Country size comparison
compared to
Nicaragua is about 2.5 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, making Nicaragua 155% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (1.1 million more people live in Nicaragua).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Nicaragua
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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