Country size comparison
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Tonga is about 68 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Tonga is approximately 747 sq km, making Tonga 1.46% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Tonga).
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