Country size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 29 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 2,799% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (4.5 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip:
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Alaska
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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