Country size comparison
compared to
South Korea is about 1.9 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, making South Korea 95% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (46.6 million more people live in South Korea).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
South Korea
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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