Country size comparison
North Korea
compared to
Costa Rica
North Korea is about 2.4 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, making North Korea 136% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (20.8 million more people live in North Korea).
We have positioned the outline of Costa Rica near the middle of North Korea.
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Costa Rica
vs.
North Korea
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