Costa Rica vs Latvia statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 126th vs. 121st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Costa Rica and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Latvia economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Latvia

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	-
1963	$511,902,137	-
1964	$542,578,367	-
1965	$592,981,162	-
1966	$647,305,630	-
1967	$699,456,619	-
1968	$773,841,494	-
1969	$853,630,204	-
1970	$984,830,158	-
1971	$1,077,147,538	-
1972	$1,238,251,696	-
1973	$1,528,925,846	-
1974	$1,666,544,754	-
1975	$1,960,863,466	-
1976	$2,412,555,426	-
1977	$3,072,427,013	-
1978	$3,523,208,810	-
1979	$4,035,519,323	-
1980	$4,831,447,001	-
1981	$2,623,803,096	-
1982	$2,606,623,555	-
1983	$3,146,772,631	-
1984	$3,660,477,856	-
1985	$3,919,203,960	-
1986	$4,418,983,871	-
1987	$4,532,952,047	-
1988	$4,614,629,898	-
1989	$5,251,025,767	-
1990	$5,711,687,787	-
1991	$7,215,725,487	-
1992	$8,579,754,758	-
1993	$9,564,815,975	-
1994	$10,489,903,725	-
1995	$11,578,594,260	$5,608,208,785
1996	$11,678,424,507	$5,799,465,288
1997	$12,614,602,382	$6,349,481,007
1998	$13,684,255,947	$6,974,112,951
1999	$14,254,866,285	$7,324,192,890
2000	$15,013,629,662	$7,761,252,607
2001	$15,976,174,337	$8,190,888,740
2002	$16,578,820,687	$9,249,030,241
2003	$17,271,760,507	$11,244,337,720
2004	$18,610,594,846	$13,827,070,379
2005	$20,040,642,477	$16,306,935,905
2006	$22,715,540,324	$20,434,922,247
2007	$26,884,700,709	$29,420,499,248
2008	$30,801,745,700	$34,135,200,994
2009	$30,745,714,313	$25,691,530,442
2010	$37,658,616,952	$23,468,324,572
2011	$42,762,613,699	$26,575,547,901
2012	$47,231,655,432	$27,116,149,949
2013	$50,949,668,842	$29,152,128,168
2014	$52,016,408,854	$30,277,203,767
2015	$56,441,920,821	$26,344,565,877
2016	$58,847,019,610	$27,117,105,060
2017	$60,516,044,657	$29,391,059,767
2018	$62,420,164,992	$33,247,935,477
2019	$64,417,670,521	$33,099,503,951
2020	$62,395,610,760	$33,379,927,435
2021	$64,960,725,734	$38,183,326,785
2022	$69,243,626,029	$38,014,713,596
2023	$86,497,941,439	$42,572,151,720
2024	$95,350,423,177	$43,520,773,851

Costa Rica and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Latvia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	-
1971	$570	-
1972	$639	-
1973	$769	-
1974	$817	-
1975	$937	-
1976	$1,123	-
1977	$1,393	-
1978	$1,556	-
1979	$1,735	-
1980	$2,021	-
1981	$1,068	-
1982	$1,032	-
1983	$1,213	-
1984	$1,372	-
1985	$1,429	-
1986	$1,569	-
1987	$1,567	-
1988	$1,555	-
1989	$1,725	-
1990	$1,830	-
1991	$2,253	-
1992	$2,612	-
1993	$2,840	-
1994	$3,040	-
1995	$3,275	$2,257
1996	$3,227	$2,360
1997	$3,408	$2,610
1998	$3,617	$2,894
1999	$3,691	$3,064
2000	$3,813	$3,278
2001	$3,985	$3,505
2002	$4,068	$4,004
2003	$4,173	$4,915
2004	$4,431	$6,110
2005	$4,703	$7,284
2006	$5,257	$9,212
2007	$6,138	$13,371
2008	$6,937	$15,678
2009	$6,833	$11,996
2010	$8,266	$11,188
2011	$9,276	$12,903
2012	$10,127	$13,329
2013	$10,803	$14,484
2014	$10,911	$15,186
2015	$11,715	$13,322
2016	$12,091	$13,839
2017	$12,317	$15,132
2018	$12,590	$17,252
2019	$12,885	$17,295
2020	$12,394	$17,564
2021	$12,838	$20,262
2022	$13,626	$20,227
2023	$16,942	$22,676
2024	$18,587	$23,368

Costa Rica vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Latvia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1950	57.5	64.6
1951	57.8	65.2
1952	58.1	65.7
1953	59.1	66.2
1954	59.9	66.7
1955	60.5	67.1
1956	61.2	67.6
1957	61.6	68.3
1958	62.3	68.9
1959	62.9	69.5
1960	63.5	70.3
1961	63.9	70.5
1962	64.2	69.9
1963	64.3	70.3
1964	64.5	71.5
1965	64.8	71.2
1966	65.1	71.2
1967	65.6	70.9
1968	65.8	70.5
1969	66.4	70.2
1970	66.8	70.2
1971	67.4	70.6
1972	68	70.3
1973	68.7	70.2
1974	69.4	70.1
1975	70.3	69.3
1976	70.9	69.4
1977	71.5	69.4
1978	72	69.3
1979	72.5	68.8
1980	73	69.1
1981	73.4	69.1
1982	73.9	69.6
1983	74.2	69.4
1984	74.6	69.4
1985	74.8	69.6
1986	74.9	71
1987	75.2	71
1988	75.5	70.9
1989	75.9	70.4
1990	76.1	69.5
1991	76.2	69.2
1992	76.4	68.5
1993	76.3	66.6
1994	76.3	65.2
1995	76.4	66
1996	76.4	68.6
1997	76.6	69.2
1998	76.9	68.9
1999	77.1	69.6
2000	77.3	70.2
2001	77.6	69.9
2002	77.9	70.2
2003	78.2	70.6
2004	78.5	70.9
2005	78.9	70.6
2006	79	70.6
2007	79.1	70.8
2008	79.2	72
2009	79.4	72.7
2010	79.4	73
2011	79.6	73.7
2012	79.9	73.9
2013	80.2	74.2
2014	80.2	74.3
2015	80.4	74.7
2016	80	74.8
2017	80	74.8
2018	80.1	75
2019	80.3	75.6
2020	79.7	75.5
2021	78.1	73.2
2022	79.3	74.9
2023	80.8	76.2
2024	81	76.3
2025	81.2	76.5

Costa Rica and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Latvia

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	1,327,496	2,120,979
1961	1,377,920	2,152,681
1962	1,429,445	2,181,586
1963	1,481,604	2,210,919
1964	1,533,960	2,240,623
1965	1,586,208	2,265,919
1966	1,638,116	2,283,217
1967	1,689,523	2,301,220
1968	1,739,731	2,323,619
1969	1,789,276	2,343,173
1970	1,838,949	2,359,164
1971	1,888,539	2,376,389
1972	1,938,248	2,395,674
1973	1,988,343	2,415,819
1974	2,039,643	2,437,186
1975	2,092,719	2,456,130
1976	2,147,774	2,470,989
1977	2,205,025	2,485,073
1978	2,264,510	2,497,921
1979	2,326,490	2,505,953
1980	2,390,633	2,511,701
1981	2,456,637	2,519,421
1982	2,524,806	2,531,080
1983	2,595,153	2,546,011
1984	2,667,595	2,562,047
1985	2,741,894	2,578,873
1986	2,817,216	2,599,892
1987	2,892,699	2,626,583
1988	2,968,103	2,653,434
1989	3,043,827	2,666,955
1990	3,121,706	2,663,151
1991	3,202,176	2,650,581
1992	3,284,258	2,614,338
1993	3,367,434	2,563,290
1994	3,451,122	2,520,742
1995	3,535,176	2,485,056
1996	3,619,013	2,457,222
1997	3,701,711	2,432,851
1998	3,782,838	2,410,019
1999	3,862,101	2,390,482
2000	3,937,739	2,367,550
2001	4,008,947	2,337,170
2002	4,075,705	2,310,173
2003	4,138,784	2,287,955
2004	4,200,078	2,263,122
2005	4,261,240	2,238,799
2006	4,321,340	2,218,357
2007	4,380,248	2,200,325
2008	4,440,056	2,177,322
2009	4,499,791	2,141,669
2010	4,555,962	2,097,555
2011	4,609,833	2,059,709
2012	4,663,934	2,034,319
2013	4,716,147	2,012,647
2014	4,767,119	1,993,782
2015	4,818,038	1,977,527
2016	4,866,998	1,959,537
2017	4,913,177	1,942,248
2018	4,957,818	1,927,174
2019	4,999,553	1,913,822
2020	5,034,320	1,900,449
2021	5,059,988	1,884,490
2022	5,081,765	1,879,383
2023	5,105,525	1,877,445
2024	5,129,910	1,862,441

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Latvia

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Latvia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	6.71	1.94
1961	6.65	1.94
1962	6.54	1.91
1963	6.39	1.85
1964	6.19	1.79
1965	5.96	1.74
1966	5.7	1.76
1967	5.42	1.8
1968	5.03	1.83
1969	4.84	1.88
1970	4.59	1.96
1971	4.36	2
1972	4.16	2
1973	3.99	1.98
1974	3.89	1.97
1975	3.8	1.96
1976	3.75	1.93
1977	3.7	1.89
1978	3.66	1.87
1979	3.65	1.87
1980	3.58	1.86
1981	3.56	1.88
1982	3.54	1.97
1983	3.53	2.07
1984	3.52	2.09
1985	3.51	2.08
1986	3.45	2.12
1987	3.38	2.15
1988	3.31	2.11
1989	3.24	2.05
1990	3.17	2.02
1991	3.08	1.86
1992	3	1.73
1993	2.93	1.51
1994	2.86	1.39
1995	2.78	1.25
1996	2.68	1.16
1997	2.59	1.11
1998	2.53	1.09
1999	2.48	1.16
2000	2.41	1.25
2001	2.31	1.22
2002	2.16	1.26
2003	2.08	1.32
2004	2.03	1.29
2005	2.04	1.39
2006	1.94	1.46
2007	1.95	1.54
2008	1.98	1.58
2009	1.95	1.46
2010	1.83	1.36
2011	1.88	1.33
2012	1.85	1.44
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.8	1.65
2015	1.8	1.7
2016	1.75	1.74
2017	1.71	1.69
2018	1.71	1.6
2019	1.6	1.61
2020	1.45	1.55
2021	1.35	1.57
2022	1.34	1.47
2023	1.33	1.36

Costa Rica and Latvia demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Latvia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	16.8	32.3
1961	16.8	32.4
1962	16.7	32.6
1963	16.7	32.8
1964	16.7	33
1965	16.7	33.2
1966	16.8	33.5
1967	16.9	33.8
1968	17.1	34
1969	17.3	34.1
1970	17.6	34.2
1971	17.8	34.3
1972	18.1	34.5
1973	18.4	34.6
1974	18.6	34.7
1975	18.9	34.9
1976	19.2	35
1977	19.5	35.1
1978	19.7	35.1
1979	20	35.1
1980	20.3	34.9
1981	20.6	34.8
1982	20.9	34.7
1983	21.2	34.6
1984	21.4	34.7
1985	21.6	34.7
1986	21.8	34.7
1987	22.1	34.6
1988	22.3	34.6
1989	22.5	34.5
1990	22.7	34.6
1991	22.9	34.8
1992	23.2	35.2
1993	23.4	35.6
1994	23.6	36
1995	23.9	36.2
1996	24.1	36.6
1997	24.4	36.9
1998	24.7	37.3
1999	24.9	37.6
2000	25.2	37.9
2001	25.5	38.3
2002	25.9	38.6
2003	26.3	38.9
2004	26.7	39.2
2005	27	39.4
2006	27.4	39.7
2007	27.8	39.9
2008	28.2	40.1
2009	28.6	40.5
2010	29	41.1
2011	29.4	41.6
2012	29.8	42
2013	30.3	42.3
2014	30.7	42.5
2015	31.2	42.8
2016	31.7	43
2017	32.1	43.2
2018	32.6	43.4
2019	33	43.6
2020	33.5	43.8
2021	34	43.9
2022	34.5	44
2023	35.1	44.1
2024	35.6	44.3

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