Costa Rica vs Nepal statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 29.7M in Nepal (ranked 51/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 55,348 sq mi for Nepal (ranked 126th vs. 92nd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Nepal ranks 101/197 ($42.9B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Nepal ranks 164/197 ($1,447).

Costa Rica and Nepal: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Nepal economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Nepal

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Nepal
1960	$507,513,830	$508,334,414
1961	$490,325,182	$531,959,562
1962	$479,180,824	$574,091,101
1963	$511,902,137	$496,947,904
1964	$542,578,367	$496,098,775
1965	$592,981,162	$735,267,082
1966	$647,305,630	$906,811,944
1967	$699,456,619	$841,974,025
1968	$773,841,494	$772,231,387
1969	$853,630,204	$788,641,965
1970	$984,830,158	$865,975,309
1971	$1,077,147,538	$882,765,472
1972	$1,238,251,696	$1,024,098,400
1973	$1,528,925,846	$972,101,725
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,217,953,547
1975	$1,960,863,466	$1,575,789,254
1976	$2,412,555,426	$1,452,788,985
1977	$3,072,427,013	$1,382,400,000
1978	$3,523,208,810	$1,604,162,497
1979	$4,035,519,323	$1,851,250,008
1980	$4,831,447,001	$1,945,916,583
1981	$2,623,803,096	$2,275,583,317
1982	$2,606,623,555	$2,395,423,742
1983	$3,146,772,631	$2,447,174,803
1984	$3,660,477,856	$2,581,207,388
1985	$3,919,203,960	$2,619,913,956
1986	$4,418,983,871	$2,850,782,044
1987	$4,532,952,047	$2,957,255,380
1988	$4,614,629,898	$3,487,009,748
1989	$5,251,025,767	$3,525,225,787
1990	$5,711,687,787	$3,627,560,239
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,921,476,085
1992	$8,579,754,758	$3,401,211,581
1993	$9,564,815,975	$3,660,041,667
1994	$10,489,903,725	$4,066,775,510
1995	$11,578,594,260	$4,401,104,418
1996	$11,678,424,507	$4,521,580,381
1997	$12,614,602,382	$4,918,691,917
1998	$13,684,255,947	$4,856,255,044
1999	$14,254,866,285	$5,033,642,384
2000	$15,013,629,662	$5,494,252,208
2001	$15,976,174,337	$6,007,055,042
2002	$16,578,820,687	$6,050,875,807
2003	$17,271,760,507	$6,330,473,097
2004	$18,610,594,846	$7,273,938,315
2005	$20,040,642,477	$8,130,258,378
2006	$22,715,540,324	$9,043,715,356
2007	$26,884,700,709	$10,325,618,017
2008	$30,801,745,700	$12,545,438,605
2009	$30,745,714,313	$12,854,985,464
2010	$37,658,616,952	$16,002,656,434
2011	$42,762,613,699	$21,573,872,421
2012	$47,231,655,432	$21,703,100,877
2013	$50,949,668,842	$22,162,204,925
2014	$52,016,408,854	$22,731,612,922
2015	$56,441,920,821	$24,360,801,287
2016	$58,847,019,610	$24,524,109,484
2017	$60,516,044,657	$28,971,588,940
2018	$62,420,164,992	$33,111,525,237
2019	$64,417,670,521	$34,186,180,699
2020	$62,395,610,760	$33,433,659,301
2021	$64,960,725,734	$36,924,841,394
2022	$69,243,626,029	$41,182,939,601
2023	$86,497,941,439	$41,047,772,331
2024	$95,350,423,177	$42,914,268,287

Costa Rica and Nepal economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Nepal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Nepal
1960	$382	$50.2
1961	$356	$51.6
1962	$335	$54.6
1963	$346	$46.3
1964	$354	$45.3
1965	$374	$65.8
1966	$395	$79.5
1967	$414	$72.3
1968	$445	$64.9
1969	$477	$64.8
1970	$536	$69.6
1971	$570	$69.5
1972	$639	$78.8
1973	$769	$73.2
1974	$817	$89.8
1975	$937	$113.6
1976	$1,123	$102.5
1977	$1,393	$95.3
1978	$1,556	$108.1
1979	$1,735	$121.9
1980	$2,021	$125.1
1981	$1,068	$142.9
1982	$1,032	$147
1983	$1,213	$146.6
1984	$1,372	$151.1
1985	$1,429	$149.9
1986	$1,569	$159.5
1987	$1,567	$162
1988	$1,555	$187.1
1989	$1,725	$185
1990	$1,830	$185.8
1991	$2,253	$195.7
1992	$2,612	$165
1993	$2,840	$172.8
1994	$3,040	$187.3
1995	$3,275	$197.8
1996	$3,227	$198.8
1997	$3,408	$211.8
1998	$3,617	$205.1
1999	$3,691	$208.6
2000	$3,813	$223.8
2001	$3,985	$240.8
2002	$4,068	$238.9
2003	$4,173	$246.4
2004	$4,431	$279.6
2005	$4,703	$309
2006	$5,257	$340
2007	$6,138	$385
2008	$6,937	$465
2009	$6,833	$473
2010	$8,266	$585
2011	$9,276	$786
2012	$10,127	$788
2013	$10,803	$803
2014	$10,911	$821
2015	$11,715	$876
2016	$12,091	$877
2017	$12,317	$1,034
2018	$12,590	$1,179
2019	$12,885	$1,203
2020	$12,394	$1,154
2021	$12,838	$1,253
2022	$13,626	$1,386
2023	$16,942	$1,382
2024	$18,587	$1,447

Costa Rica vs. Nepal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Nepal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Nepal
1950	57.5	37.6
1951	57.8	37.6
1952	58.1	37.7
1953	59.1	37.7
1954	59.9	37.8
1955	60.5	37.9
1956	61.2	37.9
1957	61.6	38
1958	62.3	38.1
1959	62.9	38.4
1960	63.5	38.7
1961	63.9	39
1962	64.2	39.3
1963	64.3	39.6
1964	64.5	40.2
1965	64.8	40.7
1966	65.1	41.2
1967	65.6	41.7
1968	65.8	42.2
1969	66.4	42.7
1970	66.8	43.2
1971	67.4	43.6
1972	68	44.1
1973	68.7	44.5
1974	69.4	44.9
1975	70.3	45.5
1976	70.9	46
1977	71.5	46.6
1978	72	47.2
1979	72.5	47.8
1980	73	48.3
1981	73.4	48.7
1982	73.9	49.2
1983	74.2	49.7
1984	74.6	50.2
1985	74.8	50.9
1986	74.9	51.6
1987	75.2	52.4
1988	75.5	53.1
1989	75.9	54
1990	76.1	54.8
1991	76.2	55.6
1992	76.4	56.7
1993	76.3	57.6
1994	76.3	58.6
1995	76.4	59.3
1996	76.4	60
1997	76.6	60.8
1998	76.9	61.5
1999	77.1	62
2000	77.3	62.6
2001	77.6	63.3
2002	77.9	63.5
2003	78.2	64.2
2004	78.5	64.7
2005	78.9	65.3
2006	79	65.9
2007	79.1	66.2
2008	79.2	66.4
2009	79.4	66.6
2010	79.4	66.8
2011	79.6	67.1
2012	79.9	67.4
2013	80.2	67.6
2014	80.2	67.8
2015	80.4	67.4
2016	80	68.4
2017	80	68.7
2018	80.1	69
2019	80.3	69.3
2020	79.7	69.1
2021	78.1	68.4
2022	79.3	70.1
2023	80.8	70.4
2024	81	70.6
2025	81.2	70.9

Costa Rica and Nepal population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Nepal

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Nepal
1960	1,327,496	10,123,658
1961	1,377,920	10,318,396
1962	1,429,445	10,521,116
1963	1,481,604	10,729,818
1964	1,533,960	10,946,392
1965	1,586,208	11,173,411
1966	1,638,116	11,408,710
1967	1,689,523	11,652,716
1968	1,739,731	11,906,266
1969	1,789,276	12,167,036
1970	1,838,949	12,436,190
1971	1,888,539	12,710,061
1972	1,938,248	12,989,099
1973	1,988,343	13,275,239
1974	2,039,643	13,568,435
1975	2,092,719	13,870,695
1976	2,147,774	14,177,649
1977	2,205,025	14,499,175
1978	2,264,510	14,839,695
1979	2,326,490	15,190,590
1980	2,390,633	15,553,105
1981	2,456,637	15,922,423
1982	2,524,806	16,297,987
1983	2,595,153	16,689,119
1984	2,667,595	17,085,242
1985	2,741,894	17,477,692
1986	2,817,216	17,868,124
1987	2,892,699	18,250,505
1988	2,968,103	18,638,661
1989	3,043,827	19,057,807
1990	3,121,706	19,524,573
1991	3,202,176	20,036,500
1992	3,284,258	20,609,707
1993	3,367,434	21,180,159
1994	3,451,122	21,717,479
1995	3,535,176	22,245,439
1996	3,619,013	22,741,862
1997	3,701,711	23,219,463
1998	3,782,838	23,680,357
1999	3,862,101	24,125,199
2000	3,937,739	24,546,509
2001	4,008,947	24,946,748
2002	4,075,705	25,328,981
2003	4,138,784	25,688,758
2004	4,200,078	26,016,656
2005	4,261,240	26,309,458
2006	4,321,340	26,565,425
2007	4,380,248	26,788,492
2008	4,440,056	26,990,037
2009	4,499,791	27,173,035
2010	4,555,962	27,341,952
2011	4,609,833	27,464,494
2012	4,663,934	27,534,915
2013	4,716,147	27,589,996
2014	4,767,119	27,672,370
2015	4,818,038	27,823,629
2016	4,866,998	27,955,462
2017	4,913,177	28,011,258
2018	4,957,818	28,079,689
2019	4,999,553	28,414,064
2020	5,034,320	28,966,574
2021	5,059,988	29,475,010
2022	5,081,765	29,715,436
2023	5,105,525	29,694,614
2024	5,129,910	29,651,054

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Nepal

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Nepal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Nepal
1960	6.71	6.07
1961	6.65	6.09
1962	6.54	6.08
1963	6.39	6.06
1964	6.19	6.04
1965	5.96	6.01
1966	5.7	5.98
1967	5.42	5.95
1968	5.03	5.94
1969	4.84	5.89
1970	4.59	5.87
1971	4.36	5.85
1972	4.16	5.8
1973	3.99	5.7
1974	3.89	5.75
1975	3.8	5.73
1976	3.75	5.72
1977	3.7	5.69
1978	3.66	5.68
1979	3.65	5.64
1980	3.58	5.6
1981	3.56	5.58
1982	3.54	5.55
1983	3.53	5.54
1984	3.52	5.51
1985	3.51	5.46
1986	3.45	5.4
1987	3.38	5.35
1988	3.31	5.31
1989	3.24	5.26
1990	3.17	5.21
1991	3.08	5.15
1992	3	5.07
1993	2.93	5.04
1994	2.86	4.96
1995	2.78	4.87
1996	2.68	4.67
1997	2.59	4.44
1998	2.53	4.28
1999	2.48	4.13
2000	2.41	3.98
2001	2.31	3.79
2002	2.16	3.6
2003	2.08	3.44
2004	2.03	3.28
2005	2.04	3.12
2006	1.94	2.97
2007	1.95	2.86
2008	1.98	2.74
2009	1.95	2.63
2010	1.83	2.54
2011	1.88	2.46
2012	1.85	2.42
2013	1.78	2.36
2014	1.8	2.32
2015	1.8	2.27
2016	1.75	2.23
2017	1.71	2.17
2018	1.71	2.12
2019	1.6	2.08
2020	1.45	2.05
2021	1.35	2.03
2022	1.34	2
2023	1.33	1.98

Costa Rica and Nepal demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Nepal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Nepal
1960	16.8	19.5
1961	16.8	19.5
1962	16.7	19.6
1963	16.7	19.6
1964	16.7	19.6
1965	16.7	19.6
1966	16.8	19.6
1967	16.9	19.7
1968	17.1	19.7
1969	17.3	19.7
1970	17.6	19.7
1971	17.8	19.7
1972	18.1	19.7
1973	18.4	19.7
1974	18.6	19.7
1975	18.9	19.7
1976	19.2	19.7
1977	19.5	19.7
1978	19.7	19.6
1979	20	19.6
1980	20.3	19.6
1981	20.6	19.5
1982	20.9	19.5
1983	21.2	19.5
1984	21.4	19.5
1985	21.6	19.4
1986	21.8	19.4
1987	22.1	19.3
1988	22.3	19.2
1989	22.5	19.2
1990	22.7	19.2
1991	22.9	19.2
1992	23.2	19.2
1993	23.4	19.2
1994	23.6	19.2
1995	23.9	19.2
1996	24.1	19.2
1997	24.4	19.2
1998	24.7	19.2
1999	24.9	19.3
2000	25.2	19.3
2001	25.5	19.4
2002	25.9	19.5
2003	26.3	19.7
2004	26.7	19.8
2005	27	20
2006	27.4	20.3
2007	27.8	20.5
2008	28.2	20.8
2009	28.6	21
2010	29	21.3
2011	29.4	21.6
2012	29.8	21.8
2013	30.3	22
2014	30.7	22.2
2015	31.2	22.4
2016	31.7	22.7
2017	32.1	22.9
2018	32.6	23.2
2019	33	23.7
2020	33.5	24.5
2021	34	25
2022	34.5	25.4
2023	35.1	25.7
2024	35.6	26

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