Costa Rica vs Mexico statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 131M in Mexico (ranked 11/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 750,563 sq mi for Mexico (ranked 126th vs. 13th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Mexico ranks 12/197 ($1.85T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Mexico ranks 71/197 ($14,158).

Costa Rica and Mexico: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Mexico economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Mexico

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Mexico
1960	$507,513,830	$13,040,000,000
1961	$490,325,182	$14,160,000,000
1962	$479,180,824	$15,200,000,000
1963	$511,902,137	$16,960,000,000
1964	$542,578,367	$20,080,000,000
1965	$592,981,162	$21,840,000,000
1966	$647,305,630	$24,320,000,000
1967	$699,456,619	$26,560,000,000
1968	$773,841,494	$29,360,000,000
1969	$853,630,204	$32,480,000,000
1970	$984,830,158	$35,520,000,000
1971	$1,077,147,538	$39,200,000,000
1972	$1,238,251,696	$45,200,000,000
1973	$1,528,925,846	$55,280,000,000
1974	$1,666,544,754	$72,000,000,000
1975	$1,960,863,466	$88,000,000,000
1976	$2,412,555,426	$88,875,923,765
1977	$3,072,427,013	$81,912,018,784
1978	$3,523,208,810	$102,648,570,299
1979	$4,035,519,323	$134,531,900,899
1980	$4,831,447,001	$205,577,055,466
1981	$2,623,803,096	$263,797,827,860
1982	$2,606,623,555	$184,602,611,610
1983	$3,146,772,631	$156,167,000,433
1984	$3,660,477,856	$184,230,754,105
1985	$3,919,203,960	$195,241,069,482
1986	$4,418,983,871	$134,556,034,673
1987	$4,532,952,047	$147,542,558,209
1988	$4,614,629,898	$181,611,150,497
1989	$5,251,025,767	$221,403,098,267
1990	$5,711,687,787	$261,253,675,693
1991	$7,215,725,487	$313,139,656,146
1992	$8,579,754,758	$363,157,832,924
1993	$9,564,815,975	$530,160,763,663
1994	$10,489,903,725	$553,618,247,901
1995	$11,578,594,260	$380,157,469,867
1996	$11,678,424,507	$432,157,945,024
1997	$12,614,602,382	$523,449,530,464
1998	$13,684,255,947	$557,461,102,631
1999	$14,254,866,285	$631,249,359,702
2000	$15,013,629,662	$742,061,329,749
2001	$15,976,174,337	$796,064,590,549
2002	$16,578,820,687	$810,666,116,402
2003	$17,271,760,507	$765,549,967,889
2004	$18,610,594,846	$819,459,227,375
2005	$20,040,642,477	$917,571,853,529
2006	$22,715,540,324	$1,020,265,057,882
2007	$26,884,700,709	$1,102,355,554,880
2008	$30,801,745,700	$1,161,553,459,985
2009	$30,745,714,313	$943,437,415,025
2010	$37,658,616,952	$1,105,424,238,573
2011	$42,762,613,699	$1,229,013,703,578
2012	$47,231,655,432	$1,255,110,424,666
2013	$50,949,668,842	$1,327,436,290,439
2014	$52,016,408,854	$1,364,507,717,765
2015	$56,441,920,821	$1,213,294,467,780
2016	$58,847,019,610	$1,112,233,497,453
2017	$60,516,044,657	$1,190,721,475,906
2018	$62,420,164,992	$1,256,300,182,776
2019	$64,417,670,521	$1,304,106,203,902
2020	$62,395,610,760	$1,121,064,767,402
2021	$64,960,725,734	$1,316,569,466,735
2022	$69,243,626,029	$1,466,464,899,304
2023	$86,497,941,439	$1,793,798,859,343
2024	$95,350,423,177	$1,852,722,885,258

Costa Rica and Mexico economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Mexico

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Mexico
1960	$382	$355
1961	$356	$374
1962	$335	$388
1963	$346	$420
1964	$354	$481
1965	$374	$506
1966	$395	$545
1967	$414	$576
1968	$445	$616
1969	$477	$660
1970	$536	$699
1971	$570	$748
1972	$639	$837
1973	$769	$993
1974	$817	$1,256
1975	$937	$1,492
1976	$1,123	$1,465
1977	$1,393	$1,315
1978	$1,556	$1,604
1979	$1,735	$2,049
1980	$2,021	$3,055
1981	$1,068	$3,829
1982	$1,032	$2,621
1983	$1,213	$2,170
1984	$1,372	$2,506
1985	$1,429	$2,602
1986	$1,569	$1,757
1987	$1,567	$1,888
1988	$1,555	$2,279
1989	$1,725	$2,725
1990	$1,830	$3,154
1991	$2,253	$3,709
1992	$2,612	$4,221
1993	$2,840	$6,048
1994	$3,040	$6,202
1995	$3,275	$4,184
1996	$3,227	$4,674
1997	$3,408	$5,567
1998	$3,617	$5,833
1999	$3,691	$6,500
2000	$3,813	$7,524
2001	$3,985	$7,953
2002	$4,068	$7,983
2003	$4,173	$7,434
2004	$4,431	$7,850
2005	$4,703	$8,672
2006	$5,257	$9,513
2007	$6,138	$10,134
2008	$6,937	$10,524
2009	$6,833	$8,424
2010	$8,266	$9,729
2011	$9,276	$10,664
2012	$10,127	$10,744
2013	$10,803	$11,217
2014	$10,911	$11,391
2015	$11,715	$10,021
2016	$12,091	$9,098
2017	$12,317	$9,649
2018	$12,590	$10,085
2019	$12,885	$10,370
2020	$12,394	$8,841
2021	$12,838	$10,314
2022	$13,626	$11,402
2023	$16,942	$13,826
2024	$18,587	$14,158

Costa Rica vs. Mexico life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Mexico

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Mexico
1950	57.5	43.8
1951	57.8	44.8
1952	58.1	45.7
1953	59.1	47
1954	59.9	48.3
1955	60.5	49.6
1956	61.2	50.4
1957	61.6	51.1
1958	62.3	51.8
1959	62.9	52.7
1960	63.5	53.6
1961	63.9	54.4
1962	64.2	55.1
1963	64.3	55.5
1964	64.5	55.9
1965	64.8	56.7
1966	65.1	57.4
1967	65.6	58
1968	65.8	58.2
1969	66.4	58.4
1970	66.8	58.9
1971	67.4	59.4
1972	68	60.1
1973	68.7	60.5
1974	69.4	61.2
1975	70.3	61.9
1976	70.9	62.5
1977	71.5	63
1978	72	63.4
1979	72.5	63.9
1980	73	64.3
1981	73.4	64.7
1982	73.9	65.3
1983	74.2	65.8
1984	74.6	66.2
1985	74.8	66.8
1986	74.9	67.4
1987	75.2	67.9
1988	75.5	68.3
1989	75.9	68.6
1990	76.1	69
1991	76.2	69.4
1992	76.4	69.7
1993	76.3	70
1994	76.3	70.3
1995	76.4	70.7
1996	76.4	71.1
1997	76.6	71.5
1998	76.9	71.8
1999	77.1	72.2
2000	77.3	72.6
2001	77.6	72.9
2002	77.9	73.1
2003	78.2	73.3
2004	78.5	73.4
2005	78.9	73.6
2006	79	73.7
2007	79.1	73.8
2008	79.2	73.7
2009	79.4	73.6
2010	79.4	73.7
2011	79.6	73.9
2012	79.9	74.1
2013	80.2	74.3
2014	80.2	74.4
2015	80.4	74.4
2016	80	74.4
2017	80	74.3
2018	80.1	74.3
2019	80.3	74.5
2020	79.7	70.4
2021	78.1	69.7
2022	79.3	74
2023	80.8	75.1
2024	81	75.3
2025	81.2	75.4

Costa Rica and Mexico population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Mexico

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Mexico
1960	1,327,496	36,724,615
1961	1,377,920	37,890,118
1962	1,429,445	39,129,200
1963	1,481,604	40,424,065
1964	1,533,960	41,772,049
1965	1,586,208	43,174,477
1966	1,638,116	44,629,106
1967	1,689,523	46,129,608
1968	1,739,731	47,668,303
1969	1,789,276	49,233,194
1970	1,838,949	50,814,953
1971	1,888,539	52,412,558
1972	1,938,248	54,030,168
1973	1,988,343	55,667,284
1974	2,039,643	57,320,149
1975	2,092,719	58,982,400
1976	2,147,774	60,645,512
1977	2,205,025	62,308,493
1978	2,264,510	63,979,046
1979	2,326,490	65,648,865
1980	2,390,633	67,300,334
1981	2,456,637	68,892,108
1982	2,524,806	70,433,260
1983	2,595,153	71,971,240
1984	2,667,595	73,506,846
1985	2,741,894	75,043,414
1986	2,817,216	76,585,637
1987	2,892,699	78,136,651
1988	2,968,103	79,695,531
1989	3,043,827	81,247,182
1990	3,121,706	82,820,170
1991	3,202,176	84,430,572
1992	3,284,258	86,044,809
1993	3,367,434	87,653,807
1994	3,451,122	89,259,205
1995	3,535,176	90,862,455
1996	3,619,013	92,452,702
1997	3,701,711	94,021,207
1998	3,782,838	95,575,245
1999	3,862,101	97,115,707
2000	3,937,739	98,625,552
2001	4,008,947	100,099,099
2002	4,075,705	101,548,624
2003	4,138,784	102,978,515
2004	4,200,078	104,394,131
2005	4,261,240	105,811,504
2006	4,321,340	107,253,666
2007	4,380,248	108,774,360
2008	4,440,056	110,374,288
2009	4,499,791	111,999,721
2010	4,555,962	113,623,895
2011	4,609,833	115,243,504
2012	4,663,934	116,818,208
2013	4,716,147	118,343,573
2014	4,767,119	119,784,261
2015	4,818,038	121,072,306
2016	4,866,998	122,251,351
2017	4,913,177	123,400,057
2018	4,957,818	124,573,711
2019	4,999,553	125,762,982
2020	5,034,320	126,799,054
2021	5,059,988	127,648,148
2022	5,081,765	128,613,117
2023	5,105,525	129,739,759
2024	5,129,910	130,861,007

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Mexico

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Mexico

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Mexico
1960	6.71	6.76
1961	6.65	6.78
1962	6.54	6.8
1963	6.39	6.82
1964	6.19	6.83
1965	5.96	6.82
1966	5.7	6.79
1967	5.42	6.75
1968	5.03	6.71
1969	4.84	6.63
1970	4.59	6.53
1971	4.36	6.42
1972	4.16	6.28
1973	3.99	6.12
1974	3.89	5.95
1975	3.8	5.74
1976	3.75	5.54
1977	3.7	5.36
1978	3.66	5.2
1979	3.65	4.96
1980	3.58	4.74
1981	3.56	4.57
1982	3.54	4.43
1983	3.53	4.3
1984	3.52	4.18
1985	3.51	4.09
1986	3.45	3.97
1987	3.38	3.8
1988	3.31	3.64
1989	3.24	3.53
1990	3.17	3.44
1991	3.08	3.36
1992	3	3.29
1993	2.93	3.21
1994	2.86	3.13
1995	2.78	3.04
1996	2.68	2.96
1997	2.59	2.89
1998	2.53	2.82
1999	2.48	2.76
2000	2.41	2.71
2001	2.31	2.67
2002	2.16	2.63
2003	2.08	2.58
2004	2.03	2.54
2005	2.04	2.5
2006	1.94	2.46
2007	1.95	2.42
2008	1.98	2.39
2009	1.95	2.36
2010	1.83	2.34
2011	1.88	2.32
2012	1.85	2.29
2013	1.78	2.27
2014	1.8	2.21
2015	1.8	2.14
2016	1.75	2.09
2017	1.71	2.04
2018	1.71	2.03
2019	1.6	2.02
2020	1.45	1.99
2021	1.35	1.97
2022	1.34	1.94
2023	1.33	1.91

Costa Rica and Mexico demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Mexico

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Mexico
1960	16.8	16.6
1961	16.8	16.5
1962	16.7	16.4
1963	16.7	16.3
1964	16.7	16.3
1965	16.7	16.2
1966	16.8	16.2
1967	16.9	16.1
1968	17.1	16.1
1969	17.3	16.1
1970	17.6	16.1
1971	17.8	16
1972	18.1	16
1973	18.4	16.1
1974	18.6	16.1
1975	18.9	16.2
1976	19.2	16.2
1977	19.5	16.4
1978	19.7	16.5
1979	20	16.6
1980	20.3	16.8
1981	20.6	17.1
1982	20.9	17.4
1983	21.2	17.7
1984	21.4	18
1985	21.6	18.3
1986	21.8	18.6
1987	22.1	18.9
1988	22.3	19.2
1989	22.5	19.4
1990	22.7	19.7
1991	22.9	20
1992	23.2	20.4
1993	23.4	20.7
1994	23.6	21
1995	23.9	21.4
1996	24.1	21.7
1997	24.4	22
1998	24.7	22.2
1999	24.9	22.5
2000	25.2	22.8
2001	25.5	23.1
2002	25.9	23.5
2003	26.3	23.8
2004	26.7	24.1
2005	27	24.4
2006	27.4	24.7
2007	27.8	25
2008	28.2	25.3
2009	28.6	25.6
2010	29	25.8
2011	29.4	26.1
2012	29.8	26.4
2013	30.3	26.7
2014	30.7	27
2015	31.2	27.3
2016	31.7	27.6
2017	32.1	28
2018	32.6	28.3
2019	33	28.6
2020	33.5	29
2021	34	29.2
2022	34.5	29.5
2023	35.1	29.9
2024	35.6	30.3

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