Country size comparison
compared to
Canada is about 195 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, making Canada 19,439% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (33.0 million more people live in Canada).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Canada to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
1,689 people born in Canada live in Costa Rica.
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