Barbados vs Costa Rica statistics compared

Barbados has a population of 282K (ranked 175/197), compared with 5.13M in Costa Rica (ranked 126/197). Barbados' land area is 166 sq mi versus 19,714 sq mi for Costa Rica (ranked 184th vs. 126th).

By GDP, Barbados ranks 158/197 ($7.16B) and Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B). By GDP per capita, Barbados ranks 47/197 ($25,366), while Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587).

Barbados and Costa Rica: Comparison Charts

Barbados and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP

Barbados

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP
	Barbados	Costa Rica
1960	$80,021,847	$507,513,830
1961	$85,363,759	$490,325,182
1962	$88,782,583	$479,180,824
1963	$99,893,761	$511,902,137
1964	$99,252,731	$542,578,367
1965	$105,021,997	$592,981,162
1966	$113,195,123	$647,305,630
1967	$125,554,009	$699,456,619
1968	$125,733,669	$773,841,494
1969	$141,393,142	$853,630,204
1970	$166,210,203	$984,830,158
1971	$186,826,503	$1,077,147,538
1972	$213,725,217	$1,238,251,696
1973	$260,767,828	$1,528,925,846
1974	$311,804,630	$1,666,544,754
1975	$402,178,605	$1,960,863,466
1976	$435,911,269	$2,412,555,426
1977	$495,097,668	$3,072,427,013
1978	$552,883,707	$3,523,208,810
1979	$670,362,452	$4,035,519,323
1980	$1,012,280,615	$4,831,447,001
1981	$1,114,204,743	$2,623,803,096
1982	$1,163,923,830	$2,606,623,555
1983	$1,236,016,507	$3,146,772,631
1984	$1,346,890,071	$3,660,477,856
1985	$1,409,536,121	$3,919,203,960
1986	$1,547,755,183	$4,418,983,871
1987	$1,704,370,308	$4,532,952,047
1988	$1,812,757,918	$4,614,629,898
1989	$2,006,165,167	$5,251,025,767
1990	$2,012,131,457	$5,711,687,787
1991	$2,020,583,702	$7,215,725,487
1992	$1,957,000,000	$8,579,754,758
1993	$2,063,342,117	$9,564,815,975
1994	$2,151,344,901	$10,489,903,725
1995	$2,216,974,096	$11,578,594,260
1996	$2,363,645,403	$11,678,424,507
1997	$2,498,384,130	$12,614,602,382
1998	$2,817,083,478	$13,684,255,947
1999	$2,951,822,205	$14,254,866,285
2000	$3,059,500,000	$15,013,629,662
2001	$3,054,500,000	$15,976,174,337
2002	$3,106,500,000	$16,578,820,687
2003	$3,209,500,000	$17,271,760,507
2004	$3,444,500,000	$18,610,594,846
2005	$3,819,500,000	$20,040,642,477
2006	$4,217,323,400	$22,715,540,324
2007	$4,675,767,950	$26,884,700,709
2008	$4,790,410,400	$30,801,745,700
2009	$4,466,809,600	$30,745,714,313
2010	$5,191,188,500	$37,658,616,952
2011	$5,342,183,800	$42,762,613,699
2012	$5,271,257,500	$47,231,655,432
2013	$5,361,158,350	$50,949,668,842
2014	$5,365,976,700	$52,016,408,854
2015	$5,288,057,750	$56,441,920,821
2016	$5,330,761,500	$58,847,019,610
2017	$5,517,340,450	$60,516,044,657
2018	$5,629,916,200	$62,420,164,992
2019	$5,788,288,000	$64,417,670,521
2020	$5,168,344,450	$62,395,610,760
2021	$5,275,242,050	$64,960,725,734
2022	$6,257,303,500	$69,243,626,029
2023	$6,720,733,200	$86,497,941,439
2024	$7,165,000,000	$95,350,423,177

Barbados and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP per capita

Barbados

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Barbados	Costa Rica
1960	$347	$382
1961	$366	$356
1962	$377	$335
1963	$421	$346
1964	$414	$354
1965	$433	$374
1966	$462	$395
1967	$508	$414
1968	$506	$445
1969	$567	$477
1970	$666	$536
1971	$750	$570
1972	$856	$639
1973	$1,042	$769
1974	$1,243	$817
1975	$1,601	$937
1976	$1,734	$1,123
1977	$1,968	$1,393
1978	$2,198	$1,556
1979	$2,668	$1,735
1980	$4,025	$2,021
1981	$4,417	$1,068
1982	$4,599	$1,032
1983	$4,866	$1,213
1984	$5,284	$1,372
1985	$5,510	$1,429
1986	$6,031	$1,569
1987	$6,625	$1,567
1988	$7,033	$1,555
1989	$7,773	$1,725
1990	$7,781	$1,830
1991	$7,790	$2,253
1992	$7,519	$2,612
1993	$7,905	$2,840
1994	$8,223	$3,040
1995	$8,460	$3,275
1996	$9,012	$3,227
1997	$9,522	$3,408
1998	$10,734	$3,617
1999	$11,244	$3,691
2000	$11,675	$3,813
2001	$11,640	$3,985
2002	$11,760	$4,068
2003	$12,076	$4,173
2004	$12,886	$4,431
2005	$14,214	$4,703
2006	$15,620	$5,257
2007	$17,235	$6,138
2008	$17,566	$6,937
2009	$16,295	$6,833
2010	$18,860	$8,266
2011	$19,346	$9,276
2012	$19,034	$10,127
2013	$19,308	$10,803
2014	$19,278	$10,911
2015	$18,954	$11,715
2016	$19,066	$12,091
2017	$19,693	$12,317
2018	$20,056	$12,590
2019	$20,584	$12,885
2020	$18,347	$12,394
2021	$18,697	$12,838
2022	$22,164	$13,626
2023	$23,804	$16,942
2024	$25,366	$18,587

Barbados vs. Costa Rica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Barbados

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Barbados	Costa Rica
1950	53.6	57.5
1951	54.7	57.8
1952	55.9	58.1
1953	57	59.1
1954	58.3	59.9
1955	59	60.5
1956	60.5	61.2
1957	61.7	61.6
1958	62.4	62.3
1959	63.3	62.9
1960	64.1	63.5
1961	65	63.9
1962	65.7	64.2
1963	66.2	64.3
1964	66.7	64.5
1965	67.2	64.8
1966	67.7	65.1
1967	67.9	65.6
1968	68.2	65.8
1969	68.5	66.4
1970	68.5	66.8
1971	68.8	67.4
1972	69.1	68
1973	69.1	68.7
1974	69.4	69.4
1975	69.8	70.3
1976	70.1	70.9
1977	70.6	71.5
1978	71.1	72
1979	71.5	72.5
1980	72.1	73
1981	72.6	73.4
1982	72.9	73.9
1983	73.2	74.2
1984	73.3	74.6
1985	73.3	74.8
1986	73.4	74.9
1987	73.5	75.2
1988	73.4	75.5
1989	73.4	75.9
1990	73.5	76.1
1991	73.5	76.2
1992	73.6	76.4
1993	73.7	76.3
1994	73.8	76.3
1995	73.9	76.4
1996	74.1	76.4
1997	74	76.6
1998	74.5	76.9
1999	74.6	77.1
2000	74.6	77.3
2001	74.7	77.6
2002	74.8	77.9
2003	74.9	78.2
2004	75.1	78.5
2005	75	78.9
2006	75	79
2007	75.3	79.1
2008	75.3	79.2
2009	75.5	79.4
2010	75.5	79.4
2011	75.6	79.6
2012	75.7	79.9
2013	75.8	80.2
2014	75.9	80.2
2015	76.1	80.4
2016	76.2	80
2017	76.2	80
2018	76.4	80.1
2019	76.5	80.3
2020	76.6	79.7
2021	76.6	78.1
2022	75.7	79.3
2023	76.2	80.8
2024	76.3	81
2025	76.5	81.2

Barbados and Costa Rica population clocks and comparison

Population

Barbados

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Population
	Barbados	Costa Rica
1960	230,893	1,327,496
1961	233,148	1,377,920
1962	235,224	1,429,445
1963	237,557	1,481,604
1964	239,958	1,533,960
1965	242,417	1,586,208
1966	244,996	1,638,116
1967	247,091	1,689,523
1968	248,540	1,739,731
1969	249,444	1,789,276
1970	249,387	1,838,949
1971	249,168	1,888,539
1972	249,658	1,938,248
1973	250,322	1,988,343
1974	250,777	2,039,643
1975	251,175	2,092,719
1976	251,442	2,147,774
1977	251,626	2,205,025
1978	251,551	2,264,510
1979	251,269	2,326,490
1980	251,524	2,390,633
1981	252,270	2,456,637
1982	253,095	2,524,806
1983	253,992	2,595,153
1984	254,920	2,667,595
1985	255,820	2,741,894
1986	256,618	2,817,216
1987	257,279	2,892,699
1988	257,763	2,968,103
1989	258,109	3,043,827
1990	258,582	3,121,706
1991	259,373	3,202,176
1992	260,267	3,284,258
1993	261,027	3,367,434
1994	261,620	3,451,122
1995	262,039	3,535,176
1996	262,284	3,619,013
1997	262,392	3,701,711
1998	262,436	3,782,838
1999	262,517	3,862,101
2000	262,063	3,937,739
2001	262,425	4,008,947
2002	264,148	4,075,705
2003	265,776	4,138,784
2004	267,298	4,200,078
2005	268,706	4,261,240
2006	270,002	4,321,340
2007	271,288	4,380,248
2008	272,714	4,440,056
2009	274,123	4,499,791
2010	275,243	4,555,962
2011	276,139	4,609,833
2012	276,938	4,663,934
2013	277,665	4,716,147
2014	278,348	4,767,119
2015	278,990	4,818,038
2016	279,598	4,866,998
2017	280,171	4,913,177
2018	280,711	4,957,818
2019	281,207	4,999,553
2020	281,698	5,034,320
2021	282,147	5,059,988
2022	282,318	5,081,765
2023	282,336	5,105,525
2024	282,467	5,129,910

Fertility rates in Barbados and Costa Rica

Fertility rate

Barbados

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Barbados	Costa Rica
1960	4.71	6.71
1961	4.15	6.65
1962	4.3	6.54
1963	4.3	6.39
1964	4.21	6.19
1965	4.18	5.96
1966	4.14	5.7
1967	3.6	5.42
1968	3.57	5.03
1969	3.34	4.84
1970	3.08	4.59
1971	3.2	4.36
1972	3.15	4.16
1973	2.87	3.99
1974	2.65	3.89
1975	2.45	3.8
1976	2.24	3.75
1977	2.2	3.7
1978	1.84	3.66
1979	1.86	3.65
1980	1.78	3.58
1981	1.85	3.56
1982	1.86	3.54
1983	1.86	3.53
1984	1.75	3.52
1985	1.77	3.51
1986	1.69	3.45
1987	1.61	3.38
1988	1.58	3.31
1989	1.64	3.24
1990	1.84	3.17
1991	1.84	3.08
1992	1.8	3
1993	1.77	2.93
1994	1.73	2.86
1995	1.7	2.78
1996	1.67	2.68
1997	1.65	2.59
1998	1.62	2.53
1999	1.78	2.48
2000	1.93	2.41
2001	1.96	2.31
2002	1.86	2.16
2003	1.86	2.08
2004	1.8	2.03
2005	1.74	2.04
2006	1.7	1.94
2007	1.76	1.95
2008	1.76	1.98
2009	1.77	1.95
2010	1.79	1.83
2011	1.76	1.88
2012	1.73	1.85
2013	1.73	1.78
2014	1.73	1.8
2015	1.73	1.8
2016	1.72	1.75
2017	1.72	1.71
2018	1.72	1.71
2019	1.72	1.6
2020	1.71	1.45
2021	1.71	1.35
2022	1.71	1.34
2023	1.71	1.33

Barbados and Costa Rica demographics compared

Median age

Barbados

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Barbados	Costa Rica
1960	21.9	16.8
1961	21.8	16.8
1962	21.8	16.7
1963	21.8	16.7
1964	21.8	16.7
1965	21.8	16.7
1966	21.8	16.8
1967	21.9	16.9
1968	22.1	17.1
1969	22.2	17.3
1970	22.4	17.6
1971	22.6	17.8
1972	22.8	18.1
1973	23	18.4
1974	23.2	18.6
1975	23.5	18.9
1976	23.8	19.2
1977	24.1	19.5
1978	24.5	19.7
1979	24.9	20
1980	25.3	20.3
1981	25.7	20.6
1982	26.1	20.9
1983	26.5	21.2
1984	26.9	21.4
1985	27.3	21.6
1986	27.7	21.8
1987	28	22.1
1988	28.4	22.3
1989	28.7	22.5
1990	29.1	22.7
1991	29.5	22.9
1992	29.9	23.2
1993	30.4	23.4
1994	30.8	23.6
1995	31.3	23.9
1996	31.7	24.1
1997	32.1	24.4
1998	32.6	24.7
1999	33	24.9
2000	33.3	25.2
2001	33.7	25.5
2002	34	25.9
2003	34.3	26.3
2004	34.6	26.7
2005	34.9	27
2006	35.3	27.4
2007	35.6	27.8
2008	36	28.2
2009	36.3	28.6
2010	36.5	29
2011	36.8	29.4
2012	37.1	29.8
2013	37.4	30.3
2014	37.7	30.7
2015	37.9	31.2
2016	38.2	31.7
2017	38.5	32.1
2018	38.7	32.6
2019	39	33
2020	39.2	33.5
2021	39.4	34
2022	39.6	34.5
2023	39.9	35.1
2024	40.2	35.6

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