Country size comparison
compared to
New Jersey is about 2.7 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, making New Jersey 37.59% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.6 million more people live in New Jersey).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
New Jersey
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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