Country size comparison
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Yemen is about 10 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 933% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (25.8 million more people live in Yemen).
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