Country size comparison
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Zimbabwe is about 8 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 665% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (9.9 million more people live in Zimbabwe).
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Moving from Zimbabwe to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
1 people born in Zimbabwe live in Costa Rica.
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