Costa Rica vs Qatar statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 126th vs. 158th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Costa Rica and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Qatar economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Qatar
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	-
1963	$511,902,137	-
1964	$542,578,367	-
1965	$592,981,162	-
1966	$647,305,630	-
1967	$699,456,619	-
1968	$773,841,494	-
1969	$853,630,204	-
1970	$984,830,158	$301,791,302
1971	$1,077,147,538	$387,703,106
1972	$1,238,251,696	$510,262,500
1973	$1,528,925,846	$793,885,560
1974	$1,666,544,754	$2,401,403,227
1975	$1,960,863,466	$2,512,773,166
1976	$2,412,555,426	$3,284,273,987
1977	$3,072,427,013	$3,617,564,638
1978	$3,523,208,810	$4,052,000,413
1979	$4,035,519,323	$5,632,962,997
1980	$4,831,447,001	$7,829,165,262
1981	$2,623,803,096	$8,661,263,764
1982	$2,606,623,555	$7,596,703,214
1983	$3,146,772,631	$6,467,582,308
1984	$3,660,477,856	$6,704,395,824
1985	$3,919,203,960	$6,153,296,456
1986	$4,418,983,871	$5,053,021,951
1987	$4,532,952,047	$5,446,428,681
1988	$4,614,629,898	$6,038,187,033
1989	$5,251,025,767	$6,487,912,088
1990	$5,711,687,787	$7,360,439,423
1991	$7,215,725,487	$6,883,516,484
1992	$8,579,754,758	$7,646,153,984
1993	$9,564,815,975	$7,156,593,654
1994	$10,489,903,725	$7,374,450,769
1995	$11,578,594,260	$8,137,911,978
1996	$11,678,424,507	$9,059,340,385
1997	$12,614,602,382	$11,297,802,115
1998	$13,684,255,947	$10,255,495,027
1999	$14,254,866,285	$12,393,131,868
2000	$15,013,629,662	$17,759,890,110
2001	$15,976,174,337	$17,538,461,538
2002	$16,578,820,687	$19,363,736,264
2003	$17,271,760,507	$23,533,791,209
2004	$18,610,594,846	$31,734,065,934
2005	$20,040,642,477	$44,530,494,505
2006	$22,715,540,324	$60,882,142,857
2007	$26,884,700,709	$79,712,087,912
2008	$30,801,745,700	$115,270,054,945
2009	$30,745,714,313	$97,798,351,648
2010	$37,658,616,952	$125,122,306,346
2011	$42,762,613,699	$167,775,268,626
2012	$47,231,655,432	$186,833,502,363
2013	$50,949,668,842	$198,727,642,967
2014	$52,016,408,854	$206,224,598,571
2015	$56,441,920,821	$161,739,955,577
2016	$58,847,019,610	$151,732,181,868
2017	$60,516,044,657	$161,099,122,225
2018	$62,420,164,992	$183,334,953,819
2019	$64,417,670,521	$176,371,267,692
2020	$62,395,610,760	$144,411,363,352
2021	$64,960,725,734	$179,732,009,560
2022	$69,243,626,029	$235,709,325,714
2023	$86,497,941,439	$213,002,809,341
2024	$95,350,423,177	$217,982,967,033

Costa Rica and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Qatar
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$2,594
1971	$570	$2,952
1972	$639	$3,483
1973	$769	$4,905
1974	$817	$13,540
1975	$937	$13,014
1976	$1,123	$15,710
1977	$1,393	$16,058
1978	$1,556	$16,757
1979	$1,735	$21,777
1980	$2,021	$28,375
1981	$1,068	$29,505
1982	$1,032	$24,385
1983	$1,213	$19,616
1984	$1,372	$19,272
1985	$1,429	$16,815
1986	$1,569	$13,213
1987	$1,567	$13,719
1988	$1,555	$14,682
1989	$1,725	$15,243
1990	$1,830	$16,722
1991	$2,253	$15,133
1992	$2,612	$16,280
1993	$2,840	$14,770
1994	$3,040	$14,765
1995	$3,275	$15,823
1996	$3,227	$17,125
1997	$3,408	$20,523
1998	$3,617	$17,665
1999	$3,691	$20,234
2000	$3,813	$27,535
2001	$3,985	$25,871
2002	$4,068	$27,227
2003	$4,173	$31,602
2004	$4,431	$41,036
2005	$4,703	$53,950
2006	$5,257	$62,582
2007	$6,138	$65,954
2008	$6,937	$80,781
2009	$6,833	$60,786
2010	$8,266	$77,387
2011	$9,276	$103,262
2012	$10,127	$108,470
2013	$10,803	$103,697
2014	$10,911	$95,841
2015	$11,715	$68,985
2016	$12,091	$61,254
2017	$12,317	$63,280
2018	$12,590	$71,040
2019	$12,885	$66,841
2020	$12,394	$51,684
2021	$12,838	$71,752
2022	$13,626	$88,701
2023	$16,942	$80,196
2024	$18,587	$76,276

Costa Rica vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Qatar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Qatar
1950	57.5	50.8
1951	57.8	51.5
1952	58.1	52.1
1953	59.1	52.8
1954	59.9	53.5
1955	60.5	54.2
1956	61.2	54.9
1957	61.6	55.6
1958	62.3	56.3
1959	62.9	57
1960	63.5	57.8
1961	63.9	58.5
1962	64.2	59.2
1963	64.3	60
1964	64.5	60.7
1965	64.8	61.4
1966	65.1	62.2
1967	65.6	62.9
1968	65.8	63.6
1969	66.4	64.2
1970	66.8	64.9
1971	67.4	65.5
1972	68	66.1
1973	68.7	66.6
1974	69.4	67.2
1975	70.3	67.7
1976	70.9	68.2
1977	71.5	68.6
1978	72	69.1
1979	72.5	69.5
1980	73	69.9
1981	73.4	70.3
1982	73.9	70.7
1983	74.2	71.1
1984	74.6	71.5
1985	74.8	71.8
1986	74.9	72.2
1987	75.2	72.5
1988	75.5	72.8
1989	75.9	73.1
1990	76.1	73.4
1991	76.2	73.7
1992	76.4	73.9
1993	76.3	74.1
1994	76.3	74.2
1995	76.4	74.4
1996	76.4	74.6
1997	76.6	74.7
1998	76.9	74.9
1999	77.1	75
2000	77.3	75.3
2001	77.6	75.5
2002	77.9	75.8
2003	78.2	76.1
2004	78.5	76.5
2005	78.9	76.9
2006	79	77.3
2007	79.1	77.7
2008	79.2	78.3
2009	79.4	78.8
2010	79.4	79.4
2011	79.6	80
2012	79.9	80.5
2013	80.2	81
2014	80.2	81.4
2015	80.4	81.8
2016	80	82.1
2017	80	82.5
2018	80.1	82.7
2019	80.3	82.9
2020	79.7	80.4
2021	78.1	81.1
2022	79.3	81.9
2023	80.8	82.4
2024	81	82.5
2025	81.2	82.7

Costa Rica and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Qatar

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Qatar
1960	1,327,496	36,010
1961	1,377,920	39,680
1962	1,429,445	44,630
1963	1,481,604	50,380
1964	1,533,960	56,867
1965	1,586,208	64,065
1966	1,638,116	72,192
1967	1,689,523	81,439
1968	1,739,731	91,749
1969	1,789,276	103,025
1970	1,838,949	116,350
1971	1,888,539	131,346
1972	1,938,248	146,506
1973	1,988,343	161,841
1974	2,039,643	177,362
1975	2,092,719	193,087
1976	2,147,774	209,052
1977	2,205,025	225,285
1978	2,264,510	241,808
1979	2,326,490	258,670
1980	2,390,633	275,913
1981	2,456,637	293,553
1982	2,524,806	311,537
1983	2,595,153	329,709
1984	2,667,595	347,878
1985	2,741,894	365,940
1986	2,817,216	382,422
1987	2,892,699	397,005
1988	2,968,103	411,264
1989	3,043,827	425,646
1990	3,121,706	440,175
1991	3,202,176	454,853
1992	3,284,258	469,657
1993	3,367,434	484,545
1994	3,451,122	499,459
1995	3,535,176	514,325
1996	3,619,013	529,019
1997	3,701,711	550,500
1998	3,782,838	580,540
1999	3,862,101	612,500
2000	3,937,739	644,989
2001	4,008,947	677,925
2002	4,075,705	711,205
2003	4,138,784	744,682
2004	4,200,078	773,332
2005	4,261,240	825,408
2006	4,321,340	972,831
2007	4,380,248	1,208,595
2008	4,440,056	1,426,938
2009	4,499,791	1,608,903
2010	4,555,962	1,616,832
2011	4,609,833	1,624,761
2012	4,663,934	1,722,438
2013	4,716,147	1,916,426
2014	4,767,119	2,151,745
2015	4,818,038	2,344,557
2016	4,866,998	2,477,113
2017	4,913,177	2,545,820
2018	4,957,818	2,580,734
2019	4,999,553	2,638,657
2020	5,034,320	2,794,148
2021	5,059,988	2,504,910
2022	5,081,765	2,657,333
2023	5,105,525	2,656,032
2024	5,129,910	2,857,822

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Qatar

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Qatar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Qatar
1960	6.71	6.53
1961	6.65	6.53
1962	6.54	6.53
1963	6.39	6.53
1964	6.19	6.53
1965	5.96	6.53
1966	5.7	6.52
1967	5.42	6.46
1968	5.03	6.39
1969	4.84	6.31
1970	4.59	6.23
1971	4.36	6.15
1972	4.16	6.07
1973	3.99	6.01
1974	3.89	5.94
1975	3.8	5.86
1976	3.75	5.78
1977	3.7	5.69
1978	3.66	5.58
1979	3.65	5.46
1980	3.58	5.33
1981	3.56	5.2
1982	3.54	5.04
1983	3.53	4.9
1984	3.52	4.76
1985	3.51	4.64
1986	3.45	4.57
1987	3.38	4.54
1988	3.31	4.51
1989	3.24	4.41
1990	3.17	4.23
1991	3.08	3.99
1992	3	3.85
1993	2.93	3.77
1994	2.86	3.67
1995	2.78	3.56
1996	2.68	3.44
1997	2.59	3.33
1998	2.53	3.21
1999	2.48	3.12
2000	2.41	3.07
2001	2.31	3.08
2002	2.16	3.01
2003	2.08	2.93
2004	2.03	2.79
2005	2.04	2.64
2006	1.94	2.51
2007	1.95	2.44
2008	1.98	2.37
2009	1.95	2.25
2010	1.83	2.14
2011	1.88	2.07
2012	1.85	2.04
2013	1.78	2.03
2014	1.8	2.03
2015	1.8	1.98
2016	1.75	1.86
2017	1.71	1.83
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.6	1.73
2020	1.45	1.68
2021	1.35	1.61
2022	1.34	1.74
2023	1.33	1.73

Costa Rica and Qatar demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Qatar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Qatar
1960	16.8	18
1961	16.8	19
1962	16.7	20.1
1963	16.7	21.1
1964	16.7	21.8
1965	16.7	22.5
1966	16.8	23
1967	16.9	23.5
1968	17.1	24
1969	17.3	24.4
1970	17.6	23.7
1971	17.8	22.2
1972	18.1	21.3
1973	18.4	20.9
1974	18.6	20.8
1975	18.9	21
1976	19.2	21.3
1977	19.5	21.8
1978	19.7	22.3
1979	20	22.9
1980	20.3	23.5
1981	20.6	24.1
1982	20.9	24.8
1983	21.2	25.6
1984	21.4	26.3
1985	21.6	27
1986	21.8	27.4
1987	22.1	27.5
1988	22.3	27.5
1989	22.5	27.6
1990	22.7	27.7
1991	22.9	27.9
1992	23.2	28.1
1993	23.4	28.4
1994	23.6	28.7
1995	23.9	29.1
1996	24.1	29.6
1997	24.4	29.9
1998	24.7	29.8
1999	24.9	29.8
2000	25.2	29.9
2001	25.5	30.1
2002	25.9	30.5
2003	26.3	30.9
2004	26.7	31
2005	27	30.9
2006	27.4	30.6
2007	27.8	30.1
2008	28.2	30.1
2009	28.6	30.8
2010	29	31.3
2011	29.4	31.2
2012	29.8	31
2013	30.3	30.9
2014	30.7	31.1
2015	31.2	31.2
2016	31.7	31.4
2017	32.1	31.6
2018	32.6	31.9
2019	33	32.3
2020	33.5	32.6
2021	34	32.9
2022	34.5	33.4
2023	35.1	34.1
2024	35.6	34.5

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