Costa Rica vs Italy statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 59M in Italy (ranked 25/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 114,178 sq mi for Italy (ranked 126th vs. 72nd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226).

Costa Rica and Italy: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Italy economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Italy

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	$507,513,830	$42,012,422,612
1961	$490,325,182	$46,649,487,320
1962	$479,180,824	$52,413,872,628
1963	$511,902,137	$60,035,924,618
1964	$542,578,367	$65,720,771,779
1965	$592,981,162	$70,717,012,186
1966	$647,305,630	$76,622,444,787
1967	$699,456,619	$84,401,995,573
1968	$773,841,494	$91,485,448,148
1969	$853,630,204	$100,996,667,239
1970	$984,830,158	$113,656,669,765
1971	$1,077,147,538	$124,959,712,859
1972	$1,238,251,696	$145,594,833,997
1973	$1,528,925,846	$175,896,529,392
1974	$1,666,544,754	$200,024,444,775
1975	$1,960,863,466	$228,220,643,535
1976	$2,412,555,426	$225,235,205,862
1977	$3,072,427,013	$258,190,019,750
1978	$3,523,208,810	$315,784,469,541
1979	$4,035,519,323	$394,584,507,108
1980	$4,831,447,001	$478,356,755,596
1981	$2,623,803,096	$431,695,533,981
1982	$2,606,623,555	$428,257,421,618
1983	$3,146,772,631	$444,063,496,940
1984	$3,660,477,856	$438,896,930,791
1985	$3,919,203,960	$453,259,761,687
1986	$4,418,983,871	$641,862,313,287
1987	$4,532,952,047	$807,570,134,449
1988	$4,614,629,898	$893,663,934,841
1989	$5,251,025,767	$930,801,709,004
1990	$5,711,687,787	$1,183,945,130,899
1991	$7,215,725,487	$1,249,092,439,519
1992	$8,579,754,758	$1,323,204,350,354
1993	$9,564,815,975	$1,067,412,587,671
1994	$10,489,903,725	$1,101,750,159,702
1995	$11,578,594,260	$1,177,369,428,266
1996	$11,678,424,507	$1,314,776,508,972
1997	$12,614,602,382	$1,244,988,176,444
1998	$13,684,255,947	$1,272,729,786,997
1999	$14,254,866,285	$1,255,004,736,464
2000	$15,013,629,662	$1,149,661,363,439
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,172,041,488,806
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,281,746,271,196
2003	$17,271,760,507	$1,582,930,016,539
2004	$18,610,594,846	$1,812,808,753,295
2005	$20,040,642,477	$1,864,982,261,287
2006	$22,715,540,324	$1,958,563,654,386
2007	$26,884,700,709	$2,222,524,108,128
2008	$30,801,745,700	$2,417,508,414,187
2009	$30,745,714,313	$2,209,484,319,013
2010	$37,658,616,952	$2,144,936,254,535
2011	$42,762,613,699	$2,306,974,020,278
2012	$47,231,655,432	$2,097,929,495,122
2013	$50,949,668,842	$2,153,225,581,941
2014	$52,016,408,854	$2,173,255,507,986
2015	$56,441,920,821	$1,845,428,048,839
2016	$58,847,019,610	$1,887,111,188,177
2017	$60,516,044,657	$1,970,720,904,585
2018	$62,420,164,992	$2,099,435,266,459
2019	$64,417,670,521	$2,019,606,796,584
2020	$62,395,610,760	$1,907,481,094,079
2021	$64,960,725,734	$2,179,207,773,596
2022	$69,243,626,029	$2,104,067,630,319
2023	$86,497,941,439	$2,304,605,139,863
2024	$95,350,423,177	$2,372,774,547,793

Costa Rica and Italy economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Italy

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	$382	$837
1961	$356	$923
1962	$335	$1,030
1963	$346	$1,171
1964	$354	$1,272
1965	$374	$1,357
1966	$395	$1,459
1967	$414	$1,595
1968	$445	$1,718
1969	$477	$1,886
1970	$536	$2,112
1971	$570	$2,311
1972	$639	$2,677
1973	$769	$3,213
1974	$817	$3,629
1975	$937	$4,116
1976	$1,123	$4,042
1977	$1,393	$4,614
1978	$1,556	$5,623
1979	$1,735	$7,006
1980	$2,021	$8,476
1981	$1,068	$7,640
1982	$1,032	$7,574
1983	$1,213	$7,851
1984	$1,372	$7,758
1985	$1,429	$8,009
1986	$1,569	$11,341
1987	$1,567	$14,268
1988	$1,555	$15,781
1989	$1,725	$16,424
1990	$1,830	$20,874
1991	$2,253	$22,007
1992	$2,612	$23,297
1993	$2,840	$18,782
1994	$3,040	$19,382
1995	$3,275	$20,712
1996	$3,227	$23,123
1997	$3,408	$21,884
1998	$3,617	$22,365
1999	$3,691	$22,050
2000	$3,813	$20,190
2001	$3,985	$20,570
2002	$4,068	$22,451
2003	$4,173	$27,578
2004	$4,431	$31,348
2005	$4,703	$32,063
2006	$5,257	$33,537
2007	$6,138	$37,826
2008	$6,937	$40,829
2009	$6,833	$37,100
2010	$8,266	$35,857
2011	$9,276	$38,432
2012	$10,127	$34,854
2013	$10,803	$35,702
2014	$10,911	$36,028
2015	$11,715	$30,640
2016	$12,091	$31,392
2017	$12,317	$32,844
2018	$12,590	$34,904
2019	$12,885	$33,813
2020	$12,394	$32,091
2021	$12,838	$36,853
2022	$13,626	$35,654
2023	$16,942	$39,065
2024	$18,587	$40,226

Costa Rica vs. Italy life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Italy

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Italy
1950	57.5	65.7
1951	57.8	65.3
1952	58.1	65.9
1953	59.1	66.6
1954	59.9	67.9
1955	60.5	68.3
1956	61.2	67.6
1957	61.6	67.8
1958	62.3	68.9
1959	62.9	69.3
1960	63.5	69.2
1961	63.9	69.8
1962	64.2	69.2
1963	64.3	69.3
1964	64.5	70.4
1965	64.8	70.3
1966	65.1	71
1967	65.6	71
1968	65.8	70.9
1969	66.4	70.9
1970	66.8	71.6
1971	67.4	71.9
1972	68	72.1
1973	68.7	72.1
1974	69.4	72.8
1975	70.3	72.7
1976	70.9	73.1
1977	71.5	73.4
1978	72	73.8
1979	72.5	74.1
1980	73	74.1
1981	73.4	74.4
1982	73.9	74.9
1983	74.2	74.7
1984	74.6	75.5
1985	74.8	75.6
1986	74.9	75.9
1987	75.2	76.3
1988	75.5	76.5
1989	75.9	76.9
1990	76.1	77
1991	76.2	77
1992	76.4	77.4
1993	76.3	77.7
1994	76.3	77.9
1995	76.4	78.1
1996	76.4	78.4
1997	76.6	78.7
1998	76.9	78.8
1999	77.1	79.2
2000	77.3	79.6
2001	77.6	79.9
2002	77.9	80.1
2003	78.2	80.2
2004	78.5	81
2005	78.9	81
2006	79	81.4
2007	79.1	81.5
2008	79.2	81.6
2009	79.4	81.8
2010	79.4	82.1
2011	79.6	82.2
2012	79.9	82.3
2013	80.2	82.7
2014	80.2	82.9
2015	80.4	82.5
2016	80	83
2017	80	82.7
2018	80.1	83.2
2019	80.3	83.3
2020	79.7	82.2
2021	78.1	82.9
2022	79.3	82.1
2023	80.8	83.7
2024	81	83.9
2025	81.2	84

Costa Rica and Italy population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Italy

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	1,327,496	50,199,700
1961	1,377,920	50,536,350
1962	1,429,445	50,879,450
1963	1,481,604	51,252,000
1964	1,533,960	51,675,350
1965	1,586,208	52,112,350
1966	1,638,116	52,519,000
1967	1,689,523	52,900,500
1968	1,739,731	53,235,750
1969	1,789,276	53,537,950
1970	1,838,949	53,821,850
1971	1,888,539	54,073,490
1972	1,938,248	54,381,345
1973	1,988,343	54,751,406
1974	2,039,643	55,110,868
1975	2,092,719	55,441,001
1976	2,147,774	55,718,260
1977	2,205,025	55,955,411
1978	2,264,510	56,155,143
1979	2,326,490	56,317,749
1980	2,390,633	56,433,883
1981	2,456,637	56,501,675
1982	2,524,806	56,543,548
1983	2,595,153	56,564,074
1984	2,667,595	56,576,718
1985	2,741,894	56,593,071
1986	2,817,216	56,596,155
1987	2,892,699	56,601,931
1988	2,968,103	56,629,288
1989	3,043,827	56,671,781
1990	3,121,706	56,719,240
1991	3,202,176	56,758,521
1992	3,284,258	56,797,087
1993	3,367,434	56,831,821
1994	3,451,122	56,843,400
1995	3,535,176	56,844,303
1996	3,619,013	56,860,281
1997	3,701,711	56,890,372
1998	3,782,838	56,906,744
1999	3,862,101	56,916,317
2000	3,937,739	56,942,108
2001	4,008,947	56,976,981
2002	4,075,705	57,089,824
2003	4,138,784	57,399,184
2004	4,200,078	57,828,179
2005	4,261,240	58,166,682
2006	4,321,340	58,399,861
2007	4,380,248	58,756,247
2008	4,440,056	59,211,181
2009	4,499,791	59,555,454
2010	4,555,962	59,819,407
2011	4,609,833	60,026,841
2012	4,663,934	60,191,247
2013	4,716,147	60,311,613
2014	4,767,119	60,320,707
2015	4,818,038	60,229,605
2016	4,866,998	60,115,223
2017	4,913,177	60,002,252
2018	4,957,818	60,148,658
2019	4,999,553	59,729,081
2020	5,034,320	59,438,851
2021	5,059,988	59,133,173
2022	5,081,765	59,013,667
2023	5,105,525	58,993,475
2024	5,129,910	58,986,023

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Italy

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Italy

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	6.71	2.4
1961	6.65	2.44
1962	6.54	2.46
1963	6.39	2.51
1964	6.19	2.66
1965	5.96	2.6
1966	5.7	2.58
1967	5.42	2.5
1968	5.03	2.46
1969	4.84	2.47
1970	4.59	2.38
1971	4.36	2.4
1972	4.16	2.35
1973	3.99	2.3
1974	3.89	2.28
1975	3.8	2.17
1976	3.75	2.04
1977	3.7	1.93
1978	3.66	1.84
1979	3.65	1.73
1980	3.58	1.64
1981	3.56	1.58
1982	3.54	1.56
1983	3.53	1.51
1984	3.52	1.46
1985	3.51	1.42
1986	3.45	1.35
1987	3.38	1.33
1988	3.31	1.36
1989	3.24	1.33
1990	3.17	1.33
1991	3.08	1.3
1992	3	1.3
1993	2.93	1.25
1994	2.86	1.21
1995	2.78	1.19
1996	2.68	1.2
1997	2.59	1.22
1998	2.53	1.22
1999	2.48	1.23
2000	2.41	1.26
2001	2.31	1.25
2002	2.16	1.27
2003	2.08	1.29
2004	2.03	1.34
2005	2.04	1.33
2006	1.94	1.37
2007	1.95	1.39
2008	1.98	1.44
2009	1.95	1.44
2010	1.83	1.44
2011	1.88	1.42
2012	1.85	1.42
2013	1.78	1.39
2014	1.8	1.38
2015	1.8	1.36
2016	1.75	1.36
2017	1.71	1.34
2018	1.71	1.31
2019	1.6	1.27
2020	1.45	1.24
2021	1.35	1.25
2022	1.34	1.24
2023	1.33	1.2

Costa Rica and Italy demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Italy

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	16.8	31.6
1961	16.8	31.8
1962	16.7	32
1963	16.7	32.1
1964	16.7	32.2
1965	16.7	32.3
1966	16.8	32.4
1967	16.9	32.5
1968	17.1	32.7
1969	17.3	32.8
1970	17.6	33
1971	17.8	33.1
1972	18.1	33.2
1973	18.4	33.3
1974	18.6	33.4
1975	18.9	33.5
1976	19.2	33.6
1977	19.5	33.7
1978	19.7	33.9
1979	20	34
1980	20.3	34.1
1981	20.6	34.3
1982	20.9	34.6
1983	21.2	34.9
1984	21.4	35.3
1985	21.6	35.6
1986	21.8	35.8
1987	22.1	36.1
1988	22.3	36.4
1989	22.5	36.8
1990	22.7	37.1
1991	22.9	37.5
1992	23.2	37.9
1993	23.4	38.2
1994	23.6	38.6
1995	23.9	38.9
1996	24.1	39.1
1997	24.4	39.4
1998	24.7	39.6
1999	24.9	39.9
2000	25.2	40.3
2001	25.5	40.6
2002	25.9	41
2003	26.3	41.3
2004	26.7	41.6
2005	27	41.9
2006	27.4	42.3
2007	27.8	42.6
2008	28.2	42.8
2009	28.6	43.1
2010	29	43.5
2011	29.4	43.9
2012	29.8	44.2
2013	30.3	44.6
2014	30.7	45
2015	31.2	45.4
2016	31.7	45.8
2017	32.1	46.2
2018	32.6	46.6
2019	33	47
2020	33.5	47.4
2021	34	47.7
2022	34.5	48.1
2023	35.1	48.4
2024	35.6	48.8

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