Germany is 6.99× the size of Costa Rica

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Costa Rica about 51,200 km² (19,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
51,200km²Costa Rica

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Germany
Costa Rica

What fits

Costa Rica fits inside Germany about 6.99 times by area.
Germany is larger by 307,000 km² (118,000 mi²), which is 599% of the area of Costa Rica.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Costa Rica about 1.67.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 5.3 million, 15.9× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 103 in Costa Rica: Germany is 2.27× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,460 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Costa Rica at 10°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Germany as 17.2× the size of Costa Rica instead of 6.99×.
Together Germany and Costa Rica cover 409,000 km², close to the size of Paraguay (400,000 km², 2.2% smaller).
The gap between them, 307,000 km², is about the size of Oman (311,000 km²).
At Costa Rica's density, Germany would have 36.8 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Costa Rica would have 11.9 million (it has 5.3 million).
Germany's centre is 41.1° of latitude, about 4,570 km, farther north than Costa Rica's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	6.99×
More people	Germany	15.9×
More crowded	Germany	2.27×
Farther north	Germany	41.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Costa Rica
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	1.67×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.21×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.14×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.09×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 332

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

Side by side

	Germany	Costa Rica
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	51,200 km²19,700 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	233 per km²	103 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	51,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	San José
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	6°N to 11°N
Continent	Europe	North America

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

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 51,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 51,200 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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