Afghanistan vs Costa Rica
Afghanistan is 12.7 times larger than Costa Rica. Costa Rica would fit into Afghanistan about 13 times.
AfghanistanCosta RicaAfghanistan moved onto Costa Rica · Equal-area projection
12.7×
Afghanistan is 12.7× the area of Costa Rica.
| Afghanistan | Costa Rica | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 652,230 km² | 51,180 km² |
| Population | 43,844,111 | 5,152,950 |
| Density | 67 / km² | 101 / km² |
| Capital | Kabul | San Jose |
| Region | Southern Asia | Central America |
| Coastline | Landlocked | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 2 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Afghanistan sits at about 34°N and is stretched to 1.45× its true area; Costa Rica at 10° N is stretched to 1.03×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Afghanistan bigger than Costa Rica?
- Yes. Afghanistan is 12.7 times larger than Costa Rica. Afghanistan covers 652,230 km² and Costa Rica covers 51,180 km².
- How many times does Costa Rica fit into Afghanistan?
- About 13 times: Afghanistan has 12.7× the area of Costa Rica.
- Why do Afghanistan and Costa Rica look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Afghanistan is drawn about 1.45× its true area there and Costa Rica about 1.03×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Afghanistan or Costa Rica?
- Afghanistan: 43,844,111 people against 5,152,950. Density: Afghanistan 67 per km², Costa Rica 101 per km².