Country size comparison
compared to
Turkmenistan is about 10 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, making Turkmenistan 855% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (431,600 more people live in Turkmenistan).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Turkmenistan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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