Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 3.5 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 245% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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