Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 3.4 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 237% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (1.5 million more people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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