Costa Rica vs Samoa statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 126th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Costa Rica and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Samoa
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	$45,208,338
1971	$1,077,147,538	$53,719,569
1972	$1,238,251,696	$62,566,116
1973	$1,528,925,846	$82,452,985
1974	$1,666,544,754	$93,549,611
1975	$1,960,863,466	$93,489,283
1976	$2,412,555,426	$85,003,078
1977	$3,072,427,013	$98,295,671
1978	$3,523,208,810	$108,223,444
1979	$4,035,519,323	$122,257,393
1980	$4,831,447,001	$125,747,038
1981	$2,623,803,096	$118,190,655
1982	$2,606,623,555	$121,221,652
1983	$3,146,772,631	$111,862,824
1984	$3,660,477,856	$109,200,934
1985	$3,919,203,960	$95,572,173
1986	$4,418,983,871	$100,947,849
1987	$4,532,952,047	$111,713,922
1988	$4,614,629,898	$133,016,065
1989	$5,251,025,767	$122,888,610
1990	$5,711,687,787	$125,766,270
1991	$7,215,725,487	$125,597,205
1992	$8,579,754,758	$132,303,041
1993	$9,564,815,975	$133,122,897
1994	$10,489,903,725	$221,098,107
1995	$11,578,594,260	$224,865,731
1996	$11,678,424,507	$249,907,869
1997	$12,614,602,382	$285,475,592
1998	$13,684,255,947	$269,485,244
1999	$14,254,866,285	$255,408,060
2000	$15,013,629,662	$258,856,140
2001	$15,976,174,337	$266,299,591
2002	$16,578,820,687	$281,790,134
2003	$17,271,760,507	$333,426,188
2004	$18,610,594,846	$407,747,565
2005	$20,040,642,477	$476,801,793
2006	$22,715,540,324	$499,923,758
2007	$26,884,700,709	$573,548,460
2008	$30,801,745,700	$641,346,192
2009	$30,745,714,313	$628,006,115
2010	$37,658,616,952	$680,260,907
2011	$42,762,613,699	$744,097,050
2012	$47,231,655,432	$773,141,661
2013	$50,949,668,842	$797,736,334
2014	$52,016,408,854	$796,683,520
2015	$56,441,920,821	$824,150,499
2016	$58,847,019,610	$843,924,797
2017	$60,516,044,657	$884,844,384
2018	$62,420,164,992	$878,448,433
2019	$64,417,670,521	$912,950,466
2020	$62,395,610,760	$868,898,358
2021	$64,960,725,734	$843,923,639
2022	$69,243,626,029	$832,945,206
2023	$86,497,941,439	$938,189,444
2024	$95,350,423,177	$1,068,025,244

Costa Rica and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Samoa
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$322
1971	$570	$377
1972	$639	$433
1973	$769	$563
1974	$817	$626
1975	$937	$610
1976	$1,123	$541
1977	$1,393	$615
1978	$1,556	$671
1979	$1,735	$751
1980	$2,021	$765
1981	$1,068	$713
1982	$1,032	$728
1983	$1,213	$671
1984	$1,372	$655
1985	$1,429	$573
1986	$1,569	$604
1987	$1,567	$666
1988	$1,555	$790
1989	$1,725	$728
1990	$1,830	$744
1991	$2,253	$742
1992	$2,612	$777
1993	$2,840	$775
1994	$3,040	$1,277
1995	$3,275	$1,288
1996	$3,227	$1,419
1997	$3,408	$1,608
1998	$3,617	$1,506
1999	$3,691	$1,417
2000	$3,813	$1,425
2001	$3,985	$1,454
2002	$4,068	$1,528
2003	$4,173	$1,798
2004	$4,431	$2,189
2005	$4,703	$2,550
2006	$5,257	$2,663
2007	$6,138	$3,039
2008	$6,937	$3,374
2009	$6,833	$3,279
2010	$8,266	$3,524
2011	$9,276	$3,822
2012	$10,127	$3,935
2013	$10,803	$4,024
2014	$10,911	$3,983
2015	$11,715	$4,084
2016	$12,091	$4,147
2017	$12,317	$4,308
2018	$12,590	$4,232
2019	$12,885	$4,352
2020	$12,394	$4,100
2021	$12,838	$3,948
2022	$13,626	$3,869
2023	$16,942	$4,330
2024	$18,587	$4,899

Costa Rica vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Samoa
1950	57.5	49.2
1951	57.8	49.8
1952	58.1	50.4
1953	59.1	51
1954	59.9	51.6
1955	60.5	52.2
1956	61.2	52.8
1957	61.6	53.4
1958	62.3	54
1959	62.9	54.6
1960	63.5	55.2
1961	63.9	55.7
1962	64.2	56.3
1963	64.3	56.9
1964	64.5	54
1965	64.8	57.9
1966	65.1	58.2
1967	65.6	58.9
1968	65.8	59.4
1969	66.4	59.9
1970	66.8	60.4
1971	67.4	60.9
1972	68	61.4
1973	68.7	61.9
1974	69.4	62.3
1975	70.3	62.8
1976	70.9	63.3
1977	71.5	63.7
1978	72	64.1
1979	72.5	64.5
1980	73	65
1981	73.4	65.3
1982	73.9	65.6
1983	74.2	66
1984	74.6	66.3
1985	74.8	66.6
1986	74.9	66.8
1987	75.2	67
1988	75.5	67.3
1989	75.9	67.6
1990	76.1	67.8
1991	76.2	68
1992	76.4	68.5
1993	76.3	68.8
1994	76.3	69.2
1995	76.4	69.5
1996	76.4	69.8
1997	76.6	70
1998	76.9	70.3
1999	77.1	70.6
2000	77.3	70.8
2001	77.6	71
2002	77.9	71.2
2003	78.2	71.4
2004	78.5	71.5
2005	78.9	71.5
2006	79	71.6
2007	79.1	71.6
2008	79.2	71.5
2009	79.4	69.5
2010	79.4	71.5
2011	79.6	71.4
2012	79.9	71.2
2013	80.2	71.2
2014	80.2	71.1
2015	80.4	71.1
2016	80	71
2017	80	71
2018	80.1	71.1
2019	80.3	70.3
2020	79.7	70.7
2021	78.1	71.1
2022	79.3	71.6
2023	80.8	71.7
2024	81	71.8
2025	81.2	71.9

Costa Rica and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Samoa
1960	1,327,496	112,490
1961	1,377,920	115,496
1962	1,429,445	118,597
1963	1,481,604	121,764
1964	1,533,960	124,894
1965	1,586,208	127,978
1966	1,638,116	131,073
1967	1,689,523	133,764
1968	1,739,731	136,020
1969	1,789,276	138,233
1970	1,838,949	140,400
1971	1,888,539	142,503
1972	1,938,248	144,538
1973	1,988,343	146,516
1974	2,039,643	149,431
1975	2,092,719	153,344
1976	2,147,774	157,113
1977	2,205,025	159,753
1978	2,264,510	161,375
1979	2,326,490	162,882
1980	2,390,633	164,322
1981	2,456,637	165,678
1982	2,524,806	166,484
1983	2,595,153	166,714
1984	2,667,595	166,796
1985	2,741,894	166,849
1986	2,817,216	167,061
1987	2,892,699	167,661
1988	2,968,103	168,346
1989	3,043,827	168,768
1990	3,121,706	169,042
1991	3,202,176	169,368
1992	3,284,258	170,331
1993	3,367,434	171,774
1994	3,451,122	173,159
1995	3,535,176	174,571
1996	3,619,013	176,071
1997	3,701,711	177,547
1998	3,782,838	178,905
1999	3,862,101	180,275
2000	3,937,739	181,685
2001	4,008,947	183,166
2002	4,075,705	184,471
2003	4,138,784	185,430
2004	4,200,078	186,249
2005	4,261,240	186,978
2006	4,321,340	187,709
2007	4,380,248	188,753
2008	4,440,056	190,107
2009	4,499,791	191,513
2010	4,555,962	193,023
2011	4,609,833	194,713
2012	4,663,934	196,498
2013	4,716,147	198,268
2014	4,767,119	200,037
2015	4,818,038	201,782
2016	4,866,998	203,499
2017	4,913,177	205,415
2018	4,957,818	207,582
2019	4,999,553	209,780
2020	5,034,320	211,944
2021	5,059,988	213,779
2022	5,081,765	215,261
2023	5,105,525	216,663
2024	5,129,910	218,019

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Samoa

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Samoa
1960	6.71	7.78
1961	6.65	7.77
1962	6.54	7.76
1963	6.39	7.73
1964	6.19	7.7
1965	5.96	7.65
1966	5.7	7.6
1967	5.42	7.55
1968	5.03	7.5
1969	4.84	7.43
1970	4.59	7.34
1971	4.36	7.22
1972	4.16	7.07
1973	3.99	6.91
1974	3.89	6.75
1975	3.8	6.61
1976	3.75	6.47
1977	3.7	6.31
1978	3.66	6.15
1979	3.65	5.99
1980	3.58	5.86
1981	3.56	5.75
1982	3.54	5.68
1983	3.53	5.62
1984	3.52	5.55
1985	3.51	5.49
1986	3.45	5.42
1987	3.38	5.32
1988	3.31	5.21
1989	3.24	5.11
1990	3.17	5.01
1991	3.08	4.91
1992	3	4.87
1993	2.93	4.83
1994	2.86	4.79
1995	2.78	4.77
1996	2.68	4.74
1997	2.59	4.7
1998	2.53	4.64
1999	2.48	4.57
2000	2.41	4.52
2001	2.31	4.48
2002	2.16	4.44
2003	2.08	4.39
2004	2.03	4.34
2005	2.04	4.32
2006	1.94	4.32
2007	1.95	4.36
2008	1.98	4.42
2009	1.95	4.47
2010	1.83	4.52
2011	1.88	4.56
2012	1.85	4.55
2013	1.78	4.49
2014	1.8	4.42
2015	1.8	4.34
2016	1.75	4.26
2017	1.71	4.2
2018	1.71	4.14
2019	1.6	4.06
2020	1.45	4
2021	1.35	3.94
2022	1.34	3.88
2023	1.33	3.83

Costa Rica and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Samoa
1960	16.8	15
1961	16.8	14.9
1962	16.7	14.8
1963	16.7	14.6
1964	16.7	14.6
1965	16.7	14.5
1966	16.8	14.5
1967	16.9	14.5
1968	17.1	14.5
1969	17.3	14.5
1970	17.6	14.6
1971	17.8	14.7
1972	18.1	14.8
1973	18.4	14.9
1974	18.6	15
1975	18.9	15.3
1976	19.2	15.5
1977	19.5	15.8
1978	19.7	16
1979	20	16.2
1980	20.3	16.4
1981	20.6	16.6
1982	20.9	16.8
1983	21.2	17.1
1984	21.4	17.4
1985	21.6	17.6
1986	21.8	17.8
1987	22.1	18
1988	22.3	18.2
1989	22.5	18.3
1990	22.7	18.4
1991	22.9	18.5
1992	23.2	18.7
1993	23.4	19
1994	23.6	19.3
1995	23.9	19.6
1996	24.1	19.7
1997	24.4	19.8
1998	24.7	19.9
1999	24.9	19.9
2000	25.2	19.8
2001	25.5	19.7
2002	25.9	19.7
2003	26.3	19.9
2004	26.7	20.1
2005	27	20.3
2006	27.4	20.4
2007	27.8	20.6
2008	28.2	20.7
2009	28.6	20.8
2010	29	20.8
2011	29.4	20.8
2012	29.8	20.8
2013	30.3	21
2014	30.7	21.1
2015	31.2	21.2
2016	31.7	21.3
2017	32.1	21.4
2018	32.6	21.4
2019	33	21.5
2020	33.5	21.4
2021	34	21.4
2022	34.5	21.1
2023	35.1	21
2024	35.6	20.9

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