Costa Rica vs Iran statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 91.6M in Iran (ranked 17/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 626,451 sq mi for Iran (ranked 126th vs. 17th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Iran ranks 37/197 ($437B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Iran ranks 122/197 ($4,771).

Costa Rica and Iran: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Iran economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Iran

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Iran
1960	$507,513,830	$4,199,134,390
1961	$490,325,182	$4,426,949,095
1962	$479,180,824	$4,693,566,416
1963	$511,902,137	$4,928,628,018
1964	$542,578,367	$5,379,845,648
1965	$592,981,162	$6,197,319,929
1966	$647,305,630	$6,789,938,672
1967	$699,456,619	$7,555,383,690
1968	$773,841,494	$8,623,172,960
1969	$853,630,204	$9,743,089,607
1970	$984,830,158	$10,976,245,154
1971	$1,077,147,538	$13,731,802,833
1972	$1,238,251,696	$17,153,463,263
1973	$1,528,925,846	$27,081,698,250
1974	$1,666,544,754	$46,209,092,072
1975	$1,960,863,466	$51,776,222,350
1976	$2,412,555,426	$68,055,295,081
1977	$3,072,427,013	$80,600,122,702
1978	$3,523,208,810	$77,994,316,621
1979	$4,035,519,323	$90,391,877,326
1980	$4,831,447,001	$94,362,275,580
1981	$2,623,803,096	$100,499,312,750
1982	$2,606,623,555	$125,948,756,439
1983	$3,146,772,631	$156,365,156,618
1984	$3,660,477,856	$162,276,728,620
1985	$3,919,203,960	$180,183,629,600
1986	$4,418,983,871	$209,094,561,833
1987	$4,532,952,047	$134,009,995,923
1988	$4,614,629,898	$123,057,861,334
1989	$5,251,025,767	$120,496,362,916
1990	$5,711,687,787	$124,813,263,926
1991	$7,215,725,487	$131,637,664,958
1992	$8,579,754,758	$119,768,691,217
1993	$9,564,815,975	$63,743,623,231
1994	$10,489,903,725	$71,841,461,172
1995	$11,578,594,260	$96,419,225,745
1996	$11,678,424,507	$120,403,931,883
1997	$12,614,602,382	$113,919,163,421
1998	$13,684,255,947	$110,276,913,362
1999	$14,254,866,285	$113,848,450,089
2000	$15,013,629,662	$109,591,707,801
2001	$15,976,174,337	$126,878,750,296
2002	$16,578,820,687	$128,626,917,504
2003	$17,271,760,507	$151,911,222,120
2004	$18,610,594,846	$187,754,571,247
2005	$20,040,642,477	$224,970,371,329
2006	$22,715,540,324	$265,602,187,406
2007	$26,884,700,709	$349,736,591,836
2008	$30,801,745,700	$406,070,949,551
2009	$30,745,714,313	$414,059,094,950
2010	$37,658,616,952	$487,069,570,461
2011	$42,762,613,699	$629,082,257,472
2012	$47,231,655,432	$644,019,315,004
2013	$50,949,668,842	$500,399,839,840
2014	$52,016,408,854	$462,284,793,281
2015	$56,441,920,821	$409,191,686,497
2016	$58,847,019,610	$459,042,684,193
2017	$60,516,044,657	$489,168,731,811
2018	$62,420,164,992	$398,880,231,367
2019	$64,417,670,521	$333,519,146,339
2020	$62,395,610,760	$262,186,179,356
2021	$64,960,725,734	$383,436,202,447
2022	$69,243,626,029	$394,362,621,793
2023	$86,497,941,439	$404,625,655,076
2024	$95,350,423,177	$436,906,331,672

Costa Rica and Iran economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Iran

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Iran
1960	$382	$195.6
1961	$356	$200.1
1962	$335	$205.8
1963	$346	$209.6
1964	$354	$221.7
1965	$374	$247.5
1966	$395	$262.9
1967	$414	$283.7
1968	$445	$314
1969	$477	$345
1970	$536	$377
1971	$570	$457
1972	$639	$555
1973	$769	$851
1974	$817	$1,409
1975	$937	$1,532
1976	$1,123	$1,954
1977	$1,393	$2,243
1978	$1,556	$2,101
1979	$1,735	$2,352
1980	$2,021	$2,368
1981	$1,068	$2,393
1982	$1,032	$2,845
1983	$1,213	$3,397
1984	$1,372	$3,395
1985	$1,429	$3,634
1986	$1,569	$4,064
1987	$1,567	$2,513
1988	$1,555	$2,234
1989	$1,725	$2,125
1990	$1,830	$2,138
1991	$2,253	$2,194
1992	$2,612	$1,957
1993	$2,840	$1,038
1994	$3,040	$1,168
1995	$3,275	$1,550
1996	$3,227	$1,915
1997	$3,408	$1,790
1998	$3,617	$1,709
1999	$3,691	$1,740
2000	$3,813	$1,650
2001	$3,985	$1,881
2002	$4,068	$1,891
2003	$4,173	$2,209
2004	$4,431	$2,672
2005	$4,703	$3,132
2006	$5,257	$3,619
2007	$6,138	$4,688
2008	$6,937	$5,377
2009	$6,833	$5,416
2010	$8,266	$6,291
2011	$9,276	$8,026
2012	$10,127	$8,114
2013	$10,803	$6,223
2014	$10,911	$5,672
2015	$11,715	$4,953
2016	$12,091	$5,477
2017	$12,317	$5,753
2018	$12,590	$4,632
2019	$12,885	$3,831
2020	$12,394	$2,989
2021	$12,838	$4,335
2022	$13,626	$4,405
2023	$16,942	$4,466
2024	$18,587	$4,771

Costa Rica vs. Iran life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Iran

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Iran
1950	57.5	38.2
1951	57.8	38.7
1952	58.1	39.2
1953	59.1	39.5
1954	59.9	40
1955	60.5	40.6
1956	61.2	41.1
1957	61.6	41.3
1958	62.3	42.2
1959	62.9	42.8
1960	63.5	43.3
1961	63.9	43.9
1962	64.2	43.8
1963	64.3	45.1
1964	64.5	45.7
1965	64.8	46.4
1966	65.1	47.1
1967	65.6	47.8
1968	65.8	47.9
1969	66.4	49.4
1970	66.8	50.2
1971	67.4	51.1
1972	68	51.7
1973	68.7	52.9
1974	69.4	53.9
1975	70.3	54.8
1976	70.9	55.8
1977	71.5	56.7
1978	72	56
1979	72.5	58.5
1980	73	58.4
1981	73.4	56.6
1982	73.9	57.6
1983	74.2	58.5
1984	74.6	60.9
1985	74.8	61.5
1986	74.9	62.1
1987	75.2	62.7
1988	75.5	63.3
1989	75.9	65.3
1990	76.1	64.1
1991	76.2	66.2
1992	76.4	66.7
1993	76.3	67
1994	76.3	67.5
1995	76.4	67.9
1996	76.4	68.3
1997	76.6	68.6
1998	76.9	69.2
1999	77.1	69.7
2000	77.3	70.2
2001	77.6	70.6
2002	77.9	71.1
2003	78.2	70.5
2004	78.5	72
2005	78.9	72.4
2006	79	72.9
2007	79.1	73.3
2008	79.2	73.7
2009	79.4	74
2010	79.4	74.4
2011	79.6	74.7
2012	79.9	75
2013	80.2	75.3
2014	80.2	75.6
2015	80.4	75.9
2016	80	76.2
2017	80	76.4
2018	80.1	76.6
2019	80.3	76.9
2020	79.7	74.1
2021	78.1	73.8
2022	79.3	76.8
2023	80.8	77.7
2024	81	77.9
2025	81.2	78.1

Costa Rica and Iran population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Iran

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Iran
1960	1,327,496	21,470,434
1961	1,377,920	22,125,726
1962	1,429,445	22,807,907
1963	1,481,604	23,519,005
1964	1,533,960	24,262,859
1965	1,586,208	25,036,978
1966	1,638,116	25,829,270
1967	1,689,523	26,628,432
1968	1,739,731	27,437,391
1969	1,789,276	28,273,482
1970	1,838,949	29,145,100
1971	1,888,539	30,029,071
1972	1,938,248	30,921,179
1973	1,988,343	31,839,838
1974	2,039,643	32,796,463
1975	2,092,719	33,802,973
1976	2,147,774	34,837,271
1977	2,205,025	35,933,181
1978	2,264,510	37,126,535
1979	2,326,490	38,424,952
1980	2,390,633	39,842,324
1981	2,456,637	41,989,312
1982	2,524,806	44,272,141
1983	2,595,153	46,029,535
1984	2,667,595	47,793,998
1985	2,741,894	49,582,289
1986	2,817,216	51,446,045
1987	2,892,699	53,323,493
1988	2,968,103	55,072,694
1989	3,043,827	56,704,914
1990	3,121,706	58,380,092
1991	3,202,176	59,986,931
1992	3,284,258	61,184,983
1993	3,367,434	61,403,543
1994	3,451,122	61,520,598
1995	3,535,176	62,205,567
1996	3,619,013	62,881,300
1997	3,701,711	63,639,638
1998	3,782,838	64,519,859
1999	3,862,101	65,445,391
2000	3,937,739	66,418,659
2001	4,008,947	67,452,005
2002	4,075,705	68,011,317
2003	4,138,784	68,769,340
2004	4,200,078	70,256,316
2005	4,261,240	71,828,455
2006	4,321,340	73,392,747
2007	4,380,248	74,602,648
2008	4,440,056	75,514,204
2009	4,499,791	76,457,825
2010	4,555,962	77,420,842
2011	4,609,833	78,383,598
2012	4,663,934	79,370,580
2013	4,716,147	80,414,686
2014	4,767,119	81,502,045
2015	4,818,038	82,619,362
2016	4,866,998	83,812,228
2017	4,913,177	85,026,754
2018	4,957,818	86,117,998
2019	4,999,553	87,051,648
2020	5,034,320	87,723,443
2021	5,059,988	88,455,488
2022	5,081,765	89,524,246
2023	5,105,525	90,608,707
2024	5,129,910	91,567,738

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Iran

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Iran

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Iran
1960	6.71	7.52
1961	6.65	7.46
1962	6.54	7.4
1963	6.39	7.32
1964	6.19	7.24
1965	5.96	7.22
1966	5.7	7.21
1967	5.42	7.19
1968	5.03	7.12
1969	4.84	7.01
1970	4.59	6.8
1971	4.36	6.55
1972	4.16	6.26
1973	3.99	6.06
1974	3.89	5.97
1975	3.8	5.95
1976	3.75	6.07
1977	3.7	6.18
1978	3.66	6.34
1979	3.65	6.55
1980	3.58	6.63
1981	3.56	6.62
1982	3.54	6.59
1983	3.53	6.53
1984	3.52	6.43
1985	3.51	6.24
1986	3.45	6.01
1987	3.38	5.72
1988	3.31	5.43
1989	3.24	5.17
1990	3.17	4.93
1991	3.08	4.57
1992	3	4.1
1993	2.93	3.67
1994	2.86	3.24
1995	2.78	2.85
1996	2.68	2.54
1997	2.59	2.32
1998	2.53	2.19
1999	2.48	2.09
2000	2.41	2
2001	2.31	1.92
2002	2.16	1.84
2003	2.08	1.8
2004	2.03	1.78
2005	2.04	1.76
2006	1.94	1.76
2007	1.95	1.75
2008	1.98	1.74
2009	1.95	1.74
2010	1.83	1.75
2011	1.88	1.79
2012	1.85	1.85
2013	1.78	1.91
2014	1.8	1.98
2015	1.8	2.02
2016	1.75	2.05
2017	1.71	2.02
2018	1.71	1.92
2019	1.6	1.77
2020	1.45	1.7
2021	1.35	1.71
2022	1.34	1.7
2023	1.33	1.7

Costa Rica and Iran demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Iran

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Iran
1960	16.8	19.1
1961	16.8	18.7
1962	16.7	18.4
1963	16.7	18.1
1964	16.7	17.9
1965	16.7	17.8
1966	16.8	17.7
1967	16.9	17.7
1968	17.1	17.6
1969	17.3	17.6
1970	17.6	17.6
1971	17.8	17.7
1972	18.1	17.8
1973	18.4	17.9
1974	18.6	18
1975	18.9	18.1
1976	19.2	18.2
1977	19.5	18.3
1978	19.7	18.3
1979	20	18.3
1980	20.3	18.2
1981	20.6	18.4
1982	20.9	18.6
1983	21.2	18.5
1984	21.4	18.4
1985	21.6	18.3
1986	21.8	18.2
1987	22.1	18.2
1988	22.3	18.2
1989	22.5	18.1
1990	22.7	18.2
1991	22.9	18.3
1992	23.2	18.4
1993	23.4	18.3
1994	23.6	18.4
1995	23.9	18.7
1996	24.1	19.1
1997	24.4	19.5
1998	24.7	20
1999	24.9	20.7
2000	25.2	21.4
2001	25.5	22
2002	25.9	22.6
2003	26.3	23.1
2004	26.7	23.7
2005	27	24.3
2006	27.4	24.8
2007	27.8	25.5
2008	28.2	26.1
2009	28.6	26.6
2010	29	27.2
2011	29.4	27.7
2012	29.8	28.2
2013	30.3	28.7
2014	30.7	29.2
2015	31.2	29.7
2016	31.7	30.2
2017	32.1	30.7
2018	32.6	31.2
2019	33	31.7
2020	33.5	32.3
2021	34	32.8
2022	34.5	33.3
2023	35.1	33.8
2024	35.6	34.3

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