Costa Rica vs Marshall Islands statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 37.5K in The Marshall Islands (ranked 192/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 69.5 sq mi for The Marshall Islands (ranked 126th vs. 191st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467).

Costa Rica and Marshall Islands: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Marshall Islands economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
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	$8,408,486
1971	$1,077,147,538	$9,116,810
1972	$1,238,251,696	$9,973,652
1973	$1,528,925,846	$11,607,366
1974	$1,666,544,754	$15,217,532
1975	$1,960,863,466	$16,691,301
1976	$2,412,555,426	$18,153,647
1977	$3,072,427,013	$20,210,069
1978	$3,523,208,810	$22,209,370
1979	$4,035,519,323	$25,545,346
1980	$4,831,447,001	$26,710,653
1981	$2,623,803,096	$31,020,000
1982	$2,606,623,555	$34,918,000
1983	$3,146,772,631	$41,749,000
1984	$3,660,477,856	$45,144,000
1985	$3,919,203,960	$43,879,000
1986	$4,418,983,871	$55,989,000
1987	$4,532,952,047	$62,983,000
1988	$4,614,629,898	$70,688,000
1989	$5,251,025,767	$72,798,000
1990	$5,711,687,787	$78,476,000
1991	$7,215,725,487	$82,507,000
1992	$8,579,754,758	$91,063,000
1993	$9,564,815,975	$99,461,000
1994	$10,489,903,725	$108,071,000
1995	$11,578,594,260	$120,230,000
1996	$11,678,424,507	$110,858,000
1997	$12,614,602,382	$109,884,700
1998	$13,684,255,947	$112,070,100
1999	$14,254,866,285	$113,352,100
2000	$15,013,629,662	$114,838,500
2001	$15,976,174,337	$122,406,100
2002	$16,578,820,687	$131,960,000
2003	$17,271,760,507	$131,128,500
2004	$18,610,594,846	$132,900,000
2005	$20,040,642,477	$138,000,000
2006	$22,715,540,324	$143,200,000
2007	$26,884,700,709	$150,500,000
2008	$30,801,745,700	$146,600,000
2009	$30,745,714,313	$151,200,000
2010	$37,658,616,952	$161,100,000
2011	$42,762,613,699	$172,300,000
2012	$47,231,655,432	$180,700,000
2013	$50,949,668,842	$186,400,000
2014	$52,016,408,854	$186,000,000
2015	$56,441,920,821	$183,700,000
2016	$58,847,019,610	$201,800,000
2017	$60,516,044,657	$213,700,000
2018	$62,420,164,992	$220,000,000
2019	$64,417,670,521	$232,900,000
2020	$62,395,610,760	$241,800,000
2021	$64,960,725,734	$258,900,000
2022	$69,243,626,029	$253,400,000
2023	$86,497,941,439	$259,300,000
2024	$95,350,423,177	$280,357,844

Costa Rica and Marshall Islands economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$373
1971	$570	$390
1972	$639	$416
1973	$769	$472
1974	$817	$602
1975	$937	$638
1976	$1,123	$672
1977	$1,393	$724
1978	$1,556	$771
1979	$1,735	$859
1980	$2,021	$868
1981	$1,068	$969
1982	$1,032	$1,046
1983	$1,213	$1,199
1984	$1,372	$1,245
1985	$1,429	$1,162
1986	$1,569	$1,425
1987	$1,567	$1,543
1988	$1,555	$1,670
1989	$1,725	$1,670
1990	$1,830	$1,758
1991	$2,253	$1,811
1992	$2,612	$1,963
1993	$2,840	$2,112
1994	$3,040	$2,265
1995	$3,275	$2,491
1996	$3,227	$2,273
1997	$3,408	$2,231
1998	$3,617	$2,254
1999	$3,691	$2,258
2000	$3,813	$2,265
2001	$3,985	$2,394
2002	$4,068	$2,566
2003	$4,173	$2,539
2004	$4,431	$2,566
2005	$4,703	$2,659
2006	$5,257	$2,754
2007	$6,138	$2,892
2008	$6,937	$2,818
2009	$6,833	$2,907
2010	$8,266	$3,095
2011	$9,276	$3,319
2012	$10,127	$3,514
2013	$10,803	$3,678
2014	$10,911	$3,735
2015	$11,715	$3,764
2016	$12,091	$4,230
2017	$12,317	$4,593
2018	$12,590	$4,858
2019	$12,885	$5,292
2020	$12,394	$5,662
2021	$12,838	$6,259
2022	$13,626	$6,323
2023	$16,942	$6,678
2024	$18,587	$7,467

Costa Rica vs. Marshall Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1950	57.5	52.6
1951	57.8	52.7
1952	58.1	52.7
1953	59.1	52.8
1954	59.9	52.9
1955	60.5	53
1956	61.2	53.2
1957	61.6	53.4
1958	62.3	53.6
1959	62.9	54
1960	63.5	54.4
1961	63.9	54.7
1962	64.2	55.2
1963	64.3	55.7
1964	64.5	56.3
1965	64.8	56.8
1966	65.1	57.3
1967	65.6	57.8
1968	65.8	58.2
1969	66.4	58.5
1970	66.8	58.8
1971	67.4	59.1
1972	68	59.5
1973	68.7	59.8
1974	69.4	60.1
1975	70.3	60.3
1976	70.9	60.4
1977	71.5	60.6
1978	72	60.7
1979	72.5	60.8
1980	73	61
1981	73.4	61.1
1982	73.9	61.3
1983	74.2	61.5
1984	74.6	61.6
1985	74.8	61.7
1986	74.9	61.8
1987	75.2	61.8
1988	75.5	61.8
1989	75.9	61.7
1990	76.1	61.8
1991	76.2	61.8
1992	76.4	61.9
1993	76.3	62.1
1994	76.3	62.3
1995	76.4	62.5
1996	76.4	62.8
1997	76.6	63
1998	76.9	63.2
1999	77.1	63.4
2000	77.3	63.3
2001	77.6	63.7
2002	77.9	63.8
2003	78.2	64
2004	78.5	64
2005	78.9	64.1
2006	79	64.2
2007	79.1	64.3
2008	79.2	64.3
2009	79.4	64.4
2010	79.4	64.5
2011	79.6	64.6
2012	79.9	64.8
2013	80.2	65
2014	80.2	65.1
2015	80.4	65.3
2016	80	65.5
2017	80	65.7
2018	80.1	65.9
2019	80.3	66
2020	79.7	65.4
2021	78.1	65.4
2022	79.3	66.7
2023	80.8	66.9
2024	81	67.1
2025	81.2	67.2

Costa Rica and Marshall Islands population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1960	1,327,496	14,703
1961	1,377,920	15,219
1962	1,429,445	15,755
1963	1,481,604	16,302
1964	1,533,960	16,852
1965	1,586,208	17,402
1966	1,638,116	17,927
1967	1,689,523	18,655
1968	1,739,731	19,862
1969	1,789,276	21,305
1970	1,838,949	22,530
1971	1,888,539	23,366
1972	1,938,248	23,992
1973	1,988,343	24,581
1974	2,039,643	25,296
1975	2,092,719	26,154
1976	2,147,774	27,021
1977	2,205,025	27,906
1978	2,264,510	28,809
1979	2,326,490	29,738
1980	2,390,633	30,774
1981	2,456,637	32,017
1982	2,524,806	33,397
1983	2,595,153	34,811
1984	2,667,595	36,264
1985	2,741,894	37,761
1986	2,817,216	39,286
1987	2,892,699	40,828
1988	2,968,103	42,321
1989	3,043,827	43,586
1990	3,121,706	44,629
1991	3,202,176	45,568
1992	3,284,258	46,388
1993	3,367,434	47,093
1994	3,451,122	47,712
1995	3,535,176	48,266
1996	3,619,013	48,775
1997	3,701,711	49,259
1998	3,782,838	49,717
1999	3,862,101	50,202
2000	3,937,739	50,706
2001	4,008,947	51,123
2002	4,075,705	51,425
2003	4,138,784	51,639
2004	4,200,078	51,791
2005	4,261,240	51,906
2006	4,321,340	51,992
2007	4,380,248	52,035
2008	4,440,056	52,030
2009	4,499,791	52,019
2010	4,555,962	52,044
2011	4,609,833	51,907
2012	4,663,934	51,419
2013	4,716,147	50,681
2014	4,767,119	49,796
2015	4,818,038	48,800
2016	4,866,998	47,709
2017	4,913,177	46,529
2018	4,957,818	45,285
2019	4,999,553	44,007
2020	5,034,320	42,706
2021	5,059,988	41,367
2022	5,081,765	40,077
2023	5,105,525	38,827
2024	5,129,910	37,548

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1960	6.71	8.08
1961	6.65	8.12
1962	6.54	8.12
1963	6.39	8.12
1964	6.19	8.14
1965	5.96	8.16
1966	5.7	8.2
1967	5.42	8.17
1968	5.03	8.14
1969	4.84	8.11
1970	4.59	8.07
1971	4.36	8.04
1972	4.16	8
1973	3.99	7.95
1974	3.89	7.9
1975	3.8	7.83
1976	3.75	7.76
1977	3.7	7.67
1978	3.66	7.58
1979	3.65	7.47
1980	3.58	7.37
1981	3.56	7.27
1982	3.54	7.18
1983	3.53	7.08
1984	3.52	6.99
1985	3.51	6.87
1986	3.45	6.73
1987	3.38	6.57
1988	3.31	6.38
1989	3.24	6.18
1990	3.17	5.97
1991	3.08	5.76
1992	3	5.55
1993	2.93	5.38
1994	2.86	5.23
1995	2.78	5.09
1996	2.68	5.02
1997	2.59	4.96
1998	2.53	4.87
1999	2.48	4.78
2000	2.41	4.7
2001	2.31	4.58
2002	2.16	4.49
2003	2.08	4.42
2004	2.03	4.34
2005	2.04	4.28
2006	1.94	4.2
2007	1.95	4.09
2008	1.98	3.97
2009	1.95	3.83
2010	1.83	3.67
2011	1.88	3.53
2012	1.85	3.38
2013	1.78	3.25
2014	1.8	3.18
2015	1.8	3.13
2016	1.75	3.09
2017	1.71	3.06
2018	1.71	3.04
2019	1.6	3.01
2020	1.45	2.99
2021	1.35	2.96
2022	1.34	2.94
2023	1.33	2.92

Costa Rica and Marshall Islands demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1960	16.8	17.4
1961	16.8	17
1962	16.7	16.7
1963	16.7	16.4
1964	16.7	16.3
1965	16.7	16.3
1966	16.8	16.4
1967	16.9	16.6
1968	17.1	16.9
1969	17.3	17.2
1970	17.6	17.4
1971	17.8	17.1
1972	18.1	16.6
1973	18.4	16.2
1974	18.6	16
1975	18.9	15.9
1976	19.2	15.7
1977	19.5	15.5
1978	19.7	15.3
1979	20	15.1
1980	20.3	15
1981	20.6	14.9
1982	20.9	14.9
1983	21.2	14.9
1984	21.4	14.8
1985	21.6	14.8
1986	21.8	14.7
1987	22.1	14.7
1988	22.3	14.7
1989	22.5	14.8
1990	22.7	14.9
1991	22.9	15.2
1992	23.2	15.4
1993	23.4	15.8
1994	23.6	16.1
1995	23.9	16.5
1996	24.1	16.9
1997	24.4	17.2
1998	24.7	17.6
1999	24.9	17.9
2000	25.2	18.2
2001	25.5	18.5
2002	25.9	18.8
2003	26.3	19.1
2004	26.7	19.4
2005	27	19.7
2006	27.4	19.9
2007	27.8	20.2
2008	28.2	20.4
2009	28.6	20.5
2010	29	20.6
2011	29.4	20.6
2012	29.8	20.8
2013	30.3	21
2014	30.7	21.3
2015	31.2	21.6
2016	31.7	21.9
2017	32.1	22.2
2018	32.6	22.4
2019	33	22.6
2020	33.5	22.6
2021	34	22.5
2022	34.5	22.2
2023	35.1	21.9
2024	35.6	21.8

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