Country size comparison

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Swaziland is about 2.9 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, making Swaziland 33.98% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.1 million fewer people live in Swaziland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Swaziland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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