Costa Rica vs Cuba statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 11M in Cuba (ranked 86/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 40,077 sq mi for Cuba (ranked 126th vs. 103rd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605).

Costa Rica and Cuba: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Cuba economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Cuba

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Cuba
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	$5,693,005,200
1971	$1,077,147,538	$6,914,658,400
1972	$1,238,251,696	$8,135,150,892
1973	$1,528,925,846	$9,987,709,650
1974	$1,666,544,754	$11,405,957,317
1975	$1,960,863,466	$13,027,415,244
1976	$2,412,555,426	$13,789,579,903
1977	$3,072,427,013	$14,206,158,675
1978	$3,523,208,810	$17,844,705,325
1979	$4,035,519,323	$19,584,443,288
1980	$4,831,447,001	$19,912,889,861
1981	$2,623,803,096	$20,150,254,096
1982	$2,606,623,555	$20,953,510,235
1983	$3,146,772,631	$22,204,940,512
1984	$3,660,477,856	$24,039,383,608
1985	$3,919,203,960	$22,920,490,774
1986	$4,418,983,871	$24,226,574,634
1987	$4,532,952,047	$25,213,935,012
1988	$4,614,629,898	$27,458,999,472
1989	$5,251,025,767	$27,023,468,666
1990	$5,711,687,787	$28,645,436,569
1991	$7,215,725,487	$24,316,556,026
1992	$8,579,754,758	$22,085,858,243
1993	$9,564,815,975	$22,367,254,865
1994	$10,489,903,725	$28,448,326,757
1995	$11,578,594,260	$30,429,803,651
1996	$11,678,424,507	$25,017,368,700
1997	$12,614,602,382	$25,365,908,100
1998	$13,684,255,947	$25,736,331,200
1999	$14,254,866,285	$28,364,615,200
2000	$15,013,629,662	$30,565,400,000
2001	$15,976,174,337	$31,682,400,000
2002	$16,578,820,687	$33,590,500,000
2003	$17,271,760,507	$35,901,200,000
2004	$18,610,594,846	$38,203,000,000
2005	$20,040,642,477	$42,643,836,100
2006	$22,715,540,324	$48,835,925,926
2007	$26,884,700,709	$54,262,870,370
2008	$30,801,745,700	$56,302,129,630
2009	$30,745,714,313	$57,481,481,481
2010	$37,658,616,952	$59,562,962,963
2011	$42,762,613,699	$68,990,000,000
2012	$47,231,655,432	$73,141,000,000
2013	$50,949,668,842	$77,148,000,000
2014	$52,016,408,854	$80,656,100,000
2015	$56,441,920,821	$87,132,800,000
2016	$58,847,019,610	$91,370,407,864
2017	$60,516,044,657	$96,850,649,692
2018	$62,420,164,992	$100,050,036,096
2019	$64,417,670,521	$103,427,600,000
2020	$62,395,610,760	$107,351,800,000
2021	$64,960,725,734	-
2022	$69,243,626,029	-
2023	$86,497,941,439	-
2024	$95,350,423,177	-

Costa Rica and Cuba economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Cuba

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Cuba
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$645
1971	$570	$770
1972	$639	$892
1973	$769	$1,079
1974	$817	$1,217
1975	$937	$1,374
1976	$1,123	$1,441
1977	$1,393	$1,472
1978	$1,556	$1,837
1979	$1,735	$2,006
1980	$2,021	$2,031
1981	$1,068	$2,046
1982	$1,032	$2,114
1983	$1,213	$2,222
1984	$1,372	$2,386
1985	$1,429	$2,257
1986	$1,569	$2,365
1987	$1,567	$2,440
1988	$1,555	$2,632
1989	$1,725	$2,566
1990	$1,830	$2,694
1991	$2,253	$2,269
1992	$2,612	$2,048
1993	$2,840	$2,063
1994	$3,040	$2,613
1995	$3,275	$2,785
1996	$3,227	$2,282
1997	$3,408	$2,306
1998	$3,617	$2,332
1999	$3,691	$2,562
2000	$3,813	$2,751
2001	$3,985	$2,843
2002	$4,068	$3,005
2003	$4,173	$3,203
2004	$4,431	$3,399
2005	$4,703	$3,786
2006	$5,257	$4,330
2007	$6,138	$4,807
2008	$6,937	$4,986
2009	$6,833	$5,089
2010	$8,266	$5,272
2011	$9,276	$6,104
2012	$10,127	$6,471
2013	$10,803	$6,828
2014	$10,911	$7,147
2015	$11,715	$7,728
2016	$12,091	$8,111
2017	$12,317	$8,611
2018	$12,590	$8,911
2019	$12,885	$9,232
2020	$12,394	$9,605
2021	$12,838	-
2022	$13,626	-
2023	$16,942	-
2024	$18,587	-

Costa Rica vs. Cuba life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Cuba

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Cuba
1950	57.5	59
1951	57.8	59.4
1952	58.1	59.8
1953	59.1	60.2
1954	59.9	60.7
1955	60.5	61.2
1956	61.2	61.5
1957	61.6	61.9
1958	62.3	62.3
1959	62.9	62.8
1960	63.5	63.3
1961	63.9	63.7
1962	64.2	64.4
1963	64.3	64.3
1964	64.5	65.3
1965	64.8	65.6
1966	65.1	66.1
1967	65.6	66.5
1968	65.8	66.9
1969	66.4	67.4
1970	66.8	67.9
1971	67.4	68.4
1972	68	68.9
1973	68.7	69.3
1974	69.4	69.9
1975	70.3	70.4
1976	70.9	70.9
1977	71.5	71.4
1978	72	71.9
1979	72.5	72.3
1980	73	72.6
1981	73.4	73
1982	73.9	73.4
1983	74.2	73.6
1984	74.6	73.6
1985	74.8	73.5
1986	74.9	73.6
1987	75.2	73.6
1988	75.5	73.7
1989	75.9	73.7
1990	76.1	73.8
1991	76.2	73.8
1992	76.4	73.8
1993	76.3	73.9
1994	76.3	74.1
1995	76.4	74.3
1996	76.4	74.7
1997	76.6	75.1
1998	76.9	75.4
1999	77.1	75.7
2000	77.3	75.9
2001	77.6	76.4
2002	77.9	76.8
2003	78.2	77.4
2004	78.5	77.3
2005	78.9	77.5
2006	79	77.4
2007	79.1	77.6
2008	79.2	77.6
2009	79.4	77.6
2010	79.4	77.9
2011	79.6	78.1
2012	79.9	78.2
2013	80.2	78
2014	80.2	77.8
2015	80.4	77.7
2016	80	77.6
2017	80	77.3
2018	80.1	77.4
2019	80.3	77.4
2020	79.7	77.4
2021	78.1	73.2
2022	79.3	77.6
2023	80.8	78.1
2024	81	78.3
2025	81.2	78.4

Costa Rica and Cuba population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Cuba

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Cuba
1960	1,327,496	7,238,081
1961	1,377,920	7,387,117
1962	1,429,445	7,541,098
1963	1,481,604	7,701,660
1964	1,533,960	7,866,020
1965	1,586,208	8,030,797
1966	1,638,116	8,193,450
1967	1,689,523	8,352,625
1968	1,739,731	8,509,522
1969	1,789,276	8,666,640
1970	1,838,949	8,824,382
1971	1,888,539	8,979,085
1972	1,938,248	9,123,891
1973	1,988,343	9,255,328
1974	2,039,643	9,374,183
1975	2,092,719	9,479,726
1976	2,147,774	9,571,242
1977	2,205,025	9,648,440
1978	2,264,510	9,711,980
1979	2,326,490	9,763,355
1980	2,390,633	9,804,796
1981	2,456,637	9,849,320
1982	2,524,806	9,912,681
1983	2,595,153	9,991,026
1984	2,667,595	10,073,299
1985	2,741,894	10,157,228
1986	2,817,216	10,244,247
1987	2,892,699	10,335,342
1988	2,968,103	10,432,585
1989	3,043,827	10,533,243
1990	3,121,706	10,631,799
1991	3,202,176	10,717,640
1992	3,284,258	10,785,801
1993	3,367,434	10,841,031
1994	3,451,122	10,886,021
1995	3,535,176	10,925,362
1996	3,619,013	10,962,010
1997	3,701,711	10,997,934
1998	3,782,838	11,034,712
1999	3,862,101	11,072,230
2000	3,937,739	11,109,109
2001	4,008,947	11,144,132
2002	4,075,705	11,177,418
2003	4,138,784	11,209,383
2004	4,200,078	11,238,756
2005	4,261,240	11,262,554
2006	4,321,340	11,278,550
2007	4,380,248	11,287,272
2008	4,440,056	11,291,762
2009	4,499,791	11,294,719
2010	4,555,962	11,297,409
2011	4,609,833	11,301,571
2012	4,663,934	11,303,175
2013	4,716,147	11,298,167
2014	4,767,119	11,285,775
2015	4,818,038	11,275,065
2016	4,866,998	11,265,612
2017	4,913,177	11,247,829
2018	4,957,818	11,227,118
2019	4,999,553	11,202,846
2020	5,034,320	11,176,354
2021	5,059,988	11,122,168
2022	5,081,765	11,059,820
2023	5,105,525	11,019,931
2024	5,129,910	10,979,783

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Cuba

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Cuba

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Cuba
1960	6.71	4.13
1961	6.65	4.26
1962	6.54	4.42
1963	6.39	4.56
1964	6.19	4.53
1965	5.96	4.5
1966	5.7	4.4
1967	5.42	4.29
1968	5.03	4.19
1969	4.84	4.12
1970	4.59	3.98
1971	4.36	3.8
1972	4.16	3.61
1973	3.99	3.4
1974	3.89	3.16
1975	3.8	2.82
1976	3.75	2.51
1977	3.7	2.21
1978	3.66	1.88
1979	3.65	1.77
1980	3.58	1.64
1981	3.56	1.59
1982	3.54	1.78
1983	3.53	1.8
1984	3.52	1.77
1985	3.51	1.77
1986	3.45	1.78
1987	3.38	1.8
1988	3.31	1.85
1989	3.24	1.83
1990	3.17	1.81
1991	3.08	1.66
1992	3	1.56
1993	2.93	1.49
1994	2.86	1.47
1995	2.78	1.48
1996	2.68	1.46
1997	2.59	1.59
1998	2.53	1.62
1999	2.48	1.64
2000	2.41	1.61
2001	2.31	1.6
2002	2.16	1.65
2003	2.08	1.63
2004	2.03	1.55
2005	2.04	1.49
2006	1.94	1.4
2007	1.95	1.44
2008	1.98	1.58
2009	1.95	1.68
2010	1.83	1.67
2011	1.88	1.73
2012	1.85	1.67
2013	1.78	1.68
2014	1.8	1.66
2015	1.8	1.69
2016	1.75	1.6
2017	1.71	1.59
2018	1.71	1.61
2019	1.6	1.54
2020	1.45	1.49
2021	1.35	1.43
2022	1.34	1.41
2023	1.33	1.44

Costa Rica and Cuba demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Cuba

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Cuba
1960	16.8	22.5
1961	16.8	22.5
1962	16.7	22.4
1963	16.7	22.3
1964	16.7	22.2
1965	16.7	22.1
1966	16.8	22
1967	16.9	21.9
1968	17.1	21.9
1969	17.3	21.8
1970	17.6	21.8
1971	17.8	21.9
1972	18.1	21.9
1973	18.4	22.1
1974	18.6	22.2
1975	18.9	22.5
1976	19.2	22.7
1977	19.5	23
1978	19.7	23.4
1979	20	23.7
1980	20.3	24.1
1981	20.6	24.5
1982	20.9	24.8
1983	21.2	25.1
1984	21.4	25.5
1985	21.6	25.9
1986	21.8	26.3
1987	22.1	26.7
1988	22.3	27.1
1989	22.5	27.5
1990	22.7	27.9
1991	22.9	28.3
1992	23.2	28.7
1993	23.4	29.2
1994	23.6	29.7
1995	23.9	30.3
1996	24.1	30.9
1997	24.4	31.4
1998	24.7	32
1999	24.9	32.5
2000	25.2	33.1
2001	25.5	33.6
2002	25.9	34.2
2003	26.3	34.7
2004	26.7	35.2
2005	27	35.7
2006	27.4	36.2
2007	27.8	36.8
2008	28.2	37.3
2009	28.6	37.7
2010	29	38.2
2011	29.4	38.6
2012	29.8	39.1
2013	30.3	39.7
2014	30.7	40.2
2015	31.2	40.6
2016	31.7	40.9
2017	32.1	41.3
2018	32.6	41.6
2019	33	41.9
2020	33.5	42.1
2021	34	42.3
2022	34.5	42.5
2023	35.1	42.8
2024	35.6	43.1

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