Costa Rica vs South Korea statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 126th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 73/197 ($95.4B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

Costa Rica and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	South Korea
1960	$507,513,830	$3,973,069,307
1961	$490,325,182	$2,427,244,761
1962	$479,180,824	$2,826,923,077
1963	$511,902,137	$4,007,692,308
1964	$542,578,367	$3,476,789,682
1965	$592,981,162	$3,141,131,708
1966	$647,305,630	$3,957,064,541
1967	$699,456,619	$4,895,076,718
1968	$773,841,494	$6,167,109,472
1969	$853,630,204	$7,743,940,189
1970	$984,830,158	$9,085,001,794
1971	$1,077,147,538	$10,005,257,131
1972	$1,238,251,696	$10,990,490,570
1973	$1,528,925,846	$14,067,523,813
1974	$1,666,544,754	$19,860,929,977
1975	$1,960,863,466	$22,126,033,058
1976	$2,412,555,426	$30,371,074,380
1977	$3,072,427,013	$39,064,462,810
1978	$3,523,208,810	$52,824,793,388
1979	$4,035,519,323	$68,083,884,298
1980	$4,831,447,001	$66,547,970,351
1981	$2,623,803,096	$74,287,368,087
1982	$2,606,623,555	$79,921,300,447
1983	$3,146,772,631	$89,621,208,322
1984	$3,660,477,856	$99,749,645,089
1985	$3,919,203,960	$103,764,281,281
1986	$4,418,983,871	$119,965,960,795
1987	$4,532,952,047	$152,240,393,646
1988	$4,614,629,898	$205,477,530,605
1989	$5,251,025,767	$254,236,243,100
1990	$5,711,687,787	$292,064,221,389
1991	$7,215,725,487	$340,851,946,804
1992	$8,579,754,758	$366,921,291,825
1993	$9,564,815,975	$405,705,302,846
1994	$10,489,903,725	$479,181,794,217
1995	$11,578,594,260	$586,286,469,401
1996	$11,678,424,507	$631,196,863,758
1997	$12,614,602,382	$589,202,526,424
1998	$13,684,255,947	$397,297,216,492
1999	$14,254,866,285	$515,697,079,289
2000	$15,013,629,662	$597,487,173,479
2001	$15,976,174,337	$567,564,806,235
2002	$16,578,820,687	$650,014,391,470
2003	$17,271,760,507	$728,516,494,684
2004	$18,610,594,846	$823,251,107,639
2005	$20,040,642,477	$971,740,329,984
2006	$22,715,540,324	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$26,884,700,709	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$30,801,745,700	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$30,745,714,313	$983,065,242,417
2010	$37,658,616,952	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$42,762,613,699	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$47,231,655,432	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$50,949,668,842	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$52,016,408,854	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$56,441,920,821	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$58,847,019,610	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$60,516,044,657	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$62,420,164,992	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$64,417,670,521	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$62,395,610,760	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$64,960,725,734	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$69,243,626,029	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$86,497,941,439	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$95,350,423,177	$1,875,388,209,407

Costa Rica and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	South Korea
1960	$382	$158.8
1961	$356	$94.2
1962	$335	$106.6
1963	$346	$147
1964	$354	$124.2
1965	$374	$109.4
1966	$395	$134.4
1967	$414	$162.5
1968	$445	$200
1969	$477	$245.5
1970	$536	$281.8
1971	$570	$304
1972	$639	$328
1973	$769	$412
1974	$817	$572
1975	$937	$627
1976	$1,123	$847
1977	$1,393	$1,073
1978	$1,556	$1,429
1979	$1,735	$1,814
1980	$2,021	$1,746
1981	$1,068	$1,918
1982	$1,032	$2,032
1983	$1,213	$2,246
1984	$1,372	$2,469
1985	$1,429	$2,543
1986	$1,569	$2,911
1987	$1,567	$3,658
1988	$1,555	$4,889
1989	$1,725	$5,989
1990	$1,830	$6,813
1991	$2,253	$7,873
1992	$2,612	$8,387
1993	$2,840	$9,180
1994	$3,040	$10,734
1995	$3,275	$13,002
1996	$3,227	$13,865
1997	$3,408	$12,822
1998	$3,617	$8,583
1999	$3,691	$11,063
2000	$3,813	$12,710
2001	$3,985	$11,981
2002	$4,068	$13,643
2003	$4,173	$15,212
2004	$4,431	$17,122
2005	$4,703	$20,167
2006	$5,257	$22,610
2007	$6,138	$25,078
2008	$6,937	$22,252
2009	$6,833	$19,937
2010	$8,266	$24,071
2011	$9,276	$26,175
2012	$10,127	$26,601
2013	$10,803	$28,449
2014	$10,911	$30,667
2015	$11,715	$30,172
2016	$12,091	$30,832
2017	$12,317	$33,297
2018	$12,590	$35,364
2019	$12,885	$33,827
2020	$12,394	$33,646
2021	$12,838	$37,518
2022	$13,626	$34,822
2023	$16,942	$35,674
2024	$18,587	$36,239

Costa Rica vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	South Korea
1950	57.5	22.2
1951	57.8	26.6
1952	58.1	36.6
1953	59.1	40.5
1954	59.9	46.1
1955	60.5	48.4
1956	61.2	50.2
1957	61.6	51.6
1958	62.3	51.8
1959	62.9	52.9
1960	63.5	53.8
1961	63.9	54.4
1962	64.2	55
1963	64.3	55
1964	64.5	55.3
1965	64.8	55.8
1966	65.1	55.4
1967	65.6	60.9
1968	65.8	60.9
1969	66.4	61.4
1970	66.8	62.2
1971	67.4	62.7
1972	68	63.2
1973	68.7	63.8
1974	69.4	64.2
1975	70.3	64.7
1976	70.9	65
1977	71.5	64.6
1978	72	65
1979	72.5	66.1
1980	73	64.8
1981	73.4	67.1
1982	73.9	67.1
1983	74.2	66.7
1984	74.6	68.1
1985	74.8	68.4
1986	74.9	69
1987	75.2	69.3
1988	75.5	70.2
1989	75.9	70.7
1990	76.1	71
1991	76.2	71.4
1992	76.4	72.2
1993	76.3	72.7
1994	76.3	72.9
1995	76.4	73.4
1996	76.4	74
1997	76.6	74.5
1998	76.9	75
1999	77.1	75.6
2000	77.3	76.2
2001	77.6	76.9
2002	77.9	77.2
2003	78.2	77.5
2004	78.5	78
2005	78.9	78.4
2006	79	79
2007	79.1	79.4
2008	79.2	80
2009	79.4	80.6
2010	79.4	80.7
2011	79.6	81.2
2012	79.9	81.3
2013	80.2	81.8
2014	80.2	82.4
2015	80.4	82.5
2016	80	82.9
2017	80	83.3
2018	80.1	83.3
2019	80.3	83.7
2020	79.7	83.7
2021	78.1	83.9
2022	79.3	82.7
2023	80.8	84.3
2024	81	84.4
2025	81.2	84.5
2026	81.4	84.6

Costa Rica and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	South Korea
1960	1,327,496	25,012,374
1961	1,377,920	25,765,673
1962	1,429,445	26,513,030
1963	1,481,604	27,261,747
1964	1,533,960	27,984,155
1965	1,586,208	28,704,674
1966	1,638,116	29,435,571
1967	1,689,523	30,130,983
1968	1,739,731	30,838,302
1969	1,789,276	31,544,266
1970	1,838,949	32,240,827
1971	1,888,539	32,882,704
1972	1,938,248	33,505,406
1973	1,988,343	34,103,149
1974	2,039,643	34,692,266
1975	2,092,719	35,280,725
1976	2,147,774	35,848,523
1977	2,205,025	36,411,795
1978	2,264,510	36,969,185
1979	2,326,490	37,534,236
1980	2,390,633	38,123,775
1981	2,456,637	38,723,248
1982	2,524,806	39,326,352
1983	2,595,153	39,910,403
1984	2,667,595	40,405,956
1985	2,741,894	40,805,744
1986	2,817,216	41,213,674
1987	2,892,699	41,621,690
1988	2,968,103	42,031,247
1989	3,043,827	42,449,038
1990	3,121,706	42,869,283
1991	3,202,176	43,295,704
1992	3,284,258	43,747,962
1993	3,367,434	44,194,628
1994	3,451,122	44,641,540
1995	3,535,176	45,092,991
1996	3,619,013	45,524,681
1997	3,701,711	45,953,580
1998	3,782,838	46,286,503
1999	3,862,101	46,616,677
2000	3,937,739	47,008,111
2001	4,008,947	47,370,164
2002	4,075,705	47,644,736
2003	4,138,784	47,892,330
2004	4,200,078	48,082,519
2005	4,261,240	48,184,561
2006	4,321,340	48,438,292
2007	4,380,248	48,683,638
2008	4,440,056	49,054,708
2009	4,499,791	49,307,835
2010	4,555,962	49,554,112
2011	4,609,833	49,936,638
2012	4,663,934	50,199,853
2013	4,716,147	50,428,893
2014	4,767,119	50,746,659
2015	4,818,038	51,014,947
2016	4,866,998	51,217,803
2017	4,913,177	51,361,911
2018	4,957,818	51,585,058
2019	4,999,553	51,764,822
2020	5,034,320	51,836,239
2021	5,059,988	51,769,539
2022	5,081,765	51,672,569
2023	5,105,525	51,712,619
2024	5,129,910	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and South Korea

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	South Korea
1960	6.71	5.99
1961	6.65	5.8
1962	6.54	5.56
1963	6.39	5.33
1964	6.19	5.07
1965	5.96	4.89
1966	5.7	4.78
1967	5.42	4.62
1968	5.03	4.51
1969	4.84	4.45
1970	4.59	4.53
1971	4.36	4.54
1972	4.16	4.12
1973	3.99	4.07
1974	3.89	3.77
1975	3.8	3.43
1976	3.75	3
1977	3.7	2.99
1978	3.66	2.64
1979	3.65	2.9
1980	3.58	2.82
1981	3.56	2.57
1982	3.54	2.39
1983	3.53	2.06
1984	3.52	1.74
1985	3.51	1.66
1986	3.45	1.58
1987	3.38	1.53
1988	3.31	1.55
1989	3.24	1.56
1990	3.17	1.57
1991	3.08	1.71
1992	3	1.76
1993	2.93	1.65
1994	2.86	1.66
1995	2.78	1.63
1996	2.68	1.57
1997	2.59	1.54
1998	2.53	1.46
1999	2.48	1.43
2000	2.41	1.48
2001	2.31	1.31
2002	2.16	1.18
2003	2.08	1.19
2004	2.03	1.16
2005	2.04	1.09
2006	1.94	1.13
2007	1.95	1.26
2008	1.98	1.19
2009	1.95	1.15
2010	1.83	1.23
2011	1.88	1.24
2012	1.85	1.3
2013	1.78	1.19
2014	1.8	1.21
2015	1.8	1.24
2016	1.75	1.17
2017	1.71	1.05
2018	1.71	0.98
2019	1.6	0.92
2020	1.45	0.84
2021	1.35	0.81
2022	1.34	0.78
2023	1.33	0.72

Costa Rica and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	South Korea
1960	16.8	19.3
1961	16.8	19.2
1962	16.7	19.1
1963	16.7	19
1964	16.7	18.8
1965	16.7	18.6
1966	16.8	18.5
1967	16.9	18.6
1968	17.1	18.7
1969	17.3	18.8
1970	17.6	18.9
1971	17.8	19
1972	18.1	19.1
1973	18.4	19.3
1974	18.6	19.6
1975	18.9	19.9
1976	19.2	20.2
1977	19.5	20.7
1978	19.7	21.1
1979	20	21.6
1980	20.3	22.1
1981	20.6	22.5
1982	20.9	22.8
1983	21.2	23.3
1984	21.4	23.7
1985	21.6	24.2
1986	21.8	24.8
1987	22.1	25.3
1988	22.3	25.8
1989	22.5	26.3
1990	22.7	26.7
1991	22.9	27.2
1992	23.2	27.8
1993	23.4	28.3
1994	23.6	28.9
1995	23.9	29.4
1996	24.1	29.8
1997	24.4	30.2
1998	24.7	30.7
1999	24.9	31.2
2000	25.2	31.7
2001	25.5	32.3
2002	25.9	32.8
2003	26.3	33.4
2004	26.7	33.9
2005	27	34.5
2006	27.4	35.2
2007	27.8	35.8
2008	28.2	36.4
2009	28.6	37
2010	29	37.6
2011	29.4	38.2
2012	29.8	38.8
2013	30.3	39.5
2014	30.7	40.2
2015	31.2	40.8
2016	31.7	41.4
2017	32.1	41.9
2018	32.6	42.5
2019	33	43.1
2020	33.5	43.8
2021	34	44.4
2022	34.5	44.9
2023	35.1	45.5
2024	35.6	46.1

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