Nigeria is 18 times larger than Costa Rica.
Area: 51,100 km2 World Factbook
Population: 4,755,234 (July 2014) World Factbook
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. Wikipedia
Area: 923,768 km2 World Factbook
Population: 177,155,754 (July 2014) World Factbook
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Wikipedia