Country size comparison
compared to
Panama is about 1.5 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 48% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (866,643 fewer people live in Panama).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Panama
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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