Togo is 1.11× the size of Costa Rica

Togo covers about 56,900 km² (22,000 mi²) and Costa Rica about 51,200 km² (19,700 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

56,900km²Togo
51,200km²Costa Rica

100 km

Togo
Costa Rica

What fits

Costa Rica is 90% of the size of Togo.
Togo is larger by 5,710 km² (2,210 mi²), which is 11% of the area of Costa Rica.
Measured in Belgiums: Togo is about 1.85, Costa Rica about 1.67.

How they differ

Togo also has the larger population: 7.8 million against 5.3 million, 1.48× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 137 in Togo against 103 in Costa Rica: Togo is 1.33× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,320 km apart.
Together Togo and Costa Rica cover 108,000 km², close to the size of Guatemala (109,000 km², 0.7% bigger).
The gap between them, 5,710 km², is about the size of Brunei (5,720 km²).
At Costa Rica's density, Togo would have 5.9 million people (it has 7.8 million). At Togo's density, Costa Rica would have 7.0 million (it has 5.3 million).
Costa Rica's centre is 1.5° of latitude, about 160 km, farther north than Togo's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Togo	1.11×
More people	Togo	1.48×
More crowded	Togo	1.33×
Farther north	Costa Rica	1.5° of latitude

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Togo	Costa Rica
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.85×	1.67×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.23×	0.21×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.16×	0.14×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.15×	0.14×
France 548,000 km²	0.10×	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 299	1 in 332

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

Side by side

	Togo	Costa Rica
Area, main territory	56,900 km²22,000 mi²	51,200 km²19,700 mi²
Population	7.8 millionWikidata, 2017	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	137 per km²	103 per km²
Official area	56,800 km²Wikidata	51,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Lomé	San José
Latitude range	6°N to 11°N	6°N to 11°N
Continent	Africa	North America

Population: Wikidata 2017 and Wikidata 2024, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 56,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 56,900 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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