Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is about 1.4 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 38% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (70,593 more people live in Ireland).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Ireland
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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