Costa Rica vs Romania statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 126th vs. 80th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

Costa Rica and Romania: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Romania economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Romania

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Romania
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	$38,067,567,568
1988	$4,614,629,898	$40,424,528,302
1989	$5,251,025,767	$41,450,777,202
1990	$5,711,687,787	$38,247,882,300
1991	$7,215,725,487	$28,850,634,900
1992	$8,579,754,758	$25,121,666,667
1993	$9,564,815,975	$26,361,160,450
1994	$10,489,903,725	$30,072,805,104
1995	$11,578,594,260	$37,430,162,103
1996	$11,678,424,507	$36,937,074,278
1997	$12,614,602,382	$35,575,214,078
1998	$13,684,255,947	$41,696,091,974
1999	$14,254,866,285	$35,953,156,754
2000	$15,013,629,662	$37,253,739,511
2001	$15,976,174,337	$40,395,116,581
2002	$16,578,820,687	$46,065,502,703
2003	$17,271,760,507	$57,806,384,143
2004	$18,610,594,846	$74,973,656,852
2005	$20,040,642,477	$98,454,380,120
2006	$22,715,540,324	$122,023,735,993
2007	$26,884,700,709	$174,588,782,939
2008	$30,801,745,700	$214,315,932,061
2009	$30,745,714,313	$174,110,532,659
2010	$37,658,616,952	$170,064,350,672
2011	$42,762,613,699	$192,623,977,894
2012	$47,231,655,432	$179,117,323,107
2013	$50,949,668,842	$189,798,603,751
2014	$52,016,408,854	$199,722,319,676
2015	$56,441,920,821	$177,885,131,240
2016	$58,847,019,610	$185,290,759,249
2017	$60,516,044,657	$210,147,385,855
2018	$62,420,164,992	$243,468,683,030
2019	$64,417,670,521	$251,677,082,534
2020	$62,395,610,760	$252,033,792,712
2021	$64,960,725,734	$286,578,196,368
2022	$69,243,626,029	$296,354,358,293
2023	$86,497,941,439	$350,775,856,415
2024	$95,350,423,177	$382,767,571,329

Costa Rica and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Romania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Romania
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	$1,659
1988	$1,555	$1,753
1989	$1,725	$1,790
1990	$1,830	$1,648
1991	$2,253	$1,254
1992	$2,612	$1,102
1993	$2,840	$1,158
1994	$3,040	$1,323
1995	$3,275	$1,650
1996	$3,227	$1,633
1997	$3,408	$1,577
1998	$3,617	$1,853
1999	$3,691	$1,600
2000	$3,813	$1,660
2001	$3,985	$1,825
2002	$4,068	$2,120
2003	$4,173	$2,679
2004	$4,431	$3,495
2005	$4,703	$4,618
2006	$5,257	$5,758
2007	$6,138	$8,360
2008	$6,937	$10,435
2009	$6,833	$8,548
2010	$8,266	$8,400
2011	$9,276	$9,561
2012	$10,127	$8,930
2013	$10,803	$9,498
2014	$10,911	$10,032
2015	$11,715	$8,977
2016	$12,091	$9,405
2017	$12,317	$10,728
2018	$12,590	$12,502
2019	$12,885	$12,992
2020	$12,394	$13,082
2021	$12,838	$14,987
2022	$13,626	$15,558
2023	$16,942	$18,404
2024	$18,587	$20,072

Costa Rica vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Romania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Romania
1950	57.5	60.5
1951	57.8	61.2
1952	58.1	61.8
1953	59.1	62.5
1954	59.9	63
1955	60.5	63.3
1956	61.2	63.6
1957	61.6	64
1958	62.3	64.4
1959	62.9	64.9
1960	63.5	65.6
1961	63.9	66.4
1962	64.2	67.2
1963	64.3	67.8
1964	64.5	68.4
1965	64.8	68.4
1966	65.1	68.2
1967	65.6	68.1
1968	65.8	67.9
1969	66.4	67.2
1970	66.8	67.9
1971	67.4	68.4
1972	68	69
1973	68.7	68.7
1974	69.4	69.5
1975	70.3	69.6
1976	70.9	69.9
1977	71.5	69.5
1978	72	69.8
1979	72.5	69.5
1980	73	69.2
1981	73.4	69.5
1982	73.9	69.8
1983	74.2	69.8
1984	74.6	69.9
1985	74.8	69.4
1986	74.9	69.7
1987	75.2	69.1
1988	75.5	69.4
1989	75.9	69.5
1990	76.1	69.8
1991	76.2	70
1992	76.4	69.5
1993	76.3	69.5
1994	76.3	69.3
1995	76.4	69.3
1996	76.4	68.8
1997	76.6	69.1
1998	76.9	69.9
1999	77.1	70.6
2000	77.3	71.2
2001	77.6	71.1
2002	77.9	70.8
2003	78.2	70.8
2004	78.5	71.1
2005	78.9	71.6
2006	79	72.2
2007	79.1	72.8
2008	79.2	73.2
2009	79.4	73.5
2010	79.4	73.6
2011	79.6	74.3
2012	79.9	74.3
2013	80.2	74.9
2014	80.2	74.8
2015	80.4	74.7
2016	80	75
2017	80	75
2018	80.1	75.1
2019	80.3	75.3
2020	79.7	74
2021	78.1	72.7
2022	79.3	75.3
2023	80.8	75.9
2024	81	76.1
2025	81.2	76.2

Costa Rica and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Romania

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Romania
1960	1,327,496	18,406,905
1961	1,377,920	18,555,250
1962	1,429,445	18,676,550
1963	1,481,604	18,797,850
1964	1,533,960	18,919,126
1965	1,586,208	19,031,576
1966	1,638,116	19,215,450
1967	1,689,523	19,534,242
1968	1,739,731	19,799,831
1969	1,789,276	20,009,141
1970	1,838,949	20,250,398
1971	1,888,539	20,461,567
1972	1,938,248	20,657,957
1973	1,988,343	20,835,681
1974	2,039,643	21,029,429
1975	2,092,719	21,293,583
1976	2,147,774	21,551,634
1977	2,205,025	21,756,096
1978	2,264,510	21,951,464
1979	2,326,490	22,090,488
1980	2,390,633	22,207,282
1981	2,456,637	22,353,070
1982	2,524,806	22,475,741
1983	2,595,153	22,560,478
1984	2,667,595	22,640,547
1985	2,741,894	22,732,999
1986	2,817,216	22,836,841
1987	2,892,699	22,949,430
1988	2,968,103	23,057,662
1989	3,043,827	23,161,458
1990	3,121,706	23,201,835
1991	3,202,176	23,001,155
1992	3,284,258	22,794,284
1993	3,367,434	22,763,280
1994	3,451,122	22,730,211
1995	3,535,176	22,684,270
1996	3,619,013	22,619,004
1997	3,701,711	22,553,978
1998	3,782,838	22,507,344
1999	3,862,101	22,472,040
2000	3,937,739	22,442,971
2001	4,008,947	22,131,970
2002	4,075,705	21,730,496
2003	4,138,784	21,574,326
2004	4,200,078	21,451,748
2005	4,261,240	21,319,685
2006	4,321,340	21,193,760
2007	4,380,248	20,882,982
2008	4,440,056	20,537,875
2009	4,499,791	20,367,487
2010	4,555,962	20,246,871
2011	4,609,833	20,147,528
2012	4,663,934	20,058,035
2013	4,716,147	19,983,693
2014	4,767,119	19,908,979
2015	4,818,038	19,815,616
2016	4,866,998	19,702,267
2017	4,913,177	19,588,715
2018	4,957,818	19,473,970
2019	4,999,553	19,371,648
2020	5,034,320	19,265,250
2021	5,059,988	19,122,059
2022	5,081,765	19,048,502
2023	5,105,525	19,059,479
2024	5,129,910	19,069,340

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Romania

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Romania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Romania
1960	6.71	2.34
1961	6.65	2.17
1962	6.54	2.04
1963	6.39	2.01
1964	6.19	1.96
1965	5.96	1.91
1966	5.7	1.9
1967	5.42	3.66
1968	5.03	3.63
1969	4.84	3.19
1970	4.59	2.89
1971	4.36	2.67
1972	4.16	2.55
1973	3.99	2.44
1974	3.89	2.71
1975	3.8	2.59
1976	3.75	2.54
1977	3.7	2.57
1978	3.66	2.52
1979	3.65	2.49
1980	3.58	2.43
1981	3.56	2.36
1982	3.54	2.17
1983	3.53	2.06
1984	3.52	2.26
1985	3.51	2.31
1986	3.45	2.39
1987	3.38	2.38
1988	3.31	2.3
1989	3.24	2.22
1990	3.17	1.83
1991	3.08	1.59
1992	3	1.51
1993	2.93	1.43
1994	2.86	1.4
1995	2.78	1.33
1996	2.68	1.3
1997	2.59	1.32
1998	2.53	1.32
1999	2.48	1.3
2000	2.41	1.31
2001	2.31	1.27
2002	2.16	1.27
2003	2.08	1.3
2004	2.03	1.33
2005	2.04	1.4
2006	1.94	1.42
2007	1.95	1.45
2008	1.98	1.6
2009	1.95	1.66
2010	1.83	1.59
2011	1.88	1.47
2012	1.85	1.52
2013	1.78	1.46
2014	1.8	1.56
2015	1.8	1.62
2016	1.75	1.69
2017	1.71	1.78
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.6	1.77
2020	1.45	1.8
2021	1.35	1.81
2022	1.34	1.71
2023	1.33	1.71

Costa Rica and Romania demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Romania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Romania
1960	16.8	28.5
1961	16.8	28.9
1962	16.7	29.3
1963	16.7	29.7
1964	16.7	30.2
1965	16.7	30.6
1966	16.8	31
1967	16.9	31.3
1968	17.1	31.3
1969	17.3	31.3
1970	17.6	31.4
1971	17.8	31.4
1972	18.1	31.5
1973	18.4	31.5
1974	18.6	31.6
1975	18.9	31.7
1976	19.2	31.8
1977	19.5	31.8
1978	19.7	31.7
1979	20	31.7
1980	20.3	31.8
1981	20.6	31.9
1982	20.9	32
1983	21.2	32.1
1984	21.4	32.3
1985	21.6	32.5
1986	21.8	32.7
1987	22.1	32.8
1988	22.3	32.8
1989	22.5	32.9
1990	22.7	33
1991	22.9	33.1
1992	23.2	33.3
1993	23.4	33.6
1994	23.6	33.8
1995	23.9	34
1996	24.1	34.2
1997	24.4	34.4
1998	24.7	34.6
1999	24.9	34.7
2000	25.2	34.8
2001	25.5	34.8
2002	25.9	35.3
2003	26.3	36
2004	26.7	36.6
2005	27	37
2006	27.4	37.3
2007	27.8	37.7
2008	28.2	38.2
2009	28.6	38.8
2010	29	39.3
2011	29.4	39.8
2012	29.8	40.2
2013	30.3	40.5
2014	30.7	40.9
2015	31.2	41.3
2016	31.7	41.7
2017	32.1	42
2018	32.6	42.3
2019	33	42.6
2020	33.5	42.9
2021	34	43.2
2022	34.5	43.3
2023	35.1	43.5
2024	35.6	43.8

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