Costa Rica vs Eritrea statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 3.54M in Eritrea (ranked 131/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 46,787 sq mi for Eritrea (ranked 126th vs. 96th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Eritrea ranks 179/197 ($2.07B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Eritrea ranks 188/197 ($689).

Costa Rica and Eritrea: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Eritrea economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Eritrea

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	-
1963	$511,902,137	-
1964	$542,578,367	-
1965	$592,981,162	-
1966	$647,305,630	-
1967	$699,456,619	-
1968	$773,841,494	-
1969	$853,630,204	-
1970	$984,830,158	-
1971	$1,077,147,538	-
1972	$1,238,251,696	-
1973	$1,528,925,846	-
1974	$1,666,544,754	-
1975	$1,960,863,466	-
1976	$2,412,555,426	-
1977	$3,072,427,013	-
1978	$3,523,208,810	-
1979	$4,035,519,323	-
1980	$4,831,447,001	-
1981	$2,623,803,096	-
1982	$2,606,623,555	-
1983	$3,146,772,631	-
1984	$3,660,477,856	-
1985	$3,919,203,960	-
1986	$4,418,983,871	-
1987	$4,532,952,047	-
1988	$4,614,629,898	-
1989	$5,251,025,767	-
1990	$5,711,687,787	-
1991	$7,215,725,487	-
1992	$8,579,754,758	$477,101,652
1993	$9,564,815,975	$467,872,715
1994	$10,489,903,725	$531,688,312
1995	$11,578,594,260	$578,015,625
1996	$11,678,424,507	$693,535,954
1997	$12,614,602,382	$686,490,090
1998	$13,684,255,947	$745,523,117
1999	$14,254,866,285	$688,918,537
2000	$15,013,629,662	$706,370,816
2001	$15,976,174,337	$752,371,689
2002	$16,578,820,687	$729,321,680
2003	$17,271,760,507	$870,248,268
2004	$18,610,594,846	$1,109,054,005
2005	$20,040,642,477	$1,098,424,686
2006	$22,715,540,324	$1,211,161,880
2007	$26,884,700,709	$1,317,974,491
2008	$30,801,745,700	$1,380,188,800
2009	$30,745,714,313	$1,856,695,551
2010	$37,658,616,952	$1,589,515,447
2011	$42,762,613,699	$2,065,001,626
2012	$47,231,655,432	-
2013	$50,949,668,842	-
2014	$52,016,408,854	-
2015	$56,441,920,821	-
2016	$58,847,019,610	-
2017	$60,516,044,657	-
2018	$62,420,164,992	-
2019	$64,417,670,521	-
2020	$62,395,610,760	-
2021	$64,960,725,734	-
2022	$69,243,626,029	-
2023	$86,497,941,439	-
2024	$95,350,423,177	-

Costa Rica and Eritrea economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Eritrea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	-
1971	$570	-
1972	$639	-
1973	$769	-
1974	$817	-
1975	$937	-
1976	$1,123	-
1977	$1,393	-
1978	$1,556	-
1979	$1,735	-
1980	$2,021	-
1981	$1,068	-
1982	$1,032	-
1983	$1,213	-
1984	$1,372	-
1985	$1,429	-
1986	$1,569	-
1987	$1,567	-
1988	$1,555	-
1989	$1,725	-
1990	$1,830	-
1991	$2,253	-
1992	$2,612	$265.2
1993	$2,840	$252.1
1994	$3,040	$277.8
1995	$3,275	$285.4
1996	$3,227	$326
1997	$3,408	$319
1998	$3,617	$342
1999	$3,691	$311
2000	$3,813	$314
2001	$3,985	$325
2002	$4,068	$305
2003	$4,173	$349
2004	$4,431	$427
2005	$4,703	$413
2006	$5,257	$448
2007	$6,138	$480
2008	$6,937	$490
2009	$6,833	$643
2010	$8,266	$540
2011	$9,276	$689
2012	$10,127	-
2013	$10,803	-
2014	$10,911	-
2015	$11,715	-
2016	$12,091	-
2017	$12,317	-
2018	$12,590	-
2019	$12,885	-
2020	$12,394	-
2021	$12,838	-
2022	$13,626	-
2023	$16,942	-
2024	$18,587	-

Costa Rica vs. Eritrea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Eritrea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1950	57.5	33.3
1951	57.8	33.6
1952	58.1	34
1953	59.1	34.4
1954	59.9	34.8
1955	60.5	35.2
1956	61.2	35.6
1957	61.6	30.4
1958	62.3	30.9
1959	62.9	37
1960	63.5	37.4
1961	63.9	37.9
1962	64.2	38.3
1963	64.3	38.8
1964	64.5	39.2
1965	64.8	39.6
1966	65.1	37.6
1967	65.6	40.2
1968	65.8	40.5
1969	66.4	40.8
1970	66.8	41.2
1971	67.4	41.5
1972	68	40.7
1973	68.7	41.1
1974	69.4	39
1975	70.3	39
1976	70.9	42.6
1977	71.5	43
1978	72	43.4
1979	72.5	43.8
1980	73	44.6
1981	73.4	45
1982	73.9	44.9
1983	74.2	37.2
1984	74.6	37.7
1985	74.8	38.6
1986	74.9	39.5
1987	75.2	47.4
1988	75.5	48.1
1989	75.9	47.8
1990	76.1	49.7
1991	76.2	50.5
1992	76.4	52.4
1993	76.3	53.2
1994	76.3	54
1995	76.4	54.8
1996	76.4	55.5
1997	76.6	56.2
1998	76.9	50
1999	77.1	44.5
2000	77.3	56.3
2001	77.6	58.4
2002	77.9	58.9
2003	78.2	59.5
2004	78.5	60.1
2005	78.9	60.6
2006	79	61.5
2007	79.1	62
2008	79.2	62.4
2009	79.4	63.2
2010	79.4	63.7
2011	79.6	64.2
2012	79.9	64.7
2013	80.2	65
2014	80.2	65.5
2015	80.4	65.9
2016	80	66.2
2017	80	66.6
2018	80.1	67
2019	80.3	67.3
2020	79.7	67
2021	78.1	66.9
2022	79.3	67.8
2023	80.8	68.6
2024	81	68.9
2025	81.2	69.2

Costa Rica and Eritrea population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Eritrea

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1960	1,327,496	972,547
1961	1,377,920	995,573
1962	1,429,445	1,019,788
1963	1,481,604	1,045,092
1964	1,533,960	1,071,287
1965	1,586,208	1,098,335
1966	1,638,116	1,124,957
1967	1,689,523	1,152,339
1968	1,739,731	1,181,737
1969	1,789,276	1,212,005
1970	1,838,949	1,243,453
1971	1,888,539	1,276,154
1972	1,938,248	1,309,235
1973	1,988,343	1,342,669
1974	2,039,643	1,375,688
1975	2,092,719	1,408,210
1976	2,147,774	1,443,807
1977	2,205,025	1,482,565
1978	2,264,510	1,522,378
1979	2,326,490	1,563,332
1980	2,390,633	1,605,797
1981	2,456,637	1,649,939
1982	2,524,806	1,695,461
1983	2,595,153	1,736,160
1984	2,667,595	1,771,730
1985	2,741,894	1,807,816
1986	2,817,216	1,845,164
1987	2,892,699	1,888,669
1988	2,968,103	1,938,255
1989	3,043,827	1,987,017
1990	3,121,706	2,032,737
1991	3,202,176	1,919,571
1992	3,284,258	1,798,748
1993	3,367,434	1,856,006
1994	3,451,122	1,913,915
1995	3,535,176	2,025,267
1996	3,619,013	2,128,464
1997	3,701,711	2,152,135
1998	3,782,838	2,180,419
1999	3,862,101	2,212,780
2000	3,937,739	2,247,031
2001	4,008,947	2,312,079
2002	4,075,705	2,392,978
2003	4,138,784	2,493,903
2004	4,200,078	2,598,284
2005	4,261,240	2,661,215
2006	4,321,340	2,703,502
2007	4,380,248	2,743,222
2008	4,440,056	2,816,327
2009	4,499,791	2,887,885
2010	4,555,962	2,945,186
2011	4,609,833	2,998,485
2012	4,663,934	3,036,988
2013	4,716,147	3,074,360
2014	4,767,119	3,095,173
2015	4,818,038	3,105,546
2016	4,866,998	3,124,698
2017	4,913,177	3,150,347
2018	4,957,818	3,192,760
2019	4,999,553	3,240,194
2020	5,034,320	3,291,271
2021	5,059,988	3,350,183
2022	5,081,765	3,409,447
2023	5,105,525	3,470,390
2024	5,129,910	3,535,603

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Eritrea

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Eritrea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1960	6.71	6.48
1961	6.65	6.47
1962	6.54	6.5
1963	6.39	6.48
1964	6.19	6.49
1965	5.96	6.49
1966	5.7	6.5
1967	5.42	6.5
1968	5.03	6.5
1969	4.84	6.5
1970	4.59	6.54
1971	4.36	6.54
1972	4.16	6.54
1973	3.99	6.55
1974	3.89	6.57
1975	3.8	6.59
1976	3.75	6.6
1977	3.7	6.61
1978	3.66	6.61
1979	3.65	6.62
1980	3.58	6.61
1981	3.56	6.62
1982	3.54	6.63
1983	3.53	6.65
1984	3.52	6.62
1985	3.51	6.59
1986	3.45	6.56
1987	3.38	6.52
1988	3.31	6.47
1989	3.24	6.41
1990	3.17	6.34
1991	3.08	6.24
1992	3	6.16
1993	2.93	6.07
1994	2.86	6.01
1995	2.78	5.94
1996	2.68	5.84
1997	2.59	5.74
1998	2.53	5.63
1999	2.48	5.52
2000	2.41	5.4
2001	2.31	5.31
2002	2.16	5.23
2003	2.08	5.14
2004	2.03	5.04
2005	2.04	4.93
2006	1.94	4.88
2007	1.95	4.81
2008	1.98	4.74
2009	1.95	4.66
2010	1.83	4.57
2011	1.88	4.49
2012	1.85	4.41
2013	1.78	4.34
2014	1.8	4.27
2015	1.8	4.22
2016	1.75	4.16
2017	1.71	4.11
2018	1.71	4.06
2019	1.6	4
2020	1.45	3.93
2021	1.35	3.87
2022	1.34	3.79
2023	1.33	3.71

Costa Rica and Eritrea demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Eritrea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1960	16.8	18.8
1961	16.8	18.9
1962	16.7	18.9
1963	16.7	19
1964	16.7	19
1965	16.7	19
1966	16.8	19
1967	16.9	18.9
1968	17.1	18.9
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.6	18.6
1971	17.8	18.5
1972	18.1	18.3
1973	18.4	18.2
1974	18.6	18.2
1975	18.9	18.1
1976	19.2	18
1977	19.5	17.9
1978	19.7	17.8
1979	20	17.8
1980	20.3	17.8
1981	20.6	17.7
1982	20.9	17.7
1983	21.2	17.7
1984	21.4	17.8
1985	21.6	17.8
1986	21.8	17.9
1987	22.1	17.9
1988	22.3	17.8
1989	22.5	17.7
1990	22.7	17.6
1991	22.9	17.6
1992	23.2	17.5
1993	23.4	17.6
1994	23.6	17.6
1995	23.9	18.1
1996	24.1	18.4
1997	24.4	18
1998	24.7	17.8
1999	24.9	17.5
2000	25.2	17.4
2001	25.5	17.5
2002	25.9	17.7
2003	26.3	18
2004	26.7	18.3
2005	27	18.3
2006	27.4	18.2
2007	27.8	18.1
2008	28.2	18.2
2009	28.6	18.4
2010	29	18.4
2011	29.4	18.5
2012	29.8	18.5
2013	30.3	18.5
2014	30.7	18.5
2015	31.2	18.4
2016	31.7	18.4
2017	32.1	18.5
2018	32.6	18.7
2019	33	18.9
2020	33.5	19.1
2021	34	19.3
2022	34.5	19.5
2023	35.1	19.7
2024	35.6	19.9

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