Country size comparison
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Venezuela is about 18 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Venezuela is approximately 912,050 sq km, making Venezuela 1,685% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (24.6 million more people live in Venezuela).
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Moving from Venezuela to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
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