Country size comparison
compared to
Somalia is about 12 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km,
while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making
Somalia 1,148% larger than Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people
(7.2 million more people live in Somalia).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Somalia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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