Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 11.4M in The Dominican Republic (ranked 85/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 18,609 sq mi for The Dominican Republic (ranked 126th vs. 127th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and The Dominican Republic ranks 65/197 ($124B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while The Dominican Republic ranks 83/197 ($10,876).

Costa Rica and Dominican Republic: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Dominican Republic economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1960	$507,513,830	$672,399,700
1961	$490,325,182	$654,100,200
1962	$479,180,824	$824,100,000
1963	$511,902,137	$940,799,900
1964	$542,578,367	$1,025,599,900
1965	$592,981,162	$888,100,000
1966	$647,305,630	$983,900,000
1967	$699,456,619	$1,034,800,000
1968	$773,841,494	$1,079,100,000
1969	$853,630,204	$1,230,500,000
1970	$984,830,158	$1,485,500,000
1971	$1,077,147,538	$1,666,500,000
1972	$1,238,251,696	$1,987,400,000
1973	$1,528,925,846	$2,344,800,000
1974	$1,666,544,754	$2,925,700,000
1975	$1,960,863,466	$3,599,200,000
1976	$2,412,555,426	$3,951,500,000
1977	$3,072,427,013	$4,587,100,000
1978	$3,523,208,810	$4,734,400,000
1979	$4,035,519,323	$5,498,800,000
1980	$4,831,447,001	$6,761,300,000
1981	$2,623,803,096	$7,561,300,000
1982	$2,606,623,555	$8,267,400,000
1983	$3,146,772,631	$9,220,600,000
1984	$3,660,477,856	$11,594,000,000
1985	$3,919,203,960	$5,044,579,979
1986	$4,418,983,871	$6,122,128,558
1987	$4,532,952,047	$5,827,050,753
1988	$4,614,629,898	$5,374,299,981
1989	$5,251,025,767	$6,686,593,060
1990	$5,711,687,787	$7,073,675,545
1991	$7,215,725,487	$9,824,483,340
1992	$8,579,754,758	$11,605,382,504
1993	$9,564,815,975	$13,081,042,400
1994	$10,489,903,725	$14,644,734,599
1995	$11,578,594,260	$16,637,370,839
1996	$11,678,424,507	$18,241,622,548
1997	$12,614,602,382	$20,017,450,041
1998	$13,684,255,947	$21,672,215,547
1999	$14,254,866,285	$22,136,579,397
2000	$15,013,629,662	$24,305,780,629
2001	$15,976,174,337	$25,601,823,688
2002	$16,578,820,687	$27,137,440,786
2003	$17,271,760,507	$21,403,167,848
2004	$18,610,594,846	$22,322,387,382
2005	$20,040,642,477	$35,777,560,684
2006	$22,715,540,324	$37,879,830,084
2007	$26,884,700,709	$43,965,458,509
2008	$30,801,745,700	$48,091,433,554
2009	$30,745,714,313	$48,223,781,477
2010	$37,658,616,952	$53,801,053,353
2011	$42,762,613,699	$57,948,261,616
2012	$47,231,655,432	$60,561,635,556
2013	$50,949,668,842	$62,555,417,415
2014	$52,016,408,854	$67,014,329,100
2015	$56,441,920,821	$70,966,782,572
2016	$58,847,019,610	$75,552,902,636
2017	$60,516,044,657	$79,070,274,743
2018	$62,420,164,992	$84,994,732,049
2019	$64,417,670,521	$89,146,130,745
2020	$62,395,610,760	$78,546,672,407
2021	$64,960,725,734	$94,850,719,517
2022	$69,243,626,029	$113,478,087,135
2023	$86,497,941,439	$120,456,239,154
2024	$95,350,423,177	$124,282,245,639

Costa Rica and Dominican Republic economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1960	$382	$205.7
1961	$356	$193.9
1962	$335	$236.8
1963	$346	$262.2
1964	$354	$277.3
1965	$374	$233.2
1966	$395	$250.9
1967	$414	$256.2
1968	$445	$259.6
1969	$477	$287.7
1970	$536	$338
1971	$570	$368
1972	$639	$427
1973	$769	$490
1974	$817	$595
1975	$937	$713
1976	$1,123	$763
1977	$1,393	$863
1978	$1,556	$868
1979	$1,735	$984
1980	$2,021	$1,180
1981	$1,068	$1,288
1982	$1,032	$1,376
1983	$1,213	$1,500
1984	$1,372	$1,844
1985	$1,429	$784
1986	$1,569	$932
1987	$1,567	$868
1988	$1,555	$784
1989	$1,725	$955
1990	$1,830	$989
1991	$2,253	$1,346
1992	$2,612	$1,558
1993	$2,840	$1,722
1994	$3,040	$1,892
1995	$3,275	$2,109
1996	$3,227	$2,271
1997	$3,408	$2,449
1998	$3,617	$2,608
1999	$3,691	$2,621
2000	$3,813	$2,831
2001	$3,985	$2,936
2002	$4,068	$3,066
2003	$4,173	$2,383
2004	$4,431	$2,452
2005	$4,703	$3,878
2006	$5,257	$4,055
2007	$6,138	$4,650
2008	$6,937	$5,024
2009	$6,833	$4,974
2010	$8,266	$5,479
2011	$9,276	$5,827
2012	$10,127	$6,014
2013	$10,803	$6,137
2014	$10,911	$6,496
2015	$11,715	$6,801
2016	$12,091	$7,160
2017	$12,317	$7,413
2018	$12,590	$7,883
2019	$12,885	$8,183
2020	$12,394	$7,135
2021	$12,838	$8,527
2022	$13,626	$10,104
2023	$16,942	$10,630
2024	$18,587	$10,876

Costa Rica vs. Dominican Republic life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1950	57.5	44.1
1951	57.8	44.8
1952	58.1	45.6
1953	59.1	46.3
1954	59.9	47.1
1955	60.5	47.9
1956	61.2	48.7
1957	61.6	49.5
1958	62.3	50.2
1959	62.9	51
1960	63.5	51.7
1961	63.9	52.4
1962	64.2	53.2
1963	64.3	53.8
1964	64.5	54.7
1965	64.8	52.8
1966	65.1	56
1967	65.6	56.6
1968	65.8	57.3
1969	66.4	57.9
1970	66.8	58.5
1971	67.4	59.1
1972	68	59.7
1973	68.7	60.2
1974	69.4	60.8
1975	70.3	61.3
1976	70.9	61.7
1977	71.5	62.2
1978	72	62.6
1979	72.5	62.4
1980	73	63.4
1981	73.4	63.8
1982	73.9	64.2
1983	74.2	64.6
1984	74.6	65.1
1985	74.8	65.6
1986	74.9	66.1
1987	75.2	66.5
1988	75.5	66.9
1989	75.9	67.3
1990	76.1	67.7
1991	76.2	68.2
1992	76.4	68.5
1993	76.3	68.9
1994	76.3	69.2
1995	76.4	69.4
1996	76.4	69.6
1997	76.6	69.8
1998	76.9	69.9
1999	77.1	70.2
2000	77.3	70.4
2001	77.6	70.6
2002	77.9	70.7
2003	78.2	70.9
2004	78.5	70.7
2005	78.9	71
2006	79	71.1
2007	79.1	71.1
2008	79.2	71.3
2009	79.4	71.6
2010	79.4	72
2011	79.6	72.5
2012	79.9	72.8
2013	80.2	73
2014	80.2	73.1
2015	80.4	73
2016	80	72.9
2017	80	73.4
2018	80.1	73.6
2019	80.3	73.1
2020	79.7	72.6
2021	78.1	71.8
2022	79.3	74.2
2023	80.8	73.7
2024	81	73.9
2025	81.2	74

Costa Rica and Dominican Republic population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1960	1,327,496	3,268,336
1961	1,377,920	3,373,233
1962	1,429,445	3,479,936
1963	1,481,604	3,588,287
1964	1,533,960	3,698,559
1965	1,586,208	3,808,963
1966	1,638,116	3,921,847
1967	1,689,523	4,038,928
1968	1,739,731	4,157,189
1969	1,789,276	4,277,035
1970	1,838,949	4,399,290
1971	1,888,539	4,524,234
1972	1,938,248	4,651,883
1973	1,988,343	4,782,227
1974	2,039,643	4,914,197
1975	2,092,719	5,046,776
1976	2,147,774	5,180,404
1977	2,205,025	5,315,443
1978	2,264,510	5,451,882
1979	2,326,490	5,589,690
1980	2,390,633	5,729,037
1981	2,456,637	5,868,453
1982	2,524,806	6,007,114
1983	2,595,153	6,147,248
1984	2,667,595	6,289,040
1985	2,741,894	6,430,404
1986	2,817,216	6,571,208
1987	2,892,699	6,712,515
1988	2,968,103	6,855,734
1989	3,043,827	7,002,295
1990	3,121,706	7,151,166
1991	3,202,176	7,299,853
1992	3,284,258	7,447,474
1993	3,367,434	7,594,572
1994	3,451,122	7,741,694
1995	3,535,176	7,888,115
1996	3,619,013	8,032,894
1997	3,701,711	8,174,078
1998	3,782,838	8,310,362
1999	3,862,101	8,446,208
2000	3,937,739	8,584,190
2001	4,008,947	8,720,283
2002	4,075,705	8,852,235
2003	4,138,784	8,980,620
2004	4,200,078	9,104,892
2005	4,261,240	9,225,034
2006	4,321,340	9,341,183
2007	4,380,248	9,455,658
2008	4,440,056	9,573,130
2009	4,499,791	9,695,265
2010	4,555,962	9,820,175
2011	4,609,833	9,945,621
2012	4,663,934	10,070,411
2013	4,716,147	10,193,833
2014	4,767,119	10,315,528
2015	4,818,038	10,434,829
2016	4,866,998	10,551,430
2017	4,913,177	10,666,843
2018	4,957,818	10,782,053
2019	4,999,553	10,894,043
2020	5,034,320	11,008,300
2021	5,059,988	11,123,476
2022	5,081,765	11,230,734
2023	5,105,525	11,331,265
2024	5,129,910	11,427,557

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Dominican Republic

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1960	6.71	7.56
1961	6.65	7.49
1962	6.54	7.4
1963	6.39	7.3
1964	6.19	7.19
1965	5.96	7.05
1966	5.7	6.95
1967	5.42	6.76
1968	5.03	6.55
1969	4.84	6.37
1970	4.59	6.18
1971	4.36	6.01
1972	4.16	5.84
1973	3.99	5.67
1974	3.89	5.44
1975	3.8	5.24
1976	3.75	5.05
1977	3.7	4.84
1978	3.66	4.64
1979	3.65	4.47
1980	3.58	4.3
1981	3.56	4.15
1982	3.54	4.01
1983	3.53	3.95
1984	3.52	3.82
1985	3.51	3.69
1986	3.45	3.6
1987	3.38	3.53
1988	3.31	3.5
1989	3.24	3.48
1990	3.17	3.41
1991	3.08	3.35
1992	3	3.29
1993	2.93	3.23
1994	2.86	3.16
1995	2.78	3.1
1996	2.68	3.04
1997	2.59	2.92
1998	2.53	2.84
1999	2.48	2.85
2000	2.41	2.87
2001	2.31	2.83
2002	2.16	2.76
2003	2.08	2.7
2004	2.03	2.64
2005	2.04	2.57
2006	1.94	2.51
2007	1.95	2.51
2008	1.98	2.55
2009	1.95	2.57
2010	1.83	2.56
2011	1.88	2.53
2012	1.85	2.5
2013	1.78	2.47
2014	1.8	2.45
2015	1.8	2.43
2016	1.75	2.41
2017	1.71	2.4
2018	1.71	2.4
2019	1.6	2.37
2020	1.45	2.33
2021	1.35	2.29
2022	1.34	2.27
2023	1.33	2.24

Costa Rica and Dominican Republic demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1960	16.8	15.7
1961	16.8	15.6
1962	16.7	15.5
1963	16.7	15.4
1964	16.7	15.3
1965	16.7	15.3
1966	16.8	15.3
1967	16.9	15.4
1968	17.1	15.5
1969	17.3	15.6
1970	17.6	15.8
1971	17.8	16
1972	18.1	16.2
1973	18.4	16.4
1974	18.6	16.5
1975	18.9	16.8
1976	19.2	17
1977	19.5	17.2
1978	19.7	17.4
1979	20	17.6
1980	20.3	17.8
1981	20.6	18
1982	20.9	18.3
1983	21.2	18.5
1984	21.4	18.7
1985	21.6	18.9
1986	21.8	19.1
1987	22.1	19.3
1988	22.3	19.5
1989	22.5	19.7
1990	22.7	19.9
1991	22.9	20.1
1992	23.2	20.3
1993	23.4	20.5
1994	23.6	20.7
1995	23.9	20.9
1996	24.1	21.1
1997	24.4	21.4
1998	24.7	21.6
1999	24.9	21.9
2000	25.2	22.1
2001	25.5	22.4
2002	25.9	22.6
2003	26.3	22.9
2004	26.7	23.1
2005	27	23.4
2006	27.4	23.7
2007	27.8	24
2008	28.2	24.2
2009	28.6	24.5
2010	29	24.7
2011	29.4	25
2012	29.8	25.3
2013	30.3	25.6
2014	30.7	25.9
2015	31.2	26.2
2016	31.7	26.5
2017	32.1	26.8
2018	32.6	27.1
2019	33	27.4
2020	33.5	27.7
2021	34	28
2022	34.5	28.3
2023	35.1	28.7
2024	35.6	29

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