Costa Rica vs Moldova statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 2.39M in Moldova (ranked 144/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 12,714 sq mi for Moldova (ranked 126th vs. 135th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Moldova ranks 134/197 ($18.2B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Moldova ranks 99/197 ($7,618).

Costa Rica and Moldova: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Moldova economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Moldova

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Moldova
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	-
1981	$2,623,803,096	-
1982	$2,606,623,555	-
1983	$3,146,772,631	-
1984	$3,660,477,856	-
1985	$3,919,203,960	-
1986	$4,418,983,871	-
1987	$4,532,952,047	-
1988	$4,614,629,898	-
1989	$5,251,025,767	-
1990	$5,711,687,787	$3,592,857,043
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,094,565,871
1992	$8,579,754,758	$2,319,243,436
1993	$9,564,815,975	$2,371,813,324
1994	$10,489,903,725	$1,702,314,268
1995	$11,578,594,260	$1,752,999,370
1996	$11,678,424,507	$1,695,122,174
1997	$12,614,602,382	$1,930,081,169
1998	$13,684,255,947	$1,698,717,505
1999	$14,254,866,285	$1,170,782,957
2000	$15,013,629,662	$1,288,429,392
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,480,673,594
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,661,818,168
2003	$17,271,760,507	$1,980,907,435
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,598,249,556
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,988,342,907
2006	$22,715,540,324	$3,408,255,451
2007	$26,884,700,709	$4,401,173,152
2008	$30,801,745,700	$6,054,824,248
2009	$30,745,714,313	$5,439,434,272
2010	$37,658,616,952	$6,974,982,370
2011	$42,762,613,699	$8,414,352,020
2012	$47,231,655,432	$8,709,138,635
2013	$50,949,668,842	$9,496,717,876
2014	$52,016,408,854	$9,402,090,138
2015	$56,441,920,821	$7,797,667,197
2016	$58,847,019,610	$7,980,917,076
2017	$60,516,044,657	$9,514,404,016
2018	$62,420,164,992	$11,252,353,421
2019	$64,417,670,521	$11,736,797,055
2020	$62,395,610,760	$11,530,746,234
2021	$64,960,725,734	$13,691,869,264
2022	$69,243,626,029	$14,525,337,524
2023	$86,497,941,439	$16,711,906,746
2024	$95,350,423,177	$18,200,340,854

Costa Rica and Moldova economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Moldova

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Moldova
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	-
1981	$1,068	-
1982	$1,032	-
1983	$1,213	-
1984	$1,372	-
1985	$1,429	-
1986	$1,569	-
1987	$1,567	-
1988	$1,555	-
1989	$1,725	-
1990	$1,830	$1,207
1991	$2,253	$1,038
1992	$2,612	$778
1993	$2,840	$797
1994	$3,040	$574
1995	$3,275	$594
1996	$3,227	$575
1997	$3,408	$657
1998	$3,617	$579
1999	$3,691	$399
2000	$3,813	$441
2001	$3,985	$507
2002	$4,068	$571
2003	$4,173	$682
2004	$4,431	$897
2005	$4,703	$1,034
2006	$5,257	$1,183
2007	$6,138	$1,531
2008	$6,937	$2,111
2009	$6,833	$1,898
2010	$8,266	$2,437
2011	$9,276	$2,941
2012	$10,127	$3,045
2013	$10,803	$3,321
2014	$10,911	$3,290
2015	$11,715	$2,750
2016	$12,091	$2,847
2017	$12,317	$3,453
2018	$12,590	$4,156
2019	$12,885	$4,405
2020	$12,394	$4,376
2021	$12,838	$5,275
2022	$13,626	$5,744
2023	$16,942	$6,800
2024	$18,587	$7,618

Costa Rica vs. Moldova life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Moldova

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Moldova
1950	57.5	54
1951	57.8	54.5
1952	58.1	55.1
1953	59.1	55.7
1954	59.9	56.3
1955	60.5	56.9
1956	61.2	57.4
1957	61.6	58
1958	62.3	58.5
1959	62.9	59
1960	63.5	59.4
1961	63.9	59.9
1962	64.2	60.3
1963	64.3	60.6
1964	64.5	61
1965	64.8	61.3
1966	65.1	61.6
1967	65.6	61.8
1968	65.8	62
1969	66.4	62.2
1970	66.8	62.4
1971	67.4	62.7
1972	68	62.9
1973	68.7	63.2
1974	69.4	63.4
1975	70.3	63.7
1976	70.9	64
1977	71.5	64.2
1978	72	64.5
1979	72.5	64.8
1980	73	65.2
1981	73.4	65.6
1982	73.9	65.9
1983	74.2	66.1
1984	74.6	66.4
1985	74.8	66.9
1986	74.9	67.4
1987	75.2	67.9
1988	75.5	68.2
1989	75.9	68.2
1990	76.1	67.9
1991	76.2	67.6
1992	76.4	66.7
1993	76.3	66.7
1994	76.3	66.3
1995	76.4	66.2
1996	76.4	66.2
1997	76.6	66.5
1998	76.9	66.8
1999	77.1	67.2
2000	77.3	67.5
2001	77.6	67.7
2002	77.9	67.8
2003	78.2	67.9
2004	78.5	68
2005	78.9	68.2
2006	79	68.4
2007	79.1	68.7
2008	79.2	69
2009	79.4	69.4
2010	79.4	69.9
2011	79.6	70.2
2012	79.9	70.3
2013	80.2	70.3
2014	80.2	70.2
2015	80.4	70.1
2016	80	70.2
2017	80	70.4
2018	80.1	70.2
2019	80.3	70.2
2020	79.7	69.9
2021	78.1	69
2022	79.3	71.5
2023	80.8	71.2
2024	81	71.3
2025	81.2	71.5

Costa Rica and Moldova population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Moldova

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Moldova
1960	1,327,496	2,058,020
1961	1,377,920	2,103,327
1962	1,429,445	2,147,227
1963	1,481,604	2,188,895
1964	1,533,960	2,228,000
1965	1,586,208	2,265,287
1966	1,638,116	2,301,871
1967	1,689,523	2,337,695
1968	1,739,731	2,373,073
1969	1,789,276	2,408,469
1970	1,838,949	2,437,590
1971	1,888,539	2,460,611
1972	1,938,248	2,484,742
1973	1,988,343	2,510,584
1974	2,039,643	2,538,164
1975	2,092,719	2,566,998
1976	2,147,774	2,596,491
1977	2,205,025	2,626,298
1978	2,264,510	2,656,211
1979	2,326,490	2,683,035
1980	2,390,633	2,708,675
1981	2,456,637	2,735,987
1982	2,524,806	2,763,101
1983	2,595,153	2,791,207
1984	2,667,595	2,820,518
1985	2,741,894	2,850,787
1986	2,817,216	2,883,057
1987	2,892,699	2,916,306
1988	2,968,103	2,948,891
1989	3,043,827	2,970,039
1990	3,121,706	2,977,912
1991	3,202,176	2,981,566
1992	3,284,258	2,980,965
1993	3,367,434	2,975,966
1994	3,451,122	2,966,745
1995	3,535,176	2,953,200
1996	3,619,013	2,947,293
1997	3,701,711	2,936,413
1998	3,782,838	2,935,227
1999	3,862,101	2,930,622
2000	3,937,739	2,924,668
2001	4,008,947	2,918,135
2002	4,075,705	2,911,385
2003	4,138,784	2,903,198
2004	4,200,078	2,896,023
2005	4,261,240	2,888,985
2006	4,321,340	2,880,967
2007	4,380,248	2,874,299
2008	4,440,056	2,868,833
2009	4,499,791	2,865,213
2010	4,555,962	2,862,354
2011	4,609,833	2,860,699
2012	4,663,934	2,860,324
2013	4,716,147	2,859,558
2014	4,767,119	2,857,815
2015	4,818,038	2,835,978
2016	4,866,998	2,803,186
2017	4,913,177	2,755,189
2018	4,957,818	2,707,203
2019	4,999,553	2,664,224
2020	5,034,320	2,635,130
2021	5,059,988	2,595,809
2022	5,081,765	2,528,654
2023	5,105,525	2,457,783
2024	5,129,910	2,389,275

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Moldova

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Moldova

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Moldova
1960	6.71	3.32
1961	6.65	3.23
1962	6.54	3.04
1963	6.39	2.89
1964	6.19	2.71
1965	5.96	2.69
1966	5.7	2.65
1967	5.42	2.62
1968	5.03	2.59
1969	4.84	2.57
1970	4.59	2.57
1971	4.36	2.56
1972	4.16	2.56
1973	3.99	2.57
1974	3.89	2.56
1975	3.8	2.52
1976	3.75	2.47
1977	3.7	2.42
1978	3.66	2.39
1979	3.65	2.38
1980	3.58	2.38
1981	3.56	2.4
1982	3.54	2.45
1983	3.53	2.58
1984	3.52	2.67
1985	3.51	2.67
1986	3.45	2.74
1987	3.38	2.78
1988	3.31	2.63
1989	3.24	2.46
1990	3.17	2.39
1991	3.08	2.28
1992	3	2.22
1993	2.93	2.11
1994	2.86	1.99
1995	2.78	1.83
1996	2.68	1.71
1997	2.59	1.79
1998	2.53	1.65
1999	2.48	1.56
2000	2.41	1.5
2001	2.31	1.47
2002	2.16	1.45
2003	2.08	1.48
2004	2.03	1.54
2005	2.04	1.53
2006	1.94	1.54
2007	1.95	1.58
2008	1.98	1.64
2009	1.95	1.72
2010	1.83	1.7
2011	1.88	1.65
2012	1.85	1.66
2013	1.78	1.62
2014	1.8	1.82
2015	1.8	1.87
2016	1.75	1.89
2017	1.71	1.81
2018	1.71	1.81
2019	1.6	1.78
2020	1.45	1.77
2021	1.35	1.75
2022	1.34	1.69
2023	1.33	1.73

Costa Rica and Moldova demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Moldova

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Moldova
1960	16.8	24.6
1961	16.8	24.7
1962	16.7	24.9
1963	16.7	25.1
1964	16.7	25.4
1965	16.7	25.7
1966	16.8	25.9
1967	16.9	26.1
1968	17.1	26.3
1969	17.3	26.4
1970	17.6	26.4
1971	17.8	26.3
1972	18.1	26.3
1973	18.4	26.3
1974	18.6	26.5
1975	18.9	26.7
1976	19.2	26.9
1977	19.5	27.2
1978	19.7	27.5
1979	20	27.6
1980	20.3	27.6
1981	20.6	27.9
1982	20.9	28.1
1983	21.2	28.3
1984	21.4	28.5
1985	21.6	28.7
1986	21.8	28.9
1987	22.1	29.1
1988	22.3	29.3
1989	22.5	29.5
1990	22.7	29.8
1991	22.9	30.2
1992	23.2	30.4
1993	23.4	30.6
1994	23.6	30.8
1995	23.9	31
1996	24.1	31.2
1997	24.4	31.3
1998	24.7	31.5
1999	24.9	31.8
2000	25.2	32
2001	25.5	32.2
2002	25.9	32.4
2003	26.3	32.6
2004	26.7	32.8
2005	27	33
2006	27.4	33.3
2007	27.8	33.6
2008	28.2	33.9
2009	28.6	34.3
2010	29	34.6
2011	29.4	34.9
2012	29.8	35.1
2013	30.3	35.4
2014	30.7	35.7
2015	31.2	36.1
2016	31.7	36.5
2017	32.1	36.8
2018	32.6	37.2
2019	33	37.6
2020	33.5	38
2021	34	38.3
2022	34.5	38.6
2023	35.1	38.8
2024	35.6	39.1

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