Country size comparison
compared to
North Carolina is about 2.5 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km,
while North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, making
North Carolina 147% larger than Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people
(4.3 million more people live in North Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
North Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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