Country size comparison
compared to
Costa Rica is about 2.4 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 143% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Costa Rica).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
El Salvador is 21.1% cheaper than Costa Rica overall
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Moving from Costa Rica to El Salvador · UN DESA 2020
889 people born in Costa Rica live in El Salvador.
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