Bolivia vs Costa Rica statistics compared

Bolivia has a population of 12.4M (ranked 79/197), compared with 5.13M in Costa Rica (ranked 126/197). Bolivia's land area is 418,264 sq mi versus 19,714 sq mi for Costa Rica (ranked 27th vs. 126th).

By GDP, Bolivia ranks 94/197 ($49.7B) and Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B). By GDP per capita, Bolivia ranks 129/197 ($4,001), while Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587).

Bolivia and Costa Rica: Comparison Charts

Bolivia and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP
	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1960	$373,250,000	$507,513,830
1961	$406,000,000	$490,325,182
1962	$443,916,667	$479,180,824
1963	$478,000,000	$511,902,137
1964	$538,583,333	$542,578,367
1965	$598,333,333	$592,981,162
1966	$662,500,000	$647,305,630
1967	$748,250,000	$699,456,619
1968	$849,333,333	$773,841,494
1969	$920,333,333	$853,630,204
1970	$1,006,833,333	$984,830,158
1971	$1,084,666,667	$1,077,147,538
1972	$1,286,153,846	$1,238,251,696
1973	$1,263,600,000	$1,528,925,846
1974	$2,101,300,000	$1,666,544,754
1975	$2,405,900,000	$1,960,863,466
1976	$2,733,350,000	$2,412,555,426
1977	$3,229,050,000	$3,072,427,013
1978	$3,760,100,000	$3,523,208,810
1979	$4,510,500,000	$4,035,519,323
1980	$4,450,360,000	$4,831,447,001
1981	$5,778,480,000	$2,623,803,096
1982	$5,600,390,625	$2,606,623,555
1983	$5,414,008,621	$3,146,772,631
1984	$6,169,304,528	$3,660,477,856
1985	$5,377,276,657	$3,919,203,960
1986	$3,959,383,520	$4,418,983,871
1987	$4,347,956,338	$4,532,952,047
1988	$4,597,611,710	$4,614,629,898
1989	$4,715,973,437	$5,251,025,767
1990	$4,867,582,598	$5,711,687,787
1991	$5,343,262,457	$7,215,725,487
1992	$5,643,868,749	$8,579,754,758
1993	$5,734,699,489	$9,564,815,975
1994	$5,981,222,859	$10,489,903,725
1995	$6,715,161,732	$11,578,594,260
1996	$7,396,949,126	$11,678,424,507
1997	$7,925,736,821	$12,614,602,382
1998	$8,497,494,652	$13,684,255,947
1999	$8,285,064,435	$14,254,866,285
2000	$8,397,855,485	$15,013,629,662
2001	$8,141,516,928	$15,976,174,337
2002	$7,905,485,146	$16,578,820,687
2003	$8,082,399,640	$17,271,760,507
2004	$8,773,451,752	$18,610,594,846
2005	$9,549,122,905	$20,040,642,477
2006	$11,451,844,902	$22,715,540,324
2007	$13,120,108,008	$26,884,700,709
2008	$16,674,276,286	$30,801,745,700
2009	$17,339,992,194	$30,745,714,313
2010	$19,649,723,722	$37,658,616,952
2011	$23,963,164,697	$42,762,613,699
2012	$27,084,497,482	$47,231,655,432
2013	$30,659,338,886	$50,949,668,842
2014	$32,996,188,017	$52,016,408,854
2015	$33,000,198,249	$56,441,920,821
2016	$33,941,126,194	$58,847,019,610
2017	$37,508,642,171	$60,516,044,657
2018	$40,287,647,931	$62,420,164,992
2019	$40,895,322,851	$64,417,670,521
2020	$36,629,843,806	$62,395,610,760
2021	$40,406,111,693	$64,960,725,734
2022	$44,008,282,880	$69,243,626,029
2023	$45,135,398,003	$86,497,941,439
2024	$49,668,296,744	$95,350,423,177

Bolivia and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP per capita

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1960	$100.8	$382
1961	$107.4	$356
1962	$115.1	$335
1963	$121.4	$346
1964	$133.9	$354
1965	$145.6	$374
1966	$157.8	$395
1967	$174.3	$414
1968	$193.5	$445
1969	$205.1	$477
1970	$219.4	$536
1971	$231.1	$570
1972	$267.9	$639
1973	$257.3	$769
1974	$418	$817
1975	$468	$937
1976	$520	$1,123
1977	$600	$1,393
1978	$683	$1,556
1979	$801	$1,735
1980	$773	$2,021
1981	$981	$1,068
1982	$931	$1,032
1983	$880	$1,213
1984	$982	$1,372
1985	$838	$1,429
1986	$604	$1,569
1987	$650	$1,567
1988	$673	$1,555
1989	$675	$1,725
1990	$683	$1,830
1991	$734	$2,253
1992	$760	$2,612
1993	$757	$2,840
1994	$774	$3,040
1995	$853	$3,275
1996	$922	$3,227
1997	$970	$3,408
1998	$1,022	$3,617
1999	$979	$3,691
2000	$976	$3,813
2001	$930	$3,985
2002	$888	$4,068
2003	$893	$4,173
2004	$953	$4,431
2005	$1,020	$4,703
2006	$1,203	$5,257
2007	$1,355	$6,138
2008	$1,693	$6,937
2009	$1,731	$6,833
2010	$1,930	$8,266
2011	$2,316	$9,276
2012	$2,576	$10,127
2013	$2,870	$10,803
2014	$3,041	$10,911
2015	$2,996	$11,715
2016	$3,036	$12,091
2017	$3,306	$12,317
2018	$3,501	$12,590
2019	$3,504	$12,885
2020	$3,100	$12,394
2021	$3,385	$12,838
2022	$3,644	$13,626
2023	$3,686	$16,942
2024	$4,001	$18,587

Bolivia vs. Costa Rica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1950	40.7	57.5
1951	40.9	57.8
1952	41	58.1
1953	41.4	59.1
1954	41.7	59.9
1955	41.9	60.5
1956	42.2	61.2
1957	42.4	61.6
1958	42.7	62.3
1959	43	62.9
1960	43.3	63.5
1961	43.6	63.9
1962	44	64.2
1963	44.3	64.3
1964	44.7	64.5
1965	45.1	64.8
1966	45.5	65.1
1967	45.9	65.6
1968	46.3	65.8
1969	46.7	66.4
1970	47.1	66.8
1971	47.5	67.4
1972	47.8	68
1973	48.3	68.7
1974	48.8	69.4
1975	49.3	70.3
1976	50	70.9
1977	50.4	71.5
1978	50.8	72
1979	51.4	72.5
1980	51.8	73
1981	52.3	73.4
1982	52.5	73.9
1983	52.9	74.2
1984	53.4	74.6
1985	53.8	74.8
1986	54.2	74.9
1987	54.9	75.2
1988	55.5	75.5
1989	56.1	75.9
1990	56.8	76.1
1991	57.4	76.2
1992	57.9	76.4
1993	58.7	76.3
1994	59.3	76.3
1995	59.8	76.4
1996	60.3	76.4
1997	60.7	76.6
1998	61.2	76.9
1999	61.7	77.1
2000	62.1	77.3
2001	62.5	77.6
2002	63.1	77.9
2003	63.5	78.2
2004	63.8	78.5
2005	64.2	78.9
2006	64.5	79
2007	64.9	79.1
2008	65.3	79.2
2009	65.7	79.4
2010	66	79.4
2011	66.3	79.6
2012	66.6	79.9
2013	66.8	80.2
2014	67	80.2
2015	67.2	80.4
2016	67.4	80
2017	67.5	80
2018	67.7	80.1
2019	67.8	80.3
2020	62.9	79.7
2021	61.4	78.1
2022	67.4	79.3
2023	68.6	80.8
2024	68.7	81
2025	68.9	81.2

Bolivia and Costa Rica population clocks and comparison

Population

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Population
	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1960	3,702,323	1,327,496
1961	3,778,731	1,377,920
1962	3,857,493	1,429,445
1963	3,938,913	1,481,604
1964	4,022,996	1,533,960
1965	4,109,796	1,586,208
1966	4,199,550	1,638,116
1967	4,292,572	1,689,523
1968	4,388,944	1,739,731
1969	4,488,232	1,789,276
1970	4,590,010	1,838,949
1971	4,694,342	1,888,539
1972	4,800,978	1,938,248
1973	4,910,200	1,988,343
1974	5,022,475	2,039,643
1975	5,137,539	2,092,719
1976	5,256,496	2,147,774
1977	5,379,166	2,205,025
1978	5,504,123	2,264,510
1979	5,630,849	2,326,490
1980	5,758,900	2,390,633
1981	5,888,109	2,456,637
1982	6,018,088	2,524,806
1983	6,149,060	2,595,153
1984	6,281,868	2,667,595
1985	6,416,185	2,741,894
1986	6,552,479	2,817,216
1987	6,692,162	2,892,699
1988	6,835,508	2,968,103
1989	6,981,766	3,043,827
1990	7,130,142	3,121,706
1991	7,280,289	3,202,176
1992	7,430,336	3,284,258
1993	7,579,195	3,367,434
1994	7,727,322	3,451,122
1995	7,874,676	3,535,176
1996	8,021,736	3,619,013
1997	8,167,900	3,701,711
1998	8,313,394	3,782,838
1999	8,459,806	3,862,101
2000	8,606,326	3,937,739
2001	8,752,736	4,008,947
2002	8,900,355	4,075,705
2003	9,050,700	4,138,784
2004	9,204,287	4,200,078
2005	9,360,754	4,261,240
2006	9,521,689	4,321,340
2007	9,685,960	4,380,248
2008	9,850,858	4,440,056
2009	10,016,275	4,499,791
2010	10,182,345	4,555,962
2011	10,348,929	4,609,833
2012	10,515,807	4,663,934
2013	10,682,608	4,716,147
2014	10,848,888	4,767,119
2015	11,014,705	4,818,038
2016	11,180,020	4,866,998
2017	11,344,587	4,913,177
2018	11,508,368	4,957,818
2019	11,671,386	4,999,553
2020	11,816,299	5,034,320
2021	11,937,360	5,059,988
2022	12,077,154	5,081,765
2023	12,244,159	5,105,525
2024	12,413,315	5,129,910

Fertility rates in Bolivia and Costa Rica

Fertility rate

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1960	6.27	6.71
1961	6.26	6.65
1962	6.25	6.54
1963	6.23	6.39
1964	6.21	6.19
1965	6.18	5.96
1966	6.16	5.7
1967	6.13	5.42
1968	6.1	5.03
1969	6.06	4.84
1970	6	4.59
1971	5.95	4.36
1972	5.89	4.16
1973	5.85	3.99
1974	5.8	3.89
1975	5.75	3.8
1976	5.74	3.75
1977	5.67	3.7
1978	5.61	3.66
1979	5.54	3.65
1980	5.47	3.58
1981	5.41	3.56
1982	5.35	3.54
1983	5.29	3.53
1984	5.24	3.52
1985	5.15	3.51
1986	5.12	3.45
1987	5.06	3.38
1988	5.03	3.31
1989	4.97	3.24
1990	4.9	3.17
1991	4.85	3.08
1992	4.71	3
1993	4.59	2.93
1994	4.49	2.86
1995	4.41	2.78
1996	4.34	2.68
1997	4.22	2.59
1998	4.15	2.53
1999	4.09	2.48
2000	3.99	2.41
2001	3.89	2.31
2002	3.8	2.16
2003	3.72	2.08
2004	3.63	2.03
2005	3.56	2.04
2006	3.53	1.94
2007	3.45	1.95
2008	3.36	1.98
2009	3.29	1.95
2010	3.21	1.83
2011	3.14	1.88
2012	3.08	1.85
2013	3.01	1.78
2014	2.95	1.8
2015	2.89	1.8
2016	2.83	1.75
2017	2.78	1.71
2018	2.73	1.71
2019	2.69	1.6
2020	2.65	1.45
2021	2.62	1.35
2022	2.58	1.34
2023	2.55	1.33

Bolivia and Costa Rica demographics compared

Median age

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1960	19.6	16.8
1961	19.6	16.8
1962	19.6	16.7
1963	19.5	16.7
1964	19.5	16.7
1965	19.5	16.7
1966	19.5	16.8
1967	19.5	16.9
1968	19.5	17.1
1969	19.5	17.3
1970	19.4	17.6
1971	19.4	17.8
1972	19.4	18.1
1973	19.3	18.4
1974	19.3	18.6
1975	19.3	18.9
1976	19.3	19.2
1977	19.3	19.5
1978	19.3	19.7
1979	19.3	20
1980	19.3	20.3
1981	19.3	20.6
1982	19.4	20.9
1983	19.4	21.2
1984	19.4	21.4
1985	19.4	21.6
1986	19.5	21.8
1987	19.5	22.1
1988	19.6	22.3
1989	19.6	22.5
1990	19.6	22.7
1991	19.7	22.9
1992	19.8	23.2
1993	19.8	23.4
1994	20	23.6
1995	20.1	23.9
1996	20.3	24.1
1997	20.4	24.4
1998	20.6	24.7
1999	20.8	24.9
2000	20.9	25.2
2001	21.1	25.5
2002	21.3	25.9
2003	21.4	26.3
2004	21.6	26.7
2005	21.7	27
2006	21.9	27.4
2007	22.1	27.8
2008	22.2	28.2
2009	22.4	28.6
2010	22.6	29
2011	22.9	29.4
2012	23.1	29.8
2013	23.3	30.3
2014	23.5	30.7
2015	23.8	31.2
2016	24	31.7
2017	24.3	32.1
2018	24.5	32.6
2019	24.8	33
2020	25	33.5
2021	25.2	34
2022	25.4	34.5
2023	25.7	35.1
2024	26	35.6

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