Kuwait is about 2.9 times smaller than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 34.87% the size of Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (2.1 million fewer people live in Kuwait).
This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

Share this