Costa Rica vs Equatorial Guinea statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 1.89M in Equatorial Guinea (ranked 148/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 10,830 sq mi for Equatorial Guinea (ranked 126th vs. 140th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Equatorial Guinea ranks 148/197 ($12.8B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Equatorial Guinea ranks 106/197 ($6,745).

Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	$37,253,333
1963	$511,902,137	$44,266,667
1964	$542,578,367	$51,915,000
1965	$592,981,162	$64,748,333
1966	$647,305,630	$69,110,000
1967	$699,456,619	$72,317,447
1968	$773,841,494	$67,514,286
1969	$853,630,204	$67,225,714
1970	$984,830,158	$66,331,429
1971	$1,077,147,538	$64,946,955
1972	$1,238,251,696	$65,429,198
1973	$1,528,925,846	$81,203,227
1974	$1,666,544,754	$94,159,863
1975	$1,960,863,466	$104,295,643
1976	$2,412,555,426	$103,653,050
1977	$3,072,427,013	$103,987,520
1978	$3,523,208,810	-
1979	$4,035,519,323	-
1980	$4,831,447,001	$50,642,881
1981	$2,623,803,096	$36,731,423
1982	$2,606,623,555	$44,294,648
1983	$3,146,772,631	$44,442,457
1984	$3,660,477,856	$50,320,914
1985	$3,919,203,960	$62,118,570
1986	$4,418,983,871	$76,407,396
1987	$4,532,952,047	$93,345,860
1988	$4,614,629,898	$100,534,657
1989	$5,251,025,767	$88,265,975
1990	$5,711,687,787	$112,119,411
1991	$7,215,725,487	$110,906,029
1992	$8,579,754,758	$134,707,184
1993	$9,564,815,975	$136,047,906
1994	$10,489,903,725	$100,807,003
1995	$11,578,594,260	$141,853,361
1996	$11,678,424,507	$232,463,023
1997	$12,614,602,382	$442,337,871
1998	$13,684,255,947	$370,687,634
1999	$14,254,866,285	$621,117,886
2000	$15,013,629,662	$1,045,998,496
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,461,139,022
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,806,742,742
2003	$17,271,760,507	$2,484,745,935
2004	$18,610,594,846	$4,410,764,339
2005	$20,040,642,477	$8,217,369,093
2006	$22,715,540,324	$10,086,528,699
2007	$26,884,700,709	$13,071,718,759
2008	$30,801,745,700	$19,749,893,536
2009	$30,745,714,313	$15,027,795,173
2010	$37,658,616,952	$16,314,443,436
2011	$42,762,613,699	$21,357,343,669
2012	$47,231,655,432	$22,388,344,144
2013	$50,949,668,842	$21,948,834,284
2014	$52,016,408,854	$21,765,453,082
2015	$56,441,920,821	$13,185,496,881
2016	$58,847,019,610	$11,240,808,848
2017	$60,516,044,657	$12,200,913,879
2018	$62,420,164,992	$13,097,012,134
2019	$64,417,670,521	$11,364,133,550
2020	$62,395,610,760	$9,893,816,008
2021	$64,960,725,734	$12,215,878,033
2022	$69,243,626,029	$13,687,643,436
2023	$86,497,941,439	$12,337,550,584
2024	$95,350,423,177	$12,765,777,677

Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	$132.9
1963	$346	$154.8
1964	$354	$177.8
1965	$374	$217.1
1966	$395	$226.7
1967	$414	$231.9
1968	$445	$211.7
1969	$477	$208.4
1970	$536	$206.8
1971	$570	$205.6
1972	$639	$211.4
1973	$769	$268.6
1974	$817	$319
1975	$937	$362
1976	$1,123	$369
1977	$1,393	$376
1978	$1,556	$376
1979	$1,735	$372
1980	$2,021	$175.5
1981	$1,068	$121.1
1982	$1,032	$137.5
1983	$1,213	$129.4
1984	$1,372	$137.9
1985	$1,429	$161.1
1986	$1,569	$188.8
1987	$1,567	$220.9
1988	$1,555	$228.7
1989	$1,725	$193.2
1990	$1,830	$236.4
1991	$2,253	$225.3
1992	$2,612	$263.7
1993	$2,840	$256.7
1994	$3,040	$183.2
1995	$3,275	$248.3
1996	$3,227	$392
1997	$3,408	$717
1998	$3,617	$578
1999	$3,691	$931
2000	$3,813	$1,487
2001	$3,985	$1,949
2002	$4,068	$2,264
2003	$4,173	$2,931
2004	$4,431	$4,901
2005	$4,703	$8,674
2006	$5,257	$10,185
2007	$6,138	$12,617
2008	$6,937	$18,211
2009	$6,833	$13,233
2010	$8,266	$13,720
2011	$9,276	$17,198
2012	$10,127	$17,309
2013	$10,803	$16,304
2014	$10,911	$15,549
2015	$11,715	$9,069
2016	$12,091	$7,453
2017	$12,317	$7,809
2018	$12,590	$8,102
2019	$12,885	$6,804
2020	$12,394	$5,764
2021	$12,838	$6,946
2022	$13,626	$7,589
2023	$16,942	$6,678
2024	$18,587	$6,745

Costa Rica vs. Equatorial Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1950	57.5	40.1
1951	57.8	40.4
1952	58.1	40.6
1953	59.1	40.9
1954	59.9	41.1
1955	60.5	41.4
1956	61.2	41.7
1957	61.6	41.9
1958	62.3	42.2
1959	62.9	42.5
1960	63.5	42.7
1961	63.9	43
1962	64.2	43.3
1963	64.3	43.5
1964	64.5	43.8
1965	64.8	44.1
1966	65.1	44.3
1967	65.6	44.6
1968	65.8	44.9
1969	66.4	31
1970	66.8	31.1
1971	67.4	37.2
1972	68	44.4
1973	68.7	44.7
1974	69.4	41.5
1975	70.3	37.3
1976	70.9	30.5
1977	71.5	42
1978	72	42.3
1979	72.5	43
1980	73	48.8
1981	73.4	49.1
1982	73.9	49.7
1983	74.2	50
1984	74.6	50.2
1985	74.8	50.6
1986	74.9	50.8
1987	75.2	51
1988	75.5	51.2
1989	75.9	51.3
1990	76.1	51.4
1991	76.2	51.5
1992	76.4	51.6
1993	76.3	51.7
1994	76.3	51.8
1995	76.4	51.9
1996	76.4	52.1
1997	76.6	52.4
1998	76.9	52.6
1999	77.1	53
2000	77.3	53.4
2001	77.6	53.8
2002	77.9	54.3
2003	78.2	54.8
2004	78.5	55.3
2005	78.9	55.8
2006	79	56.4
2007	79.1	56.9
2008	79.2	57.4
2009	79.4	57.9
2010	79.4	58.3
2011	79.6	58.8
2012	79.9	59.3
2013	80.2	59.8
2014	80.2	60.2
2015	80.4	60.6
2016	80	61.1
2017	80	61.5
2018	80.1	61.9
2019	80.3	62.3
2020	79.7	62.1
2021	78.1	62.4
2022	79.3	63.4
2023	80.8	63.7
2024	81	63.9
2025	81.2	64.1

Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1960	1,327,496	269,807
1961	1,377,920	274,896
1962	1,429,445	280,286
1963	1,481,604	285,965
1964	1,533,960	291,942
1965	1,586,208	298,238
1966	1,638,116	304,859
1967	1,689,523	311,805
1968	1,739,731	318,849
1969	1,789,276	322,517
1970	1,838,949	320,803
1971	1,888,539	315,940
1972	1,938,248	309,468
1973	1,988,343	302,281
1974	2,039,643	294,953
1975	2,092,719	287,901
1976	2,147,774	281,031
1977	2,205,025	276,779
1978	2,264,510	276,531
1979	2,326,490	279,846
1980	2,390,633	288,644
1981	2,456,637	303,252
1982	2,524,806	322,216
1983	2,595,153	343,421
1984	2,667,595	364,899
1985	2,741,894	385,547
1986	2,817,216	404,728
1987	2,892,699	422,522
1988	2,968,103	439,651
1989	3,043,827	456,808
1990	3,121,706	474,274
1991	3,202,176	492,217
1992	3,284,258	510,770
1993	3,367,434	530,023
1994	3,451,122	550,138
1995	3,535,176	571,264
1996	3,619,013	593,492
1997	3,701,711	616,893
1998	3,782,838	641,474
1999	3,862,101	667,214
2000	3,937,739	703,279
2001	4,008,947	749,836
2002	4,075,705	797,957
2003	4,138,784	847,862
2004	4,200,078	899,917
2005	4,261,240	947,367
2006	4,321,340	990,343
2007	4,380,248	1,036,044
2008	4,440,056	1,084,530
2009	4,499,791	1,135,673
2010	4,555,962	1,189,085
2011	4,609,833	1,241,835
2012	4,663,934	1,293,483
2013	4,716,147	1,346,218
2014	4,767,119	1,399,828
2015	4,818,038	1,453,923
2016	4,866,998	1,508,186
2017	4,913,177	1,562,396
2018	4,957,818	1,616,422
2019	4,999,553	1,670,177
2020	5,034,320	1,716,468
2021	5,059,988	1,758,786
2022	5,081,765	1,803,545
2023	5,105,525	1,847,549
2024	5,129,910	1,892,516

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1960	6.71	5.65
1961	6.65	5.66
1962	6.54	5.67
1963	6.39	5.69
1964	6.19	5.71
1965	5.96	5.73
1966	5.7	5.76
1967	5.42	5.78
1968	5.03	5.79
1969	4.84	5.8
1970	4.59	5.81
1971	4.36	5.81
1972	4.16	5.81
1973	3.99	5.8
1974	3.89	5.8
1975	3.8	5.79
1976	3.75	5.79
1977	3.7	5.8
1978	3.66	5.8
1979	3.65	5.82
1980	3.58	5.84
1981	3.56	5.86
1982	3.54	5.88
1983	3.53	5.9
1984	3.52	5.93
1985	3.51	5.95
1986	3.45	5.96
1987	3.38	5.97
1988	3.31	5.98
1989	3.24	5.99
1990	3.17	5.99
1991	3.08	5.99
1992	3	5.98
1993	2.93	5.98
1994	2.86	5.98
1995	2.78	5.97
1996	2.68	5.96
1997	2.59	5.94
1998	2.53	5.91
1999	2.48	5.88
2000	2.41	5.83
2001	2.31	5.79
2002	2.16	5.73
2003	2.08	5.68
2004	2.03	5.62
2005	2.04	5.56
2006	1.94	5.5
2007	1.95	5.43
2008	1.98	5.36
2009	1.95	5.29
2010	1.83	5.21
2011	1.88	5.13
2012	1.85	5.04
2013	1.78	4.95
2014	1.8	4.86
2015	1.8	4.77
2016	1.75	4.69
2017	1.71	4.6
2018	1.71	4.51
2019	1.6	4.43
2020	1.45	4.35
2021	1.35	4.27
2022	1.34	4.17
2023	1.33	4.08

Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Equatorial Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1960	16.8	21.9
1961	16.8	21.7
1962	16.7	21.6
1963	16.7	21.4
1964	16.7	21.3
1965	16.7	21.1
1966	16.8	21
1967	16.9	20.8
1968	17.1	20.7
1969	17.3	20.5
1970	17.6	20.4
1971	17.8	20.2
1972	18.1	20.2
1973	18.4	20.1
1974	18.6	20
1975	18.9	19.9
1976	19.2	19.8
1977	19.5	19.6
1978	19.7	19.5
1979	20	19.4
1980	20.3	19.3
1981	20.6	19.2
1982	20.9	19.1
1983	21.2	19.3
1984	21.4	19.7
1985	21.6	19.9
1986	21.8	20
1987	22.1	20
1988	22.3	19.9
1989	22.5	19.8
1990	22.7	19.7
1991	22.9	19.5
1992	23.2	19.4
1993	23.4	19.2
1994	23.6	19.1
1995	23.9	19
1996	24.1	19
1997	24.4	18.9
1998	24.7	18.9
1999	24.9	18.9
2000	25.2	19
2001	25.5	19.1
2002	25.9	19.3
2003	26.3	19.4
2004	26.7	19.7
2005	27	19.9
2006	27.4	20.1
2007	27.8	20.4
2008	28.2	20.7
2009	28.6	20.9
2010	29	21.2
2011	29.4	21.3
2012	29.8	21.5
2013	30.3	21.6
2014	30.7	21.7
2015	31.2	21.9
2016	31.7	21.9
2017	32.1	22
2018	32.6	22.1
2019	33	22.2
2020	33.5	22.1
2021	34	22.1
2022	34.5	22.1
2023	35.1	22.1
2024	35.6	22

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