Turkmenistan is about 10 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 855% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (431,600 more people live in Turkmenistan).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Turkmenistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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