Country size comparison

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Turkey is about 15 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, making Turkey 1,433% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (77.8 million more people live in Turkey).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Turkey uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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