Country size comparison
compared to
Portugal is about 1.8 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 80% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.0 million more people live in Portugal).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Portugal
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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