Chile vs Costa Rica statistics compared

Chile has a population of 19.8M (ranked 66/197), compared with 5.13M in Costa Rica (ranked 126/197). Chile's land area is 286,809 sq mi versus 19,714 sq mi for Costa Rica (ranked 38th vs. 126th).

By GDP, Chile ranks 46/197 ($330B) and Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B). By GDP per capita, Chile ranks 65/197 ($16,710), while Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587).

Chile and Costa Rica: Comparison Charts

Chile and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP

Chile

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP
	Chile	Costa Rica
1960	$4,211,103,677	$507,513,830
1961	$4,948,564,551	$490,325,182
1962	$5,765,971,144	$479,180,824
1963	$5,702,520,146	$511,902,137
1964	$6,065,708,668	$542,578,367
1965	$6,183,988,944	$592,981,162
1966	$7,256,882,086	$647,305,630
1967	$7,145,068,068	$699,456,619
1968	$7,286,820,526	$773,841,494
1969	$8,456,519,044	$853,630,204
1970	$9,261,006,540	$984,830,158
1971	$10,999,807,567	$1,077,147,538
1972	$12,057,501,635	$1,238,251,696
1973	$17,237,336,173	$1,528,925,846
1974	$16,584,311,220	$1,666,544,754
1975	$7,812,161,793	$1,960,863,466
1976	$10,523,479,089	$2,412,555,426
1977	$14,272,711,437	$3,072,427,013
1978	$16,373,093,554	$3,523,208,810
1979	$22,249,574,628	$4,035,519,323
1980	$29,586,676,576	$4,831,447,001
1981	$35,180,322,211	$2,623,803,096
1982	$19,710,229,067	$2,606,623,555
1983	$20,629,678,694	$3,146,772,631
1984	$19,974,595,028	$3,660,477,856
1985	$17,933,557,360	$3,919,203,960
1986	$19,197,818,085	$4,418,983,871
1987	$22,605,488,851	$4,532,952,047
1988	$26,174,858,614	$4,614,629,898
1989	$30,101,767,991	$5,251,025,767
1990	$33,428,580,448	$5,711,687,787
1991	$38,232,330,917	$7,215,725,487
1992	$46,538,895,686	$8,579,754,758
1993	$49,934,943,321	$9,564,815,975
1994	$57,438,273,591	$10,489,903,725
1995	$73,820,425,702	$11,578,594,260
1996	$78,584,098,984	$11,678,424,507
1997	$85,741,415,285	$12,614,602,382
1998	$81,990,010,704	$13,684,255,947
1999	$75,578,685,736	$14,254,866,285
2000	$78,339,750,721	$15,013,629,662
2001	$71,574,739,561	$15,976,174,337
2002	$70,264,045,939	$16,578,820,687
2003	$76,492,579,644	$17,271,760,507
2004	$99,075,985,774	$18,610,594,846
2005	$122,294,145,163	$20,040,642,477
2006	$153,843,518,171	$22,715,540,324
2007	$172,491,076,034	$26,884,700,709
2008	$179,894,594,475	$30,801,745,700
2009	$171,777,900,624	$30,745,714,313
2010	$217,051,209,239	$37,658,616,952
2011	$251,382,573,894	$42,762,613,699
2012	$267,024,782,487	$47,231,655,432
2013	$277,395,018,842	$50,949,668,842
2014	$259,560,978,224	$52,016,408,854
2015	$242,450,355,831	$56,441,920,821
2016	$249,344,863,928	$58,847,019,610
2017	$276,154,259,981	$60,516,044,657
2018	$295,857,562,992	$62,420,164,992
2019	$278,285,058,719	$64,417,670,521
2020	$254,042,159,309	$62,395,610,760
2021	$315,325,547,162	$64,960,725,734
2022	$301,226,575,540	$69,243,626,029
2023	$335,518,054,098	$86,497,941,439
2024	$330,267,137,372	$95,350,423,177

Chile and Costa Rica economies compared

GDP per capita

Chile

Costa Rica

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Chile	Costa Rica
1960	$516	$382
1961	$594	$356
1962	$679	$335
1963	$658	$346
1964	$686	$354
1965	$686	$374
1966	$790	$395
1967	$764	$414
1968	$766	$445
1969	$874	$477
1970	$941	$536
1971	$1,099	$570
1972	$1,185	$639
1973	$1,667	$769
1974	$1,579	$817
1975	$732	$937
1976	$971	$1,123
1977	$1,297	$1,393
1978	$1,465	$1,556
1979	$1,962	$1,735
1980	$2,571	$2,021
1981	$3,012	$1,068
1982	$1,663	$1,032
1983	$1,715	$1,213
1984	$1,636	$1,372
1985	$1,447	$1,429
1986	$1,525	$1,569
1987	$1,767	$1,567
1988	$2,014	$1,555
1989	$2,278	$1,725
1990	$2,488	$1,830
1991	$2,798	$2,253
1992	$3,352	$2,612
1993	$3,541	$2,840
1994	$4,012	$3,040
1995	$5,081	$3,275
1996	$5,334	$3,227
1997	$5,742	$3,408
1998	$5,420	$3,617
1999	$4,934	$3,691
2000	$5,053	$3,813
2001	$4,564	$3,985
2002	$4,431	$4,068
2003	$4,773	$4,173
2004	$6,121	$4,431
2005	$7,480	$4,703
2006	$9,319	$5,257
2007	$10,346	$6,138
2008	$10,683	$6,937
2009	$10,099	$6,833
2010	$12,633	$8,266
2011	$14,487	$9,276
2012	$15,242	$10,127
2013	$15,684	$10,803
2014	$14,530	$10,911
2015	$13,434	$11,715
2016	$13,650	$12,091
2017	$14,880	$12,317
2018	$15,659	$12,590
2019	$14,496	$12,885
2020	$13,115	$12,394
2021	$16,207	$12,838
2022	$15,406	$13,626
2023	$17,067	$16,942
2024	$16,710	$18,587

Chile vs. Costa Rica life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Chile

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Chile	Costa Rica
1950	53.2	57.5
1951	53.5	57.8
1952	53.9	58.1
1953	54.3	59.1
1954	54.7	59.9
1955	54.9	60.5
1956	55.5	61.2
1957	55.8	61.6
1958	56.3	62.3
1959	56.6	62.9
1960	57.2	63.5
1961	57.3	63.9
1962	57.8	64.2
1963	58.3	64.3
1964	58.8	64.5
1965	59.5	64.8
1966	60.4	65.1
1967	61.1	65.6
1968	61.7	65.8
1969	62.3	66.4
1970	62.6	66.8
1971	63.1	67.4
1972	63.7	68
1973	64.4	68.7
1974	65.1	69.4
1975	66	70.3
1976	66.8	70.9
1977	67.5	71.5
1978	68	72
1979	68.9	72.5
1980	69.5	73
1981	69.8	73.4
1982	70.3	73.9
1983	70.8	74.2
1984	71.2	74.6
1985	71.6	74.8
1986	72.1	74.9
1987	72.5	75.2
1988	72.8	75.5
1989	73.2	75.9
1990	73.7	76.1
1991	74.1	76.2
1992	74.4	76.4
1993	74.7	76.3
1994	75	76.3
1995	75.3	76.4
1996	75.6	76.4
1997	75.8	76.6
1998	76.3	76.9
1999	76.7	77.1
2000	77.1	77.3
2001	77.6	77.6
2002	77.8	77.9
2003	77.9	78.2
2004	78.3	78.5
2005	78.5	78.9
2006	78.5	79
2007	78.7	79.1
2008	78.8	79.2
2009	78.9	79.4
2010	79.1	79.4
2011	79.2	79.6
2012	79.2	79.9
2013	79.6	80.2
2014	79.7	80.2
2015	80	80.4
2016	80.3	80
2017	80.6	80
2018	80.6	80.1
2019	80.3	80.3
2020	79.3	79.7
2021	78.9	78.1
2022	79.2	79.3
2023	81.2	80.8
2024	81.4	81
2025	81.5	81.2

Chile and Costa Rica population clocks and comparison

Population

Chile

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Population
	Chile	Costa Rica
1960	8,153,350	1,327,496
1961	8,324,802	1,377,920
1962	8,497,059	1,429,445
1963	8,670,144	1,481,604
1964	8,842,525	1,533,960
1965	9,012,938	1,586,208
1966	9,181,722	1,638,116
1967	9,348,939	1,689,523
1968	9,514,716	1,739,731
1969	9,680,282	1,789,276
1970	9,845,344	1,838,949
1971	10,009,701	1,888,539
1972	10,174,678	1,938,248
1973	10,340,362	1,988,343
1974	10,505,817	2,039,643
1975	10,671,559	2,092,719
1976	10,838,251	2,147,774
1977	11,005,519	2,205,025
1978	11,172,695	2,264,510
1979	11,339,779	2,326,490
1980	11,508,550	2,390,633
1981	11,678,717	2,456,637
1982	11,850,214	2,524,806
1983	12,026,138	2,595,153
1984	12,207,733	2,667,595
1985	12,395,274	2,741,894
1986	12,588,914	2,817,216
1987	12,790,150	2,892,699
1988	12,999,424	2,968,103
1989	13,215,005	3,043,827
1990	13,437,176	3,121,706
1991	13,662,491	3,202,176
1992	13,884,577	3,284,258
1993	14,102,276	3,367,434
1994	14,316,256	3,451,122
1995	14,527,381	3,535,176
1996	14,734,046	3,619,013
1997	14,932,434	3,701,711
1998	15,127,799	3,782,838
1999	15,319,313	3,862,101
2000	15,503,635	3,937,739
2001	15,683,849	4,008,947
2002	15,857,925	4,075,705
2003	16,024,752	4,138,784
2004	16,187,322	4,200,078
2005	16,348,778	4,261,240
2006	16,509,195	4,321,340
2007	16,671,581	4,380,248
2008	16,838,988	4,440,056
2009	17,009,731	4,499,791
2010	17,181,464	4,555,962
2011	17,351,816	4,609,833
2012	17,519,119	4,663,934
2013	17,687,006	4,716,147
2014	17,864,195	4,767,119
2015	18,047,625	4,818,038
2016	18,267,221	4,866,998
2017	18,558,868	4,913,177
2018	18,893,191	4,957,818
2019	19,197,744	4,999,553
2020	19,370,624	5,034,320
2021	19,456,334	5,059,988
2022	19,553,036	5,081,765
2023	19,658,835	5,105,525
2024	19,764,771	5,129,910

Fertility rates in Chile and Costa Rica

Fertility rate

Chile

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Chile	Costa Rica
1960	4.7	6.71
1961	4.66	6.65
1962	4.6	6.54
1963	4.54	6.39
1964	4.46	6.19
1965	4.36	5.96
1966	4.26	5.7
1967	4.14	5.42
1968	4.03	5.03
1969	3.9	4.84
1970	3.78	4.59
1971	3.65	4.36
1972	3.53	4.16
1973	3.41	3.99
1974	3.29	3.89
1975	3.18	3.8
1976	3.08	3.75
1977	2.98	3.7
1978	2.89	3.66
1979	2.81	3.65
1980	2.74	3.58
1981	2.69	3.56
1982	2.65	3.54
1983	2.62	3.53
1984	2.6	3.52
1985	2.59	3.51
1986	2.59	3.45
1987	2.59	3.38
1988	2.59	3.31
1989	2.59	3.24
1990	2.58	3.17
1991	2.56	3.08
1992	2.48	3
1993	2.43	2.93
1994	2.38	2.86
1995	2.35	2.78
1996	2.28	2.68
1997	2.2	2.59
1998	2.15	2.53
1999	2.07	2.48
2000	2.05	2.41
2001	2.01	2.31
2002	1.93	2.16
2003	1.89	2.08
2004	1.84	2.03
2005	1.83	2.04
2006	1.8	1.94
2007	1.83	1.95
2008	1.85	1.98
2009	1.86	1.95
2010	1.84	1.83
2011	1.82	1.88
2012	1.8	1.85
2013	1.79	1.78
2014	1.77	1.8
2015	1.74	1.8
2016	1.69	1.75
2017	1.56	1.71
2018	1.54	1.71
2019	1.43	1.6
2020	1.31	1.45
2021	1.18	1.35
2022	1.25	1.34
2023	1.17	1.33

Chile and Costa Rica demographics compared

Median age

Chile

Costa Rica

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Chile	Costa Rica
1960	20.4	16.8
1961	20.3	16.8
1962	20.3	16.7
1963	20.3	16.7
1964	20.3	16.7
1965	20.3	16.7
1966	20.3	16.8
1967	20.4	16.9
1968	20.5	17.1
1969	20.6	17.3
1970	20.8	17.6
1971	20.9	17.8
1972	21.1	18.1
1973	21.3	18.4
1974	21.5	18.6
1975	21.7	18.9
1976	22	19.2
1977	22.3	19.5
1978	22.5	19.7
1979	22.8	20
1980	23	20.3
1981	23.3	20.6
1982	23.6	20.9
1983	23.9	21.2
1984	24.2	21.4
1985	24.4	21.6
1986	24.7	21.8
1987	25	22.1
1988	25.3	22.3
1989	25.6	22.5
1990	25.9	22.7
1991	26.1	22.9
1992	26.4	23.2
1993	26.7	23.4
1994	27	23.6
1995	27.3	23.9
1996	27.7	24.1
1997	28	24.4
1998	28.3	24.7
1999	28.7	24.9
2000	29	25.2
2001	29.4	25.5
2002	29.8	25.9
2003	30.2	26.3
2004	30.6	26.7
2005	30.9	27
2006	31.3	27.4
2007	31.7	27.8
2008	32.1	28.2
2009	32.4	28.6
2010	32.7	29
2011	33.1	29.4
2012	33.4	29.8
2013	33.7	30.3
2014	34	30.7
2015	34.3	31.2
2016	34.6	31.7
2017	34.9	32.1
2018	35.1	32.6
2019	35.3	33
2020	35.7	33.5
2021	36.2	34
2022	36.6	34.5
2023	37	35.1
2024	37.5	35.6

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