Costa Rica vs El Salvador statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 6.34M in El Salvador (ranked 111/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 8,000 sq mi for El Salvador (ranked 126th vs. 150th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and El Salvador ranks 105/197 ($35.4B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while El Salvador ranks 116/197 ($5,580).

Costa Rica and El Salvador: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and El Salvador economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	El Salvador
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	-
1963	$511,902,137	-
1964	$542,578,367	-
1965	$592,981,162	$877,720,000
1966	$647,305,630	$929,520,000
1967	$699,456,619	$976,200,000
1968	$773,841,494	$1,009,760,100
1969	$853,630,204	$1,049,400,000
1970	$984,830,158	$1,132,920,000
1971	$1,077,147,538	$1,186,120,000
1972	$1,238,251,696	$1,263,720,000
1973	$1,528,925,846	$1,442,320,000
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,665,880,000
1975	$1,960,863,466	$1,884,120,100
1976	$2,412,555,426	$2,328,280,100
1977	$3,072,427,013	$2,941,640,100
1978	$3,523,208,810	$3,127,960,000
1979	$4,035,519,323	$3,463,639,900
1980	$4,831,447,001	$3,573,959,900
1981	$2,623,803,096	$3,437,200,200
1982	$2,606,623,555	$3,399,189,100
1983	$3,146,772,631	$3,506,347,800
1984	$3,660,477,856	$3,661,683,400
1985	$3,919,203,960	$3,800,368,600
1986	$4,418,983,871	$3,771,663,200
1987	$4,532,952,047	$3,958,045,800
1988	$4,614,629,898	$4,189,880,000
1989	$5,251,025,767	$4,372,215,300
1990	$5,711,687,787	$4,817,542,204
1991	$7,215,725,487	$5,252,342,400
1992	$8,579,754,758	$5,813,399,300
1993	$9,564,815,975	$6,680,269,200
1994	$10,489,903,725	$7,679,384,000
1995	$11,578,594,260	$8,921,947,100
1996	$11,678,424,507	$9,586,327,800
1997	$12,614,602,382	$10,221,705,900
1998	$13,684,255,947	$10,936,669,900
1999	$14,254,866,285	$11,284,197,000
2000	$15,013,629,662	$11,784,927,700
2001	$15,976,174,337	$12,282,533,600
2002	$16,578,820,687	$12,664,190,300
2003	$17,271,760,507	$13,243,892,200
2004	$18,610,594,846	$13,724,810,900
2005	$20,040,642,477	$14,698,000,000
2006	$22,715,540,324	$15,999,890,000
2007	$26,884,700,709	$17,011,750,000
2008	$30,801,745,700	$17,986,890,000
2009	$30,745,714,313	$17,601,620,000
2010	$37,658,616,952	$18,447,920,000
2011	$42,762,613,699	$20,283,780,000
2012	$47,231,655,432	$21,386,150,000
2013	$50,949,668,842	$21,990,960,000
2014	$52,016,408,854	$22,593,470,000
2015	$56,441,920,821	$23,438,240,000
2016	$58,847,019,610	$24,191,430,000
2017	$60,516,044,657	$24,979,190,000
2018	$62,420,164,992	$26,020,850,000
2019	$64,417,670,521	$26,881,140,000
2020	$62,395,610,760	$24,921,190,000
2021	$64,960,725,734	$29,043,140,000
2022	$69,243,626,029	$31,870,120,000
2023	$86,497,941,439	$33,853,940,000
2024	$95,350,423,177	$35,364,960,000

Costa Rica and El Salvador economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	El Salvador
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	$274.3
1966	$395	$282.4
1967	$414	$288.4
1968	$445	$290.1
1969	$477	$293.4
1970	$536	$309
1971	$570	$316
1972	$639	$329
1973	$769	$366
1974	$817	$413
1975	$937	$457
1976	$1,123	$553
1977	$1,393	$684
1978	$1,556	$712
1979	$1,735	$773
1980	$2,021	$787
1981	$1,068	$752
1982	$1,032	$735
1983	$1,213	$745
1984	$1,372	$763
1985	$1,429	$776
1986	$1,569	$755
1987	$1,567	$777
1988	$1,555	$806
1989	$1,725	$825
1990	$1,830	$892
1991	$2,253	$956
1992	$2,612	$1,041
1993	$2,840	$1,180
1994	$3,040	$1,344
1995	$3,275	$1,548
1996	$3,227	$1,651
1997	$3,408	$1,749
1998	$3,617	$1,860
1999	$3,691	$1,908
2000	$3,813	$1,983
2001	$3,985	$2,058
2002	$4,068	$2,115
2003	$4,173	$2,208
2004	$4,431	$2,286
2005	$4,703	$2,447
2006	$5,257	$2,666
2007	$6,138	$2,831
2008	$6,937	$2,983
2009	$6,833	$2,910
2010	$8,266	$3,040
2011	$9,276	$3,331
2012	$10,127	$3,498
2013	$10,803	$3,582
2014	$10,911	$3,666
2015	$11,715	$3,790
2016	$12,091	$3,901
2017	$12,317	$4,020
2018	$12,590	$4,184
2019	$12,885	$4,320
2020	$12,394	$3,997
2021	$12,838	$4,643
2022	$13,626	$5,075
2023	$16,942	$5,365
2024	$18,587	$5,580

Costa Rica vs. El Salvador life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	El Salvador
1950	57.5	44.2
1951	57.8	43.8
1952	58.1	44.8
1953	59.1	45
1954	59.9	45.5
1955	60.5	46
1956	61.2	46.6
1957	61.6	47.1
1958	62.3	47.7
1959	62.9	48
1960	63.5	48.3
1961	63.9	48.6
1962	64.2	49
1963	64.3	49.4
1964	64.5	49.7
1965	64.8	50.2
1966	65.1	50.7
1967	65.6	50.8
1968	65.8	50.8
1969	66.4	51.3
1970	66.8	51.4
1971	67.4	51.7
1972	68	52
1973	68.7	52.8
1974	69.4	52.9
1975	70.3	53.4
1976	70.9	54.4
1977	71.5	54
1978	72	54.7
1979	72.5	53.8
1980	73	48.6
1981	73.4	50.9
1982	73.9	53.3
1983	74.2	54.4
1984	74.6	56.6
1985	74.8	58
1986	74.9	59.3
1987	75.2	59.4
1988	75.5	60
1989	75.9	61.3
1990	76.1	62
1991	76.2	62.5
1992	76.4	62.9
1993	76.3	64
1994	76.3	64.5
1995	76.4	64.9
1996	76.4	65.5
1997	76.6	66.2
1998	76.9	66.7
1999	77.1	67.3
2000	77.3	67.7
2001	77.6	68
2002	77.9	68.5
2003	78.2	68.8
2004	78.5	69.3
2005	78.9	69.3
2006	79	69.6
2007	79.1	69.8
2008	79.2	70.1
2009	79.4	70.4
2010	79.4	70.9
2011	79.6	71.2
2012	79.9	71.4
2013	80.2	71.2
2014	80.2	71.1
2015	80.4	71
2016	80	70.9
2017	80	71
2018	80.1	71.4
2019	80.3	71.7
2020	79.7	70.2
2021	78.1	69.9
2022	79.3	72
2023	80.8	72.1
2024	81	72.3
2025	81.2	72.5

Costa Rica and El Salvador population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	El Salvador
1960	1,327,496	2,791,459
1961	1,377,920	2,870,016
1962	1,429,445	2,949,204
1963	1,481,604	3,028,679
1964	1,533,960	3,111,883
1965	1,586,208	3,199,466
1966	1,638,116	3,290,961
1967	1,689,523	3,385,184
1968	1,739,731	3,480,773
1969	1,789,276	3,576,485
1970	1,838,949	3,668,796
1971	1,888,539	3,757,523
1972	1,938,248	3,846,830
1973	1,988,343	3,938,068
1974	2,039,643	4,029,671
1975	2,092,719	4,120,449
1976	2,147,774	4,210,310
1977	2,205,025	4,301,256
1978	2,264,510	4,394,114
1979	2,326,490	4,480,388
1980	2,390,633	4,540,382
1981	2,456,637	4,570,599
1982	2,524,806	4,622,477
1983	2,595,153	4,707,367
1984	2,667,595	4,798,003
1985	2,741,894	4,894,706
1986	2,817,216	4,992,769
1987	2,892,699	5,092,441
1988	2,968,103	5,195,833
1989	3,043,827	5,298,979
1990	3,121,706	5,399,726
1991	3,202,176	5,495,077
1992	3,284,258	5,585,609
1993	3,367,434	5,659,957
1994	3,451,122	5,714,129
1995	3,535,176	5,762,131
1996	3,619,013	5,805,286
1997	3,701,711	5,844,578
1998	3,782,838	5,880,781
1999	3,862,101	5,913,900
2000	3,937,739	5,943,366
2001	4,008,947	5,968,060
2002	4,075,705	5,986,631
2003	4,138,784	5,998,599
2004	4,200,078	6,004,671
2005	4,261,240	6,005,578
2006	4,321,340	6,002,319
2007	4,380,248	6,009,824
2008	4,440,056	6,029,297
2009	4,499,791	6,048,279
2010	4,555,962	6,068,249
2011	4,609,833	6,090,127
2012	4,663,934	6,113,975
2013	4,716,147	6,138,839
2014	4,767,119	6,162,955
2015	4,818,038	6,183,676
2016	4,866,998	6,200,800
2017	4,913,177	6,213,533
2018	4,957,818	6,219,807
2019	4,999,553	6,222,318
2020	5,034,320	6,234,673
2021	5,059,988	6,255,782
2022	5,081,765	6,280,319
2023	5,105,525	6,309,624
2024	5,129,910	6,338,193

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and El Salvador

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	El Salvador
1960	6.71	6.62
1961	6.65	6.64
1962	6.54	6.68
1963	6.39	6.69
1964	6.19	6.68
1965	5.96	6.64
1966	5.7	6.57
1967	5.42	6.49
1968	5.03	6.39
1969	4.84	6.28
1970	4.59	6.18
1971	4.36	6.13
1972	4.16	6.03
1973	3.99	5.93
1974	3.89	5.82
1975	3.8	5.71
1976	3.75	5.59
1977	3.7	5.47
1978	3.66	5.36
1979	3.65	5.23
1980	3.58	5.11
1981	3.56	4.99
1982	3.54	4.83
1983	3.53	4.65
1984	3.52	4.48
1985	3.51	4.32
1986	3.45	4.19
1987	3.38	4.18
1988	3.31	4.1
1989	3.24	4.03
1990	3.17	3.96
1991	3.08	3.89
1992	3	3.8
1993	2.93	3.69
1994	2.86	3.61
1995	2.78	3.57
1996	2.68	3.48
1997	2.59	3.38
1998	2.53	3.34
1999	2.48	3.22
2000	2.41	3.08
2001	2.31	2.93
2002	2.16	2.78
2003	2.08	2.64
2004	2.03	2.52
2005	2.04	2.44
2006	1.94	2.4
2007	1.95	2.35
2008	1.98	2.29
2009	1.95	2.26
2010	1.83	2.24
2011	1.88	2.22
2012	1.85	2.19
2013	1.78	2.15
2014	1.8	2.13
2015	1.8	2.07
2016	1.75	1.97
2017	1.71	1.9
2018	1.71	1.85
2019	1.6	1.84
2020	1.45	1.82
2021	1.35	1.8
2022	1.34	1.79
2023	1.33	1.78

Costa Rica and El Salvador demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	El Salvador
1960	16.8	17.2
1961	16.8	17.1
1962	16.7	17
1963	16.7	17
1964	16.7	16.9
1965	16.7	16.9
1966	16.8	16.8
1967	16.9	16.7
1968	17.1	16.6
1969	17.3	16.6
1970	17.6	16.6
1971	17.8	16.6
1972	18.1	16.6
1973	18.4	16.7
1974	18.6	16.8
1975	18.9	16.9
1976	19.2	17
1977	19.5	17.1
1978	19.7	17.2
1979	20	17.4
1980	20.3	17.5
1981	20.6	17.6
1982	20.9	17.7
1983	21.2	17.8
1984	21.4	18
1985	21.6	18.2
1986	21.8	18.4
1987	22.1	18.5
1988	22.3	18.6
1989	22.5	18.7
1990	22.7	18.8
1991	22.9	18.8
1992	23.2	18.8
1993	23.4	19
1994	23.6	19.3
1995	23.9	19.6
1996	24.1	19.9
1997	24.4	20.3
1998	24.7	20.6
1999	24.9	21
2000	25.2	21.3
2001	25.5	21.6
2002	25.9	21.9
2003	26.3	22.2
2004	26.7	22.5
2005	27	22.7
2006	27.4	23
2007	27.8	23.2
2008	28.2	23.3
2009	28.6	23.5
2010	29	23.7
2011	29.4	23.9
2012	29.8	24.1
2013	30.3	24.3
2014	30.7	24.6
2015	31.2	24.9
2016	31.7	25.2
2017	32.1	25.6
2018	32.6	26
2019	33	26.4
2020	33.5	26.8
2021	34	27.2
2022	34.5	27.6
2023	35.1	28
2024	35.6	28.5

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