Costa Rica vs South Africa statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 126th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Costa Rica and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	South Africa
1960	$507,513,830	$8,748,596,501
1961	$490,325,182	$9,225,996,310
1962	$479,180,824	$9,813,996,074
1963	$511,902,137	$10,854,195,658
1964	$542,578,367	$11,955,995,218
1965	$592,981,162	$13,068,994,772
1966	$647,305,630	$14,211,394,315
1967	$699,456,619	$15,821,393,671
1968	$773,841,494	$17,124,793,150
1969	$853,630,204	$19,256,992,297
1970	$984,830,158	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,077,147,538	$23,411,076,638
1972	$1,238,251,696	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,528,925,846	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,666,544,754	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,960,863,466	$42,906,905,672
1976	$2,412,555,426	$41,150,460,288
1977	$3,072,427,013	$45,328,411,332
1978	$3,523,208,810	$51,607,412,902
1979	$4,035,519,323	$63,038,658,089
1980	$4,831,447,001	$89,411,864,402
1981	$2,623,803,096	$93,141,472,164
1982	$2,606,623,555	$85,904,057,409
1983	$3,146,772,631	$96,204,110,942
1984	$3,660,477,856	$84,870,163,366
1985	$3,919,203,960	$64,459,376,087
1986	$4,418,983,871	$73,354,771,399
1987	$4,532,952,047	$96,535,763,418
1988	$4,614,629,898	$103,976,831,871
1989	$5,251,025,767	$108,055,624,082
1990	$5,711,687,787	$126,048,140,142
1991	$7,215,725,487	$135,203,698,238
1992	$8,579,754,758	$146,956,150,987
1993	$9,564,815,975	$147,194,747,566
1994	$10,489,903,725	$153,512,712,382
1995	$11,578,594,260	$171,735,933,897
1996	$11,678,424,507	$163,234,925,381
1997	$12,614,602,382	$168,978,057,328
1998	$13,684,255,947	$152,982,984,557
1999	$14,254,866,285	$151,516,957,079
2000	$15,013,629,662	$151,752,757,215
2001	$15,976,174,337	$135,429,905,923
2002	$16,578,820,687	$129,087,556,612
2003	$17,271,760,507	$197,018,965,309
2004	$18,610,594,846	$255,806,908,595
2005	$20,040,642,477	$288,867,217,197
2006	$22,715,540,324	$303,858,675,364
2007	$26,884,700,709	$333,077,117,254
2008	$30,801,745,700	$316,131,258,616
2009	$30,745,714,313	$329,754,060,647
2010	$37,658,616,952	$417,363,822,802
2011	$42,762,613,699	$458,199,494,831
2012	$47,231,655,432	$434,400,545,086
2013	$50,949,668,842	$400,886,013,596
2014	$52,016,408,854	$381,198,869,776
2015	$56,441,920,821	$346,709,790,459
2016	$58,847,019,610	$323,585,509,674
2017	$60,516,044,657	$381,448,814,653
2018	$62,420,164,992	$405,260,723,893
2019	$64,417,670,521	$389,330,032,224
2020	$62,395,610,760	$337,974,655,408
2021	$64,960,725,734	$420,886,877,629
2022	$69,243,626,029	$406,920,004,594
2023	$86,497,941,439	$380,699,271,816
2024	$95,350,423,177	$400,260,724,226

Costa Rica and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	South Africa
1960	$382	$532
1961	$356	$546
1962	$335	$563
1963	$346	$605
1964	$354	$646
1965	$374	$685
1966	$395	$722
1967	$414	$779
1968	$445	$817
1969	$477	$891
1970	$536	$952
1971	$570	$1,020
1972	$639	$1,038
1973	$769	$1,369
1974	$817	$1,656
1975	$937	$1,670
1976	$1,123	$1,559
1977	$1,393	$1,671
1978	$1,556	$1,852
1979	$1,735	$2,202
1980	$2,021	$3,029
1981	$1,068	$3,050
1982	$1,032	$2,717
1983	$1,213	$2,938
1984	$1,372	$2,504
1985	$1,429	$1,839
1986	$1,569	$2,027
1987	$1,567	$2,586
1988	$1,555	$2,702
1989	$1,725	$2,727
1990	$1,830	$3,093
1991	$2,253	$3,243
1992	$2,612	$3,462
1993	$2,840	$3,400
1994	$3,040	$3,489
1995	$3,275	$3,856
1996	$3,227	$3,618
1997	$3,408	$3,700
1998	$3,617	$3,310
1999	$3,691	$3,242
2000	$3,813	$3,218
2001	$3,985	$2,847
2002	$4,068	$2,688
2003	$4,173	$4,062
2004	$4,431	$5,221
2005	$4,703	$5,837
2006	$5,257	$6,077
2007	$6,138	$6,592
2008	$6,937	$6,185
2009	$6,833	$6,375
2010	$8,266	$7,973
2011	$9,276	$8,646
2012	$10,127	$8,077
2013	$10,803	$7,332
2014	$10,911	$6,857
2015	$11,715	$6,112
2016	$12,091	$5,651
2017	$12,317	$6,618
2018	$12,590	$6,914
2019	$12,885	$6,534
2020	$12,394	$5,581
2021	$12,838	$6,843
2022	$13,626	$6,523
2023	$16,942	$6,023
2024	$18,587	$6,253

Costa Rica vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	South Africa
1950	57.5	43.1
1951	57.8	44.1
1952	58.1	45
1953	59.1	46.1
1954	59.9	47.1
1955	60.5	48.2
1956	61.2	49.2
1957	61.6	50.2
1958	62.3	51.1
1959	62.9	51.9
1960	63.5	52.6
1961	63.9	53.1
1962	64.2	53.6
1963	64.3	53.9
1964	64.5	54.2
1965	64.8	54.4
1966	65.1	54.7
1967	65.6	55
1968	65.8	55.2
1969	66.4	55.4
1970	66.8	55.7
1971	67.4	56
1972	68	56.4
1973	68.7	56.7
1974	69.4	57.1
1975	70.3	57.6
1976	70.9	58
1977	71.5	58.5
1978	72	59
1979	72.5	59.5
1980	73	60
1981	73.4	60.4
1982	73.9	60.9
1983	74.2	61.4
1984	74.6	61.8
1985	74.8	62.2
1986	74.9	62.4
1987	75.2	62.7
1988	75.5	62.9
1989	75.9	63
1990	76.1	62.9
1991	76.2	63
1992	76.4	62.8
1993	76.3	62.6
1994	76.3	62.1
1995	76.4	61.6
1996	76.4	61.1
1997	76.6	60.5
1998	76.9	59.9
1999	77.1	59.2
2000	77.3	58.4
2001	77.6	57.2
2002	77.9	55.6
2003	78.2	54.2
2004	78.5	54
2005	78.9	53.9
2006	79	54.2
2007	79.1	54.9
2008	79.2	56
2009	79.4	57.4
2010	79.4	58.9
2011	79.6	60.6
2012	79.9	61.7
2013	80.2	62.4
2014	80.2	63.2
2015	80.4	64.1
2016	80	64.7
2017	80	65.4
2018	80.1	65.7
2019	80.3	66.1
2020	79.7	65.2
2021	78.1	62
2022	79.3	65.5
2023	80.8	66.1
2024	81	66.3
2025	81.2	66.5

Costa Rica and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	South Africa
1960	1,327,496	16,440,172
1961	1,377,920	16,908,035
1962	1,429,445	17,418,522
1963	1,481,604	17,954,564
1964	1,533,960	18,511,361
1965	1,586,208	19,089,380
1966	1,638,116	19,690,087
1967	1,689,523	20,314,066
1968	1,739,731	20,957,287
1969	1,789,276	21,614,676
1970	1,838,949	22,279,984
1971	1,888,539	22,942,143
1972	1,938,248	23,609,456
1973	1,988,343	24,294,263
1974	2,039,643	24,989,108
1975	2,092,719	25,690,940
1976	2,147,774	26,395,450
1977	2,205,025	27,118,952
1978	2,264,510	27,869,507
1979	2,326,490	28,634,162
1980	2,390,633	29,518,857
1981	2,456,637	30,541,044
1982	2,524,806	31,615,339
1983	2,595,153	32,739,304
1984	2,667,595	33,892,788
1985	2,741,894	35,042,093
1986	2,817,216	36,180,515
1987	2,892,699	37,326,190
1988	2,968,103	38,480,649
1989	3,043,827	39,628,575
1990	3,121,706	40,746,268
1991	3,202,176	41,687,898
1992	3,284,258	42,443,509
1993	3,367,434	43,297,156
1994	3,451,122	44,004,139
1995	3,535,176	44,541,554
1996	3,619,013	45,123,018
1997	3,701,711	45,666,838
1998	3,782,838	46,223,880
1999	3,862,101	46,730,335
2000	3,937,739	47,159,719
2001	4,008,947	47,566,800
2002	4,075,705	48,019,415
2003	4,138,784	48,500,348
2004	4,200,078	48,991,421
2005	4,261,240	49,490,033
2006	4,321,340	49,998,277
2007	4,380,248	50,528,584
2008	4,440,056	51,114,599
2009	4,499,791	51,728,516
2010	4,555,962	52,344,051
2011	4,609,833	52,995,205
2012	4,663,934	53,782,567
2013	4,716,147	54,678,791
2014	4,767,119	55,594,838
2015	4,818,038	56,723,537
2016	4,866,998	57,259,551
2017	4,913,177	57,635,162
2018	4,957,818	58,613,001
2019	4,999,553	59,587,885
2020	5,034,320	60,562,381
2021	5,059,988	61,502,603
2022	5,081,765	62,378,410
2023	5,105,525	63,212,384
2024	5,129,910	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and South Africa

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	South Africa
1960	6.71	6.11
1961	6.65	6.08
1962	6.54	6.05
1963	6.39	6.01
1964	6.19	5.96
1965	5.96	5.89
1966	5.7	5.91
1967	5.42	5.85
1968	5.03	5.78
1969	4.84	5.72
1970	4.59	5.63
1971	4.36	5.57
1972	4.16	5.49
1973	3.99	5.41
1974	3.89	5.3
1975	3.8	5.19
1976	3.75	5.07
1977	3.7	4.94
1978	3.66	4.85
1979	3.65	4.82
1980	3.58	4.78
1981	3.56	4.71
1982	3.54	4.7
1983	3.53	4.63
1984	3.52	4.57
1985	3.51	4.5
1986	3.45	4.41
1987	3.38	4.35
1988	3.31	4.18
1989	3.24	3.98
1990	3.17	3.72
1991	3.08	3.62
1992	3	3.48
1993	2.93	3.37
1994	2.86	3.26
1995	2.78	3.17
1996	2.68	2.99
1997	2.59	2.73
1998	2.53	2.63
1999	2.48	2.56
2000	2.41	2.41
2001	2.31	2.37
2002	2.16	2.32
2003	2.08	2.36
2004	2.03	2.44
2005	2.04	2.51
2006	1.94	2.55
2007	1.95	2.55
2008	1.98	2.68
2009	1.95	2.5
2010	1.83	2.44
2011	1.88	2.44
2012	1.85	2.45
2013	1.78	2.43
2014	1.8	2.42
2015	1.8	2.36
2016	1.75	2.26
2017	1.71	2.28
2018	1.71	2.27
2019	1.6	2.26
2020	1.45	2.26
2021	1.35	2.25
2022	1.34	2.23
2023	1.33	2.22

Costa Rica and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	South Africa
1960	16.8	19
1961	16.8	19
1962	16.7	18.9
1963	16.7	18.9
1964	16.7	18.9
1965	16.7	18.8
1966	16.8	18.8
1967	16.9	18.8
1968	17.1	18.8
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.6	18.8
1971	17.8	18.8
1972	18.1	18.8
1973	18.4	18.8
1974	18.6	18.9
1975	18.9	18.9
1976	19.2	19
1977	19.5	19.1
1978	19.7	19.2
1979	20	19.3
1980	20.3	19.4
1981	20.6	19.6
1982	20.9	19.8
1983	21.2	20
1984	21.4	20.2
1985	21.6	20.4
1986	21.8	20.5
1987	22.1	20.7
1988	22.3	20.9
1989	22.5	21.1
1990	22.7	21.3
1991	22.9	21.5
1992	23.2	21.5
1993	23.4	21.9
1994	23.6	22
1995	23.9	21.5
1996	24.1	21.2
1997	24.4	21.2
1998	24.7	21.4
1999	24.9	21.6
2000	25.2	21.9
2001	25.5	22.2
2002	25.9	22.4
2003	26.3	22.8
2004	26.7	23.1
2005	27	23.3
2006	27.4	23.5
2007	27.8	23.8
2008	28.2	24
2009	28.6	24.3
2010	29	24.6
2011	29.4	25
2012	29.8	25.3
2013	30.3	25.7
2014	30.7	26
2015	31.2	26.4
2016	31.7	26.7
2017	32.1	27
2018	32.6	27.5
2019	33	27.9
2020	33.5	28.3
2021	34	28.6
2022	34.5	28.9
2023	35.1	29.2
2024	35.6	29.5

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