Country size comparison

compared to

Guinea-Bissau is about 1.4 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Guinea-Bissau is approximately 36,125 sq km, making Guinea-Bissau 70.69% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Guinea-Bissau).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Guinea-Bissau uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.