Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 126th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1960	$507,513,830	$230,496,037
1961	$490,325,182	$244,832,039
1962	$479,180,824	$261,184,042
1963	$511,902,137	$275,968,044
1964	$542,578,367	$305,312,049
1965	$592,981,162	$344,176,055
1966	$647,305,630	$390,992,063
1967	$699,456,619	$441,728,183
1968	$773,841,494	$485,184,190
1969	$853,630,204	$551,263,864
1970	$984,830,158	$645,568,215
1971	$1,077,147,538	$717,750,278
1972	$1,238,251,696	$858,761,926
1973	$1,528,925,846	$1,299,079,410
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,467,417,672
1975	$1,960,863,466	$1,356,603,608
1976	$2,412,555,426	$1,511,843,235
1977	$3,072,427,013	$1,640,746,619
1978	$3,523,208,810	$1,947,878,831
1979	$4,035,519,323	$2,293,760,511
1980	$4,831,447,001	$2,545,808,456
1981	$2,623,803,096	$2,498,190,847
1982	$2,606,623,555	$2,368,719,683
1983	$3,146,772,631	$2,562,351,551
1984	$3,660,477,856	$2,552,662,617
1985	$3,919,203,960	$2,423,339,172
1986	$4,418,983,871	$2,647,995,602
1987	$4,532,952,047	$3,143,851,794
1988	$4,614,629,898	$3,656,177,881
1989	$5,251,025,767	$3,546,472,566
1990	$5,711,687,787	$3,219,729,083
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,787,394,958
1992	$8,579,754,758	$4,377,980,510
1993	$9,564,815,975	$4,974,550,286
1994	$10,489,903,725	$5,502,786,070
1995	$11,578,594,260	$4,636,057,476
1996	$11,678,424,507	$5,155,311,077
1997	$12,614,602,382	$4,936,615,299
1998	$13,684,255,947	$3,789,443,015
1999	$14,254,866,285	$3,477,038,204
2000	$15,013,629,662	$3,521,339,699
2001	$15,976,174,337	$3,081,024,212
2002	$16,578,820,687	$2,999,511,040
2003	$17,271,760,507	$3,536,411,824
2004	$18,610,594,846	$3,927,157,867
2005	$20,040,642,477	$4,865,892,972
2006	$22,715,540,324	$8,354,911,041
2007	$26,884,700,709	$9,545,028,944
2008	$30,801,745,700	$11,670,892,801
2009	$30,745,714,313	$11,619,456,449
2010	$37,658,616,952	$14,250,786,675
2011	$42,762,613,699	$17,985,138,066
2012	$47,231,655,432	$21,295,168,666
2013	$50,949,668,842	$21,261,338,065
2014	$52,016,408,854	$23,210,823,987
2015	$56,441,920,821	$21,723,437,010
2016	$58,847,019,610	$20,758,876,953
2017	$60,516,044,657	$22,742,699,138
2018	$62,420,164,992	$24,109,780,708
2019	$64,417,670,521	$24,750,626,030
2020	$62,395,610,760	$23,848,447,850
2021	$64,960,725,734	$26,109,413,521
2022	$69,243,626,029	$31,653,185,953
2023	$86,497,941,439	$30,816,367,067
2024	$95,350,423,177	$32,538,480,024

Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1960	$382	$115.5
1961	$356	$119.7
1962	$335	$124.7
1963	$346	$128.9
1964	$354	$139.5
1965	$374	$153.9
1966	$395	$171.1
1967	$414	$189
1968	$445	$202.9
1969	$477	$225.3
1970	$536	$257.6
1971	$570	$279.7
1972	$639	$327
1973	$769	$483
1974	$817	$533
1975	$937	$482
1976	$1,123	$525
1977	$1,393	$558
1978	$1,556	$648
1979	$1,735	$748
1980	$2,021	$813
1981	$1,068	$781
1982	$1,032	$726
1983	$1,213	$769
1984	$1,372	$750
1985	$1,429	$697
1986	$1,569	$745
1987	$1,567	$865
1988	$1,555	$985
1989	$1,725	$934
1990	$1,830	$826
1991	$2,253	$942
1992	$2,612	$1,051
1993	$2,840	$1,151
1994	$3,040	$1,228
1995	$3,275	$998
1996	$3,227	$1,071
1997	$3,408	$990
1998	$3,617	$733
1999	$3,691	$650
2000	$3,813	$636
2001	$3,985	$538
2002	$4,068	$506
2003	$4,173	$577
2004	$4,431	$621
2005	$4,703	$744
2006	$5,257	$1,238
2007	$6,138	$1,371
2008	$6,937	$1,625
2009	$6,833	$1,569
2010	$8,266	$1,867
2011	$9,276	$2,288
2012	$10,127	$2,635
2013	$10,803	$2,561
2014	$10,911	$2,723
2015	$11,715	$2,485
2016	$12,091	$2,316
2017	$12,317	$2,478
2018	$12,590	$2,566
2019	$12,885	$2,576
2020	$12,394	$2,430
2021	$12,838	$2,608
2022	$13,626	$3,102
2023	$16,942	$2,966
2024	$18,587	$3,076

Costa Rica vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1950	57.5	39.4
1951	57.8	35.5
1952	58.1	40.7
1953	59.1	41.3
1954	59.9	42
1955	60.5	42.6
1956	61.2	43.3
1957	61.6	43.9
1958	62.3	44.6
1959	62.9	45.1
1960	63.5	45.8
1961	63.9	46.4
1962	64.2	46.7
1963	64.3	47.7
1964	64.5	48.3
1965	64.8	48.9
1966	65.1	49.6
1967	65.6	50.2
1968	65.8	50.9
1969	66.4	51.5
1970	66.8	52.1
1971	67.4	52.6
1972	68	53.3
1973	68.7	53.9
1974	69.4	54.4
1975	70.3	55
1976	70.9	55.5
1977	71.5	56
1978	72	56.5
1979	72.5	57
1980	73	57.4
1981	73.4	57.8
1982	73.9	58.1
1983	74.2	58.3
1984	74.6	58.6
1985	74.8	58.8
1986	74.9	59
1987	75.2	59.2
1988	75.5	59.4
1989	75.9	59.6
1990	76.1	59.8
1991	76.2	59.9
1992	76.4	60.3
1993	76.3	60.5
1994	76.3	60.7
1995	76.4	60.9
1996	76.4	61.1
1997	76.6	61.3
1998	76.9	60.4
1999	77.1	61.5
2000	77.3	61.6
2001	77.6	61.6
2002	77.9	61.6
2003	78.2	61.7
2004	78.5	61.8
2005	78.9	61.9
2006	79	62
2007	79.1	62.2
2008	79.2	62.5
2009	79.4	62.8
2010	79.4	63.1
2011	79.6	63.4
2012	79.9	63.6
2013	80.2	63.9
2014	80.2	64.2
2015	80.4	64.5
2016	80	64.7
2017	80	64.9
2018	80.1	65.1
2019	80.3	65.3
2020	79.7	65.1
2021	78.1	64.4
2022	79.3	65.3
2023	80.8	66.1
2024	81	66.3
2025	81.2	66.4

Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,327,496	1,995,110
1961	1,377,920	2,046,127
1962	1,429,445	2,093,919
1963	1,481,604	2,141,376
1964	1,533,960	2,188,325
1965	1,586,208	2,235,820
1966	1,638,116	2,285,774
1967	1,689,523	2,337,532
1968	1,739,731	2,390,803
1969	1,789,276	2,446,927
1970	1,838,949	2,505,628
1971	1,888,539	2,566,421
1972	1,938,248	2,628,432
1973	1,988,343	2,690,629
1974	2,039,643	2,752,671
1975	2,092,719	2,814,820
1976	2,147,774	2,877,327
1977	2,205,025	2,940,327
1978	2,264,510	3,003,714
1979	2,326,490	3,067,341
1980	2,390,633	3,131,512
1981	2,456,637	3,197,019
1982	2,524,806	3,264,291
1983	2,595,153	3,333,633
1984	2,667,595	3,405,198
1985	2,741,894	3,478,936
1986	2,817,216	3,554,793
1987	2,892,699	3,632,543
1988	2,968,103	3,711,880
1989	3,043,827	3,796,078
1990	3,121,706	3,896,481
1991	3,202,176	4,021,837
1992	3,284,258	4,166,699
1993	3,367,434	4,320,872
1994	3,451,122	4,480,208
1995	3,535,176	4,644,278
1996	3,619,013	4,813,361
1997	3,701,711	4,987,883
1998	3,782,838	5,166,390
1999	3,862,101	5,349,333
2000	3,937,739	5,537,064
2001	4,008,947	5,728,435
2002	4,075,705	5,924,003
2003	4,138,784	6,123,997
2004	4,200,078	6,328,041
2005	4,261,240	6,535,905
2006	4,321,340	6,747,720
2007	4,380,248	6,963,345
2008	4,440,056	7,183,002
2009	4,499,791	7,406,438
2010	4,555,962	7,633,523
2011	4,609,833	7,859,346
2012	4,663,934	8,081,390
2013	4,716,147	8,302,698
2014	4,767,119	8,523,441
2015	4,818,038	8,743,246
2016	4,866,998	8,961,718
2017	4,913,177	9,178,714
2018	4,957,818	9,394,513
2019	4,999,553	9,609,010
2020	5,034,320	9,815,746
2021	5,059,988	10,012,896
2022	5,081,765	10,203,169
2023	5,105,525	10,389,635
2024	5,129,910	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.71	6.02
1961	6.65	6.07
1962	6.54	6.14
1963	6.39	6.15
1964	6.19	6.19
1965	5.96	6.2
1966	5.7	6.23
1967	5.42	6.24
1968	5.03	6.25
1969	4.84	6.26
1970	4.59	6.25
1971	4.36	6.23
1972	4.16	6.2
1973	3.99	6.16
1974	3.89	6.11
1975	3.8	6.07
1976	3.75	6.02
1977	3.7	5.96
1978	3.66	5.88
1979	3.65	5.79
1980	3.58	5.71
1981	3.56	5.65
1982	3.54	5.59
1983	3.53	5.56
1984	3.52	5.51
1985	3.51	5.47
1986	3.45	5.42
1987	3.38	5.36
1988	3.31	5.3
1989	3.24	5.24
1990	3.17	5.18
1991	3.08	5.11
1992	3	5.03
1993	2.93	4.96
1994	2.86	4.87
1995	2.78	4.78
1996	2.68	4.73
1997	2.59	4.68
1998	2.53	4.63
1999	2.48	4.59
2000	2.41	4.53
2001	2.31	4.47
2002	2.16	4.42
2003	2.08	4.36
2004	2.03	4.28
2005	2.04	4.22
2006	1.94	4.15
2007	1.95	4.08
2008	1.98	4.01
2009	1.95	3.94
2010	1.83	3.88
2011	1.88	3.82
2012	1.85	3.75
2013	1.78	3.68
2014	1.8	3.63
2015	1.8	3.56
2016	1.75	3.5
2017	1.71	3.43
2018	1.71	3.38
2019	1.6	3.32
2020	1.45	3.27
2021	1.35	3.22
2022	1.34	3.17
2023	1.33	3.1

Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1960	16.8	18.5
1961	16.8	18.4
1962	16.7	18.3
1963	16.7	18.1
1964	16.7	18
1965	16.7	17.9
1966	16.8	17.8
1967	16.9	17.6
1968	17.1	17.5
1969	17.3	17.4
1970	17.6	17.3
1971	17.8	17.2
1972	18.1	17.1
1973	18.4	17.2
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.9	17.3
1976	19.2	17.4
1977	19.5	17.5
1978	19.7	17.7
1979	20	17.8
1980	20.3	18
1981	20.6	18.1
1982	20.9	18.2
1983	21.2	18.3
1984	21.4	18.3
1985	21.6	18.4
1986	21.8	18.5
1987	22.1	18.5
1988	22.3	18.6
1989	22.5	18.6
1990	22.7	18.7
1991	22.9	18.8
1992	23.2	18.9
1993	23.4	19
1994	23.6	19.1
1995	23.9	19.2
1996	24.1	19.4
1997	24.4	19.5
1998	24.7	19.6
1999	24.9	19.7
2000	25.2	19.8
2001	25.5	19.9
2002	25.9	19.9
2003	26.3	20
2004	26.7	20.2
2005	27	20.3
2006	27.4	20.4
2007	27.8	20.6
2008	28.2	20.7
2009	28.6	20.9
2010	29	21
2011	29.4	21.2
2012	29.8	21.3
2013	30.3	21.5
2014	30.7	21.7
2015	31.2	21.9
2016	31.7	22
2017	32.1	22.2
2018	32.6	22.4
2019	33	22.6
2020	33.5	22.8
2021	34	23
2022	34.5	23.2
2023	35.1	23.4
2024	35.6	23.6

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