Costa Rica vs Philippines statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 116M in The Philippines (ranked 14/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 115,124 sq mi for The Philippines (ranked 126th vs. 71st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and The Philippines ranks 35/197 ($462B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while The Philippines ranks 130/197 ($3,985).

Costa Rica and Philippines: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Philippines economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Philippines

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	$507,513,830	$7,515,894,111
1961	$490,325,182	$8,171,194,425
1962	$479,180,824	$4,954,593,072
1963	$511,902,137	$5,505,023,238
1964	$542,578,367	$5,953,756,195
1965	$592,981,162	$6,517,349,772
1966	$647,305,630	$7,189,017,888
1967	$699,456,619	$7,724,873,935
1968	$773,841,494	$8,632,749,269
1969	$853,630,204	$9,571,800,653
1970	$984,830,158	$7,559,115,517
1971	$1,077,147,538	$8,375,075,630
1972	$1,238,251,696	$9,067,815,521
1973	$1,528,925,846	$11,412,449,735
1974	$1,666,544,754	$15,607,882,555
1975	$1,960,863,466	$16,875,240,684
1976	$2,412,555,426	$19,381,055,197
1977	$3,072,427,013	$22,283,109,803
1978	$3,523,208,810	$25,762,224,563
1979	$4,035,519,323	$31,218,296,292
1980	$4,831,447,001	$36,848,080,899
1981	$2,623,803,096	$40,499,388,869
1982	$2,606,623,555	$42,206,011,275
1983	$3,146,772,631	$37,759,179,895
1984	$3,660,477,856	$35,730,185,634
1985	$3,919,203,960	$34,961,486,348
1986	$4,418,983,871	$33,987,207,295
1987	$4,532,952,047	$37,791,488,666
1988	$4,614,629,898	$43,152,128,959
1989	$5,251,025,767	$48,513,773,721
1990	$5,711,687,787	$50,508,286,642
1991	$7,215,725,487	$51,784,144,943
1992	$8,579,754,758	$60,422,328,242
1993	$9,564,815,975	$62,036,529,147
1994	$10,489,903,725	$73,159,336,915
1995	$11,578,594,260	$84,644,328,727
1996	$11,678,424,507	$94,648,084,429
1997	$12,614,602,382	$94,106,317,565
1998	$13,684,255,947	$74,492,416,330
1999	$14,254,866,285	$85,640,171,045
2000	$15,013,629,662	$83,669,788,377
2001	$15,976,174,337	$78,921,234,458
2002	$16,578,820,687	$84,307,345,888
2003	$17,271,760,507	$87,039,092,974
2004	$18,610,594,846	$95,001,999,685
2005	$20,040,642,477	$107,419,977,318
2006	$22,715,540,324	$127,652,926,368
2007	$26,884,700,709	$155,980,408,673
2008	$30,801,745,700	$181,624,626,327
2009	$30,745,714,313	$175,974,755,881
2010	$37,658,616,952	$208,368,893,151
2011	$42,762,613,699	$234,216,730,291
2012	$47,231,655,432	$261,920,540,963
2013	$50,949,668,842	$283,902,828,589
2014	$52,016,408,854	$297,483,555,338
2015	$56,441,920,821	$306,445,871,242
2016	$58,847,019,610	$318,627,003,017
2017	$60,516,044,657	$328,480,736,803
2018	$62,420,164,992	$346,841,896,587
2019	$64,417,670,521	$376,823,402,239
2020	$62,395,610,760	$361,751,145,452
2021	$64,960,725,734	$394,087,359,848
2022	$69,243,626,029	$404,353,369,605
2023	$86,497,941,439	$437,055,627,244
2024	$95,350,423,177	$461,617,509,782

Costa Rica and Philippines economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Philippines

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	$382	$269.5
1961	$356	$283.8
1962	$335	$166.7
1963	$346	$179.5
1964	$354	$188.2
1965	$374	$199.8
1966	$395	$213.8
1967	$414	$223.1
1968	$445	$242.2
1969	$477	$261.1
1970	$536	$200.9
1971	$570	$217.4
1972	$639	$230.1
1973	$769	$283.2
1974	$817	$379
1975	$937	$401
1976	$1,123	$449
1977	$1,393	$502
1978	$1,556	$565
1979	$1,735	$667
1980	$2,021	$767
1981	$1,068	$821
1982	$1,032	$833
1983	$1,213	$723
1984	$1,372	$665
1985	$1,429	$633
1986	$1,569	$600
1987	$1,567	$650
1988	$1,555	$722
1989	$1,725	$792
1990	$1,830	$804
1991	$2,253	$804
1992	$2,612	$917
1993	$2,840	$919
1994	$3,040	$1,060
1995	$3,275	$1,200
1996	$3,227	$1,311
1997	$3,408	$1,273
1998	$3,617	$983
1999	$3,691	$1,101
2000	$3,813	$1,051
2001	$3,985	$970
2002	$4,068	$1,015
2003	$4,173	$1,027
2004	$4,431	$1,100
2005	$4,703	$1,220
2006	$5,257	$1,426
2007	$6,138	$1,713
2008	$6,937	$1,959
2009	$6,833	$1,864
2010	$8,266	$2,163
2011	$9,276	$2,384
2012	$10,127	$2,615
2013	$10,803	$2,781
2014	$10,911	$2,867
2015	$11,715	$2,910
2016	$12,091	$2,985
2017	$12,317	$3,038
2018	$12,590	$3,169
2019	$12,885	$3,401
2020	$12,394	$3,228
2021	$12,838	$3,484
2022	$13,626	$3,548
2023	$16,942	$3,804
2024	$18,587	$3,985

Costa Rica vs. Philippines life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Philippines

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1950	57.5	53.6
1951	57.8	54.1
1952	58.1	54.7
1953	59.1	55.4
1954	59.9	56
1955	60.5	56.6
1956	61.2	57.2
1957	61.6	57.8
1958	62.3	58.3
1959	62.9	58.7
1960	63.5	59.2
1961	63.9	59.5
1962	64.2	59.8
1963	64.3	60
1964	64.5	60.1
1965	64.8	60.4
1966	65.1	60.6
1967	65.6	60.8
1968	65.8	60.9
1969	66.4	61
1970	66.8	60.8
1971	67.4	61.1
1972	68	60.9
1973	68.7	60.7
1974	69.4	60.8
1975	70.3	60.9
1976	70.9	60.9
1977	71.5	61.4
1978	72	61.5
1979	72.5	61.7
1980	73	61.9
1981	73.4	61.9
1982	73.9	62.2
1983	74.2	62.3
1984	74.6	62.4
1985	74.8	62.7
1986	74.9	62.9
1987	75.2	63.3
1988	75.5	63.7
1989	75.9	64.1
1990	76.1	64.4
1991	76.2	64.6
1992	76.4	65.4
1993	76.3	65.7
1994	76.3	66
1995	76.4	66.3
1996	76.4	66.7
1997	76.6	67
1998	76.9	67.2
1999	77.1	67.5
2000	77.3	67.8
2001	77.6	67.8
2002	77.9	67.9
2003	78.2	68
2004	78.5	68.3
2005	78.9	68.4
2006	79	68.2
2007	79.1	68.5
2008	79.2	68.6
2009	79.4	68.6
2010	79.4	68.9
2011	79.6	69.1
2012	79.9	69.2
2013	80.2	69.3
2014	80.2	69.3
2015	80.4	69.5
2016	80	69.5
2017	80	70
2018	80.1	69.8
2019	80.3	69.7
2020	79.7	70.1
2021	78.1	66.7
2022	79.3	69.5
2023	80.8	69.8
2024	81	69.9
2025	81.2	70.1

Costa Rica and Philippines population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Philippines

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	1,327,496	27,891,897
1961	1,377,920	28,792,621
1962	1,429,445	29,723,536
1963	1,481,604	30,674,731
1964	1,533,960	31,643,032
1965	1,586,208	32,625,316
1966	1,638,116	33,617,170
1967	1,689,523	34,621,320
1968	1,739,731	35,638,342
1969	1,789,276	36,660,799
1970	1,838,949	37,622,204
1971	1,888,539	38,518,659
1972	1,938,248	39,408,560
1973	1,988,343	40,294,130
1974	2,039,643	41,174,341
1975	2,092,719	42,120,826
1976	2,147,774	43,201,488
1977	2,205,025	44,367,962
1978	2,264,510	45,575,281
1979	2,326,490	46,807,103
1980	2,390,633	48,043,740
1981	2,456,637	49,311,727
1982	2,524,806	50,695,707
1983	2,595,153	52,194,620
1984	2,667,595	53,726,181
1985	2,741,894	55,213,006
1986	2,817,216	56,645,077
1987	2,892,699	58,157,496
1988	2,968,103	59,739,052
1989	3,043,827	61,265,260
1990	3,121,706	62,854,666
1991	3,202,176	64,382,249
1992	3,284,258	65,926,125
1993	3,367,434	67,530,621
1994	3,451,122	69,019,291
1995	3,535,176	70,546,246
1996	3,619,013	72,190,242
1997	3,701,711	73,908,810
1998	3,782,838	75,791,024
1999	3,862,101	77,753,257
2000	3,937,739	79,625,397
2001	4,008,947	81,401,488
2002	4,075,705	83,068,889
2003	4,138,784	84,731,835
2004	4,200,078	86,394,504
2005	4,261,240	88,015,962
2006	4,321,340	89,508,986
2007	4,380,248	91,075,184
2008	4,440,056	92,699,095
2009	4,499,791	94,384,250
2010	4,555,962	96,337,125
2011	4,609,833	98,248,614
2012	4,663,934	100,175,512
2013	4,716,147	102,076,336
2014	4,767,119	103,767,130
2015	4,818,038	105,312,992
2016	4,866,998	106,735,719
2017	4,913,177	108,119,693
2018	4,957,818	109,465,287
2019	4,999,553	110,804,683
2020	5,034,320	112,081,264
2021	5,059,988	113,100,950
2022	5,081,765	113,964,338
2023	5,105,525	114,891,199
2024	5,129,910	115,843,670

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Philippines

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Philippines

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	6.71	7
1961	6.65	6.99
1962	6.54	6.98
1963	6.39	6.95
1964	6.19	6.89
1965	5.96	6.8
1966	5.7	6.69
1967	5.42	6.57
1968	5.03	6.45
1969	4.84	6.33
1970	4.59	6.22
1971	4.36	6.08
1972	4.16	5.94
1973	3.99	5.79
1974	3.89	5.69
1975	3.8	5.6
1976	3.75	5.51
1977	3.7	5.44
1978	3.66	5.39
1979	3.65	5.26
1980	3.58	5.11
1981	3.56	4.97
1982	3.54	4.92
1983	3.53	4.87
1984	3.52	4.77
1985	3.51	4.66
1986	3.45	4.56
1987	3.38	4.51
1988	3.31	4.45
1989	3.24	4.37
1990	3.17	4.32
1991	3.08	4.27
1992	3	4.16
1993	2.93	4.1
1994	2.86	4.08
1995	2.78	4.07
1996	2.68	4
1997	2.59	3.94
1998	2.53	3.88
1999	2.48	3.83
2000	2.41	3.75
2001	2.31	3.72
2002	2.16	3.65
2003	2.08	3.59
2004	2.03	3.52
2005	2.04	3.45
2006	1.94	3.47
2007	1.95	3.4
2008	1.98	3.4
2009	1.95	3.38
2010	1.83	3.32
2011	1.88	3.24
2012	1.85	3.14
2013	1.78	3.04
2014	1.8	2.89
2015	1.8	2.83
2016	1.75	2.68
2017	1.71	2.53
2018	1.71	2.38
2019	1.6	2.22
2020	1.45	2.08
2021	1.35	1.95
2022	1.34	1.93
2023	1.33	1.92

Costa Rica and Philippines demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Philippines

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	16.8	15.8
1961	16.8	15.6
1962	16.7	15.5
1963	16.7	15.4
1964	16.7	15.4
1965	16.7	15.4
1966	16.8	15.4
1967	16.9	15.4
1968	17.1	15.5
1969	17.3	15.6
1970	17.6	15.7
1971	17.8	15.8
1972	18.1	15.9
1973	18.4	16
1974	18.6	16.1
1975	18.9	16.3
1976	19.2	16.5
1977	19.5	16.7
1978	19.7	16.9
1979	20	17.1
1980	20.3	17.3
1981	20.6	17.5
1982	20.9	17.7
1983	21.2	17.9
1984	21.4	18.1
1985	21.6	18.2
1986	21.8	18.3
1987	22.1	18.5
1988	22.3	18.6
1989	22.5	18.7
1990	22.7	18.8
1991	22.9	18.9
1992	23.2	19
1993	23.4	19.1
1994	23.6	19.1
1995	23.9	19.2
1996	24.1	19.3
1997	24.4	19.4
1998	24.7	19.6
1999	24.9	19.8
2000	25.2	20
2001	25.5	20.2
2002	25.9	20.4
2003	26.3	20.6
2004	26.7	20.8
2005	27	21
2006	27.4	21.2
2007	27.8	21.3
2008	28.2	21.5
2009	28.6	21.7
2010	29	22
2011	29.4	22.2
2012	29.8	22.4
2013	30.3	22.7
2014	30.7	22.9
2015	31.2	23.3
2016	31.7	23.6
2017	32.1	24
2018	32.6	24.3
2019	33	24.7
2020	33.5	25.1
2021	34	25.5
2022	34.5	25.9
2023	35.1	26.3
2024	35.6	26.8

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