Costa Rica vs Curacao statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 156K in Curacao (ranked 179/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 171.4 sq mi for Curacao (ranked 126th vs. 182nd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Curacao ranks 168/197 ($3.28B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Curacao ranks 56/197 ($21,062).

Costa Rica and Curacao: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Curacao economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Curacao

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Curacao
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	-
1971	$1,077,147,538	-
1972	$1,238,251,696	-
1973	$1,528,925,846	-
1974	$1,666,544,754	-
1975	$1,960,863,466	-
1976	$2,412,555,426	-
1977	$3,072,427,013	-
1978	$3,523,208,810	-
1979	$4,035,519,323	-
1980	$4,831,447,001	-
1981	$2,623,803,096	-
1982	$2,606,623,555	-
1983	$3,146,772,631	-
1984	$3,660,477,856	-
1985	$3,919,203,960	-
1986	$4,418,983,871	-
1987	$4,532,952,047	-
1988	$4,614,629,898	-
1989	$5,251,025,767	-
1990	$5,711,687,787	-
1991	$7,215,725,487	-
1992	$8,579,754,758	-
1993	$9,564,815,975	-
1994	$10,489,903,725	-
1995	$11,578,594,260	-
1996	$11,678,424,507	-
1997	$12,614,602,382	-
1998	$13,684,255,947	-
1999	$14,254,866,285	-
2000	$15,013,629,662	$2,120,511,229
2001	$15,976,174,337	$2,143,450,726
2002	$16,578,820,687	$2,160,784,693
2003	$17,271,760,507	$2,202,117,374
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,237,160,503
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,344,637,263
2006	$22,715,540,324	$2,457,581,732
2007	$26,884,700,709	$2,593,831,508
2008	$30,801,745,700	$2,833,476,145
2009	$30,745,714,313	$2,869,153,184
2010	$37,658,616,952	$2,951,342,793
2011	$42,762,613,699	$2,930,092,235
2012	$47,231,655,432	$3,012,836,257
2013	$50,949,668,842	$3,033,568,603
2014	$52,016,408,854	$3,059,406,983
2015	$56,441,920,821	$3,058,779,218
2016	$58,847,019,610	$3,024,690,168
2017	$60,516,044,657	$3,033,433,240
2018	$62,420,164,992	$3,046,364,804
2019	$64,417,670,521	$3,026,124,116
2020	$62,395,610,760	$2,534,327,592
2021	$64,960,725,734	$2,739,594,360
2022	$69,243,626,029	$3,075,180,835
2023	$86,497,941,439	$3,281,419,347
2024	$95,350,423,177	-

Costa Rica and Curacao economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Curacao

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Curacao
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	-
1971	$570	-
1972	$639	-
1973	$769	-
1974	$817	-
1975	$937	-
1976	$1,123	-
1977	$1,393	-
1978	$1,556	-
1979	$1,735	-
1980	$2,021	-
1981	$1,068	-
1982	$1,032	-
1983	$1,213	-
1984	$1,372	-
1985	$1,429	-
1986	$1,569	-
1987	$1,567	-
1988	$1,555	-
1989	$1,725	-
1990	$1,830	-
1991	$2,253	-
1992	$2,612	-
1993	$2,840	-
1994	$3,040	-
1995	$3,275	-
1996	$3,227	-
1997	$3,408	-
1998	$3,617	-
1999	$3,691	-
2000	$3,813	$15,841
2001	$3,985	$16,610
2002	$4,068	$16,724
2003	$4,173	$16,696
2004	$4,431	$16,671
2005	$4,703	$17,032
2006	$5,257	$17,400
2007	$6,138	$18,006
2008	$6,937	$19,423
2009	$6,833	$19,540
2010	$8,266	$19,847
2011	$9,276	$19,426
2012	$10,127	$19,810
2013	$10,803	$19,721
2014	$10,911	$19,623
2015	$11,715	$19,362
2016	$12,091	$18,944
2017	$12,317	$18,938
2018	$12,590	$19,119
2019	$12,885	$19,221
2020	$12,394	$16,356
2021	$12,838	$17,980
2022	$13,626	$20,502
2023	$16,942	$21,062
2024	$18,587	-

Costa Rica vs. Curacao life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Curacao

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Curacao
1950	57.5	60.3
1951	57.8	61
1952	58.1	61.6
1953	59.1	62.1
1954	59.9	62.7
1955	60.5	63.3
1956	61.2	63.8
1957	61.6	64.2
1958	62.3	64.7
1959	62.9	65.1
1960	63.5	65.4
1961	63.9	65.7
1962	64.2	66
1963	64.3	66.3
1964	64.5	66.6
1965	64.8	66.9
1966	65.1	67.1
1967	65.6	67.4
1968	65.8	67.7
1969	66.4	67.9
1970	66.8	68.2
1971	67.4	68.5
1972	68	68.8
1973	68.7	69.1
1974	69.4	69.4
1975	70.3	69.7
1976	70.9	70
1977	71.5	70.2
1978	72	70.4
1979	72.5	70.7
1980	73	71
1981	73.4	71.2
1982	73.9	71.4
1983	74.2	71.5
1984	74.6	71.7
1985	74.8	71.9
1986	74.9	72
1987	75.2	72.1
1988	75.5	72.2
1989	75.9	72.2
1990	76.1	72.4
1991	76.2	72.5
1992	76.4	72.7
1993	76.3	72.7
1994	76.3	72.8
1995	76.4	72.8
1996	76.4	72.9
1997	76.6	73
1998	76.9	73.1
1999	77.1	73.2
2000	77.3	73.3
2001	77.6	73.4
2002	77.9	73.5
2003	78.2	73.6
2004	78.5	73.7
2005	78.9	73.9
2006	79	74
2007	79.1	74.1
2008	79.2	74.3
2009	79.4	74.5
2010	79.4	75.1
2011	79.6	75.6
2012	79.9	76
2013	80.2	76.2
2014	80.2	76.4
2015	80.4	76.5
2016	80	76.3
2017	80	76.4
2018	80.1	76.5
2019	80.3	76.5
2020	79.7	76.5
2021	78.1	75.7
2022	79.3	76.7
2023	80.8	76.8
2024	81	77
2025	81.2	77.2

Costa Rica and Curacao population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Curacao

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Curacao
1960	1,327,496	124,826
1961	1,377,920	126,125
1962	1,429,445	128,414
1963	1,481,604	130,860
1964	1,533,960	133,148
1965	1,586,208	135,266
1966	1,638,116	136,682
1967	1,689,523	138,140
1968	1,739,731	140,298
1969	1,789,276	142,581
1970	1,838,949	144,739
1971	1,888,539	147,389
1972	1,938,248	147,710
1973	1,988,343	146,912
1974	2,039,643	148,351
1975	2,092,719	149,129
1976	2,147,774	149,399
1977	2,205,025	149,459
1978	2,264,510	148,341
1979	2,326,490	147,851
1980	2,390,633	148,041
1981	2,456,637	148,629
1982	2,524,806	150,101
1983	2,595,153	151,159
1984	2,667,595	151,940
1985	2,741,894	152,711
1986	2,817,216	152,662
1987	2,892,699	151,456
1988	2,968,103	149,254
1989	3,043,827	146,937
1990	3,121,706	145,400
1991	3,202,176	144,403
1992	3,284,258	143,912
1993	3,367,434	144,299
1994	3,451,122	144,630
1995	3,535,176	145,139
1996	3,619,013	146,306
1997	3,701,711	146,956
1998	3,782,838	144,472
1999	3,862,101	139,428
2000	3,937,739	133,860
2001	4,008,947	129,047
2002	4,075,705	129,205
2003	4,138,784	131,897
2004	4,200,078	134,192
2005	4,261,240	137,658
2006	4,321,340	141,239
2007	4,380,248	144,056
2008	4,440,056	145,880
2009	4,499,791	146,833
2010	4,555,962	148,703
2011	4,609,833	150,831
2012	4,663,934	152,088
2013	4,716,147	153,822
2014	4,767,119	155,909
2015	4,818,038	157,980
2016	4,866,998	159,664
2017	4,913,177	160,175
2018	4,957,818	159,336
2019	4,999,553	157,441
2020	5,034,320	154,947
2021	5,059,988	152,369
2022	5,081,765	149,996
2023	5,105,525	155,800
2024	5,129,910	155,900

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Curacao

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Curacao

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Curacao
1960	6.71	5.13
1961	6.65	5.04
1962	6.54	4.93
1963	6.39	4.8
1964	6.19	4.64
1965	5.96	4.47
1966	5.7	4.26
1967	5.42	4.06
1968	5.03	3.83
1969	4.84	3.61
1970	4.59	3.4
1971	4.36	3.18
1972	4.16	2.99
1973	3.99	2.87
1974	3.89	2.77
1975	3.8	2.66
1976	3.75	2.55
1977	3.7	2.46
1978	3.66	2.38
1979	3.65	2.31
1980	3.58	2.27
1981	3.56	2.25
1982	3.54	2.24
1983	3.53	2.24
1984	3.52	2.24
1985	3.51	2.24
1986	3.45	2.24
1987	3.38	2.24
1988	3.31	2.25
1989	3.24	2.27
1990	3.17	2.3
1991	3.08	2.37
1992	3	2.43
1993	2.93	2.44
1994	2.86	2.43
1995	2.78	2.42
1996	2.68	2.4
1997	2.59	2.37
1998	2.53	2.32
1999	2.48	2.29
2000	2.41	2.34
2001	2.31	2.4
2002	2.16	2.3
2003	2.08	2.19
2004	2.03	2.1
2005	2.04	2.04
2006	1.94	2.1
2007	1.95	2
2008	1.98	2.2
2009	1.95	2.1
2010	1.83	2.2
2011	1.88	2.1
2012	1.85	2.2
2013	1.78	2.1
2014	1.8	2
2015	1.8	1.9
2016	1.75	1.7
2017	1.71	1.5
2018	1.71	1.7
2019	1.6	1.6
2020	1.45	1.4
2021	1.35	1.4
2022	1.34	1.3
2023	1.33	1.2

Costa Rica and Curacao demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Curacao

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Curacao
1960	16.8	19.8
1961	16.8	19.6
1962	16.7	19.5
1963	16.7	19.4
1964	16.7	19.4
1965	16.7	19.5
1966	16.8	19.5
1967	16.9	19.6
1968	17.1	19.7
1969	17.3	19.7
1970	17.6	19.8
1971	17.8	19.9
1972	18.1	20.1
1973	18.4	20.4
1974	18.6	20.8
1975	18.9	21.2
1976	19.2	21.6
1977	19.5	22
1978	19.7	22.4
1979	20	22.8
1980	20.3	23.3
1981	20.6	23.7
1982	20.9	24.1
1983	21.2	24.6
1984	21.4	25.1
1985	21.6	25.6
1986	21.8	26.1
1987	22.1	26.6
1988	22.3	27.1
1989	22.5	27.7
1990	22.7	28.2
1991	22.9	28.7
1992	23.2	29.2
1993	23.4	29.8
1994	23.6	30.3
1995	23.9	30.8
1996	24.1	31.3
1997	24.4	31.8
1998	24.7	32.4
1999	24.9	33
2000	25.2	33.6
2001	25.5	34.1
2002	25.9	34.6
2003	26.3	35.3
2004	26.7	35.8
2005	27	36.3
2006	27.4	36.8
2007	27.8	37.3
2008	28.2	37.9
2009	28.6	38.4
2010	29	39
2011	29.4	39.5
2012	29.8	39.9
2013	30.3	39.9
2014	30.7	39.9
2015	31.2	40
2016	31.7	40.1
2017	32.1	40.2
2018	32.6	38.4
2019	33	37.6
2020	33.5	38.5
2021	34	38.7
2022	34.5	39
2023	35.1	39.2
2024	35.6	39.5

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