Costa Rica is around the same size as Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan is approximately 57,750 km² (22,297 sq mi), while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 88.48% the size of Lake Michigan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lake Michigan vs. Costa Rica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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