Costa Rica vs Spain statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 48.8M in Spain (ranked 32/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 192,934 sq mi for Spain (ranked 126th vs. 51st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Spain ranks 14/197 ($1.72T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Spain ranks 31/197 ($35,297).

Costa Rica and Spain: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Spain economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Spain

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Spain
1960	$507,513,830	$12,424,514,014
1961	$490,325,182	$14,238,126,760
1962	$479,180,824	$16,609,632,791
1963	$511,902,137	$19,631,714,760
1964	$542,578,367	$21,966,876,027
1965	$592,981,162	$25,479,619,607
1966	$647,305,630	$29,559,436,183
1967	$699,456,619	$32,570,905,397
1968	$773,841,494	$32,394,326,464
1969	$853,630,204	$37,090,689,288
1970	$984,830,158	$40,963,715,237
1971	$1,077,147,538	$46,586,119,760
1972	$1,238,251,696	$59,090,176,029
1973	$1,528,925,846	$78,583,355,226
1974	$1,666,544,754	$97,204,522,642
1975	$1,960,863,466	$114,695,060,870
1976	$2,412,555,426	$118,422,534,195
1977	$3,072,427,013	$132,354,665,936
1978	$3,523,208,810	$160,484,969,618
1979	$4,035,519,323	$214,448,666,336
1980	$4,831,447,001	$232,600,556,974
1981	$2,623,803,096	$202,663,023,968
1982	$2,606,623,555	$195,856,752,991
1983	$3,146,772,631	$170,829,074,246
1984	$3,660,477,856	$171,979,977,230
1985	$3,919,203,960	$180,664,322,896
1986	$4,418,983,871	$251,141,555,186
1987	$4,532,952,047	$318,520,253,335
1988	$4,614,629,898	$375,891,716,898
1989	$5,251,025,767	$414,460,794,097
1990	$5,711,687,787	$536,175,326,477
1991	$7,215,725,487	$576,753,902,322
1992	$8,579,754,758	$630,465,353,486
1993	$9,564,815,975	$524,700,572,624
1994	$10,489,903,725	$530,183,651,720
1995	$11,578,594,260	$614,170,002,669
1996	$11,678,424,507	$642,251,412,058
1997	$12,614,602,382	$589,739,772,727
1998	$13,684,255,947	$618,731,484,575
1999	$14,254,866,285	$634,394,904,387
2000	$15,013,629,662	$598,102,854,756
2001	$15,976,174,337	$627,798,682,379
2002	$16,578,820,687	$708,938,227,244
2003	$17,271,760,507	$907,963,217,058
2004	$18,610,594,846	$1,069,829,382,515
2005	$20,040,642,477	$1,154,667,551,776
2006	$22,715,540,324	$1,261,846,683,275
2007	$26,884,700,709	$1,476,746,276,855
2008	$30,801,745,700	$1,636,115,447,613
2009	$30,745,714,313	$1,496,587,590,848
2010	$37,658,616,952	$1,427,989,078,917
2011	$42,762,613,699	$1,487,568,659,241
2012	$47,231,655,432	$1,330,994,811,670
2013	$50,949,668,842	$1,362,186,923,158
2014	$52,016,408,854	$1,380,244,561,362
2015	$56,441,920,821	$1,206,164,777,553
2016	$58,847,019,610	$1,243,015,667,917
2017	$60,516,044,657	$1,321,754,088,819
2018	$62,420,164,992	$1,431,642,809,327
2019	$64,417,670,521	$1,403,496,387,686
2020	$62,395,610,760	$1,289,783,836,971
2021	$64,960,725,734	$1,461,244,901,853
2022	$69,243,626,029	$1,446,498,147,749
2023	$86,497,941,439	$1,620,090,734,957
2024	$95,350,423,177	$1,722,745,978,335

Costa Rica and Spain economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Spain

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Spain
1960	$382	$408
1961	$356	$463
1962	$335	$535
1963	$346	$627
1964	$354	$695
1965	$374	$797
1966	$395	$916
1967	$414	$997
1968	$445	$978
1969	$477	$1,109
1970	$536	$1,211
1971	$570	$1,361
1972	$639	$1,708
1973	$769	$2,246
1974	$817	$2,748
1975	$937	$3,208
1976	$1,123	$3,277
1977	$1,393	$3,625
1978	$1,556	$4,353
1979	$1,735	$5,766
1980	$2,021	$6,204
1981	$1,068	$5,367
1982	$1,032	$5,156
1983	$1,213	$4,475
1984	$1,372	$4,487
1985	$1,429	$4,696
1986	$1,569	$6,509
1987	$1,567	$8,234
1988	$1,555	$9,696
1989	$1,725	$10,674
1990	$1,830	$13,795
1991	$2,253	$14,801
1992	$2,612	$16,101
1993	$2,840	$13,330
1994	$3,040	$13,406
1995	$3,275	$15,461
1996	$3,227	$16,101
1997	$3,408	$14,722
1998	$3,617	$15,382
1999	$3,691	$15,708
2000	$3,813	$14,743
2001	$3,985	$15,368
2002	$4,068	$17,111
2003	$4,173	$21,522
2004	$4,431	$24,925
2005	$4,703	$26,451
2006	$5,257	$28,422
2007	$6,138	$32,652
2008	$6,937	$35,603
2009	$6,833	$32,280
2010	$8,266	$30,659
2011	$9,276	$31,825
2012	$10,127	$28,456
2013	$10,803	$29,229
2014	$10,911	$29,708
2015	$11,715	$25,982
2016	$12,091	$26,756
2017	$12,317	$28,381
2018	$12,590	$30,602
2019	$12,885	$29,787
2020	$12,394	$27,234
2021	$12,838	$30,799
2022	$13,626	$30,270
2023	$16,942	$33,509
2024	$18,587	$35,297

Costa Rica vs. Spain life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Spain

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Spain
1950	57.5	61.8
1951	57.8	61.5
1952	58.1	64.8
1953	59.1	65.7
1954	59.9	66.9
1955	60.5	66.7
1956	61.2	66.8
1957	61.6	66.6
1958	62.3	68.8
1959	62.9	68.7
1960	63.5	69.2
1961	63.9	69.6
1962	64.2	69.6
1963	64.3	69.8
1964	64.5	70.5
1965	64.8	70.9
1966	65.1	71.2
1967	65.6	71.3
1968	65.8	71.7
1969	66.4	71.1
1970	66.8	72.1
1971	67.4	71.7
1972	68	73
1973	68.7	72.7
1974	69.4	73.1
1975	70.3	73.5
1976	70.9	73.8
1977	71.5	74.3
1978	72	74.5
1979	72.5	75
1980	73	75.5
1981	73.4	75.7
1982	73.9	76.3
1983	74.2	76.1
1984	74.6	76.5
1985	74.8	76.4
1986	74.9	76.7
1987	75.2	77
1988	75.5	76.9
1989	75.9	77
1990	76.1	77
1991	76.2	77.1
1992	76.4	77.6
1993	76.3	77.7
1994	76.3	78.1
1995	76.4	78.2
1996	76.4	78.3
1997	76.6	78.9
1998	76.9	78.9
1999	77.1	78.9
2000	77.3	79.4
2001	77.6	79.7
2002	77.9	79.8
2003	78.2	79.7
2004	78.5	80.3
2005	78.9	80.3
2006	79	81
2007	79.1	81
2008	79.2	81.3
2009	79.4	81.6
2010	79.4	82
2011	79.6	82.2
2012	79.9	82.2
2013	80.2	82.7
2014	80.2	82.8
2015	80.4	82.6
2016	80	83
2017	80	83
2018	80.1	83.1
2019	80.3	83.5
2020	79.7	82.2
2021	78.1	83
2022	79.3	82.4
2023	80.8	83.7
2024	81	83.8
2025	81.2	84

Costa Rica and Spain population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Spain

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Spain
1960	1,327,496	30,455,000
1961	1,377,920	30,739,250
1962	1,429,445	31,023,366
1963	1,481,604	31,296,651
1964	1,533,960	31,609,195
1965	1,586,208	31,954,292
1966	1,638,116	32,283,194
1967	1,689,523	32,682,947
1968	1,739,731	33,113,134
1969	1,789,276	33,441,054
1970	1,838,949	33,814,531
1971	1,888,539	34,224,490
1972	1,938,248	34,604,469
1973	1,988,343	34,988,947
1974	2,039,643	35,373,335
1975	2,092,719	35,757,900
1976	2,147,774	36,137,812
1977	2,205,025	36,511,638
1978	2,264,510	36,864,898
1979	2,326,490	37,191,330
1980	2,390,633	37,491,165
1981	2,456,637	37,758,631
1982	2,524,806	37,986,012
1983	2,595,153	38,171,525
1984	2,667,595	38,330,364
1985	2,741,894	38,469,512
1986	2,817,216	38,584,624
1987	2,892,699	38,684,815
1988	2,968,103	38,766,939
1989	3,043,827	38,827,764
1990	3,121,706	38,867,322
1991	3,202,176	38,966,376
1992	3,284,258	39,157,685
1993	3,367,434	39,361,262
1994	3,451,122	39,549,108
1995	3,535,176	39,724,050
1996	3,619,013	39,889,852
1997	3,701,711	40,057,389
1998	3,782,838	40,223,509
1999	3,862,101	40,386,875
2000	3,937,739	40,567,864
2001	4,008,947	40,850,412
2002	4,075,705	41,431,558
2003	4,138,784	42,187,645
2004	4,200,078	42,921,895
2005	4,261,240	43,653,155
2006	4,321,340	44,397,319
2007	4,380,248	45,226,803
2008	4,440,056	45,954,106
2009	4,499,791	46,362,946
2010	4,555,962	46,576,897
2011	4,609,833	46,742,697
2012	4,663,934	46,773,055
2013	4,716,147	46,604,197
2014	4,767,119	46,460,733
2015	4,818,038	46,422,303
2016	4,866,998	46,458,139
2017	4,913,177	46,571,232
2018	4,957,818	46,782,011
2019	4,999,553	47,118,501
2020	5,034,320	47,359,424
2021	5,059,988	47,443,821
2022	5,081,765	47,786,102
2023	5,105,525	48,347,910
2024	5,129,910	48,807,137

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Spain

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Spain

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Spain
1960	6.71	2.86
1961	6.65	2.77
1962	6.54	2.8
1963	6.39	2.88
1964	6.19	3.01
1965	5.96	2.94
1966	5.7	2.91
1967	5.42	2.94
1968	5.03	2.87
1969	4.84	2.86
1970	4.59	2.84
1971	4.36	2.9
1972	4.16	2.87
1973	3.99	2.84
1974	3.89	2.88
1975	3.8	2.77
1976	3.75	2.77
1977	3.7	2.65
1978	3.66	2.54
1979	3.65	2.37
1980	3.58	2.22
1981	3.56	2.04
1982	3.54	1.94
1983	3.53	1.8
1984	3.52	1.73
1985	3.51	1.64
1986	3.45	1.56
1987	3.38	1.49
1988	3.31	1.45
1989	3.24	1.4
1990	3.17	1.36
1991	3.08	1.33
1992	3	1.31
1993	2.93	1.26
1994	2.86	1.19
1995	2.78	1.16
1996	2.68	1.14
1997	2.59	1.15
1998	2.53	1.13
1999	2.48	1.17
2000	2.41	1.22
2001	2.31	1.23
2002	2.16	1.25
2003	2.08	1.3
2004	2.03	1.31
2005	2.04	1.33
2006	1.94	1.36
2007	1.95	1.38
2008	1.98	1.45
2009	1.95	1.38
2010	1.83	1.37
2011	1.88	1.34
2012	1.85	1.32
2013	1.78	1.27
2014	1.8	1.32
2015	1.8	1.33
2016	1.75	1.33
2017	1.71	1.31
2018	1.71	1.26
2019	1.6	1.23
2020	1.45	1.18
2021	1.35	1.18
2022	1.34	1.16
2023	1.33	1.12

Costa Rica and Spain demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Spain

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Spain
1960	16.8	29.4
1961	16.8	29.6
1962	16.7	29.7
1963	16.7	29.9
1964	16.7	30.1
1965	16.7	30.2
1966	16.8	30.3
1967	16.9	30.4
1968	17.1	30.4
1969	17.3	30.2
1970	17.6	30.1
1971	17.8	30.1
1972	18.1	30
1973	18.4	30
1974	18.6	30
1975	18.9	30
1976	19.2	30.1
1977	19.5	30.2
1978	19.7	30.4
1979	20	30.6
1980	20.3	30.7
1981	20.6	30.9
1982	20.9	31.1
1983	21.2	31.4
1984	21.4	31.6
1985	21.6	31.9
1986	21.8	32.2
1987	22.1	32.5
1988	22.3	32.9
1989	22.5	33.2
1990	22.7	33.6
1991	22.9	33.9
1992	23.2	34.2
1993	23.4	34.6
1994	23.6	34.9
1995	23.9	35.3
1996	24.1	35.7
1997	24.4	36.2
1998	24.7	36.6
1999	24.9	37
2000	25.2	37.4
2001	25.5	37.8
2002	25.9	38.1
2003	26.3	38.3
2004	26.7	38.5
2005	27	38.8
2006	27.4	39
2007	27.8	39.2
2008	28.2	39.4
2009	28.6	39.8
2010	29	40.2
2011	29.4	40.6
2012	29.8	41.1
2013	30.3	41.7
2014	30.7	42.2
2015	31.2	42.7
2016	31.7	43.1
2017	32.1	43.5
2018	32.6	43.8
2019	33	44.1
2020	33.5	44.5
2021	34	44.9
2022	34.5	45.4
2023	35.1	45.9
2024	35.6	46.4

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