Costa Rica vs Libya statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 126th vs. 16th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

Costa Rica and Libya: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Libya economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Libya
1960	$507,513,830	$401,644,249
1961	$490,325,182	$443,905,612
1962	$479,180,824	$619,725,785
1963	$511,902,137	$892,327,911
1964	$542,578,367	$1,341,395,421
1965	$592,981,162	$1,804,979,680
1966	$647,305,630	$2,312,438,536
1967	$699,456,619	$2,726,986,913
1968	$773,841,494	$3,850,623,095
1969	$853,630,204	$4,380,987,481
1970	$984,830,158	$4,601,649,451
1971	$1,077,147,538	$5,260,185,125
1972	$1,238,251,696	$6,299,395,544
1973	$1,528,925,846	$8,625,889,430
1974	$1,666,544,754	$15,112,543,717
1975	$1,960,863,466	$14,710,912,458
1976	$2,412,555,426	$19,096,943,017
1977	$3,072,427,013	$22,428,297,108
1978	$3,523,208,810	$22,136,422,643
1979	$4,035,519,323	$30,536,429,497
1980	$4,831,447,001	$40,953,924,949
1981	$2,623,803,096	$36,374,353,880
1982	$2,606,623,555	$33,760,146,991
1983	$3,146,772,631	$33,200,520,140
1984	$3,660,477,856	$29,476,109,153
1985	$3,919,203,960	$31,530,566,324
1986	$4,418,983,871	$24,180,400,959
1987	$4,532,952,047	$26,697,659,335
1988	$4,614,629,898	$24,308,959,591
1989	$5,251,025,767	$25,156,707,899
1990	$5,711,687,787	$28,904,183,602
1991	$7,215,725,487	$31,991,821,265
1992	$8,579,754,758	$33,887,047,909
1993	$9,564,815,975	$30,660,051,911
1994	$10,489,903,725	$28,610,549,763
1995	$11,578,594,260	$25,541,379,187
1996	$11,678,424,507	$27,884,615,385
1997	$12,614,602,382	$30,700,897,875
1998	$13,684,255,947	$27,251,301,398
1999	$14,254,866,285	$35,975,860,857
2000	$15,013,629,662	$38,270,954,138
2001	$15,976,174,337	$34,112,093,927
2002	$16,578,820,687	$20,481,889,764
2003	$17,271,760,507	$26,265,625,000
2004	$18,610,594,846	$33,122,307,692
2005	$20,040,642,477	$47,334,691,241
2006	$22,715,540,324	$60,094,231,607
2007	$26,884,700,709	$68,032,978,391
2008	$30,801,745,700	$86,710,767,415
2009	$30,745,714,313	$60,808,562,033
2010	$37,658,616,952	$75,380,825,062
2011	$42,762,613,699	$48,169,263,294
2012	$47,231,655,432	$92,540,938,129
2013	$50,949,668,842	$75,351,107,029
2014	$52,016,408,854	$57,372,355,592
2015	$56,441,920,821	$48,717,501,321
2016	$58,847,019,610	$49,912,073,701
2017	$60,516,044,657	$67,157,452,182
2018	$62,420,164,992	$76,686,029,772
2019	$64,417,670,521	$69,254,496,472
2020	$62,395,610,760	$46,854,285,441
2021	$64,960,725,734	$35,217,995,647
2022	$69,243,626,029	$43,246,297,922
2023	$86,497,941,439	$45,096,462,972
2024	$95,350,423,177	$46,636,278,902

Costa Rica and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Libya
1960	$382	$269
1961	$356	$285.3
1962	$335	$382
1963	$346	$528
1964	$354	$765
1965	$374	$1,001
1966	$395	$1,251
1967	$414	$1,437
1968	$445	$1,972
1969	$477	$2,175
1970	$536	$2,210
1971	$570	$2,443
1972	$639	$2,830
1973	$769	$3,727
1974	$817	$6,214
1975	$937	$5,721
1976	$1,123	$7,018
1977	$1,393	$7,783
1978	$1,556	$7,252
1979	$1,735	$9,443
1980	$2,021	$11,960
1981	$1,068	$10,044
1982	$1,032	$9,064
1983	$1,213	$8,927
1984	$1,372	$7,811
1985	$1,429	$8,087
1986	$1,569	$6,019
1987	$1,567	$6,465
1988	$1,555	$5,736
1989	$1,725	$5,793
1990	$1,830	$6,502
1991	$2,253	$7,040
1992	$2,612	$7,303
1993	$2,840	$6,478
1994	$3,040	$5,933
1995	$3,275	$5,205
1996	$3,227	$5,591
1997	$3,408	$6,062
1998	$3,617	$5,301
1999	$3,691	$6,895
2000	$3,813	$7,214
2001	$3,985	$6,313
2002	$4,068	$3,718
2003	$4,173	$4,674
2004	$4,431	$5,774
2005	$4,703	$8,079
2006	$5,257	$10,049
2007	$6,138	$11,145
2008	$6,937	$13,906
2009	$6,833	$9,551
2010	$8,266	$11,601
2011	$9,276	$7,594
2012	$10,127	$14,976
2013	$10,803	$11,952
2014	$10,911	$8,926
2015	$11,715	$7,458
2016	$12,091	$7,526
2017	$12,317	$9,966
2018	$12,590	$11,197
2019	$12,885	$9,963
2020	$12,394	$6,650
2021	$12,838	$4,936
2022	$13,626	$5,987
2023	$16,942	$6,173
2024	$18,587	$6,318

Costa Rica vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Libya
1950	57.5	33.1
1951	57.8	33.5
1952	58.1	33.8
1953	59.1	34.2
1954	59.9	34.7
1955	60.5	35.2
1956	61.2	36
1957	61.6	36.9
1958	62.3	38
1959	62.9	39.3
1960	63.5	40.8
1961	63.9	42.4
1962	64.2	44.1
1963	64.3	45.6
1964	64.5	47.7
1965	64.8	49.3
1966	65.1	50.9
1967	65.6	52.5
1968	65.8	53.8
1969	66.4	55.2
1970	66.8	56.4
1971	67.4	57.6
1972	68	58.7
1973	68.7	59.7
1974	69.4	60.7
1975	70.3	61.6
1976	70.9	62.4
1977	71.5	63.1
1978	72	63.8
1979	72.5	64.3
1980	73	64.8
1981	73.4	65.3
1982	73.9	65.8
1983	74.2	66.3
1984	74.6	66.7
1985	74.8	67.3
1986	74.9	67.8
1987	75.2	68.3
1988	75.5	68.6
1989	75.9	69
1990	76.1	69.3
1991	76.2	69.6
1992	76.4	70
1993	76.3	70.2
1994	76.3	70.5
1995	76.4	70.6
1996	76.4	70.7
1997	76.6	70.7
1998	76.9	70.7
1999	77.1	70.6
2000	77.3	70.5
2001	77.6	70.7
2002	77.9	70.8
2003	78.2	71
2004	78.5	71.2
2005	78.9	71.4
2006	79	71.6
2007	79.1	71.8
2008	79.2	71.9
2009	79.4	72.1
2010	79.4	72.2
2011	79.6	69.9
2012	79.9	72.2
2013	80.2	72.3
2014	80.2	71.3
2015	80.4	71.6
2016	80	71.8
2017	80	72.7
2018	80.1	73.2
2019	80.3	72.9
2020	79.7	72.4
2021	78.1	72.1
2022	79.3	74.5
2023	80.8	69.3
2024	81	71.1
2025	81.2	73.2

Costa Rica and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Libya
1960	1,327,496	1,492,890
1961	1,377,920	1,555,699
1962	1,429,445	1,621,960
1963	1,481,604	1,690,457
1964	1,533,960	1,753,691
1965	1,586,208	1,804,015
1966	1,638,116	1,849,063
1967	1,689,523	1,898,199
1968	1,739,731	1,952,781
1969	1,789,276	2,014,293
1970	1,838,949	2,082,589
1971	1,888,539	2,153,534
1972	1,938,248	2,226,091
1973	1,988,343	2,314,193
1974	2,039,643	2,432,211
1975	2,092,719	2,571,556
1976	2,147,774	2,721,237
1977	2,205,025	2,881,533
1978	2,264,510	3,052,526
1979	2,326,490	3,233,846
1980	2,390,633	3,424,378
1981	2,456,637	3,621,486
1982	2,524,806	3,724,765
1983	2,595,153	3,718,961
1984	2,667,595	3,773,633
1985	2,741,894	3,898,745
1986	2,817,216	4,017,403
1987	2,892,699	4,129,739
1988	2,968,103	4,237,755
1989	3,043,827	4,342,920
1990	3,121,706	4,445,239
1991	3,202,176	4,544,400
1992	3,284,258	4,640,352
1993	3,367,434	4,733,045
1994	3,451,122	4,822,037
1995	3,535,176	4,906,843
1996	3,619,013	4,987,393
1997	3,701,711	5,064,639
1998	3,782,838	5,140,704
1999	3,862,101	5,218,038
2000	3,937,739	5,305,021
2001	4,008,947	5,403,639
2002	4,075,705	5,508,410
2003	4,138,784	5,619,398
2004	4,200,078	5,736,693
2005	4,261,240	5,858,798
2006	4,321,340	5,980,211
2007	4,380,248	6,104,380
2008	4,440,056	6,235,430
2009	4,499,791	6,366,686
2010	4,555,962	6,497,839
2011	4,609,833	6,343,203
2012	4,663,934	6,179,328
2013	4,716,147	6,304,628
2014	4,767,119	6,427,252
2015	4,818,038	6,531,819
2016	4,866,998	6,632,126
2017	4,913,177	6,738,770
2018	4,957,818	6,849,055
2019	4,999,553	6,951,033
2020	5,034,320	7,045,399
2021	5,059,988	7,135,175
2022	5,081,765	7,223,805
2023	5,105,525	7,305,659
2024	5,129,910	7,381,023

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Libya

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Libya
1960	6.71	7.51
1961	6.65	7.56
1962	6.54	7.61
1963	6.39	7.69
1964	6.19	7.75
1965	5.96	7.82
1966	5.7	7.89
1967	5.42	7.93
1968	5.03	7.97
1969	4.84	8.01
1970	4.59	8.05
1971	4.36	8.1
1972	4.16	8.07
1973	3.99	8.05
1974	3.89	8.02
1975	3.8	7.98
1976	3.75	7.93
1977	3.7	7.87
1978	3.66	7.79
1979	3.65	7.68
1980	3.58	7.54
1981	3.56	7.37
1982	3.54	7.16
1983	3.53	6.91
1984	3.52	6.62
1985	3.51	6.33
1986	3.45	6.02
1987	3.38	5.72
1988	3.31	5.41
1989	3.24	5.09
1990	3.17	4.78
1991	3.08	4.46
1992	3	4.16
1993	2.93	3.88
1994	2.86	3.65
1995	2.78	3.44
1996	2.68	3.26
1997	2.59	3.13
1998	2.53	3.04
1999	2.48	2.97
2000	2.41	2.91
2001	2.31	2.87
2002	2.16	2.83
2003	2.08	2.8
2004	2.03	2.77
2005	2.04	2.77
2006	1.94	2.7
2007	1.95	2.65
2008	1.98	2.6
2009	1.95	2.56
2010	1.83	2.6
2011	1.88	2.65
2012	1.85	2.68
2013	1.78	2.72
2014	1.8	2.75
2015	1.8	2.71
2016	1.75	2.67
2017	1.71	2.63
2018	1.71	2.58
2019	1.6	2.54
2020	1.45	2.51
2021	1.35	2.46
2022	1.34	2.4
2023	1.33	2.36

Costa Rica and Libya demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Libya
1960	16.8	18.5
1961	16.8	18.2
1962	16.7	17.9
1963	16.7	17.5
1964	16.7	17.2
1965	16.7	16.7
1966	16.8	15.9
1967	16.9	15.3
1968	17.1	14.9
1969	17.3	14.7
1970	17.6	14.7
1971	17.8	14.7
1972	18.1	14.7
1973	18.4	14.9
1974	18.6	15.3
1975	18.9	15.5
1976	19.2	15.6
1977	19.5	15.8
1978	19.7	15.9
1979	20	15.9
1980	20.3	16
1981	20.6	16.1
1982	20.9	16.3
1983	21.2	16.5
1984	21.4	16.8
1985	21.6	17.1
1986	21.8	17.3
1987	22.1	17.6
1988	22.3	17.9
1989	22.5	18.2
1990	22.7	18.6
1991	22.9	18.9
1992	23.2	19.3
1993	23.4	19.7
1994	23.6	20.1
1995	23.9	20.6
1996	24.1	21.1
1997	24.4	21.5
1998	24.7	22
1999	24.9	22.4
2000	25.2	22.7
2001	25.5	22.9
2002	25.9	23.1
2003	26.3	23.2
2004	26.7	23.4
2005	27	23.6
2006	27.4	23.8
2007	27.8	24.2
2008	28.2	24.6
2009	28.6	25
2010	29	25.3
2011	29.4	25.5
2012	29.8	25.7
2013	30.3	25.9
2014	30.7	26.2
2015	31.2	26.4
2016	31.7	26.6
2017	32.1	26.8
2018	32.6	27
2019	33	27.2
2020	33.5	27.5
2021	34	27.7
2022	34.5	28
2023	35.1	28.2
2024	35.6	28.5

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