Costa Rica vs Germany statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 83.5M in Germany (ranked 19/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 134,916 sq mi for Germany (ranked 126th vs. 63rd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800).

Costa Rica and Germany: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Germany economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Germany

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Germany
1960	$507,513,830	$84,619,845,881
1961	$490,325,182	$96,558,204,043
1962	$479,180,824	$105,895,435,234
1963	$511,902,137	$112,232,503,744
1964	$542,578,367	$123,330,404,665
1965	$592,981,162	$134,774,688,191
1966	$647,305,630	$143,304,275,684
1967	$699,456,619	$145,100,667,773
1968	$773,841,494	$156,527,292,653
1969	$853,630,204	$177,733,486,326
1970	$984,830,158	$216,629,229,947
1971	$1,077,147,538	$250,900,942,397
1972	$1,238,251,696	$300,899,944,795
1973	$1,528,925,846	$399,833,571,167
1974	$1,666,544,754	$446,934,971,657
1975	$1,960,863,466	$492,434,094,920
1976	$2,412,555,426	$521,658,712,133
1977	$3,072,427,013	$602,698,323,086
1978	$3,523,208,810	$743,182,891,918
1979	$4,035,519,323	$884,574,218,333
1980	$4,831,447,001	$953,772,499,462
1981	$2,623,803,096	$803,404,797,058
1982	$2,606,623,555	$779,421,633,755
1983	$3,146,772,631	$773,507,930,295
1984	$3,660,477,856	$727,767,760,979
1985	$3,919,203,960	$735,218,723,093
1986	$4,418,983,871	$1,050,092,624,516
1987	$4,532,952,047	$1,302,932,318,825
1988	$4,614,629,898	$1,406,367,016,372
1989	$5,251,025,767	$1,404,092,925,205
1990	$5,711,687,787	$1,778,162,195,860
1991	$7,215,725,487	$1,875,792,575,133
1992	$8,579,754,758	$2,141,377,582,968
1993	$9,564,815,975	$2,078,954,217,438
1994	$10,489,903,725	$2,215,282,632,277
1995	$11,578,594,260	$2,593,053,091,306
1996	$11,678,424,507	$2,506,576,553,158
1997	$12,614,602,382	$2,218,790,886,533
1998	$13,684,255,947	$2,247,760,364,566
1999	$14,254,866,285	$2,213,873,468,587
2000	$15,013,629,662	$1,966,980,701,145
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,966,381,496,642
2002	$16,578,820,687	$2,102,350,798,306
2003	$17,271,760,507	$2,534,715,518,349
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,852,317,768,062
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,893,393,187,362
2006	$22,715,540,324	$3,046,308,753,671
2007	$26,884,700,709	$3,484,056,680,855
2008	$30,801,745,700	$3,808,786,022,313
2009	$30,745,714,313	$3,479,800,820,863
2010	$37,658,616,952	$3,468,154,343,000
2011	$42,762,613,699	$3,824,828,563,521
2012	$47,231,655,432	$3,597,896,500,945
2013	$50,949,668,842	$3,808,086,291,482
2014	$52,016,408,854	$3,965,800,686,310
2015	$56,441,920,821	$3,423,568,450,957
2016	$58,847,019,610	$3,537,784,107,981
2017	$60,516,044,657	$3,763,092,263,753
2018	$62,420,164,992	$4,052,008,447,224
2019	$64,417,670,521	$3,957,208,055,216
2020	$62,395,610,760	$3,940,142,541,354
2021	$64,960,725,734	$4,348,297,440,388
2022	$69,243,626,029	$4,163,596,357,879
2023	$86,497,941,439	$4,525,703,903,628
2024	$95,350,423,177	$4,659,929,336,891

Costa Rica and Germany economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Germany

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Germany
1960	$382	$1,162
1961	$356	$1,316
1962	$335	$1,431
1963	$346	$1,502
1964	$354	$1,637
1965	$374	$1,774
1966	$395	$1,871
1967	$414	$1,886
1968	$445	$2,025
1969	$477	$2,281
1970	$536	$2,771
1971	$570	$3,204
1972	$639	$3,824
1973	$769	$5,065
1974	$817	$5,660
1975	$937	$6,259
1976	$1,123	$6,659
1977	$1,393	$7,711
1978	$1,556	$9,517
1979	$1,735	$11,322
1980	$2,021	$12,183
1981	$1,068	$10,246
1982	$1,032	$9,950
1983	$1,213	$9,900
1984	$1,372	$9,347
1985	$1,429	$9,464
1986	$1,569	$13,511
1987	$1,567	$16,739
1988	$1,555	$17,997
1989	$1,725	$17,829
1990	$1,830	$22,386
1991	$2,253	$23,443
1992	$2,612	$26,560
1993	$2,840	$25,617
1994	$3,040	$27,202
1995	$3,275	$31,747
1996	$3,227	$30,600
1997	$3,408	$27,047
1998	$3,617	$27,396
1999	$3,691	$26,965
2000	$3,813	$23,926
2001	$3,985	$23,878
2002	$4,068	$25,487
2003	$4,173	$30,711
2004	$4,431	$34,567
2005	$4,703	$35,084
2006	$5,257	$36,980
2007	$6,138	$42,351
2008	$6,937	$46,386
2009	$6,833	$42,487
2010	$8,266	$42,410
2011	$9,276	$47,647
2012	$10,127	$44,736
2013	$10,803	$47,220
2014	$10,911	$48,971
2015	$11,715	$41,911
2016	$12,091	$42,961
2017	$12,317	$45,527
2018	$12,590	$48,875
2019	$12,885	$47,624
2020	$12,394	$47,380
2021	$12,838	$52,266
2022	$13,626	$49,686
2023	$16,942	$53,940
2024	$18,587	$55,800

Costa Rica vs. Germany life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Germany

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Germany
1950	57.5	66.8
1951	57.8	67.1
1952	58.1	67.5
1953	59.1	67.8
1954	59.9	68.1
1955	60.5	68.3
1956	61.2	68.6
1957	61.6	68.5
1958	62.3	69.2
1959	62.9	69.3
1960	63.5	69.3
1961	63.9	69.8
1962	64.2	70
1963	64.3	70.1
1964	64.5	70.6
1965	64.8	70.6
1966	65.1	70.7
1967	65.6	71
1968	65.8	70.6
1969	66.4	70.5
1970	66.8	70.7
1971	67.4	70.9
1972	68	71.1
1973	68.7	71.4
1974	69.4	71.7
1975	70.3	71.5
1976	70.9	72
1977	71.5	72.6
1978	72	72.6
1979	72.5	72.9
1980	73	73.1
1981	73.4	73.3
1982	73.9	73.6
1983	74.2	73.9
1984	74.6	74.4
1985	74.8	74.5
1986	74.9	74.7
1987	75.2	75.1
1988	75.5	75.3
1989	75.9	75.5
1990	76.1	75.3
1991	76.2	75.6
1992	76.4	76
1993	76.3	76.1
1994	76.3	76.4
1995	76.4	76.6
1996	76.4	76.8
1997	76.6	77.2
1998	76.9	77.6
1999	77.1	77.8
2000	77.3	78.1
2001	77.6	78.4
2002	77.9	78.5
2003	78.2	78.5
2004	78.5	79.1
2005	78.9	79.3
2006	79	79.6
2007	79.1	79.7
2008	79.2	79.8
2009	79.4	79.9
2010	79.4	80.1
2011	79.6	80.4
2012	79.9	80.5
2013	80.2	80.5
2014	80.2	80.9
2015	80.4	80.6
2016	80	80.8
2017	80	80.9
2018	80.1	80.9
2019	80.3	81.2
2020	79.7	81
2021	78.1	81.1
2022	79.3	80.6
2023	80.8	81.4
2024	81	81.5
2025	81.2	81.7

Costa Rica and Germany population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Germany

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Germany
1960	1,327,496	72,814,900
1961	1,377,920	73,377,632
1962	1,429,445	74,025,784
1963	1,481,604	74,714,353
1964	1,533,960	75,318,337
1965	1,586,208	75,963,695
1966	1,638,116	76,600,311
1967	1,689,523	76,951,336
1968	1,739,731	77,294,314
1969	1,789,276	77,909,682
1970	1,838,949	78,169,289
1971	1,888,539	78,312,842
1972	1,938,248	78,688,452
1973	1,988,343	78,936,666
1974	2,039,643	78,967,433
1975	2,092,719	78,673,554
1976	2,147,774	78,336,950
1977	2,205,025	78,159,814
1978	2,264,510	78,091,820
1979	2,326,490	78,126,350
1980	2,390,633	78,288,576
1981	2,456,637	78,407,907
1982	2,524,806	78,333,366
1983	2,595,153	78,128,282
1984	2,667,595	77,858,685
1985	2,741,894	77,684,873
1986	2,817,216	77,720,436
1987	2,892,699	77,839,920
1988	2,968,103	78,144,619
1989	3,043,827	78,751,283
1990	3,121,706	79,433,029
1991	3,202,176	80,013,896
1992	3,284,258	80,624,598
1993	3,367,434	81,156,363
1994	3,451,122	81,438,348
1995	3,535,176	81,678,051
1996	3,619,013	81,914,831
1997	3,701,711	82,034,771
1998	3,782,838	82,047,195
1999	3,862,101	82,100,243
2000	3,937,739	82,211,508
2001	4,008,947	82,349,925
2002	4,075,705	82,488,495
2003	4,138,784	82,534,176
2004	4,200,078	82,516,260
2005	4,261,240	82,469,422
2006	4,321,340	82,376,451
2007	4,380,248	82,266,372
2008	4,440,056	82,110,097
2009	4,499,791	81,902,307
2010	4,555,962	81,776,930
2011	4,609,833	80,274,983
2012	4,663,934	80,425,823
2013	4,716,147	80,645,605
2014	4,767,119	80,982,500
2015	4,818,038	81,686,611
2016	4,866,998	82,348,669
2017	4,913,177	82,657,002
2018	4,957,818	82,905,782
2019	4,999,553	83,092,962
2020	5,034,320	83,160,871
2021	5,059,988	83,196,078
2022	5,081,765	83,797,985
2023	5,105,525	83,901,923
2024	5,129,910	83,510,950

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Germany

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Germany

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Germany
1960	6.71	2.37
1961	6.65	2.45
1962	6.54	2.44
1963	6.39	2.51
1964	6.19	2.54
1965	5.96	2.5
1966	5.7	2.53
1967	5.42	2.48
1968	5.03	2.38
1969	4.84	2.21
1970	4.59	2.03
1971	4.36	1.92
1972	4.16	1.71
1973	3.99	1.54
1974	3.89	1.51
1975	3.8	1.45
1976	3.75	1.45
1977	3.7	1.4
1978	3.66	1.38
1979	3.65	1.38
1980	3.58	1.44
1981	3.56	1.43
1982	3.54	1.41
1983	3.53	1.33
1984	3.52	1.29
1985	3.51	1.37
1986	3.45	1.43
1987	3.38	1.43
1988	3.31	1.46
1989	3.24	1.42
1990	3.17	1.45
1991	3.08	1.33
1992	3	1.29
1993	2.93	1.28
1994	2.86	1.24
1995	2.78	1.25
1996	2.68	1.3
1997	2.59	1.35
1998	2.53	1.36
1999	2.48	1.36
2000	2.41	1.38
2001	2.31	1.35
2002	2.16	1.34
2003	2.08	1.34
2004	2.03	1.36
2005	2.04	1.34
2006	1.94	1.33
2007	1.95	1.37
2008	1.98	1.38
2009	1.95	1.36
2010	1.83	1.39
2011	1.88	1.39
2012	1.85	1.41
2013	1.78	1.42
2014	1.8	1.47
2015	1.8	1.5
2016	1.75	1.6
2017	1.71	1.57
2018	1.71	1.57
2019	1.6	1.54
2020	1.45	1.53
2021	1.35	1.58
2022	1.34	1.46
2023	1.33	1.39

Costa Rica and Germany demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Germany

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Germany
1960	16.8	34.7
1961	16.8	34.7
1962	16.7	34.7
1963	16.7	34.6
1964	16.7	34.5
1965	16.7	34.4
1966	16.8	34.4
1967	16.9	34.3
1968	17.1	34.2
1969	17.3	34.1
1970	17.6	34.3
1971	17.8	34.4
1972	18.1	34.6
1973	18.4	34.7
1974	18.6	35
1975	18.9	35.5
1976	19.2	35.8
1977	19.5	36.1
1978	19.7	36.3
1979	20	36.4
1980	20.3	36.5
1981	20.6	36.5
1982	20.9	36.6
1983	21.2	36.7
1984	21.4	37
1985	21.6	37.1
1986	21.8	37.2
1987	22.1	37.4
1988	22.3	37.6
1989	22.5	37.6
1990	22.7	37.6
1991	22.9	37.7
1992	23.2	37.8
1993	23.4	37.9
1994	23.6	38.1
1995	23.9	38.4
1996	24.1	38.6
1997	24.4	38.9
1998	24.7	39.3
1999	24.9	39.7
2000	25.2	40
2001	25.5	40.4
2002	25.9	40.8
2003	26.3	41.2
2004	26.7	41.6
2005	27	42
2006	27.4	42.5
2007	27.8	43.1
2008	28.2	43.5
2009	28.6	43.9
2010	29	44.2
2011	29.4	44.6
2012	29.8	45.1
2013	30.3	45.5
2014	30.7	45.7
2015	31.2	45.7
2016	31.7	45.7
2017	32.1	45.8
2018	32.6	45.8
2019	33	45.8
2020	33.5	45.8
2021	34	45.9
2022	34.5	46
2023	35.1	46.2
2024	35.6	46.3

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