Country size comparison
compared to
Virginia is about 2 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is approximately 51,100 sq km,
while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making
Virginia 101% larger than Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, the population of Costa Rica is ~5.2 million people
(2.8 million more people live in Virginia).
This to-scale comparison of
Costa Rica
vs.
Virginia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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