Country size comparison
compared to
Botswana is about 11 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, making Botswana 1,038% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.8 million fewer people live in Botswana).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Botswana
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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