Country size comparison

compared to

Sweden is about 9 times bigger than Costa Rica.

Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 781% larger than Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people (5.3 million more people live in Sweden).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Costa Rica vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share

Compare further: Sweden vs. Costa Rica

Flip Comparison · See true size
See Sweden on top of Costa Rica
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 9 statistics
Make 59.8% less money in Costa Rica
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Costa Rica is 11.8% more expensive than Sweden overall
→
Moving from Sweden to Costa Rica · UN DESA 2020
164 people born in Sweden live in Costa Rica.
→