Costa Rica vs Kuwait statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 126th vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

Costa Rica and Kuwait: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Kuwait
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	$1,828,107,503
1963	$511,902,137	$1,900,895,857
1964	$542,578,367	$2,071,668,533
1965	$592,981,162	$2,097,199,161
1966	$647,305,630	$2,391,199,044
1967	$699,456,619	$2,441,599,023
1968	$773,841,494	$2,662,798,935
1969	$853,630,204	$2,769,198,892
1970	$984,830,158	$2,873,638,851
1971	$1,077,147,538	$3,880,392,195
1972	$1,238,251,696	$4,450,537,925
1973	$1,528,925,846	$5,408,804,607
1974	$1,666,544,754	$13,006,948,296
1975	$1,960,863,466	$12,022,811,621
1976	$2,412,555,426	$13,132,252,802
1977	$3,072,427,013	$14,137,406,741
1978	$3,523,208,810	$15,503,557,496
1979	$4,035,519,323	$24,749,063,922
1980	$4,831,447,001	$28,638,868,356
1981	$2,623,803,096	$25,058,020,338
1982	$2,606,623,555	$21,577,153,356
1983	$3,146,772,631	$20,871,081,080
1984	$3,660,477,856	$21,700,082,753
1985	$3,919,203,960	$21,445,970,614
1986	$4,418,983,871	$17,903,989,745
1987	$4,532,952,047	$22,368,704,134
1988	$4,614,629,898	$20,690,322,153
1989	$5,251,025,767	$24,313,855,653
1990	$5,711,687,787	$18,427,777,778
1991	$7,215,725,487	$11,009,993,703
1992	$8,579,754,758	$19,858,555,215
1993	$9,564,815,975	$23,941,391,391
1994	$10,489,903,725	$24,848,483,838
1995	$11,578,594,260	$27,186,980,647
1996	$11,678,424,507	$31,492,373,309
1997	$12,614,602,382	$30,350,190,704
1998	$13,684,255,947	$25,943,705,784
1999	$14,254,866,285	$30,122,365,849
2000	$15,013,629,662	$37,718,743,480
2001	$15,976,174,337	$34,889,559,870
2002	$16,578,820,687	$38,135,788,414
2003	$17,271,760,507	$47,874,582,232
2004	$18,610,594,846	$59,439,090,601
2005	$20,040,642,477	$80,798,630,137
2006	$22,715,540,324	$101,557,330,723
2007	$26,884,700,709	$114,634,043,362
2008	$30,801,745,700	$147,379,737,230
2009	$30,745,714,313	$105,968,691,905
2010	$37,658,616,952	$115,416,245,238
2011	$42,762,613,699	$154,039,231,299
2012	$47,231,655,432	$174,047,662,555
2013	$50,949,668,842	$174,168,116,687
2014	$52,016,408,854	$162,650,450,785
2015	$56,441,920,821	$114,585,555,831
2016	$58,847,019,610	$109,406,674,088
2017	$60,516,044,657	$120,687,539,676
2018	$62,420,164,992	$138,646,316,322
2019	$64,417,670,521	$140,856,394,870
2020	$62,395,610,760	$111,045,470,461
2021	$64,960,725,734	$148,350,671,614
2022	$69,243,626,029	$183,502,046,669
2023	$86,497,941,439	$165,384,407,267
2024	$95,350,423,177	$160,227,273,001

Costa Rica and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Kuwait
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	$4,748
1963	$346	$4,445
1964	$354	$4,379
1965	$374	$4,024
1966	$395	$4,176
1967	$414	$3,887
1968	$445	$3,872
1969	$477	$3,695
1970	$536	$3,552
1971	$570	$4,486
1972	$639	$4,836
1973	$769	$5,532
1974	$817	$12,527
1975	$937	$10,882
1976	$1,123	$11,141
1977	$1,393	$11,238
1978	$1,556	$11,567
1979	$1,735	$17,386
1980	$2,021	$19,032
1981	$1,068	$15,825
1982	$1,032	$12,979
1983	$1,213	$11,965
1984	$1,372	$11,919
1985	$1,429	$11,322
1986	$1,569	$9,077
1987	$1,567	$10,896
1988	$1,555	$9,692
1989	$1,725	$10,965
1990	$1,830	$10,938
1991	$2,253	$8,147
1992	$2,612	$12,146
1993	$2,840	$14,318
1994	$3,040	$14,930
1995	$3,275	$16,168
1996	$3,227	$18,201
1997	$3,408	$16,977
1998	$3,617	$14,067
1999	$3,691	$15,854
2000	$3,813	$19,296
2001	$3,985	$17,374
2002	$4,068	$18,513
2003	$4,173	$22,691
2004	$4,431	$27,552
2005	$4,703	$36,123
2006	$5,257	$42,947
2007	$6,138	$45,709
2008	$6,937	$55,585
2009	$6,833	$37,907
2010	$8,266	$39,212
2011	$9,276	$49,170
2012	$10,127	$52,155
2013	$10,803	$49,651
2014	$10,911	$44,369
2015	$11,715	$29,882
2016	$12,091	$27,324
2017	$12,317	$29,048
2018	$12,590	$32,068
2019	$12,885	$31,708
2020	$12,394	$25,236
2021	$12,838	$34,019
2022	$13,626	$39,982
2023	$16,942	$34,076
2024	$18,587	$32,214

Costa Rica vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Kuwait
1950	57.5	49.7
1951	57.8	50.6
1952	58.1	51.4
1953	59.1	52.3
1954	59.9	53.1
1955	60.5	54
1956	61.2	54.9
1957	61.6	55.9
1958	62.3	56.9
1959	62.9	57.9
1960	63.5	58.9
1961	63.9	60
1962	64.2	61
1963	64.3	62
1964	64.5	63
1965	64.8	63.9
1966	65.1	64.9
1967	65.6	65.8
1968	65.8	66.6
1969	66.4	67.3
1970	66.8	68
1971	67.4	68.5
1972	68	68.9
1973	68.7	69.2
1974	69.4	69.4
1975	70.3	69.7
1976	70.9	69.9
1977	71.5	70.2
1978	72	70.5
1979	72.5	70.8
1980	73	71.1
1981	73.4	71.5
1982	73.9	71.9
1983	74.2	72.4
1984	74.6	72.9
1985	74.8	73.3
1986	74.9	73.8
1987	75.2	74.2
1988	75.5	74.6
1989	75.9	75
1990	76.1	72.9
1991	76.2	73.3
1992	76.4	75.7
1993	76.3	75.8
1994	76.3	75.7
1995	76.4	75.7
1996	76.4	75.6
1997	76.6	75.6
1998	76.9	75.6
1999	77.1	75.7
2000	77.3	75.9
2001	77.6	76
2002	77.9	76.2
2003	78.2	76.3
2004	78.5	76.4
2005	78.9	76.5
2006	79	76.6
2007	79.1	76.7
2008	79.2	76.9
2009	79.4	77.2
2010	79.4	77.5
2011	79.6	77.9
2012	79.9	78.2
2013	80.2	78.6
2014	80.2	78.9
2015	80.4	79.2
2016	80	79.5
2017	80	79.7
2018	80.1	79.9
2019	80.3	80
2020	79.7	78.2
2021	78.1	77.6
2022	79.3	78.8
2023	80.8	80.4
2024	81	80.6
2025	81.2	80.8

Costa Rica and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Kuwait
1960	1,327,496	311,060
1961	1,377,920	345,945
1962	1,429,445	384,995
1963	1,481,604	427,694
1964	1,533,960	473,115
1965	1,586,208	521,174
1966	1,638,116	572,590
1967	1,689,523	628,089
1968	1,739,731	687,716
1969	1,789,276	749,452
1970	1,838,949	809,114
1971	1,888,539	865,076
1972	1,938,248	920,352
1973	1,988,343	977,654
1974	2,039,643	1,038,346
1975	2,092,719	1,104,863
1976	2,147,774	1,178,711
1977	2,205,025	1,258,023
1978	2,264,510	1,340,319
1979	2,326,490	1,423,514
1980	2,390,633	1,504,782
1981	2,456,637	1,583,426
1982	2,524,806	1,662,480
1983	2,595,153	1,744,295
1984	2,667,595	1,820,688
1985	2,741,894	1,894,242
1986	2,817,216	1,972,520
1987	2,892,699	2,052,994
1988	2,968,103	2,134,707
1989	3,043,827	2,217,468
1990	3,121,706	1,684,819
1991	3,202,176	1,351,399
1992	3,284,258	1,634,961
1993	3,367,434	1,672,151
1994	3,451,122	1,664,361
1995	3,535,176	1,681,513
1996	3,619,013	1,730,246
1997	3,701,711	1,787,683
1998	3,782,838	1,844,302
1999	3,862,101	1,900,030
2000	3,937,739	1,954,709
2001	4,008,947	2,008,121
2002	4,075,705	2,059,974
2003	4,138,784	2,109,881
2004	4,200,078	2,157,320
2005	4,261,240	2,236,788
2006	4,321,340	2,364,733
2007	4,380,248	2,507,887
2008	4,440,056	2,651,421
2009	4,499,791	2,795,484
2010	4,555,962	2,943,372
2011	4,609,833	3,132,814
2012	4,663,934	3,337,109
2013	4,716,147	3,507,844
2014	4,767,119	3,665,876
2015	4,818,038	3,834,574
2016	4,866,998	4,004,096
2017	4,913,177	4,154,812
2018	4,957,818	4,323,515
2019	4,999,553	4,442,316
2020	5,034,320	4,400,267
2021	5,059,988	4,360,865
2022	5,081,765	4,589,643
2023	5,105,525	4,853,420
2024	5,129,910	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Kuwait
1960	6.71	7.22
1961	6.65	7.25
1962	6.54	7.25
1963	6.39	7.28
1964	6.19	7.29
1965	5.96	7.31
1966	5.7	7.34
1967	5.42	7.33
1968	5.03	7.28
1969	4.84	7.18
1970	4.59	7.03
1971	4.36	6.84
1972	4.16	6.64
1973	3.99	6.43
1974	3.89	6.23
1975	3.8	6.06
1976	3.75	5.9
1977	3.7	5.71
1978	3.66	5.52
1979	3.65	5.33
1980	3.58	5.18
1981	3.56	5.02
1982	3.54	4.85
1983	3.53	4.66
1984	3.52	4.45
1985	3.51	4.22
1986	3.45	4
1987	3.38	3.83
1988	3.31	3.7
1989	3.24	3.59
1990	3.17	3.49
1991	3.08	3.4
1992	3	3.35
1993	2.93	3.31
1994	2.86	3.27
1995	2.78	3.25
1996	2.68	3.22
1997	2.59	3.14
1998	2.53	3.04
1999	2.48	2.95
2000	2.41	2.89
2001	2.31	2.84
2002	2.16	2.8
2003	2.08	2.77
2004	2.03	2.76
2005	2.04	2.73
2006	1.94	2.59
2007	1.95	2.41
2008	1.98	2.27
2009	1.95	2.15
2010	1.83	2.04
2011	1.88	1.96
2012	1.85	1.99
2013	1.78	1.97
2014	1.8	2.06
2015	1.8	2.03
2016	1.75	2.06
2017	1.71	2.16
2018	1.71	2.12
2019	1.6	2.08
2020	1.45	2.03
2021	1.35	2.15
2022	1.34	1.55
2023	1.33	1.52

Costa Rica and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Kuwait
1960	16.8	22
1961	16.8	21.8
1962	16.7	21.5
1963	16.7	21
1964	16.7	20.7
1965	16.7	20.4
1966	16.8	20
1967	16.9	19.6
1968	17.1	19.2
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.6	18.5
1971	17.8	18.3
1972	18.1	18.3
1973	18.4	18.3
1974	18.6	18.4
1975	18.9	18.4
1976	19.2	18.7
1977	19.5	19.2
1978	19.7	19.6
1979	20	20.1
1980	20.3	20.5
1981	20.6	20.9
1982	20.9	21.3
1983	21.2	21.7
1984	21.4	22.1
1985	21.6	22.4
1986	21.8	22.7
1987	22.1	22.8
1988	22.3	23
1989	22.5	23.2
1990	22.7	23.4
1991	22.9	23.6
1992	23.2	23.8
1993	23.4	24.2
1994	23.6	25.1
1995	23.9	25.5
1996	24.1	25.5
1997	24.4	25.5
1998	24.7	25.5
1999	24.9	25.6
2000	25.2	25.9
2001	25.5	26.3
2002	25.9	26.8
2003	26.3	27.3
2004	26.7	27.9
2005	27	28.3
2006	27.4	28.5
2007	27.8	28.6
2008	28.2	28.8
2009	28.6	29.2
2010	29	29.6
2011	29.4	30.5
2012	29.8	31.5
2013	30.3	32.3
2014	30.7	33
2015	31.2	33.8
2016	31.7	34.7
2017	32.1	35.6
2018	32.6	36.4
2019	33	37.1
2020	33.5	37.7
2021	34	35.8
2022	34.5	34.4
2023	35.1	35.5
2024	35.6	35.8

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