Rio Grande do Norte is 1.03× the size of Costa Rica

What fits

• Costa Rica is 97% of the size of Rio Grande do Norte.
• Rio Grande do Norte is larger by 1,660 km² (641 mi²), which is 3.2% of the area of Costa Rica.
• Measured in Belgiums: Rio Grande do Norte is about 1.72, Costa Rica about 1.67.

How they differ

• Rio Grande do Norte is larger, but Costa Rica has the larger population: 5.3 million against 3.3 million, 1.59× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 103 in Costa Rica against 63 in Rio Grande do Norte: Costa Rica is 1.65× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 5,550 km apart.
• Together Rio Grande do Norte and Costa Rica cover 104,000 km², close to the size of Iceland (102,000 km², 1.5% smaller).
• The gap between them, 1,660 km², is about the size of Comoros (1,670 km²).
• At Costa Rica's density, Rio Grande do Norte would have 5.4 million people (it has 3.3 million). At Rio Grande do Norte's density, Costa Rica would have 3.2 million (it has 5.3 million).
• Costa Rica's centre is 15.8° of latitude, about 1,760 km, farther north than Rio Grande do Norte's.
• Rio Grande do Norte is the 22nd largest of the 27 states and districts of Brazil and covers 0.6% of its area; it is the 10th most densely populated of them.
• Costa Rica ranks 130th of 246 countries and territories by area.
• Costa Rica lies about 16° of latitude (roughly 1,760 km) north of Rio Grande do Norte, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Rio Grande do Norte would have about 15,990 m² and each person in Costa Rica about 9,710 m².
• Laid side by side, Rio Grande do Norte and Costa Rica would cover 104,000 km², about the same size as Iceland.
• Together they have 8.6 million people, 1.03× as many people as Honduras.
• Counted as a country, Rio Grande do Norte would rank 128th by area and 136th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 53,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,800 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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