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Costa Rica: Surface Area

Total Surface Area: 51,100 km2 / 19,729.8 mi2 (WordData.info-Costa Rica & Nations Online)

  • World Rank: #126
  • 99.92% is Land Surface Area:  51,060 km2 (19,714.4 mi2) – .014% of the world’s total land area.
  • .08% is Water Surface Area: 40 km2 (15.4 mi2) – 0.00001% of the world’s water surface.
  • 1.08 million hectares (26.6 million acres) of land is protected by the Costa Rican government through 26 protected forests, 20 national parks, 9 forest reserves, 8 wildlife refuges and 7 wildlife sanctuaries.