Cape Verde is 99 times larger than Costa Mesa, California.
Area: 4,033 km2 World Factbook
Population: 538,535 (July 2014) World Factbook
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean. Located 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa, the islands cover a combined area of slightly over 4,000 square kilometres. Wikipedia
Area: 41 km2 calculated
Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 United States Census. Wikipedia