Costa Rica vs Ecuador statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 18.1M in Ecuador (ranked 71/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 95,892 sq mi for Ecuador (ranked 126th vs. 76th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Ecuador ranks 63/197 ($125B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Ecuador ranks 105/197 ($6,875).

Costa Rica and Ecuador: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Ecuador economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1960	$507,513,830	$2,069,464,937
1961	$490,325,182	$1,753,850,955
1962	$479,180,824	$1,518,207,703
1963	$511,902,137	$1,824,343,871
1964	$542,578,367	$2,244,146,103
1965	$592,981,162	$2,387,047,396
1966	$647,305,630	$2,429,308,639
1967	$699,456,619	$2,553,595,172
1968	$773,841,494	$2,582,179,864
1969	$853,630,204	$3,112,165,727
1970	$984,830,158	$2,862,503,139
1971	$1,077,147,538	$2,754,219,271
1972	$1,238,251,696	$3,185,986,087
1973	$1,528,925,846	$3,891,754,150
1974	$1,666,544,754	$6,599,257,044
1975	$1,960,863,466	$7,731,674,472
1976	$2,412,555,426	$9,091,921,030
1977	$3,072,427,013	$11,026,342,618
1978	$3,523,208,810	$11,922,497,876
1979	$4,035,519,323	$14,175,160,902
1980	$4,831,447,001	$17,881,508,242
1981	$2,623,803,096	$21,810,759,354
1982	$2,606,623,555	$19,929,846,396
1983	$3,146,772,631	$17,152,477,037
1984	$3,660,477,856	$16,912,509,092
1985	$3,919,203,960	$17,149,088,413
1986	$4,418,983,871	$15,314,138,472
1987	$4,532,952,047	$13,945,426,859
1988	$4,614,629,898	$13,051,881,851
1989	$5,251,025,767	$13,890,823,705
1990	$5,711,687,787	$15,239,272,612
1991	$7,215,725,487	$16,988,535,268
1992	$8,579,754,758	$18,094,238,119
1993	$9,564,815,975	$18,938,717,359
1994	$10,489,903,725	$22,708,673,337
1995	$11,578,594,260	$24,432,884,442
1996	$11,678,424,507	$25,226,393,197
1997	$12,614,602,382	$28,162,053,027
1998	$13,684,255,947	$27,981,896,948
1999	$14,254,866,285	$19,645,272,636
2000	$15,013,629,662	$17,539,454,727
2001	$15,976,174,337	$23,127,055,000
2002	$16,578,820,687	$27,054,197,000
2003	$17,271,760,507	$30,965,208,000
2004	$18,610,594,846	$35,194,947,000
2005	$20,040,642,477	$40,278,849,000
2006	$22,715,540,324	$45,690,762,000
2007	$26,884,700,709	$49,848,725,000
2008	$30,801,745,700	$61,139,438,000
2009	$30,745,714,313	$60,094,978,000
2010	$37,658,616,952	$68,151,329,000
2011	$42,762,613,699	$78,986,648,000
2012	$47,231,655,432	$87,735,048,000
2013	$50,949,668,842	$96,570,334,000
2014	$52,016,408,854	$102,717,794,000
2015	$56,441,920,821	$97,209,558,000
2016	$58,847,019,610	$97,671,433,000
2017	$60,516,044,657	$104,467,486,000
2018	$62,420,164,992	$107,478,961,000
2019	$64,417,670,521	$107,595,830,000
2020	$62,395,610,760	$95,865,473,000
2021	$64,960,725,734	$107,179,074,000
2022	$69,243,626,029	$116,133,121,000
2023	$86,497,941,439	$121,147,057,000
2024	$95,350,423,177	$124,676,074,700

Costa Rica and Ecuador economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1960	$382	$451
1961	$356	$371
1962	$335	$312
1963	$346	$365
1964	$354	$436
1965	$374	$450
1966	$395	$445
1967	$414	$454
1968	$445	$445
1969	$477	$521
1970	$536	$465
1971	$570	$434
1972	$639	$488
1973	$769	$579
1974	$817	$954
1975	$937	$1,086
1976	$1,123	$1,242
1977	$1,393	$1,465
1978	$1,556	$1,541
1979	$1,735	$1,783
1980	$2,021	$2,190
1981	$1,068	$2,601
1982	$1,032	$2,314
1983	$1,213	$1,940
1984	$1,372	$1,864
1985	$1,429	$1,842
1986	$1,569	$1,604
1987	$1,567	$1,426
1988	$1,555	$1,304
1989	$1,725	$1,356
1990	$1,830	$1,455
1991	$2,253	$1,587
1992	$2,612	$1,655
1993	$2,840	$1,698
1994	$3,040	$1,997
1995	$3,275	$2,108
1996	$3,227	$2,136
1997	$3,408	$2,341
1998	$3,617	$2,284
1999	$3,691	$1,575
2000	$3,813	$1,382
2001	$3,985	$1,791
2002	$4,068	$2,059
2003	$4,173	$2,316
2004	$4,431	$2,586
2005	$4,703	$2,909
2006	$5,257	$3,244
2007	$6,138	$3,479
2008	$6,937	$4,195
2009	$6,833	$4,053
2010	$8,266	$4,520
2011	$9,276	$5,154
2012	$10,127	$5,634
2013	$10,803	$6,109
2014	$10,911	$6,406
2015	$11,715	$5,976
2016	$12,091	$5,918
2017	$12,317	$6,233
2018	$12,590	$6,304
2019	$12,885	$6,205
2020	$12,394	$5,464
2021	$12,838	$6,061
2022	$13,626	$6,516
2023	$16,942	$6,738
2024	$18,587	$6,875

Costa Rica vs. Ecuador life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1950	57.5	48.4
1951	57.8	48.9
1952	58.1	49.2
1953	59.1	49.6
1954	59.9	50
1955	60.5	50.4
1956	61.2	50.9
1957	61.6	51.5
1958	62.3	52.1
1959	62.9	52.7
1960	63.5	53.4
1961	63.9	54.1
1962	64.2	54.7
1963	64.3	55.3
1964	64.5	56
1965	64.8	56.5
1966	65.1	57
1967	65.6	57.5
1968	65.8	57.9
1969	66.4	58.3
1970	66.8	58.8
1971	67.4	59.3
1972	68	59.8
1973	68.7	60.3
1974	69.4	60.7
1975	70.3	61.1
1976	70.9	61.4
1977	71.5	61.9
1978	72	62.4
1979	72.5	62.9
1980	73	63.3
1981	73.4	63.8
1982	73.9	64.3
1983	74.2	64.7
1984	74.6	65.2
1985	74.8	65.6
1986	74.9	66.1
1987	75.2	66.6
1988	75.5	67
1989	75.9	67.8
1990	76.1	68.4
1991	76.2	69
1992	76.4	69.5
1993	76.3	70.1
1994	76.3	70.9
1995	76.4	71.3
1996	76.4	71.8
1997	76.6	72
1998	76.9	71.9
1999	77.1	71.9
2000	77.3	72.1
2001	77.6	72.6
2002	77.9	73.2
2003	78.2	73.6
2004	78.5	73.9
2005	78.9	73.9
2006	79	74
2007	79.1	74.2
2008	79.2	74.7
2009	79.4	74.9
2010	79.4	75.2
2011	79.6	75.2
2012	79.9	75.5
2013	80.2	75.8
2014	80.2	76.1
2015	80.4	76.2
2016	80	76.1
2017	80	76.2
2018	80.1	77.2
2019	80.3	77.3
2020	79.7	72
2021	78.1	72.7
2022	79.3	76.6
2023	80.8	77.4
2024	81	77.6
2025	81.2	77.8

Costa Rica and Ecuador population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1960	1,327,496	4,590,891
1961	1,377,920	4,722,331
1962	1,429,445	4,859,269
1963	1,481,604	5,001,716
1964	1,533,960	5,149,918
1965	1,586,208	5,303,963
1966	1,638,116	5,463,748
1967	1,689,523	5,629,057
1968	1,739,731	5,799,680
1969	1,789,276	5,975,236
1970	1,838,949	6,155,387
1971	1,888,539	6,340,052
1972	1,938,248	6,529,034
1973	1,988,343	6,722,033
1974	2,039,643	6,918,573
1975	2,092,719	7,118,251
1976	2,147,774	7,320,912
1977	2,205,025	7,526,819
1978	2,264,510	7,736,167
1979	2,326,490	7,948,869
1980	2,390,633	8,165,877
1981	2,456,637	8,386,910
1982	2,524,806	8,611,298
1983	2,595,153	8,840,417
1984	2,667,595	9,074,782
1985	2,741,894	9,311,154
1986	2,817,216	9,545,998
1987	2,892,699	9,779,290
1988	2,968,103	10,010,808
1989	3,043,827	10,241,852
1990	3,121,706	10,473,673
1991	3,202,176	10,702,380
1992	3,284,258	10,930,128
1993	3,367,434	11,154,274
1994	3,451,122	11,372,197
1995	3,535,176	11,590,514
1996	3,619,013	11,810,950
1997	3,701,711	12,031,127
1998	3,782,838	12,251,184
1999	3,862,101	12,470,795
2000	3,937,739	12,689,206
2001	4,008,947	12,910,740
2002	4,075,705	13,138,472
2003	4,138,784	13,372,306
2004	4,200,078	13,608,701
2005	4,261,240	13,846,163
2006	4,321,340	14,086,131
2007	4,380,248	14,328,773
2008	4,440,056	14,575,202
2009	4,499,791	14,825,954
2010	4,555,962	15,076,695
2011	4,609,833	15,326,227
2012	4,663,934	15,572,194
2013	4,716,147	15,807,128
2014	4,767,119	16,035,124
2015	4,818,038	16,266,225
2016	4,866,998	16,505,139
2017	4,913,177	16,759,519
2018	4,957,818	17,049,547
2019	4,999,553	17,340,021
2020	5,034,320	17,546,065
2021	5,059,988	17,682,454
2022	5,081,765	17,823,897
2023	5,105,525	17,980,083
2024	5,129,910	18,135,478

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Ecuador

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1960	6.71	6.72
1961	6.65	6.7
1962	6.54	6.68
1963	6.39	6.65
1964	6.19	6.61
1965	5.96	6.56
1966	5.7	6.51
1967	5.42	6.44
1968	5.03	6.35
1969	4.84	6.25
1970	4.59	6.14
1971	4.36	6.01
1972	4.16	5.87
1973	3.99	5.73
1974	3.89	5.58
1975	3.8	5.43
1976	3.75	5.28
1977	3.7	5.13
1978	3.66	4.99
1979	3.65	4.86
1980	3.58	4.73
1981	3.56	4.61
1982	3.54	4.5
1983	3.53	4.39
1984	3.52	4.31
1985	3.51	4.14
1986	3.45	4
1987	3.38	3.87
1988	3.31	3.79
1989	3.24	3.74
1990	3.17	3.68
1991	3.08	3.63
1992	3	3.58
1993	2.93	3.49
1994	2.86	3.42
1995	2.78	3.38
1996	2.68	3.35
1997	2.59	3.29
1998	2.53	3.23
1999	2.48	3.17
2000	2.41	3.1
2001	2.31	3.04
2002	2.16	2.97
2003	2.08	2.91
2004	2.03	2.85
2005	2.04	2.8
2006	1.94	2.75
2007	1.95	2.7
2008	1.98	2.69
2009	1.95	2.68
2010	1.83	2.62
2011	1.88	2.61
2012	1.85	2.51
2013	1.78	2.36
2014	1.8	2.27
2015	1.8	2.21
2016	1.75	2.12
2017	1.71	2.13
2018	1.71	2.11
2019	1.6	2.04
2020	1.45	1.97
2021	1.35	1.91
2022	1.34	1.86
2023	1.33	1.82

Costa Rica and Ecuador demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1960	16.8	18.2
1961	16.8	18
1962	16.7	17.9
1963	16.7	17.8
1964	16.7	17.8
1965	16.7	17.7
1966	16.8	17.7
1967	16.9	17.7
1968	17.1	17.7
1969	17.3	17.7
1970	17.6	17.7
1971	17.8	17.8
1972	18.1	17.8
1973	18.4	17.9
1974	18.6	17.9
1975	18.9	18
1976	19.2	18.1
1977	19.5	18.2
1978	19.7	18.3
1979	20	18.4
1980	20.3	18.5
1981	20.6	18.6
1982	20.9	18.8
1983	21.2	18.9
1984	21.4	19.1
1985	21.6	19.2
1986	21.8	19.4
1987	22.1	19.6
1988	22.3	19.8
1989	22.5	20
1990	22.7	20.2
1991	22.9	20.4
1992	23.2	20.6
1993	23.4	20.8
1994	23.6	21
1995	23.9	21.2
1996	24.1	21.4
1997	24.4	21.6
1998	24.7	21.8
1999	24.9	22
2000	25.2	22.2
2001	25.5	22.4
2002	25.9	22.7
2003	26.3	22.9
2004	26.7	23.2
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	24.8
2011	29.4	25.1
2012	29.8	25.4
2013	30.3	25.7
2014	30.7	26
2015	31.2	26.4
2016	31.7	26.8
2017	32.1	27.2
2018	32.6	27.5
2019	33	27.9
2020	33.5	28.3
2021	34	28.6
2022	34.5	29
2023	35.1	29.4
2024	35.6	29.8

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