Costa Rica vs Paraguay statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 6.93M in Paraguay (ranked 107/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 152,901 sq mi for Paraguay (ranked 126th vs. 59th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Paraguay ranks 98/197 ($44.5B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Paraguay ranks 108/197 ($6,416).

Costa Rica and Paraguay: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Paraguay economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Paraguay
1960	$507,513,830	$288,884,368
1961	$490,325,182	$322,053,713
1962	$479,180,824	$360,698,413
1963	$511,902,137	$383,904,762
1964	$542,578,367	$408,349,206
1965	$592,981,162	$443,587,302
1966	$647,305,630	$465,888,889
1967	$699,456,619	$492,674,603
1968	$773,841,494	$517,650,794
1969	$853,630,204	$556,293,651
1970	$984,830,158	$594,611,111
1971	$1,077,147,538	$664,571,429
1972	$1,238,251,696	$769,039,683
1973	$1,528,925,846	$995,531,746
1974	$1,666,544,754	$1,333,475,397
1975	$1,960,863,466	$1,511,420,635
1976	$2,412,555,426	$1,698,960,317
1977	$3,072,427,013	$2,092,158,730
1978	$3,523,208,810	$2,559,857,143
1979	$4,035,519,323	$3,416,777,778
1980	$4,831,447,001	$4,448,087,302
1981	$2,623,803,096	$5,624,515,873
1982	$2,606,623,555	$5,419,411,765
1983	$3,146,772,631	$5,673,248,726
1984	$3,660,477,856	$4,502,462,807
1985	$3,919,203,960	$3,282,449,236
1986	$4,418,983,871	$3,723,993,943
1987	$4,532,952,047	$3,971,044,724
1988	$4,614,629,898	$4,255,683,528
1989	$5,251,025,767	$4,757,732,200
1990	$5,711,687,787	$5,812,114,523
1991	$7,215,725,487	$6,984,367,763
1992	$8,579,754,758	$7,157,424,031
1993	$9,564,815,975	$7,249,533,620
1994	$10,489,903,725	$7,870,982,005
1995	$11,578,594,260	$9,062,131,475
1996	$11,678,424,507	$9,788,391,781
1997	$12,614,602,382	$9,965,225,678
1998	$13,684,255,947	$9,260,481,572
1999	$14,254,866,285	$8,837,070,236
2000	$15,013,629,662	$8,855,705,140
2001	$15,976,174,337	$8,495,806,432
2002	$16,578,820,687	$7,196,260,657
2003	$17,271,760,507	$7,691,367,471
2004	$18,610,594,846	$9,624,440,836
2005	$20,040,642,477	$10,737,500,188
2006	$22,715,540,324	$13,429,430,050
2007	$26,884,700,709	$17,856,393,235
2008	$30,801,745,700	$24,615,267,664
2009	$30,745,714,313	$22,355,151,162
2010	$37,658,616,952	$27,260,886,405
2011	$42,762,613,699	$33,756,238,767
2012	$47,231,655,432	$33,271,921,136
2013	$50,949,668,842	$38,501,122,141
2014	$52,016,408,854	$40,377,929,296
2015	$56,441,920,821	$36,211,447,840
2016	$58,847,019,610	$36,089,700,223
2017	$60,516,044,657	$38,997,129,474
2018	$62,420,164,992	$40,225,448,341
2019	$64,417,670,521	$37,925,338,329
2020	$62,395,610,760	$35,432,178,068
2021	$64,960,725,734	$39,950,899,939
2022	$69,243,626,029	$41,952,910,858
2023	$86,497,941,439	$43,118,053,175
2024	$95,350,423,177	$44,458,118,400

Costa Rica and Paraguay economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Paraguay
1960	$382	$153.4
1961	$356	$167.1
1962	$335	$182.8
1963	$346	$189.9
1964	$354	$197
1965	$374	$208.7
1966	$395	$213.9
1967	$414	$220.9
1968	$445	$226.8
1969	$477	$238.2
1970	$536	$249
1971	$570	$272.1
1972	$639	$308
1973	$769	$389
1974	$817	$508
1975	$937	$562
1976	$1,123	$616
1977	$1,393	$740
1978	$1,556	$883
1979	$1,735	$1,149
1980	$2,021	$1,457
1981	$1,068	$1,793
1982	$1,032	$1,680
1983	$1,213	$1,710
1984	$1,372	$1,319
1985	$1,429	$935
1986	$1,569	$1,031
1987	$1,567	$1,069
1988	$1,555	$1,114
1989	$1,725	$1,211
1990	$1,830	$1,440
1991	$2,253	$1,685
1992	$2,612	$1,683
1993	$2,840	$1,662
1994	$3,040	$1,760
1995	$3,275	$1,979
1996	$3,227	$2,088
1997	$3,408	$2,079
1998	$3,617	$1,890
1999	$3,691	$1,766
2000	$3,813	$1,736
2001	$3,985	$1,638
2002	$4,068	$1,368
2003	$4,173	$1,444
2004	$4,431	$1,786
2005	$4,703	$1,971
2006	$5,257	$2,439
2007	$6,138	$3,212
2008	$6,937	$4,385
2009	$6,833	$3,942
2010	$8,266	$4,751
2011	$9,276	$5,805
2012	$10,127	$5,642
2013	$10,803	$6,436
2014	$10,911	$6,652
2015	$11,715	$5,879
2016	$12,091	$5,775
2017	$12,317	$6,152
2018	$12,590	$6,258
2019	$12,885	$5,821
2020	$12,394	$5,365
2021	$12,838	$5,977
2022	$13,626	$6,206
2023	$16,942	$6,300
2024	$18,587	$6,416

Costa Rica vs. Paraguay life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Paraguay
1950	57.5	58.1
1951	57.8	58.3
1952	58.1	58.4
1953	59.1	58.5
1954	59.9	58.6
1955	60.5	58.8
1956	61.2	59
1957	61.6	59.3
1958	62.3	59.6
1959	62.9	59.9
1960	63.5	60.2
1961	63.9	60.5
1962	64.2	60.8
1963	64.3	61.1
1964	64.5	61.4
1965	64.8	61.6
1966	65.1	61.8
1967	65.6	62
1968	65.8	62.2
1969	66.4	62.4
1970	66.8	62.6
1971	67.4	62.7
1972	68	62.9
1973	68.7	63.1
1974	69.4	63.2
1975	70.3	63.4
1976	70.9	63.7
1977	71.5	63.9
1978	72	64.1
1979	72.5	64.3
1980	73	64.6
1981	73.4	64.8
1982	73.9	65.1
1983	74.2	65.3
1984	74.6	65.6
1985	74.8	65.9
1986	74.9	66.2
1987	75.2	66.5
1988	75.5	66.7
1989	75.9	66.9
1990	76.1	67.3
1991	76.2	67.7
1992	76.4	68
1993	76.3	68.2
1994	76.3	68.5
1995	76.4	68.8
1996	76.4	69.1
1997	76.6	69.3
1998	76.9	69.5
1999	77.1	69.8
2000	77.3	70
2001	77.6	70.3
2002	77.9	70.5
2003	78.2	70.8
2004	78.5	71.1
2005	78.9	71.3
2006	79	71.6
2007	79.1	71.8
2008	79.2	72
2009	79.4	72.3
2010	79.4	72.6
2011	79.6	72.8
2012	79.9	73.1
2013	80.2	73.3
2014	80.2	73.4
2015	80.4	73.5
2016	80	73.5
2017	80	73.4
2018	80.1	73.6
2019	80.3	73.7
2020	79.7	72.7
2021	78.1	68.1
2022	79.3	72.3
2023	80.8	73.8
2024	81	74
2025	81.2	74.1

Costa Rica and Paraguay population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Paraguay
1960	1,327,496	1,883,514
1961	1,377,920	1,927,394
1962	1,429,445	1,973,130
1963	1,481,604	2,021,909
1964	1,533,960	2,073,119
1965	1,586,208	2,125,177
1966	1,638,116	2,177,584
1967	1,689,523	2,229,994
1968	1,739,731	2,282,391
1969	1,789,276	2,334,992
1970	1,838,949	2,388,028
1971	1,888,539	2,442,537
1972	1,938,248	2,499,881
1973	1,988,343	2,561,102
1974	2,039,643	2,625,621
1975	2,092,719	2,691,648
1976	2,147,774	2,758,836
1977	2,205,025	2,827,874
1978	2,264,510	2,899,269
1979	2,326,490	2,973,968
1980	2,390,633	3,053,235
1981	2,456,637	3,137,604
1982	2,524,806	3,226,189
1983	2,595,153	3,318,068
1984	2,667,595	3,412,936
1985	2,741,894	3,510,671
1986	2,817,216	3,611,474
1987	2,892,699	3,714,889
1988	2,968,103	3,820,546
1989	3,043,827	3,927,802
1990	3,121,706	4,035,747
1991	3,202,176	4,144,364
1992	3,284,258	4,253,600
1993	3,367,434	4,362,696
1994	3,451,122	4,471,417
1995	3,535,176	4,579,806
1996	3,619,013	4,687,543
1997	3,701,711	4,794,412
1998	3,782,838	4,900,025
1999	3,862,101	5,003,135
2000	3,937,739	5,100,868
2001	4,008,947	5,187,689
2002	4,075,705	5,261,328
2003	4,138,784	5,326,436
2004	4,200,078	5,388,175
2005	4,261,240	5,448,097
2006	4,321,340	5,505,148
2007	4,380,248	5,559,386
2008	4,440,056	5,613,574
2009	4,499,791	5,671,236
2010	4,555,962	5,737,971
2011	4,609,833	5,814,626
2012	4,663,934	5,897,008
2013	4,716,147	5,982,445
2014	4,767,119	6,069,811
2015	4,818,038	6,159,103
2016	4,866,998	6,249,126
2017	4,913,177	6,338,660
2018	4,957,818	6,427,382
2019	4,999,553	6,515,058
2020	5,034,320	6,603,739
2021	5,059,988	6,684,182
2022	5,081,765	6,760,464
2023	5,105,525	6,844,146
2024	5,129,910	6,929,153

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Paraguay

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Paraguay
1960	6.71	6.5
1961	6.65	6.49
1962	6.54	6.47
1963	6.39	6.45
1964	6.19	6.42
1965	5.96	6.35
1966	5.7	6.23
1967	5.42	6.1
1968	5.03	5.97
1969	4.84	5.84
1970	4.59	5.72
1971	4.36	5.59
1972	4.16	5.46
1973	3.99	5.35
1974	3.89	5.27
1975	3.8	5.18
1976	3.75	5.12
1977	3.7	5.08
1978	3.66	5.04
1979	3.65	5.06
1980	3.58	5.1
1981	3.56	5.15
1982	3.54	5.13
1983	3.53	5.09
1984	3.52	5.04
1985	3.51	4.97
1986	3.45	4.93
1987	3.38	4.85
1988	3.31	4.77
1989	3.24	4.68
1990	3.17	4.57
1991	3.08	4.48
1992	3	4.4
1993	2.93	4.28
1994	2.86	4.2
1995	2.78	4.11
1996	2.68	4.01
1997	2.59	3.91
1998	2.53	3.8
1999	2.48	3.67
2000	2.41	3.51
2001	2.31	3.36
2002	2.16	3.23
2003	2.08	3.12
2004	2.03	3.05
2005	2.04	2.97
2006	1.94	2.89
2007	1.95	2.82
2008	1.98	2.79
2009	1.95	2.76
2010	1.83	2.7
2011	1.88	2.67
2012	1.85	2.66
2013	1.78	2.64
2014	1.8	2.65
2015	1.8	2.65
2016	1.75	2.62
2017	1.71	2.59
2018	1.71	2.56
2019	1.6	2.53
2020	1.45	2.5
2021	1.35	2.47
2022	1.34	2.44
2023	1.33	2.42

Costa Rica and Paraguay demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Paraguay

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Paraguay
1960	16.8	16.8
1961	16.8	16.8
1962	16.7	16.9
1963	16.7	16.9
1964	16.7	16.9
1965	16.7	16.9
1966	16.8	16.9
1967	16.9	17
1968	17.1	17
1969	17.3	17.1
1970	17.6	17.2
1971	17.8	17.3
1972	18.1	17.4
1973	18.4	17.5
1974	18.6	17.7
1975	18.9	17.9
1976	19.2	18
1977	19.5	18.2
1978	19.7	18.4
1979	20	18.6
1980	20.3	18.7
1981	20.6	18.8
1982	20.9	18.9
1983	21.2	18.9
1984	21.4	19
1985	21.6	19
1986	21.8	19.1
1987	22.1	19.1
1988	22.3	19.2
1989	22.5	19.2
1990	22.7	19.2
1991	22.9	19.3
1992	23.2	19.3
1993	23.4	19.3
1994	23.6	19.4
1995	23.9	19.4
1996	24.1	19.5
1997	24.4	19.6
1998	24.7	19.7
1999	24.9	19.9
2000	25.2	20.1
2001	25.5	20.3
2002	25.9	20.5
2003	26.3	20.8
2004	26.7	21.1
2005	27	21.5
2006	27.4	21.8
2007	27.8	22.2
2008	28.2	22.5
2009	28.6	22.9
2010	29	23.2
2011	29.4	23.6
2012	29.8	23.9
2013	30.3	24.3
2014	30.7	24.6
2015	31.2	24.9
2016	31.7	25.3
2017	32.1	25.6
2018	32.6	25.9
2019	33	26.2
2020	33.5	26.6
2021	34	26.8
2022	34.5	27.1
2023	35.1	27.4
2024	35.6	27.7

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