Costa Rica is 1.06× the size of Slovakia

Costa Rica covers about 51,200 km² (19,700 mi²) and Slovakia about 48,500 km² (18,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

51,200km²Costa Rica
48,500km²Slovakia

100 km

Costa Rica
Slovakia

What fits

Slovakia is 95% of the size of Costa Rica.
Costa Rica is larger by 2,690 km² (1,040 mi²), which is 5.6% of the area of Slovakia.
Measured in Belgiums: Costa Rica is about 1.67, Slovakia about 1.58.

How they differ

Costa Rica is larger, but Slovakia has the larger population: 5.4 million against 5.3 million, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 112 in Slovakia against 103 in Costa Rica: Slovakia is 1.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,200 km apart.
On a standard web map Slovakia looks larger than Costa Rica: Costa Rica at 10°N is drawn about 1.0× too large and Slovakia at 49°N about 2.3×, so the map shows Slovakia as 2.11× the size of Costa Rica, when Costa Rica is 1.06× the size of Slovakia.
Together Costa Rica and Slovakia cover 99,600 km², close to the size of South Korea (98,500 km², 1.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 2,690 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Slovakia's density, Costa Rica would have 5.7 million people (it has 5.3 million). At Costa Rica's density, Slovakia would have 5.0 million (it has 5.4 million).
Slovakia's centre is 38.7° of latitude, about 4,310 km, farther north than Costa Rica's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Costa Rica	1.06×
More people	Slovakia	1.03×
More crowded	Slovakia	1.08×
Farther north	Slovakia	38.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Slovakia	2.3× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Costa Rica	Slovakia
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.67×	1.58×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.21×	0.20×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.14×	0.14×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×
France 548,000 km²	0.09×	0.09×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 332	1 in 350

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Costa Rica	Slovakia
Area, main territory	51,200 km²19,700 mi²	48,500 km²18,700 mi²
Population	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024	5.4 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	103 per km²	112 per km²
Official area	51,200 km²Wikidata	49,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	San José	Bratislava
Latitude range	6°N to 11°N	48°N to 50°N
Continent	North America	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2024 and Wikidata 2025, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,200 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 49,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 48,500 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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