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Costa Rica: area, population and density
Costa Rica has 51,060 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 5,152,950; calculated population density is 101 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Costa Rica ranks 126th of 196 by land area, 126th by population and 92nd by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 51,060 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 5,152,950World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 101 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Costa Rica in the country comparison set
Costa Rica has 51,060 sq km of land area and a population value of 5,152,950 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 126th by land area, 126th by population, and 92nd by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
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