Belgium vs Costa Rica statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 5.13M in Costa Rica (ranked 126/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 19,714 sq mi for Costa Rica (ranked 136th vs. 126th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587).

Belgium and Costa Rica: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Costa Rica
1960	$11,810,619,368	$507,513,830
1961	$12,561,701,694	$490,325,182
1962	$13,436,827,167	$479,180,824
1963	$14,445,805,381	$511,902,137
1964	$16,168,044,450	$542,578,367
1965	$17,597,783,297	$592,981,162
1966	$18,894,891,312	$647,305,630
1967	$20,252,508,995	$699,456,619
1968	$21,654,856,965	$773,841,494
1969	$24,019,653,475	$853,630,204
1970	$26,706,196,047	$984,830,158
1971	$29,821,661,870	$1,077,147,538
1972	$37,209,418,019	$1,238,251,696
1973	$47,743,801,490	$1,528,925,846
1974	$56,033,077,879	$1,666,544,754
1975	$65,678,189,097	$1,960,863,466
1976	$71,113,882,968	$2,412,555,426
1977	$82,839,905,459	$3,072,427,013
1978	$101,246,526,194	$3,523,208,810
1979	$116,315,456,797	$4,035,519,323
1980	$126,829,314,388	$4,831,447,001
1981	$104,730,018,470	$2,623,803,096
1982	$92,095,926,188	$2,606,623,555
1983	$87,184,239,053	$3,146,772,631
1984	$83,349,530,159	$3,660,477,856
1985	$86,268,264,148	$3,919,203,960
1986	$120,018,787,249	$4,418,983,871
1987	$149,394,404,106	$4,532,952,047
1988	$162,299,103,675	$4,614,629,898
1989	$164,221,056,511	$5,251,025,767
1990	$205,331,747,948	$5,711,687,787
1991	$210,510,999,409	$7,215,725,487
1992	$234,781,652,447	$8,579,754,758
1993	$224,721,795,709	$9,564,815,975
1994	$244,884,129,491	$10,489,903,725
1995	$288,025,588,396	$11,578,594,260
1996	$279,201,433,225	$11,678,424,507
1997	$252,708,051,421	$12,614,602,382
1998	$258,528,339,631	$13,684,255,947
1999	$258,245,733,221	$14,254,866,285
2000	$236,792,460,312	$15,013,629,662
2001	$236,746,141,604	$15,976,174,337
2002	$258,383,599,375	$16,578,820,687
2003	$318,082,528,507	$17,271,760,507
2004	$369,214,712,443	$18,610,594,846
2005	$385,714,762,230	$20,040,642,477
2006	$408,259,840,869	$22,715,540,324
2007	$470,922,156,309	$26,884,700,709
2008	$517,328,087,920	$30,801,745,700
2009	$485,014,525,992	$30,745,714,313
2010	$481,556,503,720	$37,658,616,952
2011	$527,196,649,049	$42,762,613,699
2012	$498,414,364,945	$47,231,655,432
2013	$524,097,026,599	$50,949,668,842
2014	$537,987,419,164	$52,016,408,854
2015	$461,044,767,545	$56,441,920,821
2016	$474,271,566,740	$58,847,019,610
2017	$500,908,767,352	$60,516,044,657
2018	$542,638,913,428	$62,420,164,992
2019	$536,726,344,405	$64,417,670,521
2020	$529,694,473,502	$62,395,610,760
2021	$598,522,422,242	$64,960,725,734
2022	$593,614,574,326	$69,243,626,029
2023	$644,655,275,112	$86,497,941,439
2024	$664,564,181,487	$95,350,423,177

Belgium and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Costa Rica
1960	$1,290	$382
1961	$1,368	$356
1962	$1,457	$335
1963	$1,555	$346
1964	$1,724	$354
1965	$1,860	$374
1966	$1,983	$395
1967	$2,114	$414
1968	$2,251	$445
1969	$2,490	$477
1970	$2,766	$536
1971	$3,083	$570
1972	$3,832	$639
1973	$4,901	$769
1974	$5,734	$817
1975	$6,701	$937
1976	$7,243	$1,123
1977	$8,427	$1,393
1978	$10,290	$1,556
1979	$11,811	$1,735
1980	$12,864	$2,021
1981	$10,623	$1,068
1982	$9,344	$1,032
1983	$8,846	$1,213
1984	$8,457	$1,372
1985	$8,751	$1,429
1986	$12,170	$1,569
1987	$15,136	$1,567
1988	$16,391	$1,555
1989	$16,525	$1,725
1990	$20,600	$1,830
1991	$21,042	$2,253
1992	$23,373	$2,612
1993	$22,284	$2,840
1994	$24,209	$3,040
1995	$28,414	$3,275
1996	$27,490	$3,227
1997	$24,821	$3,408
1998	$25,338	$3,617
1999	$25,253	$3,691
2000	$23,099	$3,813
2001	$23,015	$3,985
2002	$25,006	$4,068
2003	$30,655	$4,173
2004	$35,429	$4,431
2005	$36,810	$4,703
2006	$38,705	$5,257
2007	$44,319	$6,138
2008	$48,303	$6,937
2009	$44,923	$6,833
2010	$44,197	$8,266
2011	$47,761	$9,276
2012	$44,874	$10,127
2013	$46,965	$10,803
2014	$47,996	$10,911
2015	$40,894	$11,715
2016	$41,855	$12,091
2017	$44,035	$12,317
2018	$47,487	$12,590
2019	$46,717	$12,885
2020	$45,906	$12,394
2021	$51,658	$12,838
2022	$50,822	$13,626
2023	$54,690	$16,942
2024	$55,955	$18,587

Belgium vs. Costa Rica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Costa Rica
1950	66.3	57.5
1951	66.7	57.8
1952	68	58.1
1953	68.4	59.1
1954	68.6	59.9
1955	68.5	60.5
1956	68.8	61.2
1957	69.2	61.6
1958	69.9	62.3
1959	70.3	62.9
1960	69.6	63.5
1961	70.5	63.9
1962	70.2	64.2
1963	70	64.3
1964	70.7	64.5
1965	70.6	64.8
1966	70.6	65.1
1967	70.9	65.6
1968	70.6	65.8
1969	70.7	66.4
1970	70.9	66.8
1971	71.1	67.4
1972	71.4	68
1973	71.6	68.7
1974	72	69.4
1975	72	70.3
1976	72.1	70.9
1977	72.8	71.5
1978	72.7	72
1979	73.2	72.5
1980	73.2	73
1981	73.7	73.4
1982	73.9	73.9
1983	73.9	74.2
1984	74.4	74.6
1985	74.5	74.8
1986	74.7	74.9
1987	75.3	75.2
1988	75.6	75.5
1989	75.6	75.9
1990	76.1	76.1
1991	76.2	76.2
1992	76.4	76.4
1993	76.4	76.3
1994	76.7	76.3
1995	76.8	76.4
1996	77.2	76.4
1997	77.4	76.6
1998	77.5	76.9
1999	77.6	77.1
2000	77.8	77.3
2001	78.1	77.6
2002	78.2	77.9
2003	78.3	78.2
2004	79	78.5
2005	79.1	78.9
2006	79.4	79
2007	79.5	79.1
2008	79.6	79.2
2009	79.8	79.4
2010	80	79.4
2011	80.4	79.6
2012	80.3	79.9
2013	80.5	80.2
2014	81.1	80.2
2015	80.9	80.4
2016	81.3	80
2017	81.4	80
2018	81.5	80.1
2019	81.8	80.3
2020	80.8	79.7
2021	81.7	78.1
2022	81.2	79.3
2023	82.1	80.8
2024	82.3	81
2025	82.4	81.2

Belgium and Costa Rica population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Costa Rica
1960	9,153,489	1,327,496
1961	9,183,948	1,377,920
1962	9,220,578	1,429,445
1963	9,289,770	1,481,604
1964	9,378,113	1,533,960
1965	9,463,667	1,586,208
1966	9,527,807	1,638,116
1967	9,580,991	1,689,523
1968	9,618,756	1,739,731
1969	9,646,032	1,789,276
1970	9,655,549	1,838,949
1971	9,673,162	1,888,539
1972	9,711,115	1,938,248
1973	9,741,720	1,988,343
1974	9,772,419	2,039,643
1975	9,800,700	2,092,719
1976	9,818,227	2,147,774
1977	9,830,358	2,205,025
1978	9,839,534	2,264,510
1979	9,848,382	2,326,490
1980	9,859,242	2,390,633
1981	9,858,982	2,456,637
1982	9,856,303	2,524,806
1983	9,855,520	2,595,153
1984	9,855,372	2,667,595
1985	9,858,308	2,741,894
1986	9,861,823	2,817,216
1987	9,870,234	2,892,699
1988	9,901,664	2,968,103
1989	9,937,697	3,043,827
1990	9,967,379	3,121,706
1991	10,004,486	3,202,176
1992	10,045,158	3,284,258
1993	10,084,475	3,367,434
1994	10,115,603	3,451,122
1995	10,136,811	3,535,176
1996	10,156,637	3,619,013
1997	10,181,245	3,701,711
1998	10,203,008	3,782,838
1999	10,226,419	3,862,101
2000	10,251,250	3,937,739
2001	10,286,570	4,008,947
2002	10,332,785	4,075,705
2003	10,376,133	4,138,784
2004	10,421,137	4,200,078
2005	10,478,617	4,261,240
2006	10,547,958	4,321,340
2007	10,625,700	4,380,248
2008	10,709,973	4,440,056
2009	10,796,493	4,499,791
2010	10,895,586	4,555,962
2011	11,038,264	4,609,833
2012	11,106,932	4,663,934
2013	11,159,407	4,716,147
2014	11,209,057	4,767,119
2015	11,274,196	4,818,038
2016	11,331,422	4,866,998
2017	11,375,158	4,913,177
2018	11,427,054	4,957,818
2019	11,488,980	4,999,553
2020	11,538,604	5,034,320
2021	11,586,195	5,059,988
2022	11,680,210	5,081,765
2023	11,787,423	5,105,525
2024	11,876,844	5,129,910

Fertility rates in Belgium and Costa Rica

Fertility rate

Belgium

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Costa Rica
1960	2.54	6.71
1961	2.63	6.65
1962	2.59	6.54
1963	2.68	6.39
1964	2.71	6.19
1965	2.61	5.96
1966	2.52	5.7
1967	2.41	5.42
1968	2.31	5.03
1969	2.27	4.84
1970	2.25	4.59
1971	2.21	4.36
1972	2.09	4.16
1973	1.95	3.99
1974	1.83	3.89
1975	1.74	3.8
1976	1.73	3.75
1977	1.71	3.7
1978	1.69	3.66
1979	1.69	3.65
1980	1.68	3.58
1981	1.66	3.56
1982	1.61	3.54
1983	1.57	3.53
1984	1.54	3.52
1985	1.51	3.51
1986	1.54	3.45
1987	1.54	3.38
1988	1.57	3.31
1989	1.58	3.24
1990	1.62	3.17
1991	1.66	3.08
1992	1.65	3
1993	1.61	2.93
1994	1.56	2.86
1995	1.56	2.78
1996	1.59	2.68
1997	1.6	2.59
1998	1.6	2.53
1999	1.62	2.48
2000	1.67	2.41
2001	1.67	2.31
2002	1.65	2.16
2003	1.67	2.08
2004	1.72	2.03
2005	1.76	2.04
2006	1.8	1.94
2007	1.82	1.95
2008	1.85	1.98
2009	1.84	1.95
2010	1.86	1.83
2011	1.81	1.88
2012	1.8	1.85
2013	1.76	1.78
2014	1.74	1.8
2015	1.7	1.8
2016	1.68	1.75
2017	1.65	1.71
2018	1.62	1.71
2019	1.6	1.6
2020	1.55	1.45
2021	1.6	1.35
2022	1.53	1.34
2023	1.47	1.33

Belgium and Costa Rica demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Costa Rica
1960	34.9	16.8
1961	34.9	16.8
1962	34.9	16.7
1963	34.9	16.7
1964	34.8	16.7
1965	34.8	16.7
1966	34.7	16.8
1967	34.7	16.9
1968	34.7	17.1
1969	34.6	17.3
1970	34.5	17.6
1971	34.4	17.8
1972	34.3	18.1
1973	34.3	18.4
1974	34.3	18.6
1975	34.2	18.9
1976	34.1	19.2
1977	34.1	19.5
1978	34.1	19.7
1979	34.1	20
1980	34.2	20.3
1981	34.3	20.6
1982	34.5	20.9
1983	34.8	21.2
1984	35	21.4
1985	35.2	21.6
1986	35.4	21.8
1987	35.6	22.1
1988	35.9	22.3
1989	36.1	22.5
1990	36.3	22.7
1991	36.5	22.9
1992	36.7	23.2
1993	37	23.4
1994	37.2	23.6
1995	37.5	23.9
1996	37.8	24.1
1997	38.1	24.4
1998	38.3	24.7
1999	38.6	24.9
2000	38.9	25.2
2001	39.2	25.5
2002	39.4	25.9
2003	39.7	26.3
2004	40	26.7
2005	40.2	27
2006	40.4	27.4
2007	40.6	27.8
2008	40.7	28.2
2009	40.8	28.6
2010	40.8	29
2011	40.9	29.4
2012	41.1	29.8
2013	41.2	30.3
2014	41.3	30.7
2015	41.4	31.2
2016	41.4	31.7
2017	41.6	32.1
2018	41.7	32.6
2019	41.8	33
2020	41.9	33.5
2021	42	34
2022	42.2	34.5
2023	42.4	35.1
2024	42.7	35.6

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