Costa Rica vs New Zealand statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 126th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Costa Rica and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1960	$507,513,830	$5,536,098,360
1961	$490,325,182	$5,721,994,864
1962	$479,180,824	$6,133,158,532
1963	$511,902,137	$6,699,741,645
1964	$542,578,367	$7,340,766,415
1965	$592,981,162	$5,706,251,400
1966	$647,305,630	$5,917,437,693
1967	$699,456,619	$6,016,017,227
1968	$773,841,494	$5,228,045,415
1969	$853,630,204	$5,814,357,709
1970	$984,830,158	$6,495,605,331
1971	$1,077,147,538	$7,911,136,757
1972	$1,238,251,696	$9,567,331,065
1973	$1,528,925,846	$12,802,281,898
1974	$1,666,544,754	$13,940,981,798
1975	$1,960,863,466	$12,861,983,284
1976	$2,412,555,426	$13,604,832,424
1977	$3,072,427,013	$15,446,825,318
1978	$3,523,208,810	$18,530,518,395
1979	$4,035,519,323	$20,731,243,113
1980	$4,831,447,001	$23,244,547,385
1981	$2,623,803,096	$24,417,617,184
1982	$2,606,623,555	$24,164,603,059
1983	$3,146,772,631	$24,309,279,706
1984	$3,660,477,856	$21,665,975,319
1985	$3,919,203,960	$24,679,795,396
1986	$4,418,983,871	$30,604,668,357
1987	$4,532,952,047	$40,376,354,070
1988	$4,614,629,898	$45,176,811,594
1989	$5,251,025,767	$43,920,222,525
1990	$5,711,687,787	$45,495,129,385
1991	$7,215,725,487	$42,745,329,732
1992	$8,579,754,758	$41,649,829,860
1993	$9,564,815,975	$46,775,620,817
1994	$10,489,903,725	$55,314,732,279
1995	$11,578,594,260	$63,918,703,507
1996	$11,678,424,507	$70,140,835,299
1997	$12,614,602,382	$66,075,143,415
1998	$13,684,255,947	$56,227,169,851
1999	$14,254,866,285	$58,762,260,626
2000	$15,013,629,662	$52,623,281,957
2001	$15,976,174,337	$53,872,425,917
2002	$16,578,820,687	$66,627,729,311
2003	$17,271,760,507	$88,250,885,550
2004	$18,610,594,846	$103,905,210,084
2005	$20,040,642,477	$114,720,129,550
2006	$22,715,540,324	$111,538,810,713
2007	$26,884,700,709	$137,188,946,866
2008	$30,801,745,700	$133,437,126,590
2009	$30,745,714,313	$121,663,439,315
2010	$37,658,616,952	$146,887,902,524
2011	$42,762,613,699	$168,484,908,960
2012	$47,231,655,432	$176,560,711,239
2013	$50,949,668,842	$191,012,364,177
2014	$52,016,408,854	$201,518,402,787
2015	$56,441,920,821	$178,224,167,088
2016	$58,847,019,610	$189,100,085,275
2017	$60,516,044,657	$206,745,969,246
2018	$62,420,164,992	$211,985,631,173
2019	$64,417,670,521	$213,006,341,102
2020	$62,395,610,760	$213,029,554,654
2021	$64,960,725,734	$253,977,931,815
2022	$69,243,626,029	$249,509,991,440
2023	$86,497,941,439	$255,194,972,673
2024	$95,350,423,177	$260,235,932,559

Costa Rica and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1960	$382	$2,334
1961	$356	$2,365
1962	$335	$2,471
1963	$346	$2,646
1964	$354	$2,839
1965	$374	$2,171
1966	$395	$2,211
1967	$414	$2,208
1968	$445	$1,902
1969	$477	$2,097
1970	$536	$2,311
1971	$570	$2,773
1972	$639	$3,295
1973	$769	$4,323
1974	$817	$4,611
1975	$937	$4,172
1976	$1,123	$4,374
1977	$1,393	$4,951
1978	$1,556	$5,937
1979	$1,735	$6,668
1980	$2,021	$7,467
1981	$1,068	$7,814
1982	$1,032	$7,656
1983	$1,213	$7,598
1984	$1,372	$6,714
1985	$1,429	$7,601
1986	$1,569	$9,428
1987	$1,567	$12,331
1988	$1,555	$13,759
1989	$1,725	$13,312
1990	$1,830	$13,663
1991	$2,253	$12,230
1992	$2,612	$11,793
1993	$2,840	$13,094
1994	$3,040	$15,280
1995	$3,275	$17,400
1996	$3,227	$18,794
1997	$3,408	$17,474
1998	$3,617	$14,738
1999	$3,691	$15,322
2000	$3,813	$13,641
2001	$3,985	$13,883
2002	$4,068	$16,874
2003	$4,173	$21,914
2004	$4,431	$25,420
2005	$4,703	$27,751
2006	$5,257	$26,655
2007	$6,138	$32,480
2008	$6,937	$31,325
2009	$6,833	$28,277
2010	$8,266	$33,762
2011	$9,276	$38,432
2012	$10,127	$40,054
2013	$10,803	$43,000
2014	$10,911	$44,618
2015	$11,715	$38,665
2016	$12,091	$40,114
2017	$12,317	$42,950
2018	$12,590	$43,257
2019	$12,885	$42,779
2020	$12,394	$41,851
2021	$12,838	$49,689
2022	$13,626	$48,760
2023	$16,942	$48,655
2024	$18,587	$48,747

Costa Rica vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1950	57.5	69.3
1951	57.8	69.1
1952	58.1	69.4
1953	59.1	70.2
1954	59.9	70.3
1955	60.5	70.5
1956	61.2	70.7
1957	61.6	70.3
1958	62.3	70.9
1959	62.9	70.8
1960	63.5	71.2
1961	63.9	70.9
1962	64.2	71.2
1963	64.3	71.3
1964	64.5	71.3
1965	64.8	71.2
1966	65.1	71.1
1967	65.6	71.4
1968	65.8	71.1
1969	66.4	71.5
1970	66.8	71.2
1971	67.4	71.7
1972	68	71.8
1973	68.7	71.7
1974	69.4	71.9
1975	70.3	72.2
1976	70.9	72.4
1977	71.5	72.1
1978	72	73
1979	72.5	73.1
1980	73	72.9
1981	73.4	73.6
1982	73.9	73.7
1983	74.2	73.8
1984	74.6	74.4
1985	74.8	73.9
1986	74.9	74.1
1987	75.2	74.2
1988	75.5	74.5
1989	75.9	74.9
1990	76.1	75.4
1991	76.2	76.1
1992	76.4	76.2
1993	76.3	76.5
1994	76.3	76.9
1995	76.4	76.8
1996	76.4	76.8
1997	76.6	77.3
1998	76.9	78.2
1999	77.1	77.9
2000	77.3	78.7
2001	77.6	78.7
2002	77.9	78.9
2003	78.2	79.1
2004	78.5	79.4
2005	78.9	80
2006	79	80
2007	79.1	80.1
2008	79.2	80.2
2009	79.4	80.5
2010	79.4	81.1
2011	79.6	80.8
2012	79.9	81.2
2013	80.2	81.6
2014	80.2	81.4
2015	80.4	81.6
2016	80	82
2017	80	81.6
2018	80.1	81.9
2019	80.3	81.8
2020	79.7	82.7
2021	78.1	82.3
2022	79.3	81
2023	80.8	82.1
2024	81	82.2
2025	81.2	82.4

Costa Rica and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1960	1,327,496	2,371,800
1961	1,377,920	2,419,700
1962	1,429,445	2,482,000
1963	1,481,604	2,531,800
1964	1,533,960	2,585,400
1965	1,586,208	2,628,400
1966	1,638,116	2,675,900
1967	1,689,523	2,724,100
1968	1,739,731	2,748,100
1969	1,789,276	2,772,800
1970	1,838,949	2,810,700
1971	1,888,539	2,853,000
1972	1,938,248	2,903,900
1973	1,988,343	2,961,300
1974	2,039,643	3,023,700
1975	2,092,719	3,083,100
1976	2,147,774	3,110,500
1977	2,205,025	3,120,200
1978	2,264,510	3,121,200
1979	2,326,490	3,109,000
1980	2,390,633	3,112,900
1981	2,456,637	3,124,900
1982	2,524,806	3,156,100
1983	2,595,153	3,199,300
1984	2,667,595	3,227,100
1985	2,741,894	3,247,100
1986	2,817,216	3,246,300
1987	2,892,699	3,274,400
1988	2,968,103	3,283,400
1989	3,043,827	3,299,200
1990	3,121,706	3,329,800
1991	3,202,176	3,495,100
1992	3,284,258	3,531,700
1993	3,367,434	3,572,200
1994	3,451,122	3,620,000
1995	3,535,176	3,673,400
1996	3,619,013	3,732,000
1997	3,701,711	3,781,300
1998	3,782,838	3,815,000
1999	3,862,101	3,835,100
2000	3,937,739	3,857,700
2001	4,008,947	3,880,500
2002	4,075,705	3,948,500
2003	4,138,784	4,027,200
2004	4,200,078	4,087,500
2005	4,261,240	4,133,900
2006	4,321,340	4,184,600
2007	4,380,248	4,223,800
2008	4,440,056	4,259,800
2009	4,499,791	4,302,600
2010	4,555,962	4,350,700
2011	4,609,833	4,384,000
2012	4,663,934	4,408,100
2013	4,716,147	4,442,100
2014	4,767,119	4,516,500
2015	4,818,038	4,609,400
2016	4,866,998	4,714,100
2017	4,913,177	4,813,600
2018	4,957,818	4,900,600
2019	4,999,553	4,979,200
2020	5,034,320	5,090,200
2021	5,059,988	5,111,300
2022	5,081,765	5,117,100
2023	5,105,525	5,245,000
2024	5,129,910	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1960	6.71	4.24
1961	6.65	4.31
1962	6.54	4.19
1963	6.39	4.05
1964	6.19	3.8
1965	5.96	3.54
1966	5.7	3.41
1967	5.42	3.35
1968	5.03	3.34
1969	4.84	3.28
1970	4.59	3.17
1971	4.36	3.18
1972	4.16	3
1973	3.99	2.76
1974	3.89	2.58
1975	3.8	2.37
1976	3.75	2.27
1977	3.7	2.21
1978	3.66	2.07
1979	3.65	2.12
1980	3.58	2.03
1981	3.56	2.01
1982	3.54	1.95
1983	3.53	1.92
1984	3.52	1.93
1985	3.51	1.93
1986	3.45	1.96
1987	3.38	2.03
1988	3.31	2.1
1989	3.24	2.12
1990	3.17	2.18
1991	3.08	2.09
1992	3	2.06
1993	2.93	2.04
1994	2.86	1.98
1995	2.78	1.98
1996	2.68	1.96
1997	2.59	1.96
1998	2.53	1.89
1999	2.48	1.97
2000	2.41	1.98
2001	2.31	1.97
2002	2.16	1.89
2003	2.08	1.93
2004	2.03	1.98
2005	2.04	1.97
2006	1.94	2.01
2007	1.95	2.18
2008	1.98	2.19
2009	1.95	2.13
2010	1.83	2.17
2011	1.88	2.09
2012	1.85	2.1
2013	1.78	2.01
2014	1.8	1.92
2015	1.8	1.99
2016	1.75	1.87
2017	1.71	1.81
2018	1.71	1.71
2019	1.6	1.72
2020	1.45	1.61
2021	1.35	1.64
2022	1.34	1.66
2023	1.33	1.56

Costa Rica and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1960	16.8	27.5
1961	16.8	27.1
1962	16.7	26.8
1963	16.7	26.4
1964	16.7	26.2
1965	16.7	26
1966	16.8	25.9
1967	16.9	25.8
1968	17.1	25.7
1969	17.3	25.7
1970	17.6	25.6
1971	17.8	25.7
1972	18.1	25.9
1973	18.4	26
1974	18.6	26.2
1975	18.9	26.3
1976	19.2	26.5
1977	19.5	26.8
1978	19.7	27.1
1979	20	27.5
1980	20.3	27.9
1981	20.6	28.2
1982	20.9	28.5
1983	21.2	28.8
1984	21.4	29.1
1985	21.6	29.4
1986	21.8	29.8
1987	22.1	30.1
1988	22.3	30.4
1989	22.5	30.8
1990	22.7	31.1
1991	22.9	31.4
1992	23.2	31.7
1993	23.4	32
1994	23.6	32.3
1995	23.9	32.6
1996	24.1	32.8
1997	24.4	33.2
1998	24.7	33.6
1999	24.9	34
2000	25.2	34.3
2001	25.5	34.6
2002	25.9	34.8
2003	26.3	35
2004	26.7	35.2
2005	27	35.5
2006	27.4	35.8
2007	27.8	36.1
2008	28.2	36.4
2009	28.6	36.6
2010	29	36.8
2011	29.4	37
2012	29.8	37.2
2013	30.3	37.4
2014	30.7	37.5
2015	31.2	37.4
2016	31.7	37.3
2017	32.1	37.2
2018	32.6	37.3
2019	33	37.3
2020	33.5	37.5
2021	34	37.8
2022	34.5	38.1
2023	35.1	38.3
2024	35.6	38.6

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