Costa Rica vs Peru statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 34.2M in Peru (ranked 48/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 494,211 sq mi for Peru (ranked 126th vs. 19th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Peru ranks 49/197 ($289B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Peru ranks 93/197 ($8,452).

Costa Rica and Peru: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Peru economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Peru

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Peru
1960	$507,513,830	$2,571,986,572
1961	$490,325,182	$2,897,852,693
1962	$479,180,824	$3,284,322,201
1963	$511,902,137	$3,598,272,493
1964	$542,578,367	$4,353,664,867
1965	$592,981,162	$5,163,008,077
1966	$647,305,630	$6,109,048,737
1967	$699,456,619	$6,194,340,080
1968	$773,841,494	$5,736,083,835
1969	$853,630,204	$6,420,909,790
1970	$984,830,158	$7,432,223,177
1971	$1,077,147,538	$8,289,582,884
1972	$1,238,251,696	$9,189,413,409
1973	$1,528,925,846	$10,994,381,895
1974	$1,666,544,754	$13,858,441,211
1975	$1,960,863,466	$16,931,162,355
1976	$2,412,555,426	$16,131,958,851
1977	$3,072,427,013	$14,544,913,961
1978	$3,523,208,810	$12,491,876,743
1979	$4,035,519,323	$15,954,012,439
1980	$4,831,447,001	$18,136,838,538
1981	$2,623,803,096	$21,648,214,893
1982	$2,606,623,555	$21,794,535,621
1983	$3,146,772,631	$17,345,260,564
1984	$3,660,477,856	$17,600,400,385
1985	$3,919,203,960	$15,078,736,875
1986	$4,418,983,871	$21,859,448,586
1987	$4,532,952,047	$36,889,706,593
1988	$4,614,629,898	$15,439,408,447
1989	$5,251,025,767	$22,499,558,526
1990	$5,711,687,787	$26,410,386,963
1991	$7,215,725,487	$34,341,465,998
1992	$8,579,754,758	$35,966,302,303
1993	$9,564,815,975	$34,832,077,221
1994	$10,489,903,725	$44,882,079,767
1995	$11,578,594,260	$53,312,793,687
1996	$11,678,424,507	$55,252,414,130
1997	$12,614,602,382	$58,147,522,523
1998	$13,684,255,947	$55,501,467,877
1999	$14,254,866,285	$50,187,324,568
2000	$15,013,629,662	$51,744,749,133
2001	$15,976,174,337	$52,030,158,775
2002	$16,578,820,687	$54,777,553,515
2003	$17,271,760,507	$58,731,030,122
2004	$18,610,594,846	$66,768,703,498
2005	$20,040,642,477	$76,060,606,061
2006	$22,715,540,324	$88,643,193,062
2007	$26,884,700,709	$102,170,981,144
2008	$30,801,745,700	$120,550,599,815
2009	$30,745,714,313	$120,822,986,521
2010	$37,658,616,952	$147,527,631,521
2011	$42,762,613,699	$171,761,737,047
2012	$47,231,655,432	$192,650,021,649
2013	$50,949,668,842	$201,175,543,571
2014	$52,016,408,854	$200,786,250,583
2015	$56,441,920,821	$189,802,976,286
2016	$58,847,019,610	$191,898,104,390
2017	$60,516,044,657	$211,007,984,081
2018	$62,420,164,992	$222,597,009,739
2019	$64,417,670,521	$228,346,006,004
2020	$62,395,610,760	$201,409,694,756
2021	$64,960,725,734	$226,328,766,460
2022	$69,243,626,029	$246,065,570,308
2023	$86,497,941,439	$266,958,720,838
2024	$95,350,423,177	$289,221,969,060

Costa Rica and Peru economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Peru

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Peru
1960	$382	$252.8
1961	$356	$276.6
1962	$335	$305
1963	$346	$324
1964	$354	$381
1965	$374	$439
1966	$395	$505
1967	$414	$498
1968	$445	$448
1969	$477	$488
1970	$536	$550
1971	$570	$599
1972	$639	$647
1973	$769	$754
1974	$817	$927
1975	$937	$1,104
1976	$1,123	$1,026
1977	$1,393	$903
1978	$1,556	$756
1979	$1,735	$942
1980	$2,021	$1,045
1981	$1,068	$1,216
1982	$1,032	$1,194
1983	$1,213	$927
1984	$1,372	$918
1985	$1,429	$767
1986	$1,569	$1,087
1987	$1,567	$1,792
1988	$1,555	$733
1989	$1,725	$1,045
1990	$1,830	$1,200
1991	$2,253	$1,527
1992	$2,612	$1,567
1993	$2,840	$1,488
1994	$3,040	$1,879
1995	$3,275	$2,190
1996	$3,227	$2,227
1997	$3,408	$2,301
1998	$3,617	$2,156
1999	$3,691	$1,917
2000	$3,813	$1,945
2001	$3,985	$1,930
2002	$4,068	$2,007
2003	$4,173	$2,129
2004	$4,431	$2,397
2005	$4,703	$2,707
2006	$5,257	$3,130
2007	$6,138	$3,581
2008	$6,937	$4,198
2009	$6,833	$4,181
2010	$8,266	$5,072
2011	$9,276	$5,861
2012	$10,127	$6,519
2013	$10,803	$6,747
2014	$10,911	$6,667
2015	$11,715	$6,232
2016	$12,091	$6,217
2017	$12,317	$6,736
2018	$12,590	$6,978
2019	$12,885	$7,037
2020	$12,394	$6,133
2021	$12,838	$6,826
2022	$13,626	$7,351
2023	$16,942	$7,888
2024	$18,587	$8,452

Costa Rica vs. Peru life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Peru

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Peru
1950	57.5	46
1951	57.8	46.5
1952	58.1	46.8
1953	59.1	47.1
1954	59.9	47.5
1955	60.5	47.9
1956	61.2	48.4
1957	61.6	48.9
1958	62.3	49.5
1959	62.9	50
1960	63.5	50.6
1961	63.9	51.2
1962	64.2	51.5
1963	64.3	52.6
1964	64.5	53.3
1965	64.8	53.9
1966	65.1	54.4
1967	65.6	54.9
1968	65.8	55.4
1969	66.4	55.8
1970	66.8	47.7
1971	67.4	56.5
1972	68	57
1973	68.7	57.3
1974	69.4	57.8
1975	70.3	58.2
1976	70.9	58.6
1977	71.5	58.9
1978	72	59.3
1979	72.5	59.6
1980	73	60
1981	73.4	60.3
1982	73.9	60.6
1983	74.2	60.8
1984	74.6	61.1
1985	74.8	61.7
1986	74.9	62.2
1987	75.2	62.5
1988	75.5	63
1989	75.9	63.4
1990	76.1	64
1991	76.2	64.2
1992	76.4	65
1993	76.3	65.7
1994	76.3	66.5
1995	76.4	67.2
1996	76.4	67.8
1997	76.6	68.3
1998	76.9	68.7
1999	77.1	69.3
2000	77.3	69.8
2001	77.6	70.3
2002	77.9	70.8
2003	78.2	71.3
2004	78.5	71.4
2005	78.9	72
2006	79	72.3
2007	79.1	72.7
2008	79.2	72.7
2009	79.4	72.6
2010	79.4	72.9
2011	79.6	73.3
2012	79.9	74
2013	80.2	74.6
2014	80.2	75.3
2015	80.4	75.7
2016	80	76
2017	80	76
2018	80.1	76
2019	80.3	76.3
2020	79.7	73.8
2021	78.1	71.6
2022	79.3	76.8
2023	80.8	77.7
2024	81	77.9
2025	81.2	78.1

Costa Rica and Peru population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Peru

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Peru
1960	1,327,496	10,174,127
1961	1,377,920	10,475,123
1962	1,429,445	10,784,612
1963	1,481,604	11,102,099
1964	1,533,960	11,427,978
1965	1,586,208	11,761,085
1966	1,638,116	12,101,297
1967	1,689,523	12,448,814
1968	1,739,731	12,803,993
1969	1,789,276	13,166,767
1970	1,838,949	13,501,237
1971	1,888,539	13,838,067
1972	1,938,248	14,210,147
1973	1,988,343	14,582,867
1974	2,039,643	14,956,552
1975	2,092,719	15,333,957
1976	2,147,774	15,716,809
1977	2,205,025	16,109,806
1978	2,264,510	16,516,059
1979	2,326,490	16,933,139
1980	2,390,633	17,360,949
1981	2,456,637	17,798,805
1982	2,524,806	18,246,503
1983	2,595,153	18,705,957
1984	2,667,595	19,174,716
1985	2,741,894	19,648,204
1986	2,817,216	20,117,122
1987	2,892,699	20,582,320
1988	2,968,103	21,054,702
1989	3,043,827	21,532,589
1990	3,121,706	22,014,771
1991	3,202,176	22,483,775
1992	3,284,258	22,946,340
1993	3,367,434	23,413,783
1994	3,451,122	23,881,493
1995	3,535,176	24,348,919
1996	3,619,013	24,811,171
1997	3,701,711	25,274,147
1998	3,782,838	25,738,095
1999	3,862,101	26,186,504
2000	3,937,739	26,598,331
2001	4,008,947	26,964,601
2002	4,075,705	27,288,217
2003	4,138,784	27,580,490
2004	4,200,078	27,852,190
2005	4,261,240	28,101,180
2006	4,321,340	28,324,491
2007	4,380,248	28,530,699
2008	4,440,056	28,719,041
2009	4,499,791	28,896,811
2010	4,555,962	29,086,019
2011	4,609,833	29,304,086
2012	4,663,934	29,550,366
2013	4,716,147	29,817,919
2014	4,767,119	30,115,826
2015	4,818,038	30,457,600
2016	4,866,998	30,866,494
2017	4,913,177	31,324,637
2018	4,957,818	31,897,584
2019	4,999,553	32,449,303
2020	5,034,320	32,838,579
2021	5,059,988	33,155,882
2022	5,081,765	33,475,438
2023	5,105,525	33,845,617
2024	5,129,910	34,217,848

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Peru

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Peru

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Peru
1960	6.71	6.94
1961	6.65	6.92
1962	6.54	6.9
1963	6.39	6.86
1964	6.19	6.81
1965	5.96	6.75
1966	5.7	6.68
1967	5.42	6.6
1968	5.03	6.51
1969	4.84	6.42
1970	4.59	6.32
1971	4.36	6.21
1972	4.16	6.09
1973	3.99	5.97
1974	3.89	5.84
1975	3.8	5.71
1976	3.75	5.58
1977	3.7	5.44
1978	3.66	5.31
1979	3.65	5.17
1980	3.58	5.04
1981	3.56	4.92
1982	3.54	4.8
1983	3.53	4.68
1984	3.52	4.57
1985	3.51	4.46
1986	3.45	4.35
1987	3.38	4.25
1988	3.31	4.14
1989	3.24	4.03
1990	3.17	3.91
1991	3.08	3.79
1992	3	3.67
1993	2.93	3.55
1994	2.86	3.43
1995	2.78	3.32
1996	2.68	3.2
1997	2.59	3.1
1998	2.53	3
1999	2.48	2.92
2000	2.41	2.85
2001	2.31	2.74
2002	2.16	2.69
2003	2.08	2.66
2004	2.03	2.67
2005	2.04	2.64
2006	1.94	2.62
2007	1.95	2.58
2008	1.98	2.53
2009	1.95	2.48
2010	1.83	2.42
2011	1.88	2.41
2012	1.85	2.36
2013	1.78	2.32
2014	1.8	2.27
2015	1.8	2.23
2016	1.75	2.19
2017	1.71	2.15
2018	1.71	2.12
2019	1.6	2.09
2020	1.45	2.06
2021	1.35	2.03
2022	1.34	2
2023	1.33	1.98

Costa Rica and Peru demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Peru

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Peru
1960	16.8	18.2
1961	16.8	18.1
1962	16.7	18
1963	16.7	17.9
1964	16.7	17.9
1965	16.7	17.9
1966	16.8	17.9
1967	16.9	17.9
1968	17.1	17.9
1969	17.3	17.9
1970	17.6	17.9
1971	17.8	17.9
1972	18.1	18
1973	18.4	18
1974	18.6	18.1
1975	18.9	18.1
1976	19.2	18.2
1977	19.5	18.2
1978	19.7	18.3
1979	20	18.4
1980	20.3	18.5
1981	20.6	18.6
1982	20.9	18.7
1983	21.2	18.8
1984	21.4	18.9
1985	21.6	19.1
1986	21.8	19.2
1987	22.1	19.3
1988	22.3	19.5
1989	22.5	19.6
1990	22.7	19.8
1991	22.9	20
1992	23.2	20.2
1993	23.4	20.4
1994	23.6	20.7
1995	23.9	20.9
1996	24.1	21.2
1997	24.4	21.5
1998	24.7	21.8
1999	24.9	22.1
2000	25.2	22.5
2001	25.5	22.8
2002	25.9	23.2
2003	26.3	23.5
2004	26.7	23.9
2005	27	24.2
2006	27.4	24.6
2007	27.8	25
2008	28.2	25.4
2009	28.6	25.8
2010	29	26.3
2011	29.4	26.7
2012	29.8	27.1
2013	30.3	27.4
2014	30.7	27.8
2015	31.2	28.1
2016	31.7	28.4
2017	32.1	28.6
2018	32.6	28.9
2019	33	29.2
2020	33.5	29.5
2021	34	29.8
2022	34.5	30.1
2023	35.1	30.5
2024	35.6	30.8

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