Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 12 times bigger than French Polynesia.
French Polynesia is approximately 4,167 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 1,126% larger than French Polynesia. Meanwhile, the population of French Polynesia is ~299,356 people (4.9 million more people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale comparison of
French Polynesia
vs.
Costa Rica
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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