Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 1.2 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 80.78% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.3 million more people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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