Costa Rica vs DR Congo statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 109M in The DR Congo (ranked 15/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 875,313 sq mi for The DR Congo (ranked 126th vs. 11th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and The DR Congo ranks 87/197 ($70.7B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while The DR Congo ranks 189/197 ($647).

Costa Rica and DR Congo: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and DR Congo economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1960	$507,513,830	$3,359,404,118
1961	$490,325,182	$3,086,746,857
1962	$479,180,824	$3,779,841,429
1963	$511,902,137	$6,213,185,743
1964	$542,578,367	$2,881,545,273
1965	$592,981,162	$4,043,901,818
1966	$647,305,630	$4,532,660,182
1967	$699,456,619	$3,384,063,372
1968	$773,841,494	$3,909,780,539
1969	$853,630,204	$5,032,434,970
1970	$984,830,158	$4,877,684,910
1971	$1,077,147,538	$5,594,770,359
1972	$1,238,251,696	$6,173,712,814
1973	$1,528,925,846	$7,870,239,461
1974	$1,666,544,754	$9,596,960,180
1975	$1,960,863,466	$10,237,343,174
1976	$2,412,555,426	$9,648,583,225
1977	$3,072,427,013	$12,344,424,764
1978	$3,523,208,810	$15,372,608,002
1979	$4,035,519,323	$15,068,422,236
1980	$4,831,447,001	$14,394,927,495
1981	$2,623,803,096	$12,537,821,038
1982	$2,606,623,555	$13,651,667,371
1983	$3,146,772,631	$11,006,712,650
1984	$3,660,477,856	$7,857,729,193
1985	$3,919,203,960	$7,195,042,616
1986	$4,418,983,871	$8,095,367,168
1987	$4,532,952,047	$7,661,625,473
1988	$4,614,629,898	$8,861,299,977
1989	$5,251,025,767	$9,021,862,775
1990	$5,711,687,787	$9,349,764,580
1991	$7,215,725,487	$9,625,436,873
1992	$8,579,754,758	$8,227,343,907
1993	$9,564,815,975	$10,706,259,937
1994	$10,489,903,725	$5,820,382,248
1995	$11,578,594,260	$5,643,439,376
1996	$11,678,424,507	$5,771,456,952
1997	$12,614,602,382	$6,090,838,693
1998	$13,684,255,947	$6,217,805,821
1999	$14,254,866,285	$4,711,259,427
2000	$15,013,629,662	$19,088,046,306
2001	$15,976,174,337	$7,438,189,100
2002	$16,578,820,687	$8,728,038,525
2003	$17,271,760,507	$8,937,567,060
2004	$18,610,594,846	$10,297,483,481
2005	$20,040,642,477	$11,964,484,466
2006	$22,715,540,324	$14,451,901,696
2007	$26,884,700,709	$16,737,071,816
2008	$30,801,745,700	$19,788,515,590
2009	$30,745,714,313	$18,648,372,553
2010	$37,658,616,952	$21,565,721,045
2011	$42,762,613,699	$25,839,749,199
2012	$47,231,655,432	$29,306,235,285
2013	$50,949,668,842	$32,679,745,048
2014	$52,016,408,854	$35,909,040,926
2015	$56,441,920,821	$37,917,706,497
2016	$58,847,019,610	$37,134,801,555
2017	$60,516,044,657	$38,019,264,795
2018	$62,420,164,992	$47,568,210,010
2019	$64,417,670,521	$51,775,829,877
2020	$62,395,610,760	$48,716,961,860
2021	$64,960,725,734	$55,328,482,784
2022	$69,243,626,029	$65,801,547,756
2023	$86,497,941,439	$67,006,756,666
2024	$95,350,423,177	$70,749,355,652

Costa Rica and DR Congo economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

DR Congo

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1960	$382	$220.1
1961	$356	$197.1
1962	$335	$235.1
1963	$346	$376
1964	$354	$169.9
1965	$374	$232
1966	$395	$252.8
1967	$414	$183.3
1968	$445	$205.6
1969	$477	$257.1
1970	$536	$242.2
1971	$570	$270.3
1972	$639	$290.5
1973	$769	$361
1974	$817	$428
1975	$937	$445
1976	$1,123	$408
1977	$1,393	$509
1978	$1,556	$615
1979	$1,735	$582
1980	$2,021	$539
1981	$1,068	$456
1982	$1,032	$482
1983	$1,213	$376
1984	$1,372	$259.8
1985	$1,429	$230.1
1986	$1,569	$250.9
1987	$1,567	$230.1
1988	$1,555	$257.7
1989	$1,725	$254.2
1990	$1,830	$254.9
1991	$2,253	$253.8
1992	$2,612	$209.7
1993	$2,840	$263.3
1994	$3,040	$136.5
1995	$3,275	$127
1996	$3,227	$127.4
1997	$3,408	$132.3
1998	$3,617	$131.5
1999	$3,691	$96.3
2000	$3,813	$378
2001	$3,985	$142.7
2002	$4,068	$162.4
2003	$4,173	$161.5
2004	$4,431	$180.7
2005	$4,703	$203.6
2006	$5,257	$238.4
2007	$6,138	$267.9
2008	$6,937	$307
2009	$6,833	$280.8
2010	$8,266	$315
2011	$9,276	$365
2012	$10,127	$400
2013	$10,803	$431
2014	$10,911	$458
2015	$11,715	$468
2016	$12,091	$442
2017	$12,317	$437
2018	$12,590	$528
2019	$12,885	$557
2020	$12,394	$508
2021	$12,838	$558
2022	$13,626	$643
2023	$16,942	$633
2024	$18,587	$647

Costa Rica vs. DR Congo life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

DR Congo

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1950	57.5	38.2
1951	57.8	38.5
1952	58.1	38.9
1953	59.1	39.1
1954	59.9	39.4
1955	60.5	39.7
1956	61.2	39.9
1957	61.6	40.2
1958	62.3	40.5
1959	62.9	40.6
1960	63.5	40.8
1961	63.9	40.2
1962	64.2	40.4
1963	64.3	40.6
1964	64.5	40.1
1965	64.8	40.8
1966	65.1	42.2
1967	65.6	42.3
1968	65.8	42.7
1969	66.4	43
1970	66.8	43.3
1971	67.4	43.6
1972	68	43.9
1973	68.7	44.1
1974	69.4	44.3
1975	70.3	44.5
1976	70.9	44.7
1977	71.5	44.9
1978	72	44.6
1979	72.5	45.3
1980	73	45.5
1981	73.4	45.7
1982	73.9	45.9
1983	74.2	46.2
1984	74.6	46.5
1985	74.8	46.7
1986	74.9	47
1987	75.2	47.4
1988	75.5	47.8
1989	75.9	48.1
1990	76.1	48.5
1991	76.2	48.9
1992	76.4	49.3
1993	76.3	49.6
1994	76.3	49.9
1995	76.4	50.4
1996	76.4	49.4
1997	76.6	50.5
1998	76.9	49.7
1999	77.1	50.1
2000	77.3	51.9
2001	77.6	52.2
2002	77.9	52.4
2003	78.2	53
2004	78.5	53.5
2005	78.9	54
2006	79	54.5
2007	79.1	55
2008	79.2	55.4
2009	79.4	55.8
2010	79.4	56.4
2011	79.6	56.9
2012	79.9	57.4
2013	80.2	57.8
2014	80.2	58.2
2015	80.4	58.7
2016	80	59.1
2017	80	59.5
2018	80.1	59.9
2019	80.3	60.2
2020	79.7	60.4
2021	78.1	60
2022	79.3	61
2023	80.8	61.9
2024	81	62.1
2025	81.2	62.2

Costa Rica and DR Congo population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

DR Congo

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1960	1,327,496	15,264,846
1961	1,377,920	15,662,374
1962	1,429,445	16,075,724
1963	1,481,604	16,507,599
1964	1,533,960	16,955,327
1965	1,586,208	17,427,802
1966	1,638,116	17,931,929
1967	1,689,523	18,462,782
1968	1,739,731	19,012,189
1969	1,789,276	19,570,445
1970	1,838,949	20,137,436
1971	1,888,539	20,695,569
1972	1,938,248	21,251,160
1973	1,988,343	21,827,665
1974	2,039,643	22,418,878
1975	2,092,719	23,021,101
1976	2,147,774	23,624,031
1977	2,205,025	24,229,061
1978	2,264,510	24,992,689
1979	2,326,490	25,886,782
1980	2,390,633	26,711,099
1981	2,456,637	27,500,515
1982	2,524,806	28,338,190
1983	2,595,153	29,250,963
1984	2,667,595	30,245,081
1985	2,741,894	31,264,816
1986	2,817,216	32,265,196
1987	2,892,699	33,298,904
1988	2,968,103	34,382,752
1989	3,043,827	35,486,866
1990	3,121,706	36,684,063
1991	3,202,176	37,925,817
1992	3,284,258	39,228,910
1993	3,367,434	40,656,336
1994	3,451,122	42,626,876
1995	3,535,176	44,433,704
1996	3,619,013	45,296,124
1997	3,701,711	46,029,902
1998	3,782,838	47,297,600
1999	3,862,101	48,912,971
2000	3,937,739	50,507,442
2001	4,008,947	52,132,646
2002	4,075,705	53,750,524
2003	4,138,784	55,343,867
2004	4,200,078	56,997,741
2005	4,261,240	58,775,724
2006	4,321,340	60,615,908
2007	4,380,248	62,477,752
2008	4,440,056	64,390,664
2009	4,499,791	66,412,044
2010	4,555,962	68,563,038
2011	4,609,833	70,849,311
2012	4,663,934	73,254,618
2013	4,716,147	75,789,395
2014	4,767,119	78,403,242
2015	4,818,038	81,035,531
2016	4,866,998	83,956,415
2017	4,913,177	87,083,398
2018	4,957,818	90,047,644
2019	4,999,553	92,947,442
2020	5,034,320	95,989,998
2021	5,059,988	99,148,932
2022	5,081,765	102,396,968
2023	5,105,525	105,789,731
2024	5,129,910	109,276,265

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and DR Congo

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

DR Congo

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1960	6.71	6.11
1961	6.65	6.12
1962	6.54	6.14
1963	6.39	6.16
1964	6.19	6.19
1965	5.96	6.21
1966	5.7	6.24
1967	5.42	6.27
1968	5.03	6.29
1969	4.84	6.3
1970	4.59	6.33
1971	4.36	6.34
1972	4.16	6.37
1973	3.99	6.39
1974	3.89	6.4
1975	3.8	6.42
1976	3.75	6.44
1977	3.7	6.45
1978	3.66	6.46
1979	3.65	6.48
1980	3.58	6.5
1981	3.56	6.52
1982	3.54	6.54
1983	3.53	6.56
1984	3.52	6.59
1985	3.51	6.61
1986	3.45	6.63
1987	3.38	6.65
1988	3.31	6.66
1989	3.24	6.65
1990	3.17	6.65
1991	3.08	6.65
1992	3	6.64
1993	2.93	6.64
1994	2.86	6.64
1995	2.78	6.68
1996	2.68	6.67
1997	2.59	6.69
1998	2.53	6.7
1999	2.48	6.69
2000	2.41	6.7
2001	2.31	6.66
2002	2.16	6.61
2003	2.08	6.55
2004	2.03	6.53
2005	2.04	6.53
2006	1.94	6.55
2007	1.95	6.56
2008	1.98	6.58
2009	1.95	6.59
2010	1.83	6.59
2011	1.88	6.58
2012	1.85	6.56
2013	1.78	6.53
2014	1.8	6.48
2015	1.8	6.44
2016	1.75	6.39
2017	1.71	6.35
2018	1.71	6.3
2019	1.6	6.25
2020	1.45	6.21
2021	1.35	6.16
2022	1.34	6.11
2023	1.33	6.05

Costa Rica and DR Congo demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

DR Congo

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1960	16.8	18.4
1961	16.8	18.4
1962	16.7	18.4
1963	16.7	18.5
1964	16.7	18.5
1965	16.7	18.5
1966	16.8	18.5
1967	16.9	18.5
1968	17.1	18.5
1969	17.3	18.5
1970	17.6	18.4
1971	17.8	18.3
1972	18.1	18.2
1973	18.4	18.1
1974	18.6	18
1975	18.9	17.9
1976	19.2	17.8
1977	19.5	17.8
1978	19.7	17.8
1979	20	17.9
1980	20.3	17.9
1981	20.6	17.9
1982	20.9	17.8
1983	21.2	17.9
1984	21.4	17.9
1985	21.6	17.9
1986	21.8	17.9
1987	22.1	17.9
1988	22.3	17.8
1989	22.5	17.8
1990	22.7	17.8
1991	22.9	17.8
1992	23.2	17.8
1993	23.4	17.8
1994	23.6	18
1995	23.9	18.1
1996	24.1	17.7
1997	24.4	17.4
1998	24.7	17.2
1999	24.9	17.2
2000	25.2	17.2
2001	25.5	17.1
2002	25.9	17.1
2003	26.3	17.1
2004	26.7	17
2005	27	17
2006	27.4	17
2007	27.8	17
2008	28.2	16.9
2009	28.6	16.9
2010	29	16.9
2011	29.4	16.9
2012	29.8	16.9
2013	30.3	16.9
2014	30.7	16.9
2015	31.2	16.9
2016	31.7	16.9
2017	32.1	17
2018	32.6	17
2019	33	16.9
2020	33.5	16.9
2021	34	16.9
2022	34.5	16.9
2023	35.1	16.9
2024	35.6	16.9

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