Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 852 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.12% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.