Costa Rica vs Greece statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 10.4M in Greece (ranked 94/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 49,769 sq mi for Greece (ranked 126th vs. 95th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752).

Costa Rica and Greece: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Greece economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Greece

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Greece
1960	$507,513,830	$4,274,890,307
1961	$490,325,182	$4,892,397,431
1962	$479,180,824	$5,140,542,929
1963	$511,902,137	$5,813,285,627
1964	$542,578,367	$6,576,906,345
1965	$592,981,162	$7,582,209,670
1966	$647,305,630	$8,472,021,467
1967	$699,456,619	$9,146,592,856
1968	$773,841,494	$9,950,331,206
1969	$853,630,204	$11,454,106,327
1970	$984,830,158	$12,957,113,636
1971	$1,077,147,538	$14,388,806,818
1972	$1,238,251,696	$16,650,659,091
1973	$1,528,925,846	$22,037,019,563
1974	$1,666,544,754	$24,998,715,909
1975	$1,960,863,466	$28,129,128,587
1976	$2,412,555,426	$30,719,552,239
1977	$3,072,427,013	$35,673,080,481
1978	$3,523,208,810	$43,654,480,519
1979	$4,035,519,323	$53,724,121,435
1980	$4,831,447,001	$56,039,256,595
1981	$2,623,803,096	$51,618,456,335
1982	$2,606,623,555	$53,858,346,939
1983	$3,146,772,631	$48,741,397,059
1984	$3,660,477,856	$47,352,146,312
1985	$3,919,203,960	$47,155,741,426
1986	$4,418,983,871	$55,595,445,472
1987	$4,532,952,047	$64,739,630,096
1988	$4,614,629,898	$75,200,610,137
1989	$5,251,025,767	$78,067,933,277
1990	$5,711,687,787	$96,529,587,274
1991	$7,215,725,487	$103,680,863,713
1992	$8,579,754,758	$114,608,178,405
1993	$9,564,815,975	$107,295,704,518
1994	$10,489,903,725	$114,980,063,202
1995	$11,578,594,260	$134,974,613,914
1996	$11,678,424,507	$142,502,984,145
1997	$12,614,602,382	$138,766,067,640
1998	$13,684,255,947	$139,612,812,176
1999	$14,254,866,285	$137,131,371,955
2000	$15,013,629,662	$125,760,166,225
2001	$15,976,174,337	$132,050,474,720
2002	$16,578,820,687	$150,253,800,086
2003	$17,271,760,507	$196,930,509,813
2004	$18,610,594,846	$234,979,615,898
2005	$20,040,642,477	$242,315,668,619
2006	$22,715,540,324	$269,073,415,334
2007	$26,884,700,709	$314,226,996,944
2008	$30,801,745,700	$351,121,399,546
2009	$30,745,714,313	$326,829,054,686
2010	$37,658,616,952	$296,417,644,404
2011	$42,762,613,699	$283,228,079,776
2012	$47,231,655,432	$238,841,140,018
2013	$50,949,668,842	$236,556,279,641
2014	$52,016,408,854	$233,911,581,521
2015	$56,441,920,821	$194,567,373,678
2016	$58,847,019,610	$193,097,239,006
2017	$60,516,044,657	$200,381,103,984
2018	$62,420,164,992	$213,298,873,494
2019	$64,417,670,521	$207,305,649,887
2020	$62,395,610,760	$191,362,985,555
2021	$64,960,725,734	$218,303,801,895
2022	$69,243,626,029	$218,880,566,444
2023	$86,497,941,439	$243,498,333,238
2024	$95,350,423,177	$257,144,811,302

Costa Rica and Greece economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Greece

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Greece
1960	$382	$513
1961	$356	$583
1962	$335	$608
1963	$346	$686
1964	$354	$773
1965	$374	$887
1966	$395	$984
1967	$414	$1,053
1968	$445	$1,138
1969	$477	$1,306
1970	$536	$1,474
1971	$570	$1,629
1972	$639	$1,873
1973	$769	$2,468
1974	$817	$2,789
1975	$937	$3,109
1976	$1,123	$3,343
1977	$1,393	$3,832
1978	$1,556	$4,629
1979	$1,735	$5,627
1980	$2,021	$5,812
1981	$1,068	$5,305
1982	$1,032	$5,502
1983	$1,213	$4,950
1984	$1,372	$4,785
1985	$1,429	$4,747
1986	$1,569	$5,578
1987	$1,567	$6,474
1988	$1,555	$7,492
1989	$1,725	$7,738
1990	$1,830	$9,467
1991	$2,253	$10,047
1992	$2,612	$11,021
1993	$2,840	$10,257
1994	$3,040	$10,937
1995	$3,275	$12,779
1996	$3,227	$13,433
1997	$3,408	$13,016
1998	$3,617	$13,023
1999	$3,691	$12,743
2000	$3,813	$11,638
2001	$3,985	$12,157
2002	$4,068	$13,782
2003	$4,173	$18,021
2004	$4,431	$21,449
2005	$4,703	$22,054
2006	$5,257	$24,416
2007	$6,138	$28,441
2008	$6,937	$31,696
2009	$6,833	$29,425
2010	$8,266	$26,653
2011	$9,276	$25,505
2012	$10,127	$21,624
2013	$10,803	$21,573
2014	$10,911	$21,475
2015	$11,715	$17,981
2016	$12,091	$17,919
2017	$12,317	$18,632
2018	$12,590	$19,873
2019	$12,885	$19,335
2020	$12,394	$17,887
2021	$12,838	$20,655
2022	$13,626	$20,972
2023	$16,942	$23,401
2024	$18,587	$24,752

Costa Rica vs. Greece life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Greece

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Greece
1950	57.5	66.2
1951	57.8	66.7
1952	58.1	67.3
1953	59.1	67.5
1954	59.9	68
1955	60.5	68.6
1956	61.2	68.1
1957	61.6	68.4
1958	62.3	69.7
1959	62.9	69.6
1960	63.5	70.5
1961	63.9	70.4
1962	64.2	70.3
1963	64.3	70.6
1964	64.5	70.5
1965	64.8	71.5
1966	65.1	71.9
1967	65.6	71.4
1968	65.8	71.5
1969	66.4	72.1
1970	66.8	72.7
1971	67.4	72.9
1972	68	72.7
1973	68.7	73
1974	69.4	73.5
1975	70.3	73.5
1976	70.9	73.7
1977	71.5	73.8
1978	72	74.4
1979	72.5	74.7
1980	73	74.5
1981	73.4	74.9
1982	73.9	75.2
1983	74.2	75.5
1984	74.6	75.8
1985	74.8	76.1
1986	74.9	76.5
1987	75.2	76.1
1988	75.5	77
1989	75.9	77.1
1990	76.1	77.3
1991	76.2	77.4
1992	76.4	77.3
1993	76.3	77.7
1994	76.3	77.9
1995	76.4	77.9
1996	76.4	78
1997	76.6	78.4
1998	76.9	78.3
1999	77.1	78.4
2000	77.3	78.4
2001	77.6	78.9
2002	77.9	79
2003	78.2	79.1
2004	78.5	79.4
2005	78.9	79.7
2006	79	79.8
2007	79.1	79.7
2008	79.2	80.1
2009	79.4	80.4
2010	79.4	80.6
2011	79.6	80.6
2012	79.9	80.4
2013	80.2	81.1
2014	80.2	81.1
2015	80.4	80.8
2016	80	81.3
2017	80	81
2018	80.1	81.5
2019	80.3	81.3
2020	79.7	81.5
2021	78.1	80.5
2022	79.3	79.9
2023	80.8	81.9
2024	81	82
2025	81.2	82.2

Costa Rica and Greece population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Greece

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Greece
1960	1,327,496	8,331,725
1961	1,377,920	8,398,050
1962	1,429,445	8,448,233
1963	1,481,604	8,479,625
1964	1,533,960	8,510,429
1965	1,586,208	8,550,333
1966	1,638,116	8,613,651
1967	1,689,523	8,684,088
1968	1,739,731	8,740,765
1969	1,789,276	8,772,764
1970	1,838,949	8,792,806
1971	1,888,539	8,831,036
1972	1,938,248	8,888,628
1973	1,988,343	8,929,086
1974	2,039,643	8,962,022
1975	2,092,719	9,046,541
1976	2,147,774	9,188,150
1977	2,205,025	9,308,479
1978	2,264,510	9,429,959
1979	2,326,490	9,548,258
1980	2,390,633	9,642,505
1981	2,456,637	9,729,350
1982	2,524,806	9,789,513
1983	2,595,153	9,846,627
1984	2,667,595	9,895,801
1985	2,741,894	9,934,300
1986	2,817,216	9,967,213
1987	2,892,699	10,000,595
1988	2,968,103	10,036,983
1989	3,043,827	10,089,498
1990	3,121,706	10,196,792
1991	3,202,176	10,319,927
1992	3,284,258	10,399,061
1993	3,367,434	10,460,415
1994	3,451,122	10,512,922
1995	3,535,176	10,562,153
1996	3,619,013	10,608,800
1997	3,701,711	10,661,259
1998	3,782,838	10,720,509
1999	3,862,101	10,761,698
2000	3,937,739	10,805,808
2001	4,008,947	10,862,132
2002	4,075,705	10,902,022
2003	4,138,784	10,928,070
2004	4,200,078	10,955,141
2005	4,261,240	10,987,314
2006	4,321,340	11,020,362
2007	4,380,248	11,048,473
2008	4,440,056	11,077,841
2009	4,499,791	11,107,017
2010	4,555,962	11,121,341
2011	4,609,833	11,104,899
2012	4,663,934	11,045,011
2013	4,716,147	10,965,211
2014	4,767,119	10,892,413
2015	4,818,038	10,820,883
2016	4,866,998	10,775,971
2017	4,913,177	10,754,679
2018	4,957,818	10,732,882
2019	4,999,553	10,721,582
2020	5,034,320	10,698,599
2021	5,059,988	10,569,207
2022	5,081,765	10,436,882
2023	5,105,525	10,405,588
2024	5,129,910	10,388,805

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Greece

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Greece

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Greece
1960	6.71	2.23
1961	6.65	2.13
1962	6.54	2.16
1963	6.39	2.14
1964	6.19	2.24
1965	5.96	2.25
1966	5.7	2.32
1967	5.42	2.45
1968	5.03	2.42
1969	4.84	2.36
1970	4.59	2.4
1971	4.36	2.32
1972	4.16	2.32
1973	3.99	2.27
1974	3.89	2.38
1975	3.8	2.33
1976	3.75	2.35
1977	3.7	2.27
1978	3.66	2.28
1979	3.65	2.26
1980	3.58	2.23
1981	3.56	2.09
1982	3.54	2.03
1983	3.53	1.94
1984	3.52	1.83
1985	3.51	1.67
1986	3.45	1.6
1987	3.38	1.5
1988	3.31	1.5
1989	3.24	1.4
1990	3.17	1.39
1991	3.08	1.37
1992	3	1.36
1993	2.93	1.32
1994	2.86	1.33
1995	2.78	1.28
1996	2.68	1.26
1997	2.59	1.27
1998	2.53	1.24
1999	2.48	1.23
2000	2.41	1.25
2001	2.31	1.25
2002	2.16	1.28
2003	2.08	1.29
2004	2.03	1.31
2005	2.04	1.34
2006	1.94	1.4
2007	1.95	1.41
2008	1.98	1.5
2009	1.95	1.5
2010	1.83	1.48
2011	1.88	1.4
2012	1.85	1.34
2013	1.78	1.29
2014	1.8	1.3
2015	1.8	1.33
2016	1.75	1.38
2017	1.71	1.35
2018	1.71	1.35
2019	1.6	1.34
2020	1.45	1.39
2021	1.35	1.43
2022	1.34	1.32
2023	1.33	1.32

Costa Rica and Greece demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Greece

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Greece
1960	16.8	28.5
1961	16.8	29
1962	16.7	29.3
1963	16.7	29.4
1964	16.7	29.4
1965	16.7	31
1966	16.8	30.9
1967	16.9	31.1
1968	17.1	31.3
1969	17.3	31.6
1970	17.6	33.2
1971	17.8	32.9
1972	18.1	33
1973	18.4	33.3
1974	18.6	33.6
1975	18.9	33.8
1976	19.2	33.8
1977	19.5	33.9
1978	19.7	33.9
1979	20	34
1980	20.3	33.8
1981	20.6	33.7
1982	20.9	33.9
1983	21.2	34.1
1984	21.4	34.3
1985	21.6	34.5
1986	21.8	34.8
1987	22.1	35.1
1988	22.3	35.4
1989	22.5	35.7
1990	22.7	36
1991	22.9	36.3
1992	23.2	36.5
1993	23.4	36.6
1994	23.6	36.8
1995	23.9	37
1996	24.1	37.2
1997	24.4	37.4
1998	24.7	37.6
1999	24.9	37.8
2000	25.2	38
2001	25.5	38.2
2002	25.9	38.5
2003	26.3	38.8
2004	26.7	39.1
2005	27	39.4
2006	27.4	39.7
2007	27.8	40.1
2008	28.2	40.5
2009	28.6	40.9
2010	29	41.4
2011	29.4	41.8
2012	29.8	42.2
2013	30.3	42.7
2014	30.7	43.2
2015	31.2	43.7
2016	31.7	44.1
2017	32.1	44.4
2018	32.6	44.7
2019	33	45
2020	33.5	45.3
2021	34	45.9
2022	34.5	46.4
2023	35.1	46.7
2024	35.6	47.3

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