India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, while Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, making Costa Rica 1.55% the size of India. Meanwhile, the population of India is ~1.3 billion people (1.3 billion fewer people live in Costa Rica).
This to-scale map shows a size comparison of India compared to Costa Rica. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Costa Rica vs. India using our country comparison tool.