Costa Rica vs Nauru statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 11.9K in Nauru (ranked 195/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 7.72 sq mi for Nauru (ranked 126th vs. 195th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Nauru ranks 195/197 ($160M). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Nauru ranks 75/197 ($13,422).

Costa Rica and Nauru: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Nauru economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Nauru
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	$17,570,366
1971	$1,077,147,538	$19,009,433
1972	$1,238,251,696	$21,734,269
1973	$1,528,925,846	$26,529,817
1974	$1,666,544,754	$35,994,511
1975	$1,960,863,466	$40,106,776
1976	$2,412,555,426	$40,287,427
1977	$3,072,427,013	$40,444,702
1978	$3,523,208,810	$41,754,147
1979	$4,035,519,323	$44,431,330
1980	$4,831,447,001	$46,947,124
1981	$2,623,803,096	$51,689,637
1982	$2,606,623,555	$52,877,742
1983	$3,146,772,631	$48,439,093
1984	$3,660,477,856	$47,363,231
1985	$3,919,203,960	$41,548,741
1986	$4,418,983,871	$39,939,391
1987	$4,532,952,047	$40,118,410
1988	$4,614,629,898	$45,931,134
1989	$5,251,025,767	$53,736,786
1990	$5,711,687,787	$55,572,376
1991	$7,215,725,487	$52,533,789
1992	$8,579,754,758	$51,133,123
1993	$9,564,815,975	$43,542,088
1994	$10,489,903,725	$39,742,511
1995	$11,578,594,260	$39,969,706
1996	$11,678,424,507	$37,458,801
1997	$12,614,602,382	$37,331,507
1998	$13,684,255,947	$29,664,451
1999	$14,254,866,285	$27,328,613
2000	$15,013,629,662	$26,930,980
2001	$15,976,174,337	$22,613,288
2002	$16,578,820,687	$21,017,424
2003	$17,271,760,507	$24,778,160
2004	$18,610,594,846	$30,587,566
2005	$20,040,642,477	$30,282,840
2006	$22,715,540,324	$29,183,627
2007	$26,884,700,709	$23,068,623
2008	$30,801,745,700	$37,184,925
2009	$30,745,714,313	$44,024,970
2010	$37,658,616,952	$47,442,299
2011	$42,762,613,699	$65,444,174
2012	$47,231,655,432	$100,794,925
2013	$50,949,668,842	$94,385,015
2014	$52,016,408,854	$98,752,257
2015	$56,441,920,821	$84,383,389
2016	$58,847,019,610	$97,276,023
2017	$60,516,044,657	$108,862,279
2018	$62,420,164,992	$130,937,590
2019	$64,417,670,521	$124,871,111
2020	$62,395,610,760	$124,530,027
2021	$64,960,725,734	$175,513,985
2022	$69,243,626,029	$152,190,819
2023	$86,497,941,439	$151,455,968
2024	$95,350,423,177	$160,350,640

Costa Rica and Nauru economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Nauru

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Nauru
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$2,619
1971	$570	$2,811
1972	$639	$3,191
1973	$769	$3,864
1974	$817	$5,199
1975	$937	$5,740
1976	$1,123	$5,703
1977	$1,393	$5,646
1978	$1,556	$5,721
1979	$1,735	$5,950
1980	$2,021	$6,138
1981	$1,068	$6,594
1982	$1,032	$6,577
1983	$1,213	$5,896
1984	$1,372	$5,654
1985	$1,429	$4,859
1986	$1,569	$4,569
1987	$1,567	$4,485
1988	$1,555	$5,012
1989	$1,725	$5,723
1990	$1,830	$5,776
1991	$2,253	$5,333
1992	$2,612	$5,103
1993	$2,840	$4,310
1994	$3,040	$3,921
1995	$3,275	$3,932
1996	$3,227	$3,679
1997	$3,408	$3,661
1998	$3,617	$2,909
1999	$3,691	$2,683
2000	$3,813	$2,649
2001	$3,985	$2,232
2002	$4,068	$2,085
2003	$4,173	$2,463
2004	$4,431	$3,041
2005	$4,703	$3,014
2006	$5,257	$2,908
2007	$6,138	$2,302
2008	$6,937	$3,715
2009	$6,833	$4,395
2010	$8,266	$4,724
2011	$9,276	$6,481
2012	$10,127	$9,817
2013	$10,803	$8,975
2014	$10,911	$9,193
2015	$11,715	$7,703
2016	$12,091	$8,724
2017	$12,317	$9,613
2018	$12,590	$11,409
2019	$12,885	$10,777
2020	$12,394	$10,696
2021	$12,838	$14,990
2022	$13,626	$12,896
2023	$16,942	$12,754
2024	$18,587	$13,422

Costa Rica vs. Nauru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Nauru

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Nauru
1950	57.5	56.6
1951	57.8	56.8
1952	58.1	57
1953	59.1	57.2
1954	59.9	57.4
1955	60.5	57.5
1956	61.2	57.6
1957	61.6	57.7
1958	62.3	57.8
1959	62.9	57.9
1960	63.5	57.9
1961	63.9	58
1962	64.2	58
1963	64.3	58.1
1964	64.5	58.2
1965	64.8	58.3
1966	65.1	58.4
1967	65.6	58.6
1968	65.8	58.6
1969	66.4	58.4
1970	66.8	58.4
1971	67.4	58.4
1972	68	58.4
1973	68.7	58.4
1974	69.4	58.3
1975	70.3	58.3
1976	70.9	58.2
1977	71.5	58.1
1978	72	58.3
1979	72.5	58.4
1980	73	58.5
1981	73.4	58.6
1982	73.9	58.6
1983	74.2	58.7
1984	74.6	58.7
1985	74.8	58.6
1986	74.9	58.6
1987	75.2	58.6
1988	75.5	58.7
1989	75.9	58.9
1990	76.1	59.1
1991	76.2	59.3
1992	76.4	59.5
1993	76.3	59.8
1994	76.3	60
1995	76.4	60.1
1996	76.4	60.1
1997	76.6	60
1998	76.9	59.9
1999	77.1	59.7
2000	77.3	59.6
2001	77.6	59.5
2002	77.9	59.4
2003	78.2	59.4
2004	78.5	59.3
2005	78.9	59.4
2006	79	59.4
2007	79.1	59.5
2008	79.2	59.7
2009	79.4	59.9
2010	79.4	60.1
2011	79.6	60.3
2012	79.9	60.5
2013	80.2	60.7
2014	80.2	60.8
2015	80.4	60.9
2016	80	61
2017	80	61.1
2018	80.1	61.2
2019	80.3	61.4
2020	79.7	61.5
2021	78.1	61.3
2022	79.3	61.9
2023	80.8	62.1
2024	81	62.3
2025	81.2	62.4

Costa Rica and Nauru population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Nauru

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Nauru
1960	1,327,496	4,607
1961	1,377,920	4,774
1962	1,429,445	4,979
1963	1,481,604	5,226
1964	1,533,960	5,515
1965	1,586,208	5,832
1966	1,638,116	6,043
1967	1,689,523	6,135
1968	1,739,731	6,328
1969	1,789,276	6,581
1970	1,838,949	6,710
1971	1,888,539	6,762
1972	1,938,248	6,812
1973	1,988,343	6,866
1974	2,039,643	6,923
1975	2,092,719	6,987
1976	2,147,774	7,064
1977	2,205,025	7,163
1978	2,264,510	7,298
1979	2,326,490	7,468
1980	2,390,633	7,649
1981	2,456,637	7,839
1982	2,524,806	8,040
1983	2,595,153	8,216
1984	2,667,595	8,377
1985	2,741,894	8,551
1986	2,817,216	8,742
1987	2,892,699	8,946
1988	2,968,103	9,165
1989	3,043,827	9,390
1990	3,121,706	9,622
1991	3,202,176	9,850
1992	3,284,258	10,021
1993	3,367,434	10,102
1994	3,451,122	10,137
1995	3,535,176	10,165
1996	3,619,013	10,183
1997	3,701,711	10,197
1998	3,782,838	10,198
1999	3,862,101	10,187
2000	3,937,739	10,168
2001	4,008,947	10,130
2002	4,075,705	10,082
2003	4,138,784	10,059
2004	4,200,078	10,060
2005	4,261,240	10,049
2006	4,321,340	10,034
2007	4,380,248	10,020
2008	4,440,056	10,009
2009	4,499,791	10,016
2010	4,555,962	10,043
2011	4,609,833	10,098
2012	4,663,934	10,267
2013	4,716,147	10,517
2014	4,767,119	10,742
2015	4,818,038	10,954
2016	4,866,998	11,150
2017	4,913,177	11,324
2018	4,957,818	11,477
2019	4,999,553	11,587
2020	5,034,320	11,643
2021	5,059,988	11,709
2022	5,081,765	11,801
2023	5,105,525	11,875
2024	5,129,910	11,947

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Nauru

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Nauru

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Nauru
1960	6.71	5.34
1961	6.65	5.38
1962	6.54	5.42
1963	6.39	5.44
1964	6.19	5.47
1965	5.96	5.48
1966	5.7	5.41
1967	5.42	5.29
1968	5.03	5.14
1969	4.84	4.94
1970	4.59	4.74
1971	4.36	4.54
1972	4.16	4.36
1973	3.99	4.19
1974	3.89	4.07
1975	3.8	3.97
1976	3.75	3.9
1977	3.7	3.86
1978	3.66	3.84
1979	3.65	3.85
1980	3.58	3.88
1981	3.56	3.94
1982	3.54	3.99
1983	3.53	4.06
1984	3.52	4.11
1985	3.51	4.14
1986	3.45	4.15
1987	3.38	4.14
1988	3.31	4.11
1989	3.24	4.07
1990	3.17	4.02
1991	3.08	3.99
1992	3	3.95
1993	2.93	3.89
1994	2.86	3.84
1995	2.78	3.81
1996	2.68	3.78
1997	2.59	3.74
1998	2.53	3.68
1999	2.48	3.64
2000	2.41	3.54
2001	2.31	3.46
2002	2.16	3.4
2003	2.08	3.39
2004	2.03	3.38
2005	2.04	3.38
2006	1.94	3.4
2007	1.95	3.5
2008	1.98	3.67
2009	1.95	3.85
2010	1.83	4.02
2011	1.88	4.12
2012	1.85	4.12
2013	1.78	4.1
2014	1.8	4.09
2015	1.8	4.08
2016	1.75	4.03
2017	1.71	3.88
2018	1.71	3.68
2019	1.6	3.53
2020	1.45	3.47
2021	1.35	3.43
2022	1.34	3.38
2023	1.33	3.33

Costa Rica and Nauru demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Nauru

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Nauru
1960	16.8	23.8
1961	16.8	24
1962	16.7	23.9
1963	16.7	23.7
1964	16.7	23.4
1965	16.7	23.1
1966	16.8	22.9
1967	16.9	22.9
1968	17.1	21.2
1969	17.3	18.9
1970	17.6	18.7
1971	17.8	19.1
1972	18.1	19.4
1973	18.4	19.8
1974	18.6	20.4
1975	18.9	21
1976	19.2	21.5
1977	19.5	22.1
1978	19.7	22.9
1979	20	23.6
1980	20.3	24.2
1981	20.6	24.7
1982	20.9	25.1
1983	21.2	25.2
1984	21.4	24.5
1985	21.6	23.7
1986	21.8	22.8
1987	22.1	22.1
1988	22.3	21.4
1989	22.5	20.8
1990	22.7	20.2
1991	22.9	19.7
1992	23.2	19.4
1993	23.4	19.3
1994	23.6	19.3
1995	23.9	19.3
1996	24.1	19.4
1997	24.4	19.5
1998	24.7	19.6
1999	24.9	19.8
2000	25.2	20.1
2001	25.5	20.4
2002	25.9	20.6
2003	26.3	20.8
2004	26.7	21
2005	27	21.2
2006	27.4	21.3
2007	27.8	21.5
2008	28.2	21.7
2009	28.6	21.8
2010	29	21.8
2011	29.4	21.8
2012	29.8	21.7
2013	30.3	21.6
2014	30.7	21.5
2015	31.2	21.4
2016	31.7	21.5
2017	32.1	21.6
2018	32.6	21.8
2019	33	21.9
2020	33.5	21.8
2021	34	21.7
2022	34.5	21.6
2023	35.1	21.5
2024	35.6	21.4

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