Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 19 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 1,754% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (58.6 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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