Costa Rica vs Poland statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 126th vs. 69th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Costa Rica and Poland: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Poland economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Poland

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Poland
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	-
1963	$511,902,137	-
1964	$542,578,367	-
1965	$592,981,162	-
1966	$647,305,630	-
1967	$699,456,619	-
1968	$773,841,494	-
1969	$853,630,204	-
1970	$984,830,158	-
1971	$1,077,147,538	-
1972	$1,238,251,696	-
1973	$1,528,925,846	-
1974	$1,666,544,754	-
1975	$1,960,863,466	-
1976	$2,412,555,426	-
1977	$3,072,427,013	-
1978	$3,523,208,810	-
1979	$4,035,519,323	-
1980	$4,831,447,001	-
1981	$2,623,803,096	-
1982	$2,606,623,555	-
1983	$3,146,772,631	-
1984	$3,660,477,856	-
1985	$3,919,203,960	-
1986	$4,418,983,871	-
1987	$4,532,952,047	-
1988	$4,614,629,898	-
1989	$5,251,025,767	-
1990	$5,711,687,787	$65,977,748,211
1991	$7,215,725,487	$85,500,935,935
1992	$8,579,754,758	$94,337,050,693
1993	$9,564,815,975	$96,043,157,273
1994	$10,489,903,725	$110,803,635,288
1995	$11,578,594,260	$142,838,527,115
1996	$11,678,424,507	$160,813,026,223
1997	$12,614,602,382	$159,893,964,917
1998	$13,684,255,947	$175,282,269,667
1999	$14,254,866,285	$170,704,452,715
2000	$15,013,629,662	$172,953,527,033
2001	$15,976,174,337	$191,823,200,371
2002	$16,578,820,687	$199,694,463,256
2003	$17,271,760,507	$218,561,225,998
2004	$18,610,594,846	$256,268,656,145
2005	$20,040,642,477	$306,999,913,151
2006	$22,715,540,324	$345,897,630,736
2007	$26,884,700,709	$429,715,132,138
2008	$30,801,745,700	$535,612,030,672
2009	$30,745,714,313	$440,891,472,247
2010	$37,658,616,952	$478,111,630,684
2011	$42,762,613,699	$527,848,543,023
2012	$47,231,655,432	$498,148,649,703
2013	$50,949,668,842	$518,179,836,405
2014	$52,016,408,854	$542,134,167,179
2015	$56,441,920,821	$480,054,118,583
2016	$58,847,019,610	$473,259,623,976
2017	$60,516,044,657	$528,356,723,263
2018	$62,420,164,992	$594,616,632,477
2019	$64,417,670,521	$602,683,770,145
2020	$62,395,610,760	$605,914,186,118
2021	$64,960,725,734	$689,170,171,187
2022	$69,243,626,029	$695,607,522,885
2023	$86,497,941,439	$812,451,128,979
2024	$95,350,423,177	$914,696,430,325

Costa Rica and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Poland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Poland
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	-
1971	$570	-
1972	$639	-
1973	$769	-
1974	$817	-
1975	$937	-
1976	$1,123	-
1977	$1,393	-
1978	$1,556	-
1979	$1,735	-
1980	$2,021	-
1981	$1,068	-
1982	$1,032	-
1983	$1,213	-
1984	$1,372	-
1985	$1,429	-
1986	$1,569	-
1987	$1,567	-
1988	$1,555	-
1989	$1,725	-
1990	$1,830	$1,731
1991	$2,253	$2,236
1992	$2,612	$2,459
1993	$2,840	$2,497
1994	$3,040	$2,875
1995	$3,275	$3,701
1996	$3,227	$4,164
1997	$3,408	$4,137
1998	$3,617	$4,534
1999	$3,691	$4,416
2000	$3,813	$4,521
2001	$3,985	$5,015
2002	$4,068	$5,223
2003	$4,173	$5,721
2004	$4,431	$6,712
2005	$4,703	$8,044
2006	$5,257	$9,069
2007	$6,138	$11,273
2008	$6,937	$14,049
2009	$6,833	$11,556
2010	$8,266	$12,568
2011	$9,276	$13,868
2012	$10,127	$13,087
2013	$10,803	$13,622
2014	$10,911	$14,262
2015	$11,715	$12,638
2016	$12,091	$12,464
2017	$12,317	$13,913
2018	$12,590	$15,658
2019	$12,885	$15,875
2020	$12,394	$16,151
2021	$12,838	$18,636
2022	$13,626	$18,891
2023	$16,942	$22,145
2024	$18,587	$25,023

Costa Rica vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Poland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Poland
1950	57.5	58.3
1951	57.8	58.9
1952	58.1	59.7
1953	59.1	61.3
1954	59.9	62.3
1955	60.5	63.1
1956	61.2	63.4
1957	61.6	64.4
1958	62.3	64.9
1959	62.9	66.4
1960	63.5	67.1
1961	63.9	67.8
1962	64.2	68
1963	64.3	68.3
1964	64.5	68.9
1965	64.8	69.4
1966	65.1	69.7
1967	65.6	69.9
1968	65.8	69.8
1969	66.4	69.8
1970	66.8	69.6
1971	67.4	69.8
1972	68	70.1
1973	68.7	70.7
1974	69.4	70.7
1975	70.3	70.6
1976	70.9	70.4
1977	71.5	70.3
1978	72	70.4
1979	72.5	70.2
1980	73	70.5
1981	73.4	70.6
1982	73.9	70.9
1983	74.2	70.8
1984	74.6	70.6
1985	74.8	70.5
1986	74.9	70.6
1987	75.2	70.8
1988	75.5	70.8
1989	75.9	70.8
1990	76.1	70.6
1991	76.2	70.7
1992	76.4	70.9
1993	76.3	71.3
1994	76.3	71.7
1995	76.4	72
1996	76.4	72.3
1997	76.6	72.6
1998	76.9	72.8
1999	77.1	73.2
2000	77.3	73.6
2001	77.6	74.2
2002	77.9	74.5
2003	78.2	74.8
2004	78.5	74.9
2005	78.9	75.1
2006	79	75.3
2007	79.1	75.4
2008	79.2	75.6
2009	79.4	75.9
2010	79.4	76.3
2011	79.6	76.6
2012	79.9	76.8
2013	80.2	77.1
2014	80.2	77.3
2015	80.4	77.6
2016	80	77.6
2017	80	77.7
2018	80.1	77.6
2019	80.3	77.9
2020	79.7	76.6
2021	78.1	75.6
2022	79.3	77.9
2023	80.8	78.6
2024	81	78.8
2025	81.2	79

Costa Rica and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Poland

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Poland
1960	1,327,496	29,637,450
1961	1,377,920	29,964,000
1962	1,429,445	30,308,500
1963	1,481,604	30,712,000
1964	1,533,960	31,139,450
1965	1,586,208	31,444,950
1966	1,638,116	31,681,000
1967	1,689,523	31,987,155
1968	1,739,731	32,294,655
1969	1,789,276	32,548,300
1970	1,838,949	32,664,300
1971	1,888,539	32,783,500
1972	1,938,248	33,055,650
1973	1,988,343	33,357,200
1974	2,039,643	33,678,899
1975	2,092,719	34,015,199
1976	2,147,774	34,356,300
1977	2,205,025	34,689,050
1978	2,264,510	34,965,600
1979	2,326,490	35,247,217
1980	2,390,633	35,574,150
1981	2,456,637	35,898,587
1982	2,524,806	36,230,481
1983	2,595,153	36,571,808
1984	2,667,595	36,904,134
1985	2,741,894	37,201,885
1986	2,817,216	37,456,119
1987	2,892,699	37,668,045
1988	2,968,103	37,824,487
1989	3,043,827	37,961,529
1990	3,121,706	38,110,782
1991	3,202,176	38,246,193
1992	3,284,258	38,363,667
1993	3,367,434	38,461,408
1994	3,451,122	38,542,652
1995	3,535,176	38,594,998
1996	3,619,013	38,624,370
1997	3,701,711	38,649,660
1998	3,782,838	38,663,481
1999	3,862,101	38,660,271
2000	3,937,739	38,258,629
2001	4,008,947	38,248,076
2002	4,075,705	38,230,364
2003	4,138,784	38,204,570
2004	4,200,078	38,182,222
2005	4,261,240	38,165,445
2006	4,321,340	38,141,267
2007	4,380,248	38,120,560
2008	4,440,056	38,125,759
2009	4,499,791	38,151,603
2010	4,555,962	38,042,794
2011	4,609,833	38,063,255
2012	4,663,934	38,063,164
2013	4,716,147	38,040,196
2014	4,767,119	38,011,735
2015	4,818,038	37,986,412
2016	4,866,998	37,970,087
2017	4,913,177	37,974,826
2018	4,957,818	37,974,750
2019	4,999,553	37,965,475
2020	5,034,320	37,515,748
2021	5,059,988	36,981,559
2022	5,081,765	36,821,749
2023	5,105,525	36,687,353
2024	5,129,910	36,554,707

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Poland

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Poland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Poland
1960	6.71	2.98
1961	6.65	2.83
1962	6.54	2.72
1963	6.39	2.7
1964	6.19	2.57
1965	5.96	2.52
1966	5.7	2.34
1967	5.42	2.33
1968	5.03	2.24
1969	4.84	2.2
1970	4.59	2.2
1971	4.36	2.25
1972	4.16	2.24
1973	3.99	2.26
1974	3.89	2.26
1975	3.8	2.27
1976	3.75	2.3
1977	3.7	2.23
1978	3.66	2.21
1979	3.65	2.28
1980	3.58	2.28
1981	3.56	2.24
1982	3.54	2.34
1983	3.53	2.42
1984	3.52	2.37
1985	3.51	2.33
1986	3.45	2.22
1987	3.38	2.15
1988	3.31	2.13
1989	3.24	2.08
1990	3.17	2.06
1991	3.08	2.07
1992	3	1.95
1993	2.93	1.87
1994	2.86	1.81
1995	2.78	1.62
1996	2.68	1.59
1997	2.59	1.51
1998	2.53	1.44
1999	2.48	1.37
2000	2.41	1.37
2001	2.31	1.31
2002	2.16	1.25
2003	2.08	1.22
2004	2.03	1.23
2005	2.04	1.24
2006	1.94	1.27
2007	1.95	1.31
2008	1.98	1.39
2009	1.95	1.4
2010	1.83	1.41
2011	1.88	1.33
2012	1.85	1.33
2013	1.78	1.29
2014	1.8	1.32
2015	1.8	1.32
2016	1.75	1.39
2017	1.71	1.48
2018	1.71	1.46
2019	1.6	1.44
2020	1.45	1.39
2021	1.35	1.33
2022	1.34	1.29
2023	1.33	1.16

Costa Rica and Poland demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Poland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Poland
1960	16.8	26.6
1961	16.8	26.8
1962	16.7	26.9
1963	16.7	27.1
1964	16.7	27.3
1965	16.7	27.5
1966	16.8	27.7
1967	16.9	27.8
1968	17.1	28
1969	17.3	28.1
1970	17.6	28.2
1971	17.8	28.4
1972	18.1	28.5
1973	18.4	28.5
1974	18.6	28.6
1975	18.9	28.6
1976	19.2	28.7
1977	19.5	28.9
1978	19.7	29.1
1979	20	29.3
1980	20.3	29.5
1981	20.6	29.8
1982	20.9	30.1
1983	21.2	30.3
1984	21.4	30.6
1985	21.6	30.8
1986	21.8	31.1
1987	22.1	31.4
1988	22.3	31.7
1989	22.5	32.1
1990	22.7	32.4
1991	22.9	32.6
1992	23.2	32.9
1993	23.4	33.2
1994	23.6	33.5
1995	23.9	33.9
1996	24.1	34.2
1997	24.4	34.4
1998	24.7	34.7
1999	24.9	35
2000	25.2	35.2
2001	25.5	35.5
2002	25.9	35.8
2003	26.3	36
2004	26.7	36.3
2005	27	36.6
2006	27.4	36.9
2007	27.8	37.2
2008	28.2	37.5
2009	28.6	37.8
2010	29	38.1
2011	29.4	38.2
2012	29.8	38.4
2013	30.3	38.7
2014	30.7	39
2015	31.2	39.3
2016	31.7	39.7
2017	32.1	40
2018	32.6	40.4
2019	33	40.8
2020	33.5	41.1
2021	34	41.5
2022	34.5	41.9
2023	35.1	42.4
2024	35.6	42.9

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