Costa Rica vs Gabon statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 2.54M in Gabon (ranked 142/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 99,487 sq mi for Gabon (ranked 126th vs. 75th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Gabon ranks 126/197 ($20.9B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Gabon ranks 96/197 ($8,219).

Costa Rica and Gabon: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Gabon economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Gabon
1960	$507,513,830	$141,468,978
1961	$490,325,182	$167,637,907
1962	$479,180,824	$182,796,536
1963	$511,902,137	$154,480,244
1964	$542,578,367	$215,679,855
1965	$592,981,162	$226,474,286
1966	$647,305,630	$245,849,781
1967	$699,456,619	$271,543,680
1968	$773,841,494	$294,468,564
1969	$853,630,204	$318,124,701
1970	$984,830,158	$323,802,476
1971	$1,077,147,538	$381,687,073
1972	$1,238,251,696	$430,508,359
1973	$1,528,925,846	$722,780,701
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,544,216,002
1975	$1,960,863,466	$2,157,592,940
1976	$2,412,555,426	$3,009,409,974
1977	$3,072,427,013	$2,809,349,069
1978	$3,523,208,810	$2,389,479,272
1979	$4,035,519,323	$3,030,251,120
1980	$4,831,447,001	$4,279,637,942
1981	$2,623,803,096	$3,862,269,121
1982	$2,606,623,555	$3,618,007,841
1983	$3,146,772,631	$3,391,275,732
1984	$3,660,477,856	$3,561,451,561
1985	$3,919,203,960	$3,339,914,757
1986	$4,418,983,871	$3,403,638,189
1987	$4,532,952,047	$3,281,797,043
1988	$4,614,629,898	$3,834,503,376
1989	$5,251,025,767	$4,186,411,464
1990	$5,711,687,787	$5,952,293,765
1991	$7,215,725,487	$5,402,919,785
1992	$8,579,754,758	$5,592,390,827
1993	$9,564,815,975	$4,378,645,081
1994	$10,489,903,725	$4,190,819,344
1995	$11,578,594,260	$4,958,845,648
1996	$11,678,424,507	$5,694,040,003
1997	$12,614,602,382	$5,326,817,115
1998	$13,684,255,947	$4,483,417,310
1999	$14,254,866,285	$4,662,992,036
2000	$15,013,629,662	$5,080,483,629
2001	$15,976,174,337	$5,023,265,413
2002	$16,578,820,687	$5,335,451,100
2003	$17,271,760,507	$6,511,903,365
2004	$18,610,594,846	$7,770,219,008
2005	$20,040,642,477	$9,582,783,991
2006	$22,715,540,324	$10,327,598,306
2007	$26,884,700,709	$12,455,409,587
2008	$30,801,745,700	$15,571,348,344
2009	$30,745,714,313	$12,113,699,068
2010	$37,658,616,952	$14,372,593,020
2011	$42,762,613,699	$18,210,307,744
2012	$47,231,655,432	$17,170,464,016
2013	$50,949,668,842	$17,595,744,798
2014	$52,016,408,854	$18,203,966,896
2015	$56,441,920,821	$14,383,107,763
2016	$58,847,019,610	$14,023,890,265
2017	$60,516,044,657	$14,929,487,485
2018	$62,420,164,992	$16,867,326,402
2019	$64,417,670,521	$16,874,405,465
2020	$62,395,610,760	$15,342,236,164
2021	$64,960,725,734	$19,444,935,097
2022	$69,243,626,029	$20,440,655,695
2023	$86,497,941,439	$20,055,720,403
2024	$95,350,423,177	$20,867,044,936

Costa Rica and Gabon economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Gabon

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Gabon
1960	$382	$276.1
1961	$356	$323
1962	$335	$348
1963	$346	$290.7
1964	$354	$400
1965	$374	$415
1966	$395	$443
1967	$414	$482
1968	$445	$515
1969	$477	$545
1970	$536	$543
1971	$570	$627
1972	$639	$693
1973	$769	$1,140
1974	$817	$2,384
1975	$937	$3,258
1976	$1,123	$4,441
1977	$1,393	$4,048
1978	$1,556	$3,360
1979	$1,735	$4,155
1980	$2,021	$5,718
1981	$1,068	$5,026
1982	$1,032	$4,584
1983	$1,213	$4,182
1984	$1,372	$4,273
1985	$1,429	$3,898
1986	$1,569	$3,865
1987	$1,567	$3,624
1988	$1,555	$4,119
1989	$1,725	$4,374
1990	$1,830	$6,051
1991	$2,253	$5,345
1992	$2,612	$5,386
1993	$2,840	$4,106
1994	$3,040	$3,828
1995	$3,275	$4,415
1996	$3,227	$4,943
1997	$3,408	$4,509
1998	$3,617	$3,700
1999	$3,691	$3,751
2000	$3,813	$3,983
2001	$3,985	$3,836
2002	$4,068	$3,966
2003	$4,173	$4,711
2004	$4,431	$5,466
2005	$4,703	$6,548
2006	$5,257	$6,847
2007	$6,138	$8,004
2008	$6,937	$9,689
2009	$6,833	$7,291
2010	$8,266	$8,357
2011	$9,276	$10,219
2012	$10,127	$9,297
2013	$10,803	$9,198
2014	$10,911	$9,201
2015	$11,715	$7,047
2016	$12,091	$6,677
2017	$12,317	$6,922
2018	$12,590	$7,624
2019	$12,885	$7,441
2020	$12,394	$6,606
2021	$12,838	$8,181
2022	$13,626	$8,409
2023	$16,942	$8,071
2024	$18,587	$8,219

Costa Rica vs. Gabon life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Gabon

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Gabon
1950	57.5	39.3
1951	57.8	40
1952	58.1	40.7
1953	59.1	41.5
1954	59.9	42.2
1955	60.5	42.9
1956	61.2	43.7
1957	61.6	44.4
1958	62.3	45.1
1959	62.9	45.8
1960	63.5	46.4
1961	63.9	47.1
1962	64.2	47.8
1963	64.3	48.4
1964	64.5	49
1965	64.8	49.7
1966	65.1	50.3
1967	65.6	50.9
1968	65.8	51.5
1969	66.4	52.1
1970	66.8	52.7
1971	67.4	53.3
1972	68	53.8
1973	68.7	54.4
1974	69.4	54.9
1975	70.3	55.5
1976	70.9	56
1977	71.5	56.5
1978	72	57
1979	72.5	57.4
1980	73	57.9
1981	73.4	58.3
1982	73.9	58.6
1983	74.2	59
1984	74.6	59.3
1985	74.8	59.7
1986	74.9	60
1987	75.2	60.2
1988	75.5	60.4
1989	75.9	60.6
1990	76.1	60.7
1991	76.2	60.9
1992	76.4	61
1993	76.3	61.1
1994	76.3	61.2
1995	76.4	61.3
1996	76.4	61.3
1997	76.6	61.4
1998	76.9	61.5
1999	77.1	61.7
2000	77.3	61.8
2001	77.6	62
2002	77.9	62.2
2003	78.2	62.5
2004	78.5	62.7
2005	78.9	63
2006	79	63.3
2007	79.1	63.6
2008	79.2	64
2009	79.4	64.4
2010	79.4	64.7
2011	79.6	65.1
2012	79.9	65.4
2013	80.2	65.8
2014	80.2	66.1
2015	80.4	66.3
2016	80	66.6
2017	80	66.8
2018	80.1	67
2019	80.3	67.3
2020	79.7	67.1
2021	78.1	67.1
2022	79.3	67.7
2023	80.8	68.3
2024	81	68.5
2025	81.2	68.7

Costa Rica and Gabon population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Gabon

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Gabon
1960	1,327,496	512,316
1961	1,377,920	518,266
1962	1,429,445	524,649
1963	1,481,604	531,452
1964	1,533,960	538,657
1965	1,586,208	546,308
1966	1,638,116	554,463
1967	1,689,523	563,108
1968	1,739,731	572,257
1969	1,789,276	583,276
1970	1,838,949	595,846
1971	1,888,539	608,348
1972	1,938,248	620,960
1973	1,988,343	633,995
1974	2,039,643	647,691
1975	2,092,719	662,197
1976	2,147,774	677,628
1977	2,205,025	693,984
1978	2,264,510	711,245
1979	2,326,490	729,375
1980	2,390,633	748,389
1981	2,456,637	768,385
1982	2,524,806	789,286
1983	2,595,153	811,005
1984	2,667,595	833,501
1985	2,741,894	856,726
1986	2,817,216	880,705
1987	2,892,699	905,479
1988	2,968,103	931,020
1989	3,043,827	957,138
1990	3,121,706	983,734
1991	3,202,176	1,010,818
1992	3,284,258	1,038,380
1993	3,367,434	1,066,405
1994	3,451,122	1,094,720
1995	3,535,176	1,123,213
1996	3,619,013	1,152,015
1997	3,701,711	1,181,439
1998	3,782,838	1,211,736
1999	3,862,101	1,243,016
2000	3,937,739	1,275,572
2001	4,008,947	1,309,589
2002	4,075,705	1,345,135
2003	4,138,784	1,382,350
2004	4,200,078	1,421,609
2005	4,261,240	1,463,495
2006	4,321,340	1,508,337
2007	4,380,248	1,556,237
2008	4,440,056	1,607,175
2009	4,499,791	1,661,556
2010	4,555,962	1,719,879
2011	4,609,833	1,781,985
2012	4,663,934	1,846,889
2013	4,716,147	1,913,059
2014	4,767,119	1,978,399
2015	4,818,038	2,040,989
2016	4,866,998	2,100,306
2017	4,913,177	2,156,900
2018	4,957,818	2,212,318
2019	4,999,553	2,267,706
2020	5,034,320	2,322,539
2021	5,059,988	2,376,722
2022	5,081,765	2,430,747
2023	5,105,525	2,484,789
2024	5,129,910	2,538,952

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Gabon

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Gabon

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Gabon
1960	6.71	4.42
1961	6.65	4.5
1962	6.54	4.59
1963	6.39	4.65
1964	6.19	4.71
1965	5.96	4.79
1966	5.7	4.86
1967	5.42	4.92
1968	5.03	4.98
1969	4.84	5.05
1970	4.59	5.1
1971	4.36	5.16
1972	4.16	5.24
1973	3.99	5.29
1974	3.89	5.33
1975	3.8	5.39
1976	3.75	5.46
1977	3.7	5.52
1978	3.66	5.57
1979	3.65	5.61
1980	3.58	5.66
1981	3.56	5.73
1982	3.54	5.74
1983	3.53	5.76
1984	3.52	5.73
1985	3.51	5.71
1986	3.45	5.69
1987	3.38	5.67
1988	3.31	5.62
1989	3.24	5.55
1990	3.17	5.46
1991	3.08	5.37
1992	3	5.29
1993	2.93	5.19
1994	2.86	5.04
1995	2.78	4.88
1996	2.68	4.74
1997	2.59	4.66
1998	2.53	4.58
1999	2.48	4.5
2000	2.41	4.47
2001	2.31	4.42
2002	2.16	4.36
2003	2.08	4.3
2004	2.03	4.25
2005	2.04	4.21
2006	1.94	4.17
2007	1.95	4.14
2008	1.98	4.12
2009	1.95	4.14
2010	1.83	4.15
2011	1.88	4.15
2012	1.85	4.09
2013	1.78	4.02
2014	1.8	3.95
2015	1.8	3.92
2016	1.75	3.92
2017	1.71	3.91
2018	1.71	3.91
2019	1.6	3.88
2020	1.45	3.83
2021	1.35	3.78
2022	1.34	3.71
2023	1.33	3.65

Costa Rica and Gabon demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Gabon

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Gabon
1960	16.8	27.2
1961	16.8	27
1962	16.7	26.8
1963	16.7	26.5
1964	16.7	26.2
1965	16.7	25.9
1966	16.8	25.6
1967	16.9	25.2
1968	17.1	24.8
1969	17.3	24.5
1970	17.6	24.2
1971	17.8	23.9
1972	18.1	23.5
1973	18.4	23.2
1974	18.6	22.9
1975	18.9	22.5
1976	19.2	22.2
1977	19.5	21.9
1978	19.7	21.6
1979	20	21.3
1980	20.3	21
1981	20.6	20.7
1982	20.9	20.4
1983	21.2	20.1
1984	21.4	19.9
1985	21.6	19.7
1986	21.8	19.5
1987	22.1	19.3
1988	22.3	19.2
1989	22.5	19
1990	22.7	18.9
1991	22.9	18.9
1992	23.2	18.8
1993	23.4	18.8
1994	23.6	18.8
1995	23.9	18.8
1996	24.1	18.9
1997	24.4	18.9
1998	24.7	19
1999	24.9	19.1
2000	25.2	19.3
2001	25.5	19.4
2002	25.9	19.6
2003	26.3	19.7
2004	26.7	19.9
2005	27	20.1
2006	27.4	20.3
2007	27.8	20.6
2008	28.2	20.8
2009	28.6	21
2010	29	21.2
2011	29.4	21.4
2012	29.8	21.7
2013	30.3	21.9
2014	30.7	22.1
2015	31.2	22.2
2016	31.7	22.3
2017	32.1	22.4
2018	32.6	22.4
2019	33	22.5
2020	33.5	22.5
2021	34	22.5
2022	34.5	22.5
2023	35.1	22.6
2024	35.6	22.6

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