Country size comparison
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Tuvalu is about 1,965 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Tuvalu is approximately 26 sq km, making Tuvalu 0.05% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Tuvalu).
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