Country size comparison
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Timor-Leste is about 3.4 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Timor-Leste is approximately 14,874 sq km, making Timor-Leste 29.11% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.8 million fewer people live in Timor-Leste).
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