Spain is a country located in Southwestern Europe, whereas Costa Rica is a country in Central America. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Spain and Costa Rica regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Spain bigger than Costa Rica?
The total area of Spain is 505,990 sq km, and the total area of Costa Rica is 51,100 sq km. Spain is bigger than Costa Rica by 454,890 sq km. Spain is around 9.9 times bigger than Costa Rica.
Area of Spain: 195,360 sq mi ( 505,990 km2 )
Area of Costa Rica: 19,700 sq mi ( 51,100 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat, World Bank data, the total population of Spain as of 2019 was estimated to be around 46.94 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Costa Rica as of 23rd August 2021, is estimated to be around 5,145,017.
Here is some more data comparison between Spain and Costa Rica.
The capital city of Spain is Madrid, and the capital city of Costa Rica is San Jose.
Official Languages
Spain: Spanish
Costa Rica: Spanish
Human Development Index
HDI of Spain as of 2019: 0.904
HDI of Costa Rica as of 2018: 0.810
Spain Timezone:
UTC + 0 to UTC + 1
(Western European Time and Central European Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 to UTC + 2
(Western European Summer Time and Central European Summer Time)
Costa Rica Timezone:
UTC – 6 (Central Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Spain:
40° 0′ 0″ N, 4° 0′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Costa Rica:
10° 0′ 0″ N, 84° 0′ 0″ W
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