Country size comparison
compared to
Laos is about 4.6 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km,
while Laos is approximately 236,800 sq km, making
Laos 363% larger than Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people
(2.5 million more people live in Laos).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Laos
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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