Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is about 4.8 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 377% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (62.6 million more people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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