lanka 28% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (18.0 million more people live in Sri Lanka).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Sri Lanka uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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