Costa Rica vs Japan statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 126th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Costa Rica and Japan: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Japan economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Japan
1960	$507,513,830	$47,419,238,274
1961	$490,325,182	$57,266,758,180
1962	$479,180,824	$64,987,857,542
1963	$511,902,137	$74,379,284,603
1964	$542,578,367	$87,490,590,818
1965	$592,981,162	$97,338,107,606
1966	$647,305,630	$113,046,784,179
1967	$699,456,619	$132,475,614,227
1968	$773,841,494	$156,897,496,759
1969	$853,630,204	$184,298,841,305
1970	$984,830,158	$217,223,652,719
1971	$1,077,147,538	$245,364,056,622
1972	$1,238,251,696	$324,933,841,269
1973	$1,528,925,846	$441,460,582,536
1974	$1,666,544,754	$490,035,789,970
1975	$1,960,863,466	$532,861,438,885
1976	$2,412,555,426	$598,883,902,156
1977	$3,072,427,013	$737,069,290,928
1978	$3,523,208,810	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$4,035,519,323	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$4,831,447,001	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$2,623,803,096	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$2,606,623,555	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$3,146,772,631	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$3,660,477,856	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$3,919,203,960	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$4,418,983,871	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$4,532,952,047	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$4,614,629,898	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$5,251,025,767	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$5,711,687,787	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$8,579,754,758	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$9,564,815,975	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$10,489,903,725	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$11,578,594,260	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$11,678,424,507	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$12,614,602,382	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$13,684,255,947	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$14,254,866,285	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$15,013,629,662	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$15,976,174,337	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$16,578,820,687	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$17,271,760,507	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$18,610,594,846	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$20,040,642,477	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$22,715,540,324	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$26,884,700,709	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$30,801,745,700	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$30,745,714,313	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$37,658,616,952	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$42,762,613,699	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$47,231,655,432	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$50,949,668,842	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$52,016,408,854	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$56,441,920,821	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$58,847,019,610	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$60,516,044,657	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$62,420,164,992	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$64,417,670,521	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$62,395,610,760	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$64,960,725,734	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$69,243,626,029	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$86,497,941,439	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$95,350,423,177	$4,026,210,821,147

Costa Rica and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Japan
1960	$382	$509
1961	$356	$609
1962	$335	$685
1963	$346	$776
1964	$354	$903
1965	$374	$994
1966	$395	$1,144
1967	$414	$1,326
1968	$445	$1,553
1969	$477	$1,803
1970	$536	$2,101
1971	$570	$2,321
1972	$639	$3,031
1973	$769	$4,061
1974	$817	$4,448
1975	$937	$4,776
1976	$1,123	$5,310
1977	$1,393	$6,473
1978	$1,556	$9,012
1979	$1,735	$9,301
1980	$2,021	$9,669
1981	$1,068	$10,583
1982	$1,032	$9,780
1983	$1,213	$10,652
1984	$1,372	$11,207
1985	$1,429	$11,809
1986	$1,569	$17,452
1987	$1,567	$21,142
1988	$1,555	$25,500
1989	$1,725	$25,266
1990	$1,830	$25,801
1991	$2,253	$29,428
1992	$2,612	$31,993
1993	$2,840	$36,345
1994	$3,040	$39,934
1995	$3,275	$44,198
1996	$3,227	$39,150
1997	$3,408	$35,638
1998	$3,617	$32,424
1999	$3,691	$36,610
2000	$3,813	$39,169
2001	$3,985	$34,406
2002	$4,068	$32,821
2003	$4,173	$35,387
2004	$4,431	$38,299
2005	$4,703	$37,813
2006	$5,257	$35,992
2007	$6,138	$35,779
2008	$6,937	$39,876
2009	$6,833	$41,309
2010	$8,266	$44,968
2011	$9,276	$48,760
2012	$10,127	$49,145
2013	$10,803	$40,899
2014	$10,911	$38,475
2015	$11,715	$34,961
2016	$12,091	$39,375
2017	$12,317	$38,834
2018	$12,590	$39,751
2019	$12,885	$40,416
2020	$12,394	$40,029
2021	$12,838	$40,095
2022	$13,626	$34,066
2023	$16,942	$33,836
2024	$18,587	$32,476

Costa Rica vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Japan
1950	57.5	59.3
1951	57.8	61
1952	58.1	63
1953	59.1	63.3
1954	59.9	64.5
1955	60.5	65.7
1956	61.2	65.6
1957	61.6	65.4
1958	62.3	67
1959	62.9	67.5
1960	63.5	67.7
1961	63.9	68.4
1962	64.2	68.7
1963	64.3	69.7
1964	64.5	70.2
1965	64.8	70.3
1966	65.1	71.1
1967	65.6	71.4
1968	65.8	71.7
1969	66.4	71.9
1970	66.8	72
1971	67.4	72.8
1972	68	73.3
1973	68.7	73.4
1974	69.4	73.8
1975	70.3	74.4
1976	70.9	74.8
1977	71.5	75.3
1978	72	75.7
1979	72.5	76.2
1980	73	76.1
1981	73.4	76.6
1982	73.9	77.1
1983	74.2	77.1
1984	74.6	77.5
1985	74.8	77.8
1986	74.9	78.2
1987	75.2	78.6
1988	75.5	78.5
1989	75.9	79
1990	76.1	79
1991	76.2	79.3
1992	76.4	79.3
1993	76.3	79.4
1994	76.3	79.8
1995	76.4	79.7
1996	76.4	80.4
1997	76.6	80.6
1998	76.9	80.6
1999	77.1	80.6
2000	77.3	81.2
2001	77.6	81.5
2002	77.9	81.8
2003	78.2	81.9
2004	78.5	82.1
2005	78.9	82
2006	79	82.4
2007	79.1	82.5
2008	79.2	82.6
2009	79.4	83
2010	79.4	82.9
2011	79.6	82.7
2012	79.9	83.2
2013	80.2	83.4
2014	80.2	83.6
2015	80.4	83.9
2016	80	84.1
2017	80	84.2
2018	80.1	84.3
2019	80.3	84.4
2020	79.7	84.7
2021	78.1	84.6
2022	79.3	84.1
2023	80.8	84.7
2024	81	84.9
2025	81.2	85

Costa Rica and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Japan
1960	1,327,496	93,216,000
1961	1,377,920	94,055,000
1962	1,429,445	94,933,000
1963	1,481,604	95,900,000
1964	1,533,960	96,903,000
1965	1,586,208	97,952,000
1966	1,638,116	98,851,000
1967	1,689,523	99,879,000
1968	1,739,731	101,011,000
1969	1,789,276	102,219,000
1970	1,838,949	103,403,000
1971	1,888,539	105,697,000
1972	1,938,248	107,188,000
1973	1,988,343	108,707,000
1974	2,039,643	110,162,000
1975	2,092,719	111,573,000
1976	2,147,774	112,775,000
1977	2,205,025	113,872,000
1978	2,264,510	114,913,000
1979	2,326,490	115,890,000
1980	2,390,633	116,807,000
1981	2,456,637	117,661,000
1982	2,524,806	118,480,000
1983	2,595,153	119,307,000
1984	2,667,595	120,083,000
1985	2,741,894	120,837,000
1986	2,817,216	121,482,000
1987	2,892,699	122,069,000
1988	2,968,103	122,578,000
1989	3,043,827	123,069,000
1990	3,121,706	123,478,000
1991	3,202,176	123,964,000
1992	3,284,258	124,425,000
1993	3,367,434	124,829,000
1994	3,451,122	125,178,000
1995	3,535,176	125,472,000
1996	3,619,013	125,757,000
1997	3,701,711	126,057,000
1998	3,782,838	126,400,000
1999	3,862,101	126,631,000
2000	3,937,739	126,843,000
2001	4,008,947	127,149,000
2002	4,075,705	127,445,000
2003	4,138,784	127,718,000
2004	4,200,078	127,761,000
2005	4,261,240	127,773,000
2006	4,321,340	127,854,000
2007	4,380,248	128,001,000
2008	4,440,056	128,063,000
2009	4,499,791	128,047,000
2010	4,555,962	128,070,000
2011	4,609,833	127,833,000
2012	4,663,934	127,629,000
2013	4,716,147	127,445,000
2014	4,767,119	127,276,000
2015	4,818,038	127,141,000
2016	4,866,998	127,076,000
2017	4,913,177	126,972,000
2018	4,957,818	126,811,000
2019	4,999,553	126,633,000
2020	5,034,320	126,261,000
2021	5,059,988	125,681,593
2022	5,081,765	125,124,989
2023	5,105,525	124,516,650
2024	5,129,910	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Japan

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Japan
1960	6.71	2
1961	6.65	1.96
1962	6.54	1.98
1963	6.39	2
1964	6.19	2.05
1965	5.96	2.14
1966	5.7	1.58
1967	5.42	2.23
1968	5.03	2.13
1969	4.84	2.13
1970	4.59	2.13
1971	4.36	2.16
1972	4.16	2.14
1973	3.99	2.14
1974	3.89	2.05
1975	3.8	1.91
1976	3.75	1.85
1977	3.7	1.8
1978	3.66	1.79
1979	3.65	1.77
1980	3.58	1.75
1981	3.56	1.74
1982	3.54	1.77
1983	3.53	1.8
1984	3.52	1.81
1985	3.51	1.76
1986	3.45	1.72
1987	3.38	1.69
1988	3.31	1.66
1989	3.24	1.57
1990	3.17	1.54
1991	3.08	1.53
1992	3	1.5
1993	2.93	1.46
1994	2.86	1.5
1995	2.78	1.42
1996	2.68	1.43
1997	2.59	1.39
1998	2.53	1.38
1999	2.48	1.34
2000	2.41	1.36
2001	2.31	1.33
2002	2.16	1.32
2003	2.08	1.29
2004	2.03	1.29
2005	2.04	1.26
2006	1.94	1.32
2007	1.95	1.34
2008	1.98	1.37
2009	1.95	1.37
2010	1.83	1.39
2011	1.88	1.39
2012	1.85	1.41
2013	1.78	1.43
2014	1.8	1.42
2015	1.8	1.45
2016	1.75	1.44
2017	1.71	1.43
2018	1.71	1.42
2019	1.6	1.36
2020	1.45	1.33
2021	1.35	1.3
2022	1.34	1.26
2023	1.33	1.2

Costa Rica and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Japan
1960	16.8	25.8
1961	16.8	26.2
1962	16.7	26.5
1963	16.7	26.9
1964	16.7	27.2
1965	16.7	27.6
1966	16.8	28
1967	16.9	28.4
1968	17.1	28.6
1969	17.3	28.9
1970	17.6	29.2
1971	17.8	29.6
1972	18.1	29.9
1973	18.4	30.2
1974	18.6	30.4
1975	18.9	30.6
1976	19.2	30.9
1977	19.5	31.5
1978	19.7	32
1979	20	32.4
1980	20.3	32.8
1981	20.6	33.1
1982	20.9	33.7
1983	21.2	34.3
1984	21.4	34.9
1985	21.6	35.4
1986	21.8	35.9
1987	22.1	36.3
1988	22.3	36.8
1989	22.5	37.2
1990	22.7	37.7
1991	22.9	38.2
1992	23.2	38.7
1993	23.4	39.2
1994	23.6	39.6
1995	23.9	40
1996	24.1	40.3
1997	24.4	40.7
1998	24.7	41
1999	24.9	41.4
2000	25.2	41.8
2001	25.5	42.1
2002	25.9	42.5
2003	26.3	42.8
2004	26.7	43.2
2005	27	43.6
2006	27.4	43.9
2007	27.8	44.2
2008	28.2	44.6
2009	28.6	44.9
2010	29	45.2
2011	29.4	45.5
2012	29.8	45.8
2013	30.3	46.2
2014	30.7	46.6
2015	31.2	47
2016	31.7	47.3
2017	32.1	47.6
2018	32.6	48
2019	33	48.3
2020	33.5	48.7
2021	34	49.1
2022	34.5	49.5
2023	35.1	50
2024	35.6	50.4

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