Country size comparison
compared to
Bahrain is about 67 times smaller than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Bahrain is approximately 760 sq km, making Bahrain 1.49% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Bahrain).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Costa Rica is 29.1% more expensive than Bahrain overall
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Moving from Bahrain to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
1 people born in Bahrain live in Costa Rica.
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