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Antigua and Barbuda vs Costa Rica statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Antigua and Barbuda has a population of 93.8K (ranked 185/197), compared with 5.13M in Costa Rica (ranked 126/197). Antigua and Barbuda's land area is 169.9 sq mi versus 19,714 sq mi for Costa Rica (ranked 183rd vs. 126th).

By GDP, Antigua and Barbuda ranks 175/197 ($2.22B) and Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B). By GDP per capita, Antigua and Barbuda ranks 52/197 ($23,726), while Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587).

Main facts and rankings

Antigua Costa Rica
Population
94540
5170484
Population rank 185/197 126/197
GDP
$2.22B
2024
$95.4B
2024
GDP rank 175/197 72/197
GDP per capita
$23,726
2024
$18,587
2024
GDP per capita rank 52/197 62/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,602
2024
$30,063
2024
Government debt
$1.49B
2024
$57B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
63.4%
2025
59.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$15,910
2024
$11,106
2024
Government debt per person rank 38/185 51/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$15,556
2025
$12,322
2025
Land area
169.9 sq mi
2025
19,714 sq mi
2025
Population density
552 ppl/mi²
2024
260.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.58
2023
1.33
2023
Median age
36.9 years
2024
35.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
77.9 years
2025
81.2 years
2025

Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica: Comparison Charts

Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP
Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica
Year GDP
Antigua Costa Rica
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
1971 - $1,077,147,538
1972 - $1,238,251,696
1973 - $1,528,925,846
1974 - $1,666,544,754
1975 - $1,960,863,466
1976 - $2,412,555,426
1977 $77,507,407 $3,072,427,013
1978 $88,040,741 $3,523,208,810
1979 $109,596,296 $4,035,519,323
1980 $132,451,852 $4,831,447,001
1981 $149,388,889 $2,623,803,096
1982 $166,444,444 $2,606,623,555
1983 $184,866,667 $3,146,772,631
1984 $212,214,815 $3,660,477,856
1985 $246,370,370 $3,919,203,960
1986 $297,562,963 $4,418,983,871
1987 $346,866,667 $4,532,952,047
1988 $411,396,296 $4,614,629,898
1989 $455,174,074 $5,251,025,767
1990 $478,718,519 $5,711,687,787
1991 $504,337,037 $7,215,725,487
1992 $525,133,333 $8,579,754,758
1993 $565,662,963 $9,564,815,975
1994 $625,081,481 $10,489,903,725
1995 $616,051,852 $11,578,594,260
1996 $679,140,741 $11,678,424,507
1997 $734,422,222 $12,614,602,382
1998 $789,788,889 $13,684,255,947
1999 $835,544,444 $14,254,866,285
2000 $901,003,704 $15,013,629,662
2001 $877,774,074 $15,976,174,337
2002 $898,092,593 $16,578,820,687
2003 $948,100,000 $17,271,760,507
2004 $1,026,329,630 $18,610,594,846
2005 $1,143,896,296 $20,040,642,477
2006 $1,303,674,074 $22,715,540,324
2007 $1,487,381,481 $26,884,700,709
2008 $1,557,640,741 $30,801,745,700
2009 $1,386,518,519 $30,745,714,313
2010 $1,298,348,148 $37,658,616,952
2011 $1,287,359,259 $42,762,613,699
2012 $1,364,729,630 $47,231,655,432
2013 $1,325,496,296 $50,949,668,842
2014 $1,378,707,407 $52,016,408,854
2015 $1,437,485,185 $56,441,920,821
2016 $1,489,603,704 $58,847,019,610
2017 $1,534,855,556 $60,516,044,657
2018 $1,661,529,630 $62,420,164,992
2019 $1,726,448,148 $64,417,670,521
2020 $1,411,637,037 $62,395,610,760
2021 $1,602,125,926 $64,960,725,734
2022 $1,866,566,667 $69,243,626,029
2023 $2,005,785,185 $86,497,941,439
2024 $2,224,814,815 $95,350,423,177

Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP per capita
Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica
Year GDP per capita
Antigua Costa Rica
1960 - $382
1961 - $356
1962 - $335
1963 - $346
1964 - $354
1965 - $374
1966 - $395
1967 - $414
1968 - $445
1969 - $477
1970 - $536
1971 - $570
1972 - $639
1973 - $769
1974 - $817
1975 - $937
1976 - $1,123
1977 $1,214 $1,393
1978 $1,375 $1,556
1979 $1,705 $1,735
1980 $2,053 $2,021
1981 $2,310 $1,068
1982 $2,569 $1,032
1983 $2,847 $1,213
1984 $3,271 $1,372
1985 $3,814 $1,429
1986 $4,629 $1,569
1987 $5,424 $1,567
1988 $6,466 $1,555
1989 $7,188 $1,725
1990 $7,591 $1,830
1991 $7,956 $2,253
1992 $8,154 $2,612
1993 $8,625 $2,840
1994 $9,351 $3,040
1995 $9,034 $3,275
1996 $9,756 $3,227
1997 $10,336 $3,408
1998 $10,907 $3,617
1999 $11,342 $3,691
2000 $12,027 $3,813
2001 $11,539 $3,985
2002 $11,659 $4,068
2003 $12,173 $4,173
2004 $13,038 $4,431
2005 $14,369 $4,703
2006 $16,174 $5,257
2007 $18,205 $6,138
2008 $18,787 $6,937
2009 $16,472 $6,833
2010 $15,217 $8,266
2011 $14,912 $9,276
2012 $15,640 $10,127
2013 $15,052 $10,803
2014 $15,532 $10,911
2015 $16,078 $11,715
2016 $16,557 $12,091
2017 $16,966 $12,317
2018 $18,273 $12,590
2019 $18,896 $12,885
2020 $15,370 $12,394
2021 $17,349 $12,838
2022 $20,105 $13,626
2023 $21,495 $16,942
2024 $23,726 $18,587

Antigua and Barbuda vs. Costa Rica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica
Year Life expectancy, years
Antigua Costa Rica
1950 58.1 57.5
1951 58.6 57.8
1952 59 58.1
1953 59.4 59.1
1954 59.8 59.9
1955 60.2 60.5
1956 60.7 61.2
1957 61.1 61.6
1958 61.6 62.3
1959 62.1 62.9
1960 62.6 63.5
1961 63.3 63.9
1962 64 64.2
1963 64.7 64.3
1964 65.4 64.5
1965 66.2 64.8
1966 66.9 65.1
1967 67.6 65.6
1968 68.2 65.8
1969 68.8 66.4
1970 69.4 66.8
1971 69.9 67.4
1972 70.3 68
1973 70.7 68.7
1974 71.1 69.4
1975 71.4 70.3
1976 71.8 70.9
1977 72.1 71.5
1978 72.5 72
1979 72.8 72.5
1980 73.1 73
1981 73.3 73.4
1982 73.5 73.9
1983 73.7 74.2
1984 73.8 74.6
1985 73.9 74.8
1986 73.9 74.9
1987 73.9 75.2
1988 73.8 75.5
1989 73.6 75.9
1990 73.6 76.1
1991 73.5 76.2
1992 73.4 76.4
1993 73.4 76.3
1994 73.5 76.3
1995 73.6 76.4
1996 73.8 76.4
1997 74 76.6
1998 74.2 76.9
1999 74.5 77.1
2000 74.8 77.3
2001 75.1 77.6
2002 75.2 77.9
2003 75.3 78.2
2004 75.3 78.5
2005 75.4 78.9
2006 75.5 79
2007 75.7 79.1
2008 76.1 79.2
2009 76.4 79.4
2010 76.7 79.4
2011 77 79.6
2012 77.1 79.9
2013 77 80.2
2014 76.9 80.2
2015 76.9 80.4
2016 77 80
2017 77 80
2018 77.1 80.1
2019 77.2 80.3
2020 77.2 79.7
2021 77.2 78.1
2022 77.5 79.3
2023 77.6 80.8
2024 77.8 81
2025 77.9 81.2

Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica population clocks and comparison

Population
Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica
Year Population
Antigua Costa Rica
1960 55,603 1,327,496
1961 56,540 1,377,920
1962 57,336 1,429,445
1963 58,138 1,481,604
1964 59,020 1,533,960
1965 59,970 1,586,208
1966 60,900 1,638,116
1967 61,837 1,689,523
1968 62,809 1,739,731
1969 63,819 1,789,276
1970 64,528 1,838,949
1971 64,729 1,888,539
1972 64,615 1,938,248
1973 64,342 1,988,343
1974 64,058 2,039,643
1975 63,839 2,092,719
1976 63,762 2,147,774
1977 63,862 2,205,025
1978 64,038 2,264,510
1979 64,274 2,326,490
1980 64,513 2,390,633
1981 64,665 2,456,637
1982 64,785 2,524,806
1983 64,934 2,595,153
1984 64,882 2,667,595
1985 64,591 2,741,894
1986 64,276 2,817,216
1987 63,946 2,892,699
1988 63,623 2,968,103
1989 63,325 3,043,827
1990 63,066 3,121,706
1991 63,387 3,202,176
1992 64,404 3,284,258
1993 65,587 3,367,434
1994 66,843 3,451,122
1995 68,189 3,535,176
1996 69,612 3,619,013
1997 71,053 3,701,711
1998 72,412 3,782,838
1999 73,666 3,862,101
2000 74,912 3,937,739
2001 76,069 4,008,947
2002 77,032 4,075,705
2003 77,884 4,138,784
2004 78,719 4,200,078
2005 79,611 4,261,240
2006 80,604 4,321,340
2007 81,704 4,380,248
2008 82,912 4,440,056
2009 84,173 4,499,791
2010 85,320 4,555,962
2011 86,332 4,609,833
2012 87,260 4,663,934
2013 88,064 4,716,147
2014 88,765 4,767,119
2015 89,409 4,818,038
2016 89,969 4,866,998
2017 90,468 4,913,177
2018 90,926 4,957,818
2019 91,364 4,999,553
2020 91,846 5,034,320
2021 92,349 5,059,988
2022 92,840 5,081,765
2023 93,316 5,105,525
2024 93,772 5,129,910

Fertility rates in Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica

Fertility rate
Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica
Year Fertility rate
Antigua Costa Rica
1960 4.6 6.71
1961 4.56 6.65
1962 4.55 6.54
1963 4.54 6.39
1964 4.48 6.19
1965 4.42 5.96
1966 4.32 5.7
1967 4.18 5.42
1968 4.01 5.03
1969 3.83 4.84
1970 3.63 4.59
1971 3.46 4.36
1972 3.29 4.16
1973 3.13 3.99
1974 2.93 3.89
1975 2.77 3.8
1976 2.78 3.75
1977 2.78 3.7
1978 2.57 3.66
1979 2.63 3.65
1980 2.31 3.58
1981 2.17 3.56
1982 2.09 3.54
1983 2.12 3.53
1984 2.04 3.52
1985 2.15 3.51
1986 2.03 3.45
1987 2.07 3.38
1988 2.13 3.31
1989 2.2 3.24
1990 2.25 3.17
1991 2.04 3.08
1992 2.13 3
1993 2.04 2.93
1994 2.07 2.86
1995 2.16 2.78
1996 2.27 2.68
1997 2.19 2.59
1998 2.02 2.53
1999 1.96 2.48
2000 2.2 2.41
2001 2.02 2.31
2002 1.94 2.16
2003 1.89 2.08
2004 1.85 2.03
2005 1.83 2.04
2006 1.83 1.94
2007 1.86 1.95
2008 2.04 1.98
2009 2.01 1.95
2010 1.79 1.83
2011 1.75 1.88
2012 1.66 1.85
2013 1.54 1.78
2014 1.53 1.8
2015 1.57 1.8
2016 1.46 1.75
2017 1.49 1.71
2018 1.37 1.71
2019 1.47 1.6
2020 1.57 1.45
2021 1.58 1.35
2022 1.58 1.34
2023 1.58 1.33

Antigua and Barbuda and Costa Rica demographics compared

Median age
Antigua and Barbuda

Costa Rica
Year Median age, years
Antigua Costa Rica
1960 19.6 16.8
1961 19.7 16.8
1962 19.7 16.7
1963 19.8 16.7
1964 19.7 16.7
1965 19.3 16.7
1966 19 16.8
1967 18.6 16.9
1968 18.2 17.1
1969 17.8 17.3
1970 17.9 17.6
1971 18.2 17.8
1972 18.5 18.1
1973 18.8 18.4
1974 19.2 18.6
1975 19.6 18.9
1976 20 19.2
1977 20.5 19.5
1978 21 19.7
1979 21.5 20
1980 22 20.3
1981 22.5 20.6
1982 23 20.9
1983 23.5 21.2
1984 24 21.4
1985 24.4 21.6
1986 24.7 21.8
1987 25.1 22.1
1988 25.3 22.3
1989 25.5 22.5
1990 25.7 22.7
1991 25.9 22.9
1992 26.2 23.2
1993 26.4 23.4
1994 26.7 23.6
1995 26.9 23.9
1996 27.2 24.1
1997 27.4 24.4
1998 27.7 24.7
1999 28 24.9
2000 28.3 25.2
2001 28.6 25.5
2002 28.9 25.9
2003 29.2 26.3
2004 29.5 26.7
2005 29.9 27
2006 30.2 27.4
2007 30.5 27.8
2008 30.7 28.2
2009 31 28.6
2010 31.2 29
2011 31.6 29.4
2012 31.9 29.8
2013 32.3 30.3
2014 32.7 30.7
2015 33.1 31.2
2016 33.5 31.7
2017 34 32.1
2018 34.4 32.6
2019 34.8 33
2020 35.3 33.5
2021 35.7 34
2022 36.1 34.5
2023 36.5 35.1
2024 36.9 35.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Antigua Costa Rica
GNI, Atlas method
$2B
2024
$80.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.2%
2025
18.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
6.25%
2021
Armed forces personnel
0
2020
10,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.3%
2025
-3.23%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.37%
2023
6.94%
2024
Services, % of GDP
69.1%
2023
68.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
19%
2023
19.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
56
2025
68.6
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
34.2%
2024
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
1.7%
2024
Listed domestic companies n/a
9
2022
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.23B
2022
Total reserves including gold
$358M
2024
$14.2B
2024
Personal remittances received
$26.3M
2024
$725M
2024
International tourist arrivals
384,500
2020
1,146,500
2020
International tourism as share of exports
70%
2020
7.41%
2020
Banked people share n/a
71.4%
2024

Energy

Antigua Costa Rica
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,787 kg
2007
1,025 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$16.7
2007
$27.4
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0.32 megatons
2023
8.57 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.46 tons
2023
1.68 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
51.6%
2023
Renewable energy use share
0.9%
2022
34.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
37.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
60.4%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,206 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
5.66%
2021
99.4%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
69.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Antigua Costa Rica
% of world population
0.001%
2024
0.06%
2024
Annual migration change
+9
2024
+967
2024
Urban population
24.3%
2024
83.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.71 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.26 ft
2025
Quality of life index
61.6
2025
65
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
44
2025
58
2024
Higher education index
23
2025
73
2025
Homicides per 100K people
10.7
2022
17.7
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
0
2019
14.8
2019
Visa free countries
143
2025
144
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2015
98%
2021
English speaking
80%
2023
8.15%
2023
People using the Internet
77.6%
2023
85.4%
2023

Health

Antigua Costa Rica
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,085
2022
$979
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$269.1
2022
$219.6
2022
Life expectancy
77.9 years
2025
81.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.15%
2022
0.03%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.9
2017
2.64
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
24
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.3
2023
10.5
2023
Obesity rate
34%
2022
32.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
11.6%
2024
9.8%
2024
Air quality index
82
2025
80
2025
Tobacco use prevalence n/a
8.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.66 liters
2020
3.4 liters
2020

Territory

Antigua Costa Rica
% of world land
0.0003%
2025
0.03%
2025
Land area per capita
1,812 sq mi
2024
3,843 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
34.7 sq mi
2025
6,534 sq mi
2025
Forest area
30.6 sq mi
2025
11,907 sq mi
2025
Roads length
727 mi
2011
3,129 mi
2017

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