Costa Rica vs Iraq statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 46M in Iraq (ranked 34/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 167,619 sq mi for Iraq (ranked 126th vs. 57th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Iraq ranks 51/197 ($280B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Iraq ranks 114/197 ($6,074).

Costa Rica and Iraq: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Iraq economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Iraq
1960	$507,513,830	$1,537,252,193
1961	$490,325,182	$1,671,960,965
1962	$479,180,824	$1,784,174,541
1963	$511,902,137	$1,805,901,510
1964	$542,578,367	$2,136,408,198
1965	$592,981,162	$2,335,785,506
1966	$647,305,630	$2,530,306,096
1967	$699,456,619	$2,551,522,656
1968	$773,841,494	$2,896,598,841
1969	$853,630,204	$3,007,758,797
1970	$984,830,158	$3,281,318,687
1971	$1,077,147,538	$3,865,346,535
1972	$1,238,251,696	$4,113,848,002
1973	$1,528,925,846	$5,134,367,778
1974	$1,666,544,754	$11,516,762,614
1975	$1,960,863,466	$13,458,516,763
1976	$2,412,555,426	$17,754,825,601
1977	$3,072,427,013	$19,838,130,715
1978	$3,523,208,810	$23,762,275,652
1979	$4,035,519,323	$37,816,457,839
1980	$4,831,447,001	$52,569,000,000
1981	$2,623,803,096	$37,823,000,000
1982	$2,606,623,555	$42,382,333,333
1983	$3,146,772,631	$40,712,903,226
1984	$3,660,477,856	$46,938,387,097
1985	$3,919,203,960	$48,425,161,290
1986	$4,418,983,871	$47,264,516,129
1987	$4,532,952,047	$56,774,193,548
1988	$4,614,629,898	$62,684,516,129
1989	$5,251,025,767	$65,831,935,484
1990	$5,711,687,787	$180,408,064,516
1991	$7,215,725,487	$407,796,350
1992	$8,579,754,758	$553,671,958
1993	$9,564,815,975	$1,031,944,881
1994	$10,489,903,725	$3,991,349,283
1995	$11,578,594,260	$12,894,029,888
1996	$11,678,424,507	$10,433,698,621
1997	$12,614,602,382	$20,764,857,056
1998	$13,684,255,947	$20,617,405,044
1999	$14,254,866,285	$36,881,601,584
2000	$15,013,629,662	$48,364,250,944
2001	$15,976,174,337	$36,176,430,129
2002	$16,578,820,687	$32,928,454,672
2003	$17,271,760,507	$21,921,569,479
2004	$18,610,594,846	$36,633,669,269
2005	$20,040,642,477	$50,065,104,668
2006	$22,715,540,324	$65,147,051,918
2007	$26,884,700,709	$88,837,057,320
2008	$30,801,745,700	$131,614,434,154
2009	$30,745,714,313	$111,657,580,326
2010	$37,658,616,952	$138,516,722,650
2011	$42,762,613,699	$185,749,664,444
2012	$47,231,655,432	$218,002,476,129
2013	$50,949,668,842	$234,637,675,129
2014	$52,016,408,854	$228,415,656,175
2015	$56,441,920,821	$166,774,104,959
2016	$58,847,019,610	$166,743,557,748
2017	$60,516,044,657	$187,217,660,051
2018	$62,420,164,992	$227,367,469,034
2019	$64,417,670,521	$233,636,097,800
2020	$62,395,610,760	$180,898,797,517
2021	$64,960,725,734	$209,691,945,713
2022	$69,243,626,029	$287,372,232,138
2023	$86,497,941,439	$268,881,051,644
2024	$95,350,423,177	$279,641,257,615

Costa Rica and Iraq economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Iraq

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Iraq
1960	$382	$218.9
1961	$356	$232.4
1962	$335	$240.7
1963	$346	$235.5
1964	$354	$269.4
1965	$374	$284.8
1966	$395	$298.2
1967	$414	$290.6
1968	$445	$319
1969	$477	$320
1970	$536	$337
1971	$570	$384
1972	$639	$394
1973	$769	$476
1974	$817	$1,031
1975	$937	$1,166
1976	$1,123	$1,489
1977	$1,393	$1,609
1978	$1,556	$1,863
1979	$1,735	$2,871
1980	$2,021	$3,868
1981	$1,068	$2,700
1982	$1,032	$2,942
1983	$1,213	$2,743
1984	$1,372	$3,066
1985	$1,429	$3,088
1986	$1,569	$2,940
1987	$1,567	$3,436
1988	$1,555	$3,707
1989	$1,725	$3,791
1990	$1,830	$10,261
1991	$2,253	$23
1992	$2,612	$30.3
1993	$2,840	$53.7
1994	$3,040	$198.2
1995	$3,275	$619
1996	$3,227	$485
1997	$3,408	$936
1998	$3,617	$901
1999	$3,691	$1,560
2000	$3,813	$1,980
2001	$3,985	$1,436
2002	$4,068	$1,266
2003	$4,173	$818
2004	$4,431	$1,328
2005	$4,703	$1,762
2006	$5,257	$2,277
2007	$6,138	$3,129
2008	$6,937	$4,543
2009	$6,833	$3,715
2010	$8,266	$4,462
2011	$9,276	$5,776
2012	$10,127	$6,478
2013	$10,803	$6,650
2014	$10,911	$6,249
2015	$11,715	$4,440
2016	$12,091	$4,334
2017	$12,317	$4,759
2018	$12,590	$5,647
2019	$12,885	$5,672
2020	$12,394	$4,295
2021	$12,838	$4,868
2022	$13,626	$6,521
2023	$16,942	$5,965
2024	$18,587	$6,074

Costa Rica vs. Iraq life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Iraq

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Iraq
1950	57.5	37.4
1951	57.8	39
1952	58.1	40.5
1953	59.1	42.1
1954	59.9	43.5
1955	60.5	45
1956	61.2	46.4
1957	61.6	47.7
1958	62.3	49
1959	62.9	49.7
1960	63.5	51.5
1961	63.9	52.3
1962	64.2	53.5
1963	64.3	54.4
1964	64.5	55.2
1965	64.8	56.4
1966	65.1	57.3
1967	65.6	58.4
1968	65.8	59
1969	66.4	59.6
1970	66.8	60.5
1971	67.4	61.3
1972	68	61.8
1973	68.7	62.3
1974	69.4	61
1975	70.3	61.4
1976	70.9	63.6
1977	71.5	63.9
1978	72	64.2
1979	72.5	64.4
1980	73	60.9
1981	73.4	58.7
1982	73.9	59
1983	74.2	59.3
1984	74.6	59.5
1985	74.8	59.8
1986	74.9	60
1987	75.2	60.3
1988	75.5	56.7
1989	75.9	57.5
1990	76.1	57.6
1991	76.2	61.3
1992	76.4	65.3
1993	76.3	65.3
1994	76.3	65
1995	76.4	64.8
1996	76.4	64.6
1997	76.6	64.2
1998	76.9	64.4
1999	77.1	64.5
2000	77.3	64.9
2001	77.6	65.3
2002	77.9	65.7
2003	78.2	64.8
2004	78.5	64.6
2005	78.9	64.9
2006	79	64
2007	79.1	64.4
2008	79.2	66.5
2009	79.4	67.8
2010	79.4	68.1
2011	79.6	68.4
2012	79.9	68.8
2013	80.2	69
2014	80.2	69.7
2015	80.4	70
2016	80	68.7
2017	80	69.8
2018	80.1	71.1
2019	80.3	71.2
2020	79.7	69.7
2021	78.1	70.7
2022	79.3	72
2023	80.8	72.3
2024	81	72.4
2025	81.2	72.5

Costa Rica and Iraq population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Iraq

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Iraq
1960	1,327,496	7,022,052
1961	1,377,920	7,194,553
1962	1,429,445	7,413,875
1963	1,481,604	7,667,928
1964	1,533,960	7,929,566
1965	1,586,208	8,202,140
1966	1,638,116	8,485,104
1967	1,689,523	8,778,869
1968	1,739,731	9,085,016
1969	1,789,276	9,403,356
1970	1,838,949	9,735,611
1971	1,888,539	10,077,809
1972	1,938,248	10,430,164
1973	1,988,343	10,795,869
1974	2,039,643	11,167,761
1975	2,092,719	11,543,639
1976	2,147,774	11,927,651
1977	2,205,025	12,331,046
1978	2,264,510	12,753,355
1979	2,326,490	13,170,365
1980	2,390,633	13,591,992
1981	2,456,637	14,006,381
1982	2,524,806	14,406,083
1983	2,595,153	14,840,555
1984	2,667,595	15,310,733
1985	2,741,894	15,683,430
1986	2,817,216	16,074,145
1987	2,892,699	16,521,049
1988	2,968,103	16,908,819
1989	3,043,827	17,364,542
1990	3,121,706	17,581,206
1991	3,202,176	17,767,253
1992	3,284,258	18,300,845
1993	3,367,434	19,201,195
1994	3,451,122	20,139,807
1995	3,535,176	20,825,860
1996	3,619,013	21,501,321
1997	3,701,711	22,176,593
1998	3,782,838	22,884,399
1999	3,862,101	23,636,527
2000	3,937,739	24,424,056
2001	4,008,947	25,197,840
2002	4,075,705	26,006,559
2003	4,138,784	26,802,659
2004	4,200,078	27,577,878
2005	4,261,240	28,407,448
2006	4,321,340	28,616,515
2007	4,380,248	28,391,607
2008	4,440,056	28,971,036
2009	4,499,791	30,058,206
2010	4,555,962	31,045,366
2011	4,609,833	32,161,424
2012	4,663,934	33,654,842
2013	4,716,147	35,281,989
2014	4,767,119	36,550,059
2015	4,818,038	37,560,535
2016	4,866,998	38,469,627
2017	4,913,177	39,337,353
2018	4,957,818	40,265,624
2019	4,999,553	41,192,171
2020	5,034,320	42,116,605
2021	5,059,988	43,071,211
2022	5,081,765	44,070,551
2023	5,105,525	45,074,049
2024	5,129,910	46,042,015

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Iraq

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Iraq

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Iraq
1960	6.71	5.3
1961	6.65	5.8
1962	6.54	6.99
1963	6.39	7.01
1964	6.19	7.01
1965	5.96	7.02
1966	5.7	7.02
1967	5.42	7.03
1968	5.03	7.06
1969	4.84	7.08
1970	4.59	7.07
1971	4.36	7.06
1972	4.16	7.02
1973	3.99	6.99
1974	3.89	6.95
1975	3.8	6.91
1976	3.75	6.86
1977	3.7	6.8
1978	3.66	6.73
1979	3.65	6.66
1980	3.58	6.59
1981	3.56	6.53
1982	3.54	6.46
1983	3.53	6.39
1984	3.52	6.32
1985	3.51	6.25
1986	3.45	6.18
1987	3.38	6.11
1988	3.31	6.05
1989	3.24	5.99
1990	3.17	5.93
1991	3.08	5.83
1992	3	5.72
1993	2.93	5.61
1994	2.86	5.49
1995	2.78	5.36
1996	2.68	5.25
1997	2.59	5.19
1998	2.53	5.11
1999	2.48	5.04
2000	2.41	4.92
2001	2.31	4.8
2002	2.16	4.67
2003	2.08	4.58
2004	2.03	4.53
2005	2.04	4.45
2006	1.94	4.46
2007	1.95	4.4
2008	1.98	4.37
2009	1.95	4.38
2010	1.83	4.46
2011	1.88	4.59
2012	1.85	4.54
2013	1.78	4.44
2014	1.8	4.31
2015	1.8	4.08
2016	1.75	3.84
2017	1.71	3.64
2018	1.71	3.55
2019	1.6	3.48
2020	1.45	3.42
2021	1.35	3.36
2022	1.34	3.29
2023	1.33	3.25

Costa Rica and Iraq demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Iraq

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Iraq
1960	16.8	20.4
1961	16.8	20.4
1962	16.7	20.1
1963	16.7	19.8
1964	16.7	19.5
1965	16.7	19.3
1966	16.8	19
1967	16.9	18.7
1968	17.1	18.5
1969	17.3	18.3
1970	17.6	18.1
1971	17.8	17.9
1972	18.1	17.7
1973	18.4	17.5
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.9	17
1976	19.2	16.7
1977	19.5	16.6
1978	19.7	16.6
1979	20	16.5
1980	20.3	16.5
1981	20.6	16.5
1982	20.9	16.5
1983	21.2	16.6
1984	21.4	16.6
1985	21.6	16.7
1986	21.8	16.8
1987	22.1	16.9
1988	22.3	16.9
1989	22.5	17
1990	22.7	17.1
1991	22.9	17.2
1992	23.2	17.3
1993	23.4	17.3
1994	23.6	17.4
1995	23.9	17.5
1996	24.1	17.6
1997	24.4	17.7
1998	24.7	17.8
1999	24.9	17.9
2000	25.2	17.9
2001	25.5	18
2002	25.9	18.1
2003	26.3	18.2
2004	26.7	18.3
2005	27	18.5
2006	27.4	18.6
2007	27.8	18.7
2008	28.2	18.8
2009	28.6	18.9
2010	29	19
2011	29.4	19.1
2012	29.8	19.2
2013	30.3	19.3
2014	30.7	19.4
2015	31.2	19.5
2016	31.7	19.7
2017	32.1	19.9
2018	32.6	20.1
2019	33	20.4
2020	33.5	20.6
2021	34	20.9
2022	34.5	21.1
2023	35.1	21.4
2024	35.6	21.6

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