Costa Rica vs Malawi statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 21.7M in Malawi (ranked 62/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 36,402 sq mi for Malawi (ranked 126th vs. 107th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Malawi ranks 151/197 ($11B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Malawi ranks 195/197 ($508).

Costa Rica and Malawi: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Malawi economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Malawi
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	$1,801,156,775
1981	$2,623,803,096	$1,801,193,910
1982	$2,606,623,555	$1,717,379,495
1983	$3,146,772,631	$1,780,148,049
1984	$3,660,477,856	$1,758,028,656
1985	$3,919,203,960	$1,646,442,273
1986	$4,418,983,871	$1,722,586,299
1987	$4,532,952,047	$1,721,711,808
1988	$4,614,629,898	$2,008,189,508
1989	$5,251,025,767	$2,314,205,130
1990	$5,711,687,787	$2,737,087,862
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,206,783,830
1992	$8,579,754,758	$2,618,837,835
1993	$9,564,815,975	$3,013,392,658
1994	$10,489,903,725	$1,719,864,761
1995	$11,578,594,260	$2,033,701,498
1996	$11,678,424,507	$3,319,573,750
1997	$12,614,602,382	$3,875,785,863
1998	$13,684,255,947	$2,547,609,590
1999	$14,254,866,285	$2,584,478,924
2000	$15,013,629,662	$2,537,307,580
2001	$15,976,174,337	$2,498,008,665
2002	$16,578,820,687	$5,087,328,438
2003	$17,271,760,507	$4,669,789,300
2004	$18,610,594,846	$5,058,726,350
2005	$20,040,642,477	$5,320,409,651
2006	$22,715,540,324	$5,818,279,739
2007	$26,884,700,709	$6,451,210,219
2008	$30,801,745,700	$7,743,617,352
2009	$30,745,714,313	$9,009,887,947
2010	$37,658,616,952	$10,128,323,011
2011	$42,762,613,699	$11,648,142,958
2012	$47,231,655,432	$8,773,203,178
2013	$50,949,668,842	$8,031,571,928
2014	$52,016,408,854	$8,801,326,169
2015	$56,441,920,821	$9,219,474,379
2016	$58,847,019,610	$7,909,868,618
2017	$60,516,044,657	$8,943,543,794
2018	$62,420,164,992	$9,879,231,592
2019	$64,417,670,521	$11,051,865,580
2020	$62,395,610,760	$11,769,313,598
2021	$64,960,725,734	$12,378,129,751
2022	$69,243,626,029	$12,429,060,151
2023	$86,497,941,439	$12,712,150,082
2024	$95,350,423,177	$11,008,925,323

Costa Rica and Malawi economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Malawi

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Malawi
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	$287.5
1981	$1,068	$276.4
1982	$1,032	$253.3
1983	$1,213	$252.4
1984	$1,372	$239.7
1985	$1,429	$216.1
1986	$1,569	$217.9
1987	$1,567	$207.6
1988	$1,555	$229.4
1989	$1,725	$252.2
1990	$1,830	$286.7
1991	$2,253	$326
1992	$2,612	$258.4
1993	$2,840	$293
1994	$3,040	$169.2
1995	$3,275	$200.4
1996	$3,227	$321
1997	$3,408	$367
1998	$3,617	$236
1999	$3,691	$233.9
2000	$3,813	$224.2
2001	$3,985	$215.5
2002	$4,068	$428
2003	$4,173	$383
2004	$4,431	$405
2005	$4,703	$414
2006	$5,257	$441
2007	$6,138	$475
2008	$6,937	$554
2009	$6,833	$626
2010	$8,266	$683
2011	$9,276	$763
2012	$10,127	$558
2013	$10,803	$497
2014	$10,911	$530
2015	$11,715	$540
2016	$12,091	$451
2017	$12,317	$496
2018	$12,590	$533
2019	$12,885	$581
2020	$12,394	$603
2021	$12,838	$617
2022	$13,626	$604
2023	$16,942	$602
2024	$18,587	$508

Costa Rica vs. Malawi life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Malawi

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Malawi
1950	57.5	32.7
1951	57.8	32.8
1952	58.1	33
1953	59.1	33.2
1954	59.9	33.3
1955	60.5	33.6
1956	61.2	33.8
1957	61.6	34.1
1958	62.3	34.4
1959	62.9	34.8
1960	63.5	35
1961	63.9	35.2
1962	64.2	35.4
1963	64.3	35.6
1964	64.5	35.7
1965	64.8	35.7
1966	65.1	35.8
1967	65.6	35.9
1968	65.8	36.1
1969	66.4	36.3
1970	66.8	36.6
1971	67.4	37.1
1972	68	37.6
1973	68.7	38.4
1974	69.4	39.2
1975	70.3	40.1
1976	70.9	41
1977	71.5	42
1978	72	43
1979	72.5	43.7
1980	73	44.3
1981	73.4	44.7
1982	73.9	44.8
1983	74.2	45
1984	74.6	44.8
1985	74.8	44.6
1986	74.9	44.3
1987	75.2	43.9
1988	75.5	43.6
1989	75.9	43.5
1990	76.1	43.6
1991	76.2	43.5
1992	76.4	43.6
1993	76.3	43.6
1994	76.3	43.8
1995	76.4	43.8
1996	76.4	44
1997	76.6	44.2
1998	76.9	44.3
1999	77.1	45.1
2000	77.3	46.2
2001	77.6	47.2
2002	77.9	48.2
2003	78.2	49.6
2004	78.5	51.1
2005	78.9	52.5
2006	79	53.7
2007	79.1	54.7
2008	79.2	55.7
2009	79.4	56.7
2010	79.4	57.8
2011	79.6	58.9
2012	79.9	59.9
2013	80.2	60.8
2014	80.2	61.7
2015	80.4	62.3
2016	80	63.2
2017	80	63.9
2018	80.1	64.5
2019	80.3	65
2020	79.7	65.2
2021	78.1	64.8
2022	79.3	66
2023	80.8	67.4
2024	81	67.6
2025	81.2	67.7

Costa Rica and Malawi population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Malawi

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Malawi
1960	1,327,496	3,628,134
1961	1,377,920	3,715,534
1962	1,429,445	3,806,307
1963	1,481,604	3,900,506
1964	1,533,960	3,997,305
1965	1,586,208	4,096,157
1966	1,638,116	4,197,926
1967	1,689,523	4,303,012
1968	1,739,731	4,411,054
1969	1,789,276	4,521,184
1970	1,838,949	4,633,944
1971	1,888,539	4,751,434
1972	1,938,248	4,874,475
1973	1,988,343	5,003,938
1974	2,039,643	5,141,337
1975	2,092,719	5,287,367
1976	2,147,774	5,443,384
1977	2,205,025	5,614,983
1978	2,264,510	5,810,132
1979	2,326,490	6,028,749
1980	2,390,633	6,265,529
1981	2,456,637	6,516,454
1982	2,524,806	6,778,879
1983	2,595,153	7,051,709
1984	2,667,595	7,332,810
1985	2,741,894	7,620,508
1986	2,817,216	7,906,480
1987	2,892,699	8,293,174
1988	2,968,103	8,753,262
1989	3,043,827	9,176,220
1990	3,121,706	9,545,852
1991	3,202,176	9,844,227
1992	3,284,258	10,135,079
1993	3,367,434	10,284,024
1994	3,451,122	10,164,894
1995	3,535,176	10,150,117
1996	3,619,013	10,352,228
1997	3,701,711	10,562,035
1998	3,782,838	10,792,876
1999	3,862,101	11,047,804
2000	3,937,739	11,315,942
2001	4,008,947	11,593,058
2002	4,075,705	11,880,440
2003	4,138,784	12,181,574
2004	4,200,078	12,500,737
2005	4,261,240	12,840,031
2006	4,321,340	13,198,701
2007	4,380,248	13,576,343
2008	4,440,056	13,976,417
2009	4,499,791	14,395,788
2010	4,555,962	14,826,463
2011	4,609,833	15,265,022
2012	4,663,934	15,709,577
2013	4,716,147	16,161,816
2014	4,767,119	16,621,538
2015	4,818,038	17,085,587
2016	4,866,998	17,557,739
2017	4,913,177	18,039,715
2018	4,957,818	18,528,081
2019	4,999,553	19,025,752
2020	5,034,320	19,533,888
2021	5,059,988	20,047,258
2022	5,081,765	20,568,728
2023	5,105,525	21,104,482
2024	5,129,910	21,655,286

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Malawi

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Malawi

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Malawi
1960	6.71	7.04
1961	6.65	7.07
1962	6.54	7.1
1963	6.39	7.13
1964	6.19	7.11
1965	5.96	7.13
1966	5.7	7.17
1967	5.42	7.21
1968	5.03	7.26
1969	4.84	7.27
1970	4.59	7.3
1971	4.36	7.31
1972	4.16	7.33
1973	3.99	7.34
1974	3.89	7.34
1975	3.8	7.36
1976	3.75	7.39
1977	3.7	7.41
1978	3.66	7.43
1979	3.65	7.47
1980	3.58	7.52
1981	3.56	7.49
1982	3.54	7.45
1983	3.53	7.36
1984	3.52	7.27
1985	3.51	7.17
1986	3.45	7.07
1987	3.38	6.97
1988	3.31	6.88
1989	3.24	6.8
1990	3.17	6.74
1991	3.08	6.68
1992	3	6.63
1993	2.93	6.57
1994	2.86	6.49
1995	2.78	6.39
1996	2.68	6.29
1997	2.59	6.23
1998	2.53	6.21
1999	2.48	6.12
2000	2.41	6
2001	2.31	5.94
2002	2.16	5.9
2003	2.08	5.88
2004	2.03	5.86
2005	2.04	5.85
2006	1.94	5.8
2007	1.95	5.72
2008	1.98	5.61
2009	1.95	5.45
2010	1.83	5.26
2011	1.88	5.08
2012	1.85	4.9
2013	1.78	4.76
2014	1.8	4.57
2015	1.8	4.38
2016	1.75	4.22
2017	1.71	4.11
2018	1.71	4.02
2019	1.6	3.95
2020	1.45	3.88
2021	1.35	3.79
2022	1.34	3.72
2023	1.33	3.65

Costa Rica and Malawi demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Malawi

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Malawi
1960	16.8	18.2
1961	16.8	18.3
1962	16.7	18.3
1963	16.7	18.3
1964	16.7	18.3
1965	16.7	18.4
1966	16.8	18.3
1967	16.9	18.3
1968	17.1	18.3
1969	17.3	18.2
1970	17.6	18
1971	17.8	17.9
1972	18.1	17.8
1973	18.4	17.7
1974	18.6	17.6
1975	18.9	17.5
1976	19.2	17.5
1977	19.5	17.4
1978	19.7	17.4
1979	20	17.4
1980	20.3	17.3
1981	20.6	17.3
1982	20.9	17.3
1983	21.2	17.3
1984	21.4	17.3
1985	21.6	17.3
1986	21.8	17.3
1987	22.1	17.4
1988	22.3	17.5
1989	22.5	17.4
1990	22.7	17.3
1991	22.9	17.2
1992	23.2	17.1
1993	23.4	17
1994	23.6	16.9
1995	23.9	16.9
1996	24.1	16.8
1997	24.4	16.8
1998	24.7	16.8
1999	24.9	16.7
2000	25.2	16.8
2001	25.5	16.8
2002	25.9	16.8
2003	26.3	16.8
2004	26.7	16.8
2005	27	16.8
2006	27.4	16.8
2007	27.8	16.8
2008	28.2	16.8
2009	28.6	16.7
2010	29	16.7
2011	29.4	16.8
2012	29.8	16.8
2013	30.3	16.9
2014	30.7	17
2015	31.2	17.1
2016	31.7	17.2
2017	32.1	17.4
2018	32.6	17.6
2019	33	17.8
2020	33.5	18
2021	34	18.2
2022	34.5	18.4
2023	35.1	18.7
2024	35.6	18.9

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