Costa Rica vs France statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 126th vs. 48th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Costa Rica and France: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and France economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

France

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	France
1960	$507,513,830	$61,756,878,990
1961	$490,325,182	$66,806,595,975
1962	$479,180,824	$74,888,595,286
1963	$511,902,137	$83,957,182,115
1964	$542,578,367	$93,079,224,076
1965	$592,981,162	$100,522,559,916
1966	$647,305,630	$108,928,356,519
1967	$699,456,619	$117,751,396,249
1968	$773,841,494	$128,427,504,709
1969	$853,630,204	$140,361,802,782
1970	$984,830,158	$146,926,998,937
1971	$1,077,147,538	$164,238,872,973
1972	$1,238,251,696	$201,621,751,625
1973	$1,528,925,846	$262,343,828,816
1974	$1,666,544,754	$283,102,178,123
1975	$1,960,863,466	$356,780,728,163
1976	$2,412,555,426	$368,488,292,816
1977	$3,072,427,013	$406,736,454,934
1978	$3,523,208,810	$501,724,418,605
1979	$4,035,519,323	$608,218,624,730
1980	$4,831,447,001	$694,529,183,483
1981	$2,623,803,096	$609,184,791,792
1982	$2,606,623,555	$578,152,310,610
1983	$3,146,772,631	$553,356,312,936
1984	$3,660,477,856	$525,033,325,828
1985	$3,919,203,960	$547,220,981,165
1986	$4,418,983,871	$764,946,585,851
1987	$4,532,952,047	$926,320,855,615
1988	$4,614,629,898	$1,010,827,662,152
1989	$5,251,025,767	$1,016,742,237,302
1990	$5,711,687,787	$1,257,649,439,827
1991	$7,215,725,487	$1,258,961,748,634
1992	$8,579,754,758	$1,389,663,073,110
1993	$9,564,815,975	$1,314,383,368,080
1994	$10,489,903,725	$1,385,822,778,828
1995	$11,578,594,260	$1,595,219,345,512
1996	$11,678,424,507	$1,598,889,216,566
1997	$12,614,602,382	$1,449,392,222,971
1998	$13,684,255,947	$1,496,906,382,032
1999	$14,254,866,285	$1,486,915,879,702
2000	$15,013,629,662	$1,360,959,069,477
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,370,376,677,299
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,492,427,756,382
2003	$17,271,760,507	$1,835,095,983,049
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,109,792,297,237
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,192,146,403,028
2006	$22,715,540,324	$2,317,861,544,691
2007	$26,884,700,709	$2,655,816,911,867
2008	$30,801,745,700	$2,926,802,941,586
2009	$30,745,714,313	$2,700,075,882,519
2010	$37,658,616,952	$2,646,230,027,988
2011	$42,762,613,699	$2,870,408,553,990
2012	$47,231,655,432	$2,683,007,095,787
2013	$50,949,668,842	$2,816,077,607,875
2014	$52,016,408,854	$2,861,236,112,552
2015	$56,441,920,821	$2,442,483,452,643
2016	$58,847,019,610	$2,470,407,619,777
2017	$60,516,044,657	$2,588,868,323,335
2018	$62,420,164,992	$2,781,576,320,884
2019	$64,417,670,521	$2,722,793,515,172
2020	$62,395,610,760	$2,647,926,055,110
2021	$64,960,725,734	$2,966,433,692,008
2022	$69,243,626,029	$2,796,302,210,399
2023	$86,497,941,439	$3,051,831,611,385
2024	$95,350,423,177	$3,162,079,073,496

Costa Rica and France economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

France

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	France
1960	$382	$1,303
1961	$356	$1,395
1962	$335	$1,548
1963	$346	$1,718
1964	$354	$1,884
1965	$374	$2,015
1966	$395	$2,165
1967	$414	$2,321
1968	$445	$2,513
1969	$477	$2,724
1970	$536	$2,825
1971	$570	$3,128
1972	$639	$3,807
1973	$769	$4,914
1974	$817	$5,267
1975	$937	$6,607
1976	$1,123	$6,795
1977	$1,393	$7,465
1978	$1,556	$9,167
1979	$1,735	$11,063
1980	$2,021	$12,565
1981	$1,068	$10,956
1982	$1,032	$10,360
1983	$1,213	$9,862
1984	$1,372	$9,312
1985	$1,429	$9,657
1986	$1,569	$13,430
1987	$1,567	$16,176
1988	$1,555	$17,550
1989	$1,725	$17,547
1990	$1,830	$21,586
1991	$2,253	$21,501
1992	$2,612	$23,615
1993	$2,840	$22,239
1994	$3,040	$23,360
1995	$3,275	$26,792
1996	$3,227	$26,758
1997	$3,408	$24,169
1998	$3,617	$24,869
1999	$3,691	$24,576
2000	$3,813	$22,341
2001	$3,985	$22,332
2002	$4,068	$24,145
2003	$4,173	$29,480
2004	$4,431	$33,645
2005	$4,703	$34,696
2006	$5,257	$36,432
2007	$6,138	$41,486
2008	$6,937	$45,465
2009	$6,833	$41,728
2010	$8,266	$40,695
2011	$9,276	$43,930
2012	$10,127	$40,864
2013	$10,803	$42,669
2014	$10,911	$43,148
2015	$11,715	$36,702
2016	$12,091	$37,024
2017	$12,317	$38,687
2018	$12,590	$41,418
2019	$12,885	$40,408
2020	$12,394	$39,170
2021	$12,838	$43,725
2022	$13,626	$41,083
2023	$16,942	$44,691
2024	$18,587	$46,150

Costa Rica vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

France

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	France
1950	57.5	66.4
1951	57.8	66.1
1952	58.1	67.4
1953	59.1	67.3
1954	59.9	68.2
1955	60.5	68.4
1956	61.2	68.5
1957	61.6	68.9
1958	62.3	70.1
1959	62.9	70.2
1960	63.5	70.4
1961	63.9	71
1962	64.2	70.5
1963	64.3	70.3
1964	64.5	71.3
1965	64.8	71.1
1966	65.1	71.5
1967	65.6	71.5
1968	65.8	71.5
1969	66.4	71.2
1970	66.8	72.1
1971	67.4	72.1
1972	68	72.3
1973	68.7	72.5
1974	69.4	72.8
1975	70.3	72.9
1976	70.9	73.1
1977	71.5	73.7
1978	72	73.8
1979	72.5	74.1
1980	73	74.2
1981	73.4	74.4
1982	73.9	74.8
1983	74.2	74.7
1984	74.6	75.2
1985	74.8	75.3
1986	74.9	75.6
1987	75.2	76.1
1988	75.5	76.4
1989	75.9	76.5
1990	76.1	76.8
1991	76.2	77
1992	76.4	77.3
1993	76.3	77.3
1994	76.3	77.8
1995	76.4	77.9
1996	76.4	78.1
1997	76.6	78.4
1998	76.9	78.6
1999	77.1	78.7
2000	77.3	79
2001	77.6	79.2
2002	77.9	79.4
2003	78.2	79.4
2004	78.5	80.3
2005	78.9	80.3
2006	79	80.7
2007	79.1	81
2008	79.2	81
2009	79.4	81.2
2010	79.4	81.4
2011	79.6	81.8
2012	79.9	81.7
2013	80.2	82
2014	80.2	82.4
2015	80.4	82.1
2016	80	82.4
2017	80	82.4
2018	80.1	82.6
2019	80.3	82.7
2020	79.7	82.2
2021	78.1	82.3
2022	79.3	82.5
2023	80.8	83.3
2024	81	83.5
2025	81.2	83.6

Costa Rica and France population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

France

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	France
1960	1,327,496	47,412,964
1961	1,377,920	47,905,982
1962	1,429,445	48,389,516
1963	1,481,604	48,877,567
1964	1,533,960	49,401,492
1965	1,586,208	49,877,725
1966	1,638,116	50,311,637
1967	1,689,523	50,722,791
1968	1,739,731	51,112,980
1969	1,789,276	51,536,014
1970	1,838,949	52,007,169
1971	1,888,539	52,499,553
1972	1,938,248	52,962,356
1973	1,988,343	53,392,161
1974	2,039,643	53,746,571
1975	2,092,719	54,002,853
1976	2,147,774	54,232,383
1977	2,205,025	54,486,467
1978	2,264,510	54,734,030
1979	2,326,490	54,979,851
1980	2,390,633	55,274,184
1981	2,456,637	55,603,353
1982	2,524,806	55,806,789
1983	2,595,153	56,108,330
1984	2,667,595	56,383,085
1985	2,741,894	56,665,619
1986	2,817,216	56,956,002
1987	2,892,699	57,266,167
1988	2,968,103	57,598,186
1989	3,043,827	57,943,062
1990	3,121,706	58,261,012
1991	3,202,176	58,554,242
1992	3,284,258	58,846,584
1993	3,367,434	59,103,094
1994	3,451,122	59,324,863
1995	3,535,176	59,541,294
1996	3,619,013	59,754,504
1997	3,701,711	59,968,066
1998	3,782,838	60,190,684
1999	3,862,101	60,501,986
2000	3,937,739	60,918,661
2001	4,008,947	61,364,377
2002	4,075,705	61,812,142
2003	4,138,784	62,249,855
2004	4,200,078	62,707,588
2005	4,261,240	63,180,854
2006	4,321,340	63,622,342
2007	4,380,248	64,016,890
2008	4,440,056	64,375,116
2009	4,499,791	64,706,436
2010	4,555,962	65,026,211
2011	4,609,833	65,340,830
2012	4,663,934	65,657,659
2013	4,716,147	65,997,932
2014	4,767,119	66,312,067
2015	4,818,038	66,548,272
2016	4,866,998	66,724,104
2017	4,913,177	66,918,020
2018	4,957,818	67,158,348
2019	4,999,553	67,382,061
2020	5,034,320	67,601,110
2021	5,059,988	67,842,811
2022	5,081,765	68,065,015
2023	5,105,525	68,287,487
2024	5,129,910	68,516,699

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and France

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

France

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	France
1960	6.71	2.85
1961	6.65	2.87
1962	6.54	2.89
1963	6.39	2.89
1964	6.19	2.87
1965	5.96	2.84
1966	5.7	2.8
1967	5.42	2.75
1968	5.03	2.69
1969	4.84	2.62
1970	4.59	2.55
1971	4.36	2.47
1972	4.16	2.38
1973	3.99	2.28
1974	3.89	2.18
1975	3.8	2.09
1976	3.75	2.01
1977	3.7	1.94
1978	3.66	1.89
1979	3.65	1.87
1980	3.58	1.85
1981	3.56	1.85
1982	3.54	1.86
1983	3.53	1.86
1984	3.52	1.86
1985	3.51	1.86
1986	3.45	1.85
1987	3.38	1.83
1988	3.31	1.81
1989	3.24	1.79
1990	3.17	1.77
1991	3.08	1.75
1992	3	1.74
1993	2.93	1.73
1994	2.86	1.73
1995	2.78	1.74
1996	2.68	1.75
1997	2.59	1.77
1998	2.53	1.78
1999	2.48	1.81
2000	2.41	1.89
2001	2.31	1.9
2002	2.16	1.88
2003	2.08	1.89
2004	2.03	1.92
2005	2.04	1.94
2006	1.94	2
2007	1.95	1.98
2008	1.98	2.01
2009	1.95	2
2010	1.83	2.03
2011	1.88	2.01
2012	1.85	2.01
2013	1.78	1.99
2014	1.8	2
2015	1.8	1.96
2016	1.75	1.92
2017	1.71	1.89
2018	1.71	1.87
2019	1.6	1.86
2020	1.45	1.83
2021	1.35	1.84
2022	1.34	1.79
2023	1.33	1.66

Costa Rica and France demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

France

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	France
1960	16.8	32.8
1961	16.8	32.8
1962	16.7	32.9
1963	16.7	32.8
1964	16.7	32.8
1965	16.7	32.7
1966	16.8	32.7
1967	16.9	32.7
1968	17.1	32.6
1969	17.3	32.5
1970	17.6	32.4
1971	17.8	32.2
1972	18.1	32
1973	18.4	31.8
1974	18.6	31.7
1975	18.9	31.6
1976	19.2	31.7
1977	19.5	31.9
1978	19.7	32.1
1979	20	32.3
1980	20.3	32.4
1981	20.6	32.6
1982	20.9	32.8
1983	21.2	33
1984	21.4	33.3
1985	21.6	33.5
1986	21.8	33.7
1987	22.1	34
1988	22.3	34.2
1989	22.5	34.5
1990	22.7	34.7
1991	22.9	35
1992	23.2	35.3
1993	23.4	35.6
1994	23.6	35.9
1995	23.9	36.2
1996	24.1	36.5
1997	24.4	36.8
1998	24.7	37.1
1999	24.9	37.4
2000	25.2	37.7
2001	25.5	37.9
2002	25.9	38.2
2003	26.3	38.4
2004	26.7	38.6
2005	27	38.9
2006	27.4	39.1
2007	27.8	39.4
2008	28.2	39.6
2009	28.6	39.8
2010	29	40
2011	29.4	40.3
2012	29.8	40.5
2013	30.3	40.8
2014	30.7	41
2015	31.2	41.2
2016	31.7	41.4
2017	32.1	41.6
2018	32.6	41.9
2019	33	42.1
2020	33.5	42.3
2021	34	42.4
2022	34.5	42.6
2023	35.1	42.8
2024	35.6	43

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