Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 3.2 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 221% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Suriname).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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