Costa Rica vs Finland statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 5.64M in Finland (ranked 116/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 117,360 sq mi for Finland (ranked 126th vs. 70th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Finland ranks 48/197 ($300B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Finland ranks 22/197 ($53,189).

Costa Rica and Finland: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Finland economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Finland

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Finland
1960	$507,513,830	$5,279,481,824
1961	$490,325,182	$5,984,433,774
1962	$479,180,824	$6,407,796,043
1963	$511,902,137	$6,958,916,548
1964	$542,578,367	$7,848,987,793
1965	$592,981,162	$8,680,393,839
1966	$647,305,630	$9,306,142,172
1967	$699,456,619	$9,468,272,357
1968	$773,841,494	$8,916,565,041
1969	$853,630,204	$10,177,524,839
1970	$984,830,158	$11,358,529,162
1971	$1,077,147,538	$12,528,522,307
1972	$1,238,251,696	$14,744,499,570
1973	$1,528,925,846	$19,474,098,335
1974	$1,666,544,754	$24,851,036,710
1975	$1,960,863,466	$29,475,251,333
1976	$2,412,555,426	$31,852,352,670
1977	$3,072,427,013	$33,502,784,418
1978	$3,523,208,810	$36,259,392,058
1979	$4,035,519,323	$44,469,218,440
1980	$4,831,447,001	$53,649,984,061
1981	$2,623,803,096	$52,440,066,134
1982	$2,606,623,555	$52,784,013,815
1983	$3,146,772,631	$50,956,447,481
1984	$3,660,477,856	$52,870,993,273
1985	$3,919,203,960	$55,856,676,899
1986	$4,418,983,871	$73,511,611,541
1987	$4,532,952,047	$91,564,993,913
1988	$4,614,629,898	$109,039,090,263
1989	$5,251,025,767	$118,991,270,611
1990	$5,711,687,787	$141,446,120,355
1991	$7,215,725,487	$127,794,441,994
1992	$8,579,754,758	$112,537,828,511
1993	$9,564,815,975	$89,112,105,756
1994	$10,489,903,725	$103,182,697,780
1995	$11,578,594,260	$134,060,457,516
1996	$11,678,424,507	$131,991,975,149
1997	$12,614,602,382	$126,862,902,302
1998	$13,684,255,947	$133,990,876,725
1999	$14,254,866,285	$135,234,241,918
2000	$15,013,629,662	$125,967,821,111
2001	$15,976,174,337	$129,519,672,869
2002	$16,578,820,687	$140,360,963,812
2003	$17,271,760,507	$171,612,867,736
2004	$18,610,594,846	$197,458,297,640
2005	$20,040,642,477	$204,859,368,791
2006	$22,715,540,324	$217,044,068,234
2007	$26,884,700,709	$256,360,251,538
2008	$30,801,745,700	$285,698,662,071
2009	$30,745,714,313	$253,480,783,439
2010	$37,658,616,952	$249,429,613,683
2011	$42,762,613,699	$275,126,915,516
2012	$47,231,655,432	$257,443,384,493
2013	$50,949,668,842	$270,268,036,626
2014	$52,016,408,854	$273,478,528,955
2015	$56,441,920,821	$233,210,733,506
2016	$58,847,019,610	$238,777,818,793
2017	$60,516,044,657	$253,846,138,440
2018	$62,420,164,992	$273,869,255,596
2019	$64,417,670,521	$267,014,821,129
2020	$62,395,610,760	$270,000,311,606
2021	$64,960,725,734	$294,223,210,496
2022	$69,243,626,029	$280,253,099,309
2023	$86,497,941,439	$294,950,618,733
2024	$95,350,423,177	$299,835,625,551

Costa Rica and Finland economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Finland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Finland
1960	$382	$1,192
1961	$356	$1,341
1962	$335	$1,427
1963	$346	$1,538
1964	$354	$1,726
1965	$374	$1,902
1966	$395	$2,032
1967	$414	$2,056
1968	$445	$1,927
1969	$477	$2,201
1970	$536	$2,466
1971	$570	$2,716
1972	$639	$3,178
1973	$769	$4,174
1974	$817	$5,298
1975	$937	$6,256
1976	$1,123	$6,740
1977	$1,393	$7,070
1978	$1,556	$7,629
1979	$1,735	$9,333
1980	$2,021	$11,225
1981	$1,068	$10,925
1982	$1,032	$10,935
1983	$1,213	$10,494
1984	$1,372	$10,830
1985	$1,429	$11,394
1986	$1,569	$14,947
1987	$1,567	$18,565
1988	$1,555	$22,044
1989	$1,725	$23,969
1990	$1,830	$28,366
1991	$2,253	$25,489
1992	$2,612	$22,320
1993	$2,840	$17,589
1994	$3,040	$20,278
1995	$3,275	$26,246
1996	$3,227	$25,757
1997	$3,408	$24,682
1998	$3,617	$26,000
1999	$3,691	$26,180
2000	$3,813	$24,336
2001	$3,985	$24,965
2002	$4,068	$26,989
2003	$4,173	$32,920
2004	$4,431	$37,768
2005	$4,703	$39,050
2006	$5,257	$41,214
2007	$6,138	$48,473
2008	$6,937	$53,769
2009	$6,833	$47,478
2010	$8,266	$46,506
2011	$9,276	$51,060
2012	$10,127	$47,552
2013	$10,803	$49,691
2014	$10,911	$50,074
2015	$11,715	$42,560
2016	$12,091	$43,451
2017	$12,317	$46,085
2018	$12,590	$49,654
2019	$12,885	$48,358
2020	$12,394	$48,829
2021	$12,838	$53,099
2022	$13,626	$50,441
2023	$16,942	$52,822
2024	$18,587	$53,189

Costa Rica vs. Finland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Finland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Finland
1950	57.5	64.2
1951	57.8	65.6
1952	58.1	66.5
1953	59.1	66.6
1954	59.9	67.5
1955	60.5	67.3
1956	61.2	68
1957	61.6	67.5
1958	62.3	68.6
1959	62.9	68.8
1960	63.5	69
1961	63.9	69
1962	64.2	68.7
1963	64.3	69.2
1964	64.5	69.4
1965	64.8	69.1
1966	65.1	69.6
1967	65.6	69.8
1968	65.8	69.8
1969	66.4	69.6
1970	66.8	70.3
1971	67.4	70.1
1972	68	70.9
1973	68.7	71.4
1974	69.4	71.3
1975	70.3	71.8
1976	70.9	72
1977	71.5	72.5
1978	72	73.1
1979	72.5	73.4
1980	73	73.6
1981	73.4	74
1982	73.9	74.5
1983	74.2	74.4
1984	74.6	74.7
1985	74.8	74.4
1986	74.9	74.8
1987	75.2	74.8
1988	75.5	74.8
1989	75.9	75
1990	76.1	75
1991	76.2	75.4
1992	76.4	75.6
1993	76.3	75.9
1994	76.3	76.6
1995	76.4	76.6
1996	76.4	76.9
1997	76.6	77.1
1998	76.9	77.3
1999	77.1	77.5
2000	77.3	77.7
2001	77.6	78.1
2002	77.9	78.3
2003	78.2	78.5
2004	78.5	78.8
2005	78.9	79
2006	79	79.4
2007	79.1	79.4
2008	79.2	79.7
2009	79.4	79.8
2010	79.4	80
2011	79.6	80.4
2012	79.9	80.5
2013	80.2	80.9
2014	80.2	81.1
2015	80.4	81.4
2016	80	81.3
2017	80	81.5
2018	80.1	81.6
2019	80.3	81.9
2020	79.7	81.8
2021	78.1	81.8
2022	79.3	81.2
2023	80.8	81.9
2024	81	82.1
2025	81.2	82.2

Costa Rica and Finland population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Finland

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Finland
1960	1,327,496	4,429,634
1961	1,377,920	4,461,005
1962	1,429,445	4,491,443
1963	1,481,604	4,523,309
1964	1,533,960	4,548,543
1965	1,586,208	4,563,732
1966	1,638,116	4,580,869
1967	1,689,523	4,605,744
1968	1,739,731	4,626,469
1969	1,789,276	4,623,785
1970	1,838,949	4,606,307
1971	1,888,539	4,612,124
1972	1,938,248	4,639,657
1973	1,988,343	4,666,081
1974	2,039,643	4,690,574
1975	2,092,719	4,711,440
1976	2,147,774	4,725,664
1977	2,205,025	4,738,902
1978	2,264,510	4,752,528
1979	2,326,490	4,764,690
1980	2,390,633	4,779,535
1981	2,456,637	4,799,964
1982	2,524,806	4,826,933
1983	2,595,153	4,855,787
1984	2,667,595	4,881,803
1985	2,741,894	4,902,206
1986	2,817,216	4,918,154
1987	2,892,699	4,932,123
1988	2,968,103	4,946,481
1989	3,043,827	4,964,371
1990	3,121,706	4,986,431
1991	3,202,176	5,013,740
1992	3,284,258	5,041,992
1993	3,367,434	5,066,447
1994	3,451,122	5,088,333
1995	3,535,176	5,107,790
1996	3,619,013	5,124,573
1997	3,701,711	5,139,835
1998	3,782,838	5,153,498
1999	3,862,101	5,165,474
2000	3,937,739	5,176,209
2001	4,008,947	5,188,008
2002	4,075,705	5,200,598
2003	4,138,784	5,213,014
2004	4,200,078	5,228,172
2005	4,261,240	5,246,096
2006	4,321,340	5,266,268
2007	4,380,248	5,288,720
2008	4,440,056	5,313,399
2009	4,499,791	5,338,871
2010	4,555,962	5,363,352
2011	4,609,833	5,388,272
2012	4,663,934	5,413,971
2013	4,716,147	5,438,972
2014	4,767,119	5,461,512
2015	4,818,038	5,479,531
2016	4,866,998	5,495,303
2017	4,913,177	5,508,214
2018	4,957,818	5,515,525
2019	4,999,553	5,521,606
2020	5,034,320	5,529,543
2021	5,059,988	5,541,017
2022	5,081,765	5,556,106
2023	5,105,525	5,583,911
2024	5,129,910	5,637,214

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Finland

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Finland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Finland
1960	6.71	2.72
1961	6.65	2.72
1962	6.54	2.68
1963	6.39	2.68
1964	6.19	2.59
1965	5.96	2.48
1966	5.7	2.41
1967	5.42	2.32
1968	5.03	2.14
1969	4.84	1.93
1970	4.59	1.83
1971	4.36	1.68
1972	4.16	1.58
1973	3.99	1.49
1974	3.89	1.61
1975	3.8	1.68
1976	3.75	1.7
1977	3.7	1.68
1978	3.66	1.64
1979	3.65	1.64
1980	3.58	1.63
1981	3.56	1.64
1982	3.54	1.71
1983	3.53	1.74
1984	3.52	1.69
1985	3.51	1.64
1986	3.45	1.6
1987	3.38	1.59
1988	3.31	1.69
1989	3.24	1.71
1990	3.17	1.78
1991	3.08	1.79
1992	3	1.85
1993	2.93	1.81
1994	2.86	1.85
1995	2.78	1.81
1996	2.68	1.78
1997	2.59	1.75
1998	2.53	1.7
1999	2.48	1.73
2000	2.41	1.73
2001	2.31	1.73
2002	2.16	1.72
2003	2.08	1.76
2004	2.03	1.8
2005	2.04	1.8
2006	1.94	1.84
2007	1.95	1.83
2008	1.98	1.85
2009	1.95	1.86
2010	1.83	1.87
2011	1.88	1.83
2012	1.85	1.8
2013	1.78	1.75
2014	1.8	1.71
2015	1.8	1.65
2016	1.75	1.57
2017	1.71	1.49
2018	1.71	1.41
2019	1.6	1.35
2020	1.45	1.37
2021	1.35	1.46
2022	1.34	1.32
2023	1.33	1.26

Costa Rica and Finland demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Finland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Finland
1960	16.8	28.4
1961	16.8	28.4
1962	16.7	28.5
1963	16.7	28.5
1964	16.7	28.6
1965	16.7	28.7
1966	16.8	28.8
1967	16.9	28.9
1968	17.1	29
1969	17.3	29.3
1970	17.6	29.6
1971	17.8	29.9
1972	18.1	30.1
1973	18.4	30.2
1974	18.6	30.4
1975	18.9	30.7
1976	19.2	31.2
1977	19.5	31.7
1978	19.7	32.1
1979	20	32.4
1980	20.3	32.8
1981	20.6	33.2
1982	20.9	33.5
1983	21.2	33.9
1984	21.4	34.3
1985	21.6	34.7
1986	21.8	35.1
1987	22.1	35.4
1988	22.3	35.8
1989	22.5	36.1
1990	22.7	36.4
1991	22.9	36.7
1992	23.2	37
1993	23.4	37.2
1994	23.6	37.5
1995	23.9	37.8
1996	24.1	38.1
1997	24.4	38.4
1998	24.7	38.7
1999	24.9	39
2000	25.2	39.4
2001	25.5	39.7
2002	25.9	40
2003	26.3	40.3
2004	26.7	40.6
2005	27	40.9
2006	27.4	41.2
2007	27.8	41.4
2008	28.2	41.6
2009	28.6	41.8
2010	29	41.9
2011	29.4	42.1
2012	29.8	42.2
2013	30.3	42.3
2014	30.7	42.4
2015	31.2	42.5
2016	31.7	42.6
2017	32.1	42.7
2018	32.6	42.8
2019	33	43
2020	33.5	43.2
2021	34	43.3
2022	34.5	43.5
2023	35.1	43.8
2024	35.6	44

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