Costa Rica vs Niger statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 27M in Niger (ranked 55/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 489,076 sq mi for Niger (ranked 126th vs. 20th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Niger ranks 132/197 ($19.5B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Niger ranks 187/197 ($723).

Costa Rica and Niger: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Niger economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Niger

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Niger
1960	$507,513,830	$449,526,873
1961	$490,325,182	$485,785,231
1962	$479,180,824	$531,736,599
1963	$511,902,137	$586,294,879
1964	$542,578,367	$582,816,396
1965	$592,981,162	$673,383,511
1966	$647,305,630	$702,296,079
1967	$699,456,619	$665,586,872
1968	$773,841,494	$641,214,226
1969	$853,630,204	$625,867,985
1970	$984,830,158	$649,916,621
1971	$1,077,147,538	$693,573,704
1972	$1,238,251,696	$742,779,661
1973	$1,528,925,846	$946,385,105
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,026,137,111
1975	$1,960,863,466	$1,048,690,933
1976	$2,412,555,426	$1,064,517,601
1977	$3,072,427,013	$1,291,458,041
1978	$3,523,208,810	$1,774,365,590
1979	$4,035,519,323	$2,109,277,666
1980	$4,831,447,001	$2,508,524,721
1981	$2,623,803,096	$2,170,893,414
1982	$2,606,623,555	$2,017,612,216
1983	$3,146,772,631	$1,803,099,561
1984	$3,660,477,856	$1,461,243,326
1985	$3,919,203,960	$1,440,581,652
1986	$4,418,983,871	$1,904,096,998
1987	$4,532,952,047	$2,233,006,105
1988	$4,614,629,898	$2,280,356,193
1989	$5,251,025,767	$2,179,567,114
1990	$5,711,687,787	$3,512,356,508
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,285,796,875
1992	$8,579,754,758	$3,386,232,579
1993	$9,564,815,975	$3,052,673,849
1994	$10,489,903,725	$1,938,058,175
1995	$11,578,594,260	$2,302,537,562
1996	$11,678,424,507	$2,405,686,940
1997	$12,614,602,382	$2,290,318,910
1998	$13,684,255,947	$2,643,363,519
1999	$14,254,866,285	$2,537,789,821
2000	$15,013,629,662	$2,241,753,193
2001	$15,976,174,337	$2,448,714,704
2002	$16,578,820,687	$2,782,192,879
2003	$17,271,760,507	$3,394,084,732
2004	$18,610,594,846	$3,760,443,738
2005	$20,040,642,477	$4,383,315,965
2006	$22,715,540,324	$4,756,361,252
2007	$26,884,700,709	$5,731,485,052
2008	$30,801,745,700	$7,297,600,226
2009	$30,745,714,313	$7,352,131,310
2010	$37,658,616,952	$7,851,192,502
2011	$42,762,613,699	$8,772,950,778
2012	$47,231,655,432	$9,426,912,648
2013	$50,949,668,842	$10,224,897,438
2014	$52,016,408,854	$10,862,943,544
2015	$56,441,920,821	$9,683,867,926
2016	$58,847,019,610	$10,398,861,982
2017	$60,516,044,657	$11,185,104,252
2018	$62,420,164,992	$12,837,307,497
2019	$64,417,670,521	$12,889,555,561
2020	$62,395,610,760	$13,744,653,103
2021	$64,960,725,734	$14,915,002,436
2022	$69,243,626,029	$15,433,852,714
2023	$86,497,941,439	$16,698,786,973
2024	$95,350,423,177	$19,537,639,288

Costa Rica and Niger economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Niger

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Niger
1960	$382	$128.3
1961	$356	$134.6
1962	$335	$143.2
1963	$346	$153.3
1964	$354	$148.1
1965	$374	$166.3
1966	$395	$168.6
1967	$414	$155.4
1968	$445	$145.6
1969	$477	$138.3
1970	$536	$139.8
1971	$570	$145.2
1972	$639	$151.4
1973	$769	$187.9
1974	$817	$198.3
1975	$937	$197.2
1976	$1,123	$194.8
1977	$1,393	$229.8
1978	$1,556	$307
1979	$1,735	$354
1980	$2,021	$409
1981	$1,068	$343
1982	$1,032	$310
1983	$1,213	$268.8
1984	$1,372	$211.5
1985	$1,429	$202.4
1986	$1,569	$259.6
1987	$1,567	$295.3
1988	$1,555	$292.6
1989	$1,725	$271.3
1990	$1,830	$424
1991	$2,253	$384
1992	$2,612	$384
1993	$2,840	$335
1994	$3,040	$206.2
1995	$3,275	$237
1996	$3,227	$239.5
1997	$3,408	$220.6
1998	$3,617	$246.1
1999	$3,691	$228.3
2000	$3,813	$194.8
2001	$3,985	$205.4
2002	$4,068	$225.3
2003	$4,173	$265.2
2004	$4,431	$283.5
2005	$4,703	$319
2006	$5,257	$333
2007	$6,138	$387
2008	$6,937	$475
2009	$6,833	$461
2010	$8,266	$474
2011	$9,276	$511
2012	$10,127	$529
2013	$10,803	$552
2014	$10,911	$565
2015	$11,715	$486
2016	$12,091	$503
2017	$12,317	$522
2018	$12,590	$579
2019	$12,885	$562
2020	$12,394	$580
2021	$12,838	$609
2022	$13,626	$610
2023	$16,942	$638
2024	$18,587	$723

Costa Rica vs. Niger life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Niger

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Niger
1950	57.5	35.9
1951	57.8	35.9
1952	58.1	35.9
1953	59.1	35.9
1954	59.9	36
1955	60.5	36
1956	61.2	36
1957	61.6	36.1
1958	62.3	36.1
1959	62.9	36.1
1960	63.5	36.2
1961	63.9	36.3
1962	64.2	36.3
1963	64.3	36.4
1964	64.5	36.5
1965	64.8	36.4
1966	65.1	36.3
1967	65.6	36.2
1968	65.8	36.1
1969	66.4	36
1970	66.8	35.9
1971	67.4	35.3
1972	68	35.8
1973	68.7	35.9
1974	69.4	36.2
1975	70.3	36.6
1976	70.9	37.1
1977	71.5	37.7
1978	72	38.3
1979	72.5	38.9
1980	73	39.3
1981	73.4	39.6
1982	73.9	39.8
1983	74.2	40
1984	74.6	40
1985	74.8	40.1
1986	74.9	40.3
1987	75.2	40.5
1988	75.5	40.8
1989	75.9	41.2
1990	76.1	41.7
1991	76.2	42.3
1992	76.4	43.1
1993	76.3	43.8
1994	76.3	44.6
1995	76.4	45.5
1996	76.4	46.3
1997	76.6	47.1
1998	76.9	47.8
1999	77.1	48.5
2000	77.3	49.2
2001	77.6	49.9
2002	77.9	50.6
2003	78.2	51.5
2004	78.5	52.4
2005	78.9	53.3
2006	79	54.2
2007	79.1	55.1
2008	79.2	55.9
2009	79.4	56.5
2010	79.4	57.1
2011	79.6	57.6
2012	79.9	58
2013	80.2	58.4
2014	80.2	58.7
2015	80.4	58.8
2016	80	59.2
2017	80	59.5
2018	80.1	59.8
2019	80.3	60
2020	79.7	59.9
2021	78.1	59.5
2022	79.3	60.4
2023	80.8	61.2
2024	81	61.4
2025	81.2	61.7

Costa Rica and Niger population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Niger

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Niger
1960	1,327,496	3,505,050
1961	1,377,920	3,608,162
1962	1,429,445	3,714,520
1963	1,481,604	3,823,873
1964	1,533,960	3,935,814
1965	1,586,208	4,049,695
1966	1,638,116	4,165,544
1967	1,689,523	4,283,590
1968	1,739,731	4,403,637
1969	1,789,276	4,525,725
1970	1,838,949	4,650,275
1971	1,888,539	4,776,225
1972	1,938,248	4,904,845
1973	1,988,343	5,037,865
1974	2,039,643	5,174,953
1975	2,092,719	5,317,019
1976	2,147,774	5,464,962
1977	2,205,025	5,619,716
1978	2,264,510	5,782,932
1979	2,326,490	5,955,556
1980	2,390,633	6,135,971
1981	2,456,637	6,322,006
1982	2,524,806	6,512,732
1983	2,595,153	6,708,644
1984	2,667,595	6,909,971
1985	2,741,894	7,118,457
1986	2,817,216	7,335,811
1987	2,892,699	7,561,150
1988	2,968,103	7,793,748
1989	3,043,827	8,034,780
1990	3,121,706	8,286,059
1991	3,202,176	8,546,900
1992	3,284,258	8,817,633
1993	3,367,434	9,100,789
1994	3,451,122	9,398,258
1995	3,535,176	9,714,529
1996	3,619,013	10,044,852
1997	3,701,711	10,383,969
1998	3,782,838	10,741,413
1999	3,862,101	11,117,411
2000	3,937,739	11,509,630
2001	4,008,947	11,920,647
2002	4,075,705	12,349,144
2003	4,138,784	12,796,984
2004	4,200,078	13,265,836
2005	4,261,240	13,756,192
2006	4,321,340	14,268,581
2007	4,380,248	14,803,610
2008	4,440,056	15,361,915
2009	4,499,791	15,943,675
2010	4,555,962	16,548,835
2011	4,609,833	17,176,283
2012	4,663,934	17,836,769
2013	4,716,147	18,519,898
2014	4,767,119	19,215,909
2015	4,818,038	19,939,498
2016	4,866,998	20,685,753
2017	4,913,177	21,435,446
2018	4,957,818	22,188,069
2019	4,999,553	22,947,757
2020	5,034,320	23,717,613
2021	5,059,988	24,502,140
2022	5,081,765	25,311,973
2023	5,105,525	26,159,867
2024	5,129,910	27,032,412

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Niger

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Niger

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Niger
1960	6.71	7.53
1961	6.65	7.51
1962	6.54	7.5
1963	6.39	7.49
1964	6.19	7.48
1965	5.96	7.47
1966	5.7	7.48
1967	5.42	7.49
1968	5.03	7.5
1969	4.84	7.51
1970	4.59	7.51
1971	4.36	7.52
1972	4.16	7.52
1973	3.99	7.53
1974	3.89	7.54
1975	3.8	7.54
1976	3.75	7.56
1977	3.7	7.6
1978	3.66	7.66
1979	3.65	7.72
1980	3.58	7.78
1981	3.56	7.82
1982	3.54	7.86
1983	3.53	7.9
1984	3.52	7.92
1985	3.51	7.93
1986	3.45	7.9
1987	3.38	7.87
1988	3.31	7.84
1989	3.24	7.82
1990	3.17	7.81
1991	3.08	7.8
1992	3	7.8
1993	2.93	7.79
1994	2.86	7.79
1995	2.78	7.78
1996	2.68	7.78
1997	2.59	7.8
1998	2.53	7.84
1999	2.48	7.84
2000	2.41	7.83
2001	2.31	7.81
2002	2.16	7.8
2003	2.08	7.79
2004	2.03	7.78
2005	2.04	7.77
2006	1.94	7.74
2007	1.95	7.73
2008	1.98	7.7
2009	1.95	7.68
2010	1.83	7.64
2011	1.88	7.59
2012	1.85	7.53
2013	1.78	7.45
2014	1.8	7.34
2015	1.8	7.22
2016	1.75	7.04
2017	1.71	6.87
2018	1.71	6.71
2019	1.6	6.54
2020	1.45	6.37
2021	1.35	6.2
2022	1.34	6.14
2023	1.33	6.06

Costa Rica and Niger demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Niger

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Niger
1960	16.8	15.5
1961	16.8	15.5
1962	16.7	15.5
1963	16.7	15.5
1964	16.7	15.6
1965	16.7	15.6
1966	16.8	15.6
1967	16.9	15.7
1968	17.1	15.7
1969	17.3	15.8
1970	17.6	15.9
1971	17.8	15.9
1972	18.1	16
1973	18.4	16.1
1974	18.6	16.1
1975	18.9	16.2
1976	19.2	16.3
1977	19.5	16.3
1978	19.7	16.4
1979	20	16.4
1980	20.3	16.4
1981	20.6	16.4
1982	20.9	16.4
1983	21.2	16.4
1984	21.4	16.4
1985	21.6	16.4
1986	21.8	16.4
1987	22.1	16.4
1988	22.3	16.5
1989	22.5	16.5
1990	22.7	16.5
1991	22.9	16.6
1992	23.2	16.6
1993	23.4	16.6
1994	23.6	16.6
1995	23.9	16.6
1996	24.1	16.6
1997	24.4	16.5
1998	24.7	16.5
1999	24.9	16.4
2000	25.2	16.3
2001	25.5	16.2
2002	25.9	16.1
2003	26.3	16
2004	26.7	15.9
2005	27	15.8
2006	27.4	15.7
2007	27.8	15.5
2008	28.2	15.5
2009	28.6	15.4
2010	29	15.3
2011	29.4	15.3
2012	29.8	15.3
2013	30.3	15.3
2014	30.7	15.3
2015	31.2	15.4
2016	31.7	15.5
2017	32.1	15.6
2018	32.6	15.7
2019	33	15.8
2020	33.5	15.9
2021	34	16
2022	34.5	16.2
2023	35.1	16.3
2024	35.6	16.5

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