Costa Rica vs Madagascar statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 32M in Madagascar (ranked 49/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 224,634 sq mi for Madagascar (ranked 126th vs. 44th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545).

Costa Rica and Madagascar: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Madagascar economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1960	$507,513,830	$673,081,725
1961	$490,325,182	$699,161,945
1962	$479,180,824	$739,286,908
1963	$511,902,137	$759,345,864
1964	$542,578,367	$802,482,184
1965	$592,981,162	$833,563,473
1966	$647,305,630	$900,264,585
1967	$699,456,619	$956,436,932
1968	$773,841,494	$1,031,669,637
1969	$853,630,204	$1,056,391,056
1970	$984,830,158	$1,111,859,571
1971	$1,077,147,538	$1,199,507,631
1972	$1,238,251,696	$1,341,590,690
1973	$1,528,925,846	$1,653,062,335
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,917,508,190
1975	$1,960,863,466	$2,283,049,215
1976	$2,412,555,426	$2,181,844,179
1977	$3,072,427,013	$2,358,930,406
1978	$3,523,208,810	$2,669,755,115
1979	$4,035,519,323	$3,463,565,854
1980	$4,831,447,001	$5,201,818,348
1981	$2,623,803,096	$4,759,333,998
1982	$2,606,623,555	$4,784,977,326
1983	$3,146,772,631	$4,686,457,031
1984	$3,660,477,856	$3,905,938,481
1985	$3,919,203,960	$3,802,557,895
1986	$4,418,983,871	$4,347,989,788
1987	$4,532,952,047	$3,212,900,556
1988	$4,614,629,898	$3,189,456,965
1989	$5,251,025,767	$3,175,638,333
1990	$5,711,687,787	$3,931,334,875
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,254,713,056
1992	$8,579,754,758	$3,714,966,678
1993	$9,564,815,975	$4,063,298,919
1994	$10,489,903,725	$3,522,227,092
1995	$11,578,594,260	$3,838,100,904
1996	$11,678,424,507	$4,931,861,039
1997	$12,614,602,382	$4,262,965,420
1998	$13,684,255,947	$4,401,967,633
1999	$14,254,866,285	$4,277,903,780
2000	$15,013,629,662	$4,629,247,204
2001	$15,976,174,337	$5,438,332,602
2002	$16,578,820,687	$5,351,701,663
2003	$17,271,760,507	$6,372,498,890
2004	$18,610,594,846	$5,064,732,626
2005	$20,040,642,477	$5,859,269,753
2006	$22,715,540,324	$6,395,712,491
2007	$26,884,700,709	$8,524,620,890
2008	$30,801,745,700	$10,725,137,724
2009	$30,745,714,313	$9,616,879,409
2010	$37,658,616,952	$9,982,711,338
2011	$42,762,613,699	$11,551,819,618
2012	$47,231,655,432	$11,578,975,062
2013	$50,949,668,842	$12,423,555,455
2014	$52,016,408,854	$12,522,957,399
2015	$56,441,920,821	$11,323,020,701
2016	$58,847,019,610	$11,848,613,858
2017	$60,516,044,657	$13,176,313,594
2018	$62,420,164,992	$13,760,033,282
2019	$64,417,670,521	$14,104,664,679
2020	$62,395,610,760	$13,051,441,204
2021	$64,960,725,734	$14,354,731,964
2022	$69,243,626,029	$15,325,603,273
2023	$86,497,941,439	$15,869,945,478
2024	$95,350,423,177	$17,420,814,801

Costa Rica and Madagascar economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Madagascar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1960	$382	$131.7
1961	$356	$133.3
1962	$335	$137.3
1963	$346	$137.4
1964	$354	$141.5
1965	$374	$143.2
1966	$395	$150.7
1967	$414	$155.9
1968	$445	$163.6
1969	$477	$162.9
1970	$536	$166.6
1971	$570	$174.6
1972	$639	$189.6
1973	$769	$226.8
1974	$817	$255.3
1975	$937	$295
1976	$1,123	$273.5
1977	$1,393	$286.9
1978	$1,556	$315
1979	$1,735	$396
1980	$2,021	$578
1981	$1,068	$513
1982	$1,032	$501
1983	$1,213	$476
1984	$1,372	$385
1985	$1,429	$364
1986	$1,569	$405
1987	$1,567	$290.8
1988	$1,555	$280.5
1989	$1,725	$271.3
1990	$1,830	$326
1991	$2,253	$262
1992	$2,612	$290.2
1993	$2,840	$308
1994	$3,040	$258.7
1995	$3,275	$273.1
1996	$3,227	$340
1997	$3,408	$284.4
1998	$3,617	$284.2
1999	$3,691	$267.4
2000	$3,813	$280.3
2001	$3,985	$319
2002	$4,068	$305
2003	$4,173	$353
2004	$4,431	$272.2
2005	$4,703	$306
2006	$5,257	$324
2007	$6,138	$420
2008	$6,937	$513
2009	$6,833	$446
2010	$8,266	$450
2011	$9,276	$506
2012	$10,127	$494
2013	$10,803	$515
2014	$10,911	$506
2015	$11,715	$445
2016	$12,091	$454
2017	$12,317	$492
2018	$12,590	$500
2019	$12,885	$500
2020	$12,394	$451
2021	$12,838	$483
2022	$13,626	$504
2023	$16,942	$509
2024	$18,587	$545

Costa Rica vs. Madagascar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Madagascar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1950	57.5	39.7
1951	57.8	39.9
1952	58.1	40.3
1953	59.1	40.7
1954	59.9	40.9
1955	60.5	41.3
1956	61.2	41.7
1957	61.6	42.1
1958	62.3	42.5
1959	62.9	43
1960	63.5	43.3
1961	63.9	43.8
1962	64.2	44.2
1963	64.3	44.6
1964	64.5	45
1965	64.8	45.4
1966	65.1	46
1967	65.6	46.5
1968	65.8	46.9
1969	66.4	47.3
1970	66.8	47.9
1971	67.4	48.2
1972	68	48.5
1973	68.7	48.9
1974	69.4	49.3
1975	70.3	49.6
1976	70.9	49.8
1977	71.5	49.9
1978	72	50
1979	72.5	50.1
1980	73	50
1981	73.4	49.8
1982	73.9	50
1983	74.2	50.1
1984	74.6	50.2
1985	74.8	50.4
1986	74.9	50.7
1987	75.2	51.1
1988	75.5	51.4
1989	75.9	51.8
1990	76.1	52.1
1991	76.2	52.6
1992	76.4	52.9
1993	76.3	53.7
1994	76.3	54.2
1995	76.4	54.8
1996	76.4	55.5
1997	76.6	56.1
1998	76.9	56.8
1999	77.1	57.4
2000	77.3	58
2001	77.6	58.7
2002	77.9	59.2
2003	78.2	59.7
2004	78.5	60.2
2005	78.9	60.7
2006	79	61.1
2007	79.1	61.5
2008	79.2	62
2009	79.4	62.3
2010	79.4	62.6
2011	79.6	62.9
2012	79.9	63
2013	80.2	63.2
2014	80.2	63.3
2015	80.4	63.4
2016	80	63.4
2017	80	63.4
2018	80.1	63.5
2019	80.3	63.5
2020	79.7	62.7
2021	78.1	62.5
2022	79.3	63.1
2023	80.8	63.6
2024	81	63.8
2025	81.2	64

Costa Rica and Madagascar population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Madagascar

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1960	1,327,496	5,111,029
1961	1,377,920	5,246,158
1962	1,429,445	5,384,150
1963	1,481,604	5,525,185
1964	1,533,960	5,669,863
1965	1,586,208	5,819,116
1966	1,638,116	5,974,279
1967	1,689,523	6,136,486
1968	1,739,731	6,306,493
1969	1,789,276	6,484,716
1970	1,838,949	6,672,003
1971	1,888,539	6,868,868
1972	1,938,248	7,074,398
1973	1,988,343	7,288,048
1974	2,039,643	7,509,726
1975	2,092,719	7,739,336
1976	2,147,774	7,976,831
1977	2,205,025	8,222,240
1978	2,264,510	8,475,864
1979	2,326,490	8,737,581
1980	2,390,633	9,006,032
1981	2,456,637	9,279,011
1982	2,524,806	9,557,671
1983	2,595,153	9,843,044
1984	2,667,595	10,134,550
1985	2,741,894	10,433,142
1986	2,817,216	10,736,857
1987	2,892,699	11,047,291
1988	2,968,103	11,369,462
1989	3,043,827	11,704,998
1990	3,121,706	12,055,639
1991	3,202,176	12,421,412
1992	3,284,258	12,800,870
1993	3,367,434	13,197,345
1994	3,451,122	13,613,850
1995	3,535,176	14,051,275
1996	3,619,013	14,510,711
1997	3,701,711	14,990,814
1998	3,782,838	15,489,364
1999	3,862,101	16,000,506
2000	3,937,739	16,516,338
2001	4,008,947	17,032,939
2002	4,075,705	17,549,913
2003	4,138,784	18,071,854
2004	4,200,078	18,606,608
2005	4,261,240	19,159,707
2006	4,321,340	19,730,909
2007	4,380,248	20,318,583
2008	4,440,056	20,923,840
2009	4,499,791	21,547,280
2010	4,555,962	22,183,340
2011	4,609,833	22,822,300
2012	4,663,934	23,462,438
2013	4,716,147	24,109,290
2014	4,767,119	24,764,348
2015	4,818,038	25,426,702
2016	4,866,998	26,099,952
2017	4,913,177	26,788,375
2018	4,957,818	27,494,926
2019	4,999,553	28,219,554
2020	5,034,320	28,953,556
2021	5,059,988	29,691,083
2022	5,081,765	30,437,261
2023	5,105,525	31,195,932
2024	5,129,910	31,964,956

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Madagascar

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Madagascar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1960	6.71	7.34
1961	6.65	7.3
1962	6.54	7.26
1963	6.39	7.21
1964	6.19	7.19
1965	5.96	7.17
1966	5.7	7.16
1967	5.42	7.14
1968	5.03	7.13
1969	4.84	7.12
1970	4.59	7.1
1971	4.36	7.07
1972	4.16	7.04
1973	3.99	7.01
1974	3.89	6.99
1975	3.8	6.97
1976	3.75	6.95
1977	3.7	6.93
1978	3.66	6.9
1979	3.65	6.87
1980	3.58	6.84
1981	3.56	6.77
1982	3.54	6.7
1983	3.53	6.63
1984	3.52	6.55
1985	3.51	6.46
1986	3.45	6.34
1987	3.38	6.24
1988	3.31	6.18
1989	3.24	6.15
1990	3.17	6.14
1991	3.08	6.12
1992	3	6.08
1993	2.93	6.06
1994	2.86	6.04
1995	2.78	6.04
1996	2.68	6.03
1997	2.59	6.02
1998	2.53	5.99
1999	2.48	5.84
2000	2.41	5.67
2001	2.31	5.53
2002	2.16	5.41
2003	2.08	5.33
2004	2.03	5.26
2005	2.04	5.2
2006	1.94	5.13
2007	1.95	5.08
2008	1.98	5.04
2009	1.95	5
2010	1.83	4.9
2011	1.88	4.74
2012	1.85	4.61
2013	1.78	4.53
2014	1.8	4.42
2015	1.8	4.34
2016	1.75	4.29
2017	1.71	4.26
2018	1.71	4.25
2019	1.6	4.22
2020	1.45	4.17
2021	1.35	4.1
2022	1.34	4.04
2023	1.33	3.97

Costa Rica and Madagascar demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Madagascar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1960	16.8	17.9
1961	16.8	17.5
1962	16.7	17.2
1963	16.7	17
1964	16.7	16.8
1965	16.7	16.8
1966	16.8	16.7
1967	16.9	16.7
1968	17.1	16.7
1969	17.3	16.6
1970	17.6	16.7
1971	17.8	16.7
1972	18.1	16.6
1973	18.4	16.6
1974	18.6	16.6
1975	18.9	16.6
1976	19.2	16.6
1977	19.5	16.5
1978	19.7	16.5
1979	20	16.5
1980	20.3	16.4
1981	20.6	16.4
1982	20.9	16.4
1983	21.2	16.4
1984	21.4	16.5
1985	21.6	16.5
1986	21.8	16.6
1987	22.1	16.6
1988	22.3	16.7
1989	22.5	16.8
1990	22.7	16.9
1991	22.9	16.9
1992	23.2	17
1993	23.4	17
1994	23.6	17.1
1995	23.9	17.1
1996	24.1	17.1
1997	24.4	17.1
1998	24.7	17.2
1999	24.9	17.2
2000	25.2	17.2
2001	25.5	17.2
2002	25.9	17.2
2003	26.3	17.2
2004	26.7	17.3
2005	27	17.3
2006	27.4	17.4
2007	27.8	17.5
2008	28.2	17.6
2009	28.6	17.7
2010	29	17.8
2011	29.4	17.9
2012	29.8	18.1
2013	30.3	18.2
2014	30.7	18.4
2015	31.2	18.6
2016	31.7	18.7
2017	32.1	18.9
2018	32.6	19.1
2019	33	19.3
2020	33.5	19.4
2021	34	19.6
2022	34.5	19.7
2023	35.1	19.9
2024	35.6	20

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