Costa Rica vs Maldives statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 126th vs. 188th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

Costa Rica and Maldives: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Maldives economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Maldives
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	$19,328,038
1971	$1,077,147,538	$21,566,404
1972	$1,238,251,696	$25,177,138
1973	$1,528,925,846	$30,862,042
1974	$1,666,544,754	$39,120,171
1975	$1,960,863,466	$24,540,878
1976	$2,412,555,426	$22,399,467
1977	$3,072,427,013	$20,853,789
1978	$3,523,208,810	$24,369,109
1979	$4,035,519,323	$38,523,364
1980	$4,831,447,001	$42,463,576
1981	$2,623,803,096	$44,781,457
1982	$2,606,623,555	$47,911,340
1983	$3,146,772,631	$57,829,787
1984	$3,660,477,856	$109,503,546
1985	$3,919,203,960	$127,190,758
1986	$4,418,983,871	$141,882,254
1987	$4,532,952,047	$141,223,029
1988	$4,614,629,898	$168,514,513
1989	$5,251,025,767	$189,514,434
1990	$5,711,687,787	$215,043,970
1991	$7,215,725,487	$244,396,762
1992	$8,579,754,758	$284,875,809
1993	$9,564,815,975	$322,417,837
1994	$10,489,903,725	$356,014,932
1995	$11,578,594,260	$398,988,955
1996	$11,678,424,507	$450,382,328
1997	$12,614,602,382	$508,223,602
1998	$13,684,255,947	$540,096,398
1999	$14,254,866,285	$589,239,754
2000	$15,013,629,662	$624,337,145
2001	$15,976,174,337	$870,031,677
2002	$16,578,820,687	$897,031,250
2003	$17,271,760,507	$1,052,121,055
2004	$18,610,594,846	$1,226,829,563
2005	$20,040,642,477	$1,163,362,438
2006	$22,715,540,324	$1,575,200,391
2007	$26,884,700,709	$1,868,383,461
2008	$30,801,745,700	$2,271,646,188
2009	$30,745,714,313	$2,345,294,875
2010	$37,658,616,952	$2,588,176,055
2011	$42,762,613,699	$2,774,350,240
2012	$47,231,655,432	$2,886,163,997
2013	$50,949,668,842	$3,295,009,238
2014	$52,016,408,854	$3,697,353,039
2015	$56,441,920,821	$4,129,505,319
2016	$58,847,019,610	$4,409,942,624
2017	$60,516,044,657	$4,816,426,257
2018	$62,420,164,992	$5,404,344,163
2019	$64,417,670,521	$5,726,094,799
2020	$62,395,610,760	$3,712,604,583
2021	$64,960,725,734	$5,252,457,370
2022	$69,243,626,029	$6,177,118,114
2023	$86,497,941,439	$6,590,894,302
2024	$95,350,423,177	$6,975,146,349

Costa Rica and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Maldives
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$156.9
1971	$570	$169.8
1972	$639	$192.2
1973	$769	$228.7
1974	$817	$281.5
1975	$937	$171.4
1976	$1,123	$151.8
1977	$1,393	$137.3
1978	$1,556	$156.1
1979	$1,735	$240.2
1980	$2,021	$257.6
1981	$1,068	$264.1
1982	$1,032	$274.8
1983	$1,213	$323
1984	$1,372	$594
1985	$1,429	$669
1986	$1,569	$720
1987	$1,567	$692
1988	$1,555	$799
1989	$1,725	$870
1990	$1,830	$957
1991	$2,253	$1,054
1992	$2,612	$1,194
1993	$2,840	$1,317
1994	$3,040	$1,419
1995	$3,275	$1,555
1996	$3,227	$1,717
1997	$3,408	$1,898
1998	$3,617	$1,980
1999	$3,691	$2,124
2000	$3,813	$2,214
2001	$3,985	$3,034
2002	$4,068	$3,076
2003	$4,173	$3,549
2004	$4,431	$4,070
2005	$4,703	$3,797
2006	$5,257	$5,019
2007	$6,138	$5,758
2008	$6,937	$6,757
2009	$6,833	$6,734
2010	$8,266	$7,174
2011	$9,276	$7,425
2012	$10,127	$7,461
2013	$10,803	$8,236
2014	$10,911	$8,939
2015	$11,715	$9,645
2016	$12,091	$9,948
2017	$12,317	$10,510
2018	$12,590	$11,423
2019	$12,885	$11,740
2020	$12,394	$7,394
2021	$12,838	$10,176
2022	$13,626	$11,786
2023	$16,942	$12,530
2024	$18,587	$13,216

Costa Rica vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Maldives

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Maldives
1950	57.5	36.5
1951	57.8	37.1
1952	58.1	37
1953	59.1	36.9
1954	59.9	36.9
1955	60.5	37
1956	61.2	37.1
1957	61.6	37.3
1958	62.3	37.6
1959	62.9	37.9
1960	63.5	38.2
1961	63.9	38.6
1962	64.2	39.1
1963	64.3	39.6
1964	64.5	40.2
1965	64.8	40.8
1966	65.1	41.4
1967	65.6	42.1
1968	65.8	42.9
1969	66.4	43.7
1970	66.8	44.5
1971	67.4	45.5
1972	68	46.4
1973	68.7	47.5
1974	69.4	48.5
1975	70.3	49.6
1976	70.9	50.8
1977	71.5	51.8
1978	72	50.4
1979	72.5	53.9
1980	73	54.8
1981	73.4	55.7
1982	73.9	56.6
1983	74.2	57.5
1984	74.6	58.3
1985	74.8	59.2
1986	74.9	60
1987	75.2	60.8
1988	75.5	61.6
1989	75.9	62.4
1990	76.1	63.1
1991	76.2	63.9
1992	76.4	64.7
1993	76.3	65.4
1994	76.3	66.2
1995	76.4	67
1996	76.4	67.7
1997	76.6	68.5
1998	76.9	69.3
1999	77.1	70.2
2000	77.3	70.9
2001	77.6	71.7
2002	77.9	72.4
2003	78.2	73.3
2004	78.5	73
2005	78.9	74.8
2006	79	75.3
2007	79.1	75.7
2008	79.2	76
2009	79.4	76.4
2010	79.4	76.8
2011	79.6	77.1
2012	79.9	77.5
2013	80.2	77.8
2014	80.2	78.2
2015	80.4	78.6
2016	80	78.9
2017	80	79.2
2018	80.1	79.4
2019	80.3	79.7
2020	79.7	78.7
2021	78.1	78.1
2022	79.3	80.8
2023	80.8	81
2024	81	81.3
2025	81.2	81.5

Costa Rica and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Maldives

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Maldives
1960	1,327,496	91,189
1961	1,377,920	93,450
1962	1,429,445	95,802
1963	1,481,604	98,222
1964	1,533,960	100,662
1965	1,586,208	104,102
1966	1,638,116	108,507
1967	1,689,523	112,528
1968	1,739,731	116,075
1969	1,789,276	119,564
1970	1,838,949	123,219
1971	1,888,539	127,035
1972	1,938,248	130,968
1973	1,988,343	134,952
1974	2,039,643	138,978
1975	2,092,719	143,158
1976	2,147,774	147,525
1977	2,205,025	151,930
1978	2,264,510	156,159
1979	2,326,490	160,360
1980	2,390,633	164,835
1981	2,456,637	169,532
1982	2,524,806	174,333
1983	2,595,153	179,128
1984	2,667,595	184,198
1985	2,741,894	190,169
1986	2,817,216	196,935
1987	2,892,699	203,944
1988	2,968,103	210,885
1989	3,043,827	217,738
1990	3,121,706	224,762
1991	3,202,176	231,802
1992	3,284,258	238,543
1993	3,367,434	244,884
1994	3,451,122	250,822
1995	3,535,176	256,649
1996	3,619,013	262,347
1997	3,701,711	267,707
1998	3,782,838	272,723
1999	3,862,101	277,412
2000	3,937,739	282,019
2001	4,008,947	286,767
2002	4,075,705	291,616
2003	4,138,784	296,491
2004	4,200,078	301,413
2005	4,261,240	306,429
2006	4,321,340	313,851
2007	4,380,248	324,479
2008	4,440,056	336,170
2009	4,499,791	348,275
2010	4,555,962	360,792
2011	4,609,833	373,674
2012	4,663,934	386,818
2013	4,716,147	400,070
2014	4,767,119	413,617
2015	4,818,038	428,154
2016	4,866,998	443,308
2017	4,913,177	458,287
2018	4,957,818	473,099
2019	4,999,553	487,731
2020	5,034,320	502,118
2021	5,059,988	516,154
2022	5,081,765	524,106
2023	5,105,525	525,994
2024	5,129,910	527,799

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Maldives

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Maldives

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Maldives
1960	6.71	6.71
1961	6.65	6.79
1962	6.54	6.89
1963	6.39	6.94
1964	6.19	7
1965	5.96	7.07
1966	5.7	7.15
1967	5.42	7.23
1968	5.03	7.28
1969	4.84	7.33
1970	4.59	7.39
1971	4.36	7.38
1972	4.16	7.37
1973	3.99	7.4
1974	3.89	7.38
1975	3.8	7.32
1976	3.75	7.29
1977	3.7	7.27
1978	3.66	7.23
1979	3.65	7.23
1980	3.58	7.23
1981	3.56	7.19
1982	3.54	7.15
1983	3.53	7.09
1984	3.52	7.03
1985	3.51	6.94
1986	3.45	6.85
1987	3.38	6.73
1988	3.31	6.58
1989	3.24	6.39
1990	3.17	6.13
1991	3.08	5.8
1992	3	5.44
1993	2.93	5.06
1994	2.86	4.69
1995	2.78	4.29
1996	2.68	3.86
1997	2.59	3.48
1998	2.53	3.17
1999	2.48	2.9
2000	2.41	2.69
2001	2.31	2.53
2002	2.16	2.42
2003	2.08	2.34
2004	2.03	2.26
2005	2.04	2.2
2006	1.94	2.2
2007	1.95	2.29
2008	1.98	2.37
2009	1.95	2.39
2010	1.83	2.35
2011	1.88	2.31
2012	1.85	2.25
2013	1.78	2.17
2014	1.8	2.09
2015	1.8	2
2016	1.75	1.9
2017	1.71	1.8
2018	1.71	1.71
2019	1.6	1.64
2020	1.45	1.61
2021	1.35	1.6
2022	1.34	1.58
2023	1.33	1.58

Costa Rica and Maldives demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Maldives

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Maldives
1960	16.8	20.6
1961	16.8	20.6
1962	16.7	20.6
1963	16.7	20.6
1964	16.7	20.5
1965	16.7	19.9
1966	16.8	18.9
1967	16.9	18.2
1968	17.1	17.8
1969	17.3	17.6
1970	17.6	17.4
1971	17.8	17.3
1972	18.1	17.2
1973	18.4	17.2
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.9	17.1
1976	19.2	17
1977	19.5	17
1978	19.7	17
1979	20	16.9
1980	20.3	16.8
1981	20.6	16.8
1982	20.9	16.9
1983	21.2	16.9
1984	21.4	17
1985	21.6	17
1986	21.8	16.9
1987	22.1	16.7
1988	22.3	16.6
1989	22.5	16.5
1990	22.7	16.4
1991	22.9	16.4
1992	23.2	16.4
1993	23.4	16.5
1994	23.6	16.7
1995	23.9	16.9
1996	24.1	17.3
1997	24.4	17.6
1998	24.7	18
1999	24.9	18.4
2000	25.2	18.9
2001	25.5	19.3
2002	25.9	19.8
2003	26.3	20.3
2004	26.7	20.9
2005	27	21.5
2006	27.4	22.1
2007	27.8	22.7
2008	28.2	23.2
2009	28.6	23.8
2010	29	24.4
2011	29.4	25.1
2012	29.8	25.8
2013	30.3	26.5
2014	30.7	27.1
2015	31.2	27.6
2016	31.7	28
2017	32.1	28.5
2018	32.6	29
2019	33	29.5
2020	33.5	30.1
2021	34	30.7
2022	34.5	31.4
2023	35.1	32.1
2024	35.6	32.9

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