Country size comparison
compared to
United Arab Emirates is about 1.6 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making United Arab Emirates 64% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.7 million more people live in United Arab Emirates).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
United Arab Emirates
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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