Costa Rica vs Denmark statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 5.98M in Denmark (ranked 114/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 15,444 sq mi for Denmark (ranked 126th vs. 130th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Denmark ranks 38/197 ($429B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Denmark ranks 12/197 ($71,852).

Costa Rica and Denmark: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Denmark economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Denmark

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Denmark
1960	$507,513,830	$6,361,166,545
1961	$490,325,182	$7,058,361,229
1962	$479,180,824	$7,953,274,741
1963	$511,902,137	$8,466,044,980
1964	$542,578,367	$9,677,401,337
1965	$592,981,162	$10,870,670,865
1966	$647,305,630	$11,931,740,293
1967	$699,456,619	$13,059,064,806
1968	$773,841,494	$13,505,574,133
1969	$853,630,204	$15,414,902,667
1970	$984,830,158	$17,075,457,733
1971	$1,077,147,538	$19,086,192,720
1972	$1,238,251,696	$23,230,667,549
1973	$1,528,925,846	$30,718,181,337
1974	$1,666,544,754	$34,125,712,481
1975	$1,960,863,466	$40,418,967,666
1976	$2,412,555,426	$44,503,607,444
1977	$3,072,427,013	$49,711,709,588
1978	$3,523,208,810	$60,320,089,218
1979	$4,035,519,323	$70,393,030,603
1980	$4,831,447,001	$70,811,287,816
1981	$2,623,803,096	$61,459,941,461
1982	$2,606,623,555	$60,084,214,872
1983	$3,146,772,631	$60,331,158,447
1984	$3,660,477,856	$58,868,891,335
1985	$3,919,203,960	$62,452,421,011
1986	$4,418,983,871	$87,748,695,217
1987	$4,532,952,047	$109,183,446,340
1988	$4,614,629,898	$115,540,189,705
1989	$5,251,025,767	$112,312,200,761
1990	$5,711,687,787	$138,217,740,684
1991	$7,215,725,487	$139,180,507,778
1992	$8,579,754,758	$152,966,494,260
1993	$9,564,815,975	$143,111,306,004
1994	$10,489,903,725	$156,017,919,221
1995	$11,578,594,260	$184,848,481,008
1996	$11,678,424,507	$187,481,157,846
1997	$12,614,602,382	$173,241,365,735
1998	$13,684,255,947	$176,877,077,513
1999	$14,254,866,285	$177,887,720,536
2000	$15,013,629,662	$164,043,817,224
2001	$15,976,174,337	$164,881,594,415
2002	$16,578,820,687	$178,788,209,558
2003	$17,271,760,507	$218,421,193,436
2004	$18,610,594,846	$251,986,155,631
2005	$20,040,642,477	$265,150,087,712
2006	$22,715,540,324	$283,386,151,544
2007	$26,884,700,709	$320,213,157,595
2008	$30,801,745,700	$354,979,471,960
2009	$30,745,714,313	$322,619,152,195
2010	$37,658,616,952	$322,345,594,075
2011	$42,762,613,699	$344,315,595,263
2012	$47,231,655,432	$326,792,574,245
2013	$50,949,668,842	$344,631,016,965
2014	$52,016,408,854	$352,832,602,064
2015	$56,441,920,821	$301,758,922,338
2016	$58,847,019,610	$312,181,849,372
2017	$60,516,044,657	$331,610,593,962
2018	$62,420,164,992	$355,293,374,912
2019	$64,417,670,521	$345,401,473,013
2020	$62,395,610,760	$355,631,021,932
2021	$64,960,725,734	$408,378,204,640
2022	$69,243,626,029	$401,945,576,108
2023	$86,497,941,439	$407,091,920,305
2024	$95,350,423,177	$429,457,372,072

Costa Rica and Denmark economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Denmark

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Denmark
1960	$382	$1,389
1961	$356	$1,531
1962	$335	$1,711
1963	$346	$1,807
1964	$354	$2,049
1965	$374	$2,284
1966	$395	$2,487
1967	$414	$2,701
1968	$445	$2,776
1969	$477	$3,151
1970	$536	$3,464
1971	$570	$3,846
1972	$639	$4,654
1973	$769	$6,117
1974	$817	$6,764
1975	$937	$7,988
1976	$1,123	$8,773
1977	$1,393	$9,770
1978	$1,556	$11,818
1979	$1,735	$13,757
1980	$2,021	$13,822
1981	$1,068	$12,000
1982	$1,032	$11,740
1983	$1,213	$11,797
1984	$1,372	$11,517
1985	$1,429	$12,213
1986	$1,569	$17,137
1987	$1,567	$21,296
1988	$1,555	$22,525
1989	$1,725	$21,882
1990	$1,830	$26,886
1991	$2,253	$27,003
1992	$2,612	$29,579
1993	$2,840	$27,582
1994	$3,040	$29,968
1995	$3,275	$35,321
1996	$3,227	$35,622
1997	$3,408	$32,780
1998	$3,617	$33,346
1999	$3,691	$33,426
2000	$3,813	$30,722
2001	$3,985	$30,768
2002	$4,068	$33,257
2003	$4,173	$40,519
2004	$4,431	$46,625
2005	$4,703	$48,926
2006	$5,257	$52,119
2007	$6,138	$58,632
2008	$6,937	$64,617
2009	$6,833	$58,413
2010	$8,266	$58,105
2011	$9,276	$61,810
2012	$10,127	$58,444
2013	$10,803	$61,378
2014	$10,911	$62,520
2015	$11,715	$53,094
2016	$12,091	$54,501
2017	$12,317	$57,522
2018	$12,590	$61,325
2019	$12,885	$59,404
2020	$12,394	$60,985
2021	$12,838	$69,728
2022	$13,626	$68,091
2023	$16,942	$68,454
2024	$18,587	$71,852

Costa Rica vs. Denmark life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Denmark

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Denmark
1950	57.5	70.3
1951	57.8	70.9
1952	58.1	70.8
1953	59.1	71.2
1954	59.9	71.3
1955	60.5	71.9
1956	61.2	72
1957	61.6	71.8
1958	62.3	72.2
1959	62.9	72.2
1960	63.5	72.2
1961	63.9	72.5
1962	64.2	72.4
1963	64.3	72.4
1964	64.5	72.5
1965	64.8	72.4
1966	65.1	72.5
1967	65.6	73
1968	65.8	73.1
1969	66.4	73.2
1970	66.8	73.4
1971	67.4	73.4
1972	68	73.5
1973	68.7	73.7
1974	69.4	73.8
1975	70.3	74.1
1976	70.9	73.8
1977	71.5	74.7
1978	72	74.4
1979	72.5	74.2
1980	73	74.1
1981	73.4	74.3
1982	73.9	74.6
1983	74.2	74.5
1984	74.6	74.6
1985	74.8	74.5
1986	74.9	74.6
1987	75.2	74.7
1988	75.5	74.8
1989	75.9	74.9
1990	76.1	74.9
1991	76.2	75.2
1992	76.4	75.3
1993	76.3	75.2
1994	76.3	75.4
1995	76.4	75.3
1996	76.4	75.7
1997	76.6	76
1998	76.9	76.4
1999	77.1	76.6
2000	77.3	76.8
2001	77.6	77
2002	77.9	77.1
2003	78.2	77.4
2004	78.5	77.8
2005	78.9	78.2
2006	79	78.2
2007	79.1	78.3
2008	79.2	78.7
2009	79.4	79
2010	79.4	79.2
2011	79.6	79.8
2012	79.9	80.1
2013	80.2	80.3
2014	80.2	80.6
2015	80.4	80.7
2016	80	80.9
2017	80	81.1
2018	80.1	81
2019	80.3	81.4
2020	79.7	81.5
2021	78.1	81.4
2022	79.3	81.3
2023	80.8	81.9
2024	81	82.1
2025	81.2	82.2

Costa Rica and Denmark population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Denmark

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Denmark
1960	1,327,496	4,579,603
1961	1,377,920	4,611,687
1962	1,429,445	4,647,727
1963	1,481,604	4,684,483
1964	1,533,960	4,722,072
1965	1,586,208	4,759,012
1966	1,638,116	4,797,381
1967	1,689,523	4,835,354
1968	1,739,731	4,864,883
1969	1,789,276	4,891,860
1970	1,838,949	4,928,757
1971	1,888,539	4,963,126
1972	1,938,248	4,991,596
1973	1,988,343	5,021,861
1974	2,039,643	5,045,297
1975	2,092,719	5,059,862
1976	2,147,774	5,072,596
1977	2,205,025	5,088,419
1978	2,264,510	5,104,248
1979	2,326,490	5,116,801
1980	2,390,633	5,123,027
1981	2,456,637	5,121,572
1982	2,524,806	5,117,810
1983	2,595,153	5,114,297
1984	2,667,595	5,111,619
1985	2,741,894	5,113,691
1986	2,817,216	5,120,534
1987	2,892,699	5,127,024
1988	2,968,103	5,129,516
1989	3,043,827	5,132,594
1990	3,121,706	5,140,939
1991	3,202,176	5,154,298
1992	3,284,258	5,171,370
1993	3,367,434	5,188,628
1994	3,451,122	5,206,180
1995	3,535,176	5,233,373
1996	3,619,013	5,263,074
1997	3,701,711	5,284,991
1998	3,782,838	5,304,219
1999	3,862,101	5,321,799
2000	3,937,739	5,339,616
2001	4,008,947	5,358,783
2002	4,075,705	5,375,931
2003	4,138,784	5,390,574
2004	4,200,078	5,404,523
2005	4,261,240	5,419,432
2006	4,321,340	5,437,272
2007	4,380,248	5,461,438
2008	4,440,056	5,493,621
2009	4,499,791	5,523,095
2010	4,555,962	5,547,683
2011	4,609,833	5,570,572
2012	4,663,934	5,591,572
2013	4,716,147	5,614,932
2014	4,767,119	5,643,475
2015	4,818,038	5,683,483
2016	4,866,998	5,728,010
2017	4,913,177	5,764,980
2018	4,957,818	5,793,636
2019	4,999,553	5,814,422
2020	5,034,320	5,831,404
2021	5,059,988	5,856,733
2022	5,081,765	5,903,037
2023	5,105,525	5,946,952
2024	5,129,910	5,976,992

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Denmark

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Denmark

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Denmark
1960	6.71	2.57
1961	6.65	2.55
1962	6.54	2.55
1963	6.39	2.67
1964	6.19	2.6
1965	5.96	2.61
1966	5.7	2.62
1967	5.42	2.35
1968	5.03	2.12
1969	4.84	2
1970	4.59	1.95
1971	4.36	2.04
1972	4.16	2.03
1973	3.99	1.92
1974	3.89	1.9
1975	3.8	1.92
1976	3.75	1.75
1977	3.7	1.66
1978	3.66	1.67
1979	3.65	1.6
1980	3.58	1.55
1981	3.56	1.44
1982	3.54	1.43
1983	3.53	1.38
1984	3.52	1.4
1985	3.51	1.45
1986	3.45	1.48
1987	3.38	1.5
1988	3.31	1.56
1989	3.24	1.62
1990	3.17	1.67
1991	3.08	1.68
1992	3	1.76
1993	2.93	1.75
1994	2.86	1.81
1995	2.78	1.8
1996	2.68	1.75
1997	2.59	1.75
1998	2.53	1.72
1999	2.48	1.73
2000	2.41	1.77
2001	2.31	1.74
2002	2.16	1.72
2003	2.08	1.76
2004	2.03	1.78
2005	2.04	1.8
2006	1.94	1.85
2007	1.95	1.84
2008	1.98	1.89
2009	1.95	1.84
2010	1.83	1.87
2011	1.88	1.75
2012	1.85	1.73
2013	1.78	1.67
2014	1.8	1.69
2015	1.8	1.71
2016	1.75	1.79
2017	1.71	1.75
2018	1.71	1.73
2019	1.6	1.7
2020	1.45	1.68
2021	1.35	1.72
2022	1.34	1.55
2023	1.33	1.5

Costa Rica and Denmark demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Denmark

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Denmark
1960	16.8	33
1961	16.8	33.1
1962	16.7	33
1963	16.7	33
1964	16.7	32.9
1965	16.7	32.8
1966	16.8	32.6
1967	16.9	32.5
1968	17.1	32.5
1969	17.3	32.5
1970	17.6	32.5
1971	17.8	32.5
1972	18.1	32.6
1973	18.4	32.7
1974	18.6	32.8
1975	18.9	33
1976	19.2	33.2
1977	19.5	33.4
1978	19.7	33.7
1979	20	33.9
1980	20.3	34.3
1981	20.6	34.7
1982	20.9	35.1
1983	21.2	35.5
1984	21.4	35.7
1985	21.6	36
1986	21.8	36.2
1987	22.1	36.5
1988	22.3	36.7
1989	22.5	36.9
1990	22.7	37.1
1991	22.9	37.3
1992	23.2	37.4
1993	23.4	37.5
1994	23.6	37.6
1995	23.9	37.7
1996	24.1	37.7
1997	24.4	37.9
1998	24.7	38
1999	24.9	38.2
2000	25.2	38.4
2001	25.5	38.6
2002	25.9	38.8
2003	26.3	39
2004	26.7	39.2
2005	27	39.5
2006	27.4	39.8
2007	27.8	40.1
2008	28.2	40.2
2009	28.6	40.4
2010	29	40.5
2011	29.4	40.7
2012	29.8	41
2013	30.3	41.2
2014	30.7	41.4
2015	31.2	41.5
2016	31.7	41.6
2017	32.1	41.7
2018	32.6	41.8
2019	33	41.9
2020	33.5	42.1
2021	34	42.2
2022	34.5	42.1
2023	35.1	42.2
2024	35.6	42.3

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