Costa Rica vs Suriname statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 126th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Costa Rica and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Suriname economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Suriname
1960	$507,513,830	$99,650,000
1961	$490,325,182	$107,700,000
1962	$479,180,824	$116,150,000
1963	$511,902,137	$125,950,000
1964	$542,578,367	$134,400,000
1965	$592,981,162	$154,150,000
1966	$647,305,630	$190,350,000
1967	$699,456,619	$220,700,000
1968	$773,841,494	$241,350,000
1969	$853,630,204	$259,650,000
1970	$984,830,158	$274,900,000
1971	$1,077,147,538	$301,000,000
1972	$1,238,251,696	$311,950,000
1973	$1,528,925,846	$339,450,000
1974	$1,666,544,754	$409,850,000
1975	$1,960,863,466	$465,500,000
1976	$2,412,555,426	$505,500,000
1977	$3,072,427,013	$641,500,000
1978	$3,523,208,810	$735,500,000
1979	$4,035,519,323	$782,500,000
1980	$4,831,447,001	$795,000,000
1981	$2,623,803,096	$889,000,000
1982	$2,606,623,555	$915,000,000
1983	$3,146,772,631	$883,500,000
1984	$3,660,477,856	$864,000,000
1985	$3,919,203,960	$873,000,000
1986	$4,418,983,871	$891,000,000
1987	$4,532,952,047	$980,000,000
1988	$4,614,629,898	$1,161,000,000
1989	$5,251,025,767	$542,600,000
1990	$5,711,687,787	$388,400,000
1991	$7,215,725,487	$448,100,000
1992	$8,579,754,758	$404,600,000
1993	$9,564,815,975	$428,764,706
1994	$10,489,903,725	$605,492,537
1995	$11,578,594,260	$691,590,498
1996	$11,678,424,507	$861,372,806
1997	$12,614,602,382	$926,422,500
1998	$13,684,255,947	$1,110,850,000
1999	$14,254,866,285	$886,290,698
2000	$15,013,629,662	$947,671,970
2001	$15,976,174,337	$834,279,358
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,093,574,468
2003	$17,271,760,507	$1,274,190,311
2004	$18,610,594,846	$1,484,092,538
2005	$20,040,642,477	$1,793,410,397
2006	$22,715,540,324	$2,626,380,435
2007	$26,884,700,709	$2,936,612,022
2008	$30,801,745,700	$3,532,969,035
2009	$30,745,714,313	$3,875,409,836
2010	$37,658,616,952	$4,368,370,998
2011	$42,762,613,699	$4,422,276,622
2012	$47,231,655,432	$4,980,000,000
2013	$50,949,668,842	$5,145,757,576
2014	$52,016,408,854	$5,240,606,061
2015	$56,441,920,821	$5,126,237,646
2016	$58,847,019,610	$3,317,421,648
2017	$60,516,044,657	$3,591,679,431
2018	$62,420,164,992	$3,996,198,867
2019	$64,417,670,521	$4,016,040,575
2020	$62,395,610,760	$2,911,807,496
2021	$64,960,725,734	$3,107,923,198
2022	$69,243,626,029	$3,791,603,200
2023	$86,497,941,439	$3,455,146,281
2024	$95,350,423,177	$4,714,267,822

Costa Rica and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Suriname

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Suriname
1960	$382	$378
1961	$356	$395
1962	$335	$409
1963	$346	$424
1964	$354	$435
1965	$374	$482
1966	$395	$575
1967	$414	$644
1968	$445	$681
1969	$477	$708
1970	$536	$724
1971	$570	$768
1972	$639	$785
1973	$769	$858
1974	$817	$1,041
1975	$937	$1,190
1976	$1,123	$1,302
1977	$1,393	$1,666
1978	$1,556	$1,928
1979	$1,735	$2,072
1980	$2,021	$2,118
1981	$1,068	$2,368
1982	$1,032	$2,430
1983	$1,213	$2,333
1984	$1,372	$2,261
1985	$1,429	$2,256
1986	$1,569	$2,271
1987	$1,567	$2,469
1988	$1,555	$2,886
1989	$1,725	$1,329
1990	$1,830	$942
1991	$2,253	$1,080
1992	$2,612	$969
1993	$2,840	$1,022
1994	$3,040	$1,434
1995	$3,275	$1,610
1996	$3,227	$1,963
1997	$3,408	$2,068
1998	$3,617	$2,429
1999	$3,691	$1,898
2000	$3,813	$1,988
2001	$3,985	$1,715
2002	$4,068	$2,202
2003	$4,173	$2,516
2004	$4,431	$2,888
2005	$4,703	$3,453
2006	$5,257	$5,003
2007	$6,138	$5,530
2008	$6,937	$6,576
2009	$6,833	$7,130
2010	$8,266	$7,944
2011	$9,276	$7,950
2012	$10,127	$8,851
2013	$10,803	$9,043
2014	$10,911	$9,108
2015	$11,715	$8,814
2016	$12,091	$5,644
2017	$12,317	$6,050
2018	$12,590	$6,666
2019	$12,885	$6,630
2020	$12,394	$4,755
2021	$12,838	$5,030
2022	$13,626	$6,084
2023	$16,942	$5,494
2024	$18,587	$7,431

Costa Rica vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Suriname

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Suriname
1950	57.5	50.7
1951	57.8	51.1
1952	58.1	51.4
1953	59.1	52.1
1954	59.9	52.8
1955	60.5	53.5
1956	61.2	54.1
1957	61.6	54.7
1958	62.3	55.4
1959	62.9	55.9
1960	63.5	56.6
1961	63.9	57.3
1962	64.2	58
1963	64.3	58.5
1964	64.5	58.9
1965	64.8	59.1
1966	65.1	59.2
1967	65.6	59.2
1968	65.8	59.3
1969	66.4	59.4
1970	66.8	59.5
1971	67.4	59.6
1972	68	59.7
1973	68.7	59.8
1974	69.4	59.9
1975	70.3	60
1976	70.9	60.2
1977	71.5	60.3
1978	72	60.4
1979	72.5	60.5
1980	73	60.7
1981	73.4	60.8
1982	73.9	60.9
1983	74.2	61.1
1984	74.6	61.2
1985	74.8	61.4
1986	74.9	61.2
1987	75.2	61.3
1988	75.5	61.5
1989	75.9	62
1990	76.1	62.1
1991	76.2	62.2
1992	76.4	62.2
1993	76.3	62.4
1994	76.3	62.5
1995	76.4	62.8
1996	76.4	63.1
1997	76.6	63.4
1998	76.9	63.7
1999	77.1	64
2000	77.3	64.4
2001	77.6	64.8
2002	77.9	65.3
2003	78.2	65.8
2004	78.5	66.4
2005	78.9	67
2006	79	67.6
2007	79.1	68.3
2008	79.2	68.9
2009	79.4	69.3
2010	79.4	69.6
2011	79.6	69.8
2012	79.9	70
2013	80.2	70.1
2014	80.2	70.3
2015	80.4	70.6
2016	80	71
2017	80	71.2
2018	80.1	71.5
2019	80.3	71.8
2020	79.7	72.3
2021	78.1	68.9
2022	79.3	73.3
2023	80.8	73.6
2024	81	73.8
2025	81.2	73.9

Costa Rica and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Suriname

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Suriname
1960	1,327,496	263,918
1961	1,377,920	272,791
1962	1,429,445	283,912
1963	1,481,604	297,034
1964	1,533,960	309,041
1965	1,586,208	320,000
1966	1,638,116	331,135
1967	1,689,523	342,679
1968	1,739,731	354,616
1969	1,789,276	366,906
1970	1,838,949	379,442
1971	1,888,539	391,932
1972	1,938,248	397,413
1973	1,988,343	395,772
1974	2,039,643	393,676
1975	2,092,719	391,170
1976	2,147,774	388,289
1977	2,205,025	385,067
1978	2,264,510	381,502
1979	2,326,490	377,602
1980	2,390,633	375,377
1981	2,456,637	375,459
1982	2,524,806	376,555
1983	2,595,153	378,746
1984	2,667,595	382,193
1985	2,741,894	386,972
1986	2,817,216	392,330
1987	2,892,699	396,911
1988	2,968,103	402,227
1989	3,043,827	408,409
1990	3,121,706	412,493
1991	3,202,176	415,013
1992	3,284,258	417,589
1993	3,367,434	419,352
1994	3,451,122	422,375
1995	3,535,176	429,606
1996	3,619,013	438,830
1997	3,701,711	448,067
1998	3,782,838	457,406
1999	3,862,101	466,916
2000	3,937,739	476,643
2001	4,008,947	486,560
2002	4,075,705	496,551
2003	4,138,784	506,414
2004	4,200,078	513,923
2005	4,261,240	519,313
2006	4,321,340	524,997
2007	4,380,248	531,016
2008	4,440,056	537,245
2009	4,499,791	543,568
2010	4,555,962	549,923
2011	4,609,833	556,269
2012	4,663,934	562,633
2013	4,716,147	569,020
2014	4,767,119	575,373
2015	4,818,038	581,627
2016	4,866,998	587,757
2017	4,913,177	593,713
2018	4,957,818	599,513
2019	4,999,553	605,768
2020	5,034,320	612,317
2021	5,059,988	617,896
2022	5,081,765	623,164
2023	5,105,525	628,886
2024	5,129,910	634,431

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Suriname

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Suriname

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Suriname
1960	6.71	6.59
1961	6.65	6.58
1962	6.54	6.57
1963	6.39	6.51
1964	6.19	6.43
1965	5.96	6.32
1966	5.7	6.2
1967	5.42	6.04
1968	5.03	5.86
1969	4.84	5.7
1970	4.59	5.53
1971	4.36	5.36
1972	4.16	5.18
1973	3.99	5.01
1974	3.89	4.81
1975	3.8	4.63
1976	3.75	4.45
1977	3.7	4.26
1978	3.66	4.08
1979	3.65	3.93
1980	3.58	3.79
1981	3.56	3.75
1982	3.54	3.82
1983	3.53	3.87
1984	3.52	3.8
1985	3.51	3.71
1986	3.45	3.61
1987	3.38	3.53
1988	3.31	3.46
1989	3.24	3.39
1990	3.17	3.23
1991	3.08	3.09
1992	3	3.01
1993	2.93	2.94
1994	2.86	2.9
1995	2.78	2.9
1996	2.68	2.92
1997	2.59	2.95
1998	2.53	2.99
1999	2.48	3.02
2000	2.41	3.05
2001	2.31	3.06
2002	2.16	2.96
2003	2.08	2.84
2004	2.03	2.74
2005	2.04	2.71
2006	1.94	2.73
2007	1.95	2.74
2008	1.98	2.73
2009	1.95	2.71
2010	1.83	2.69
2011	1.88	2.67
2012	1.85	2.67
2013	1.78	2.65
2014	1.8	2.62
2015	1.8	2.57
2016	1.75	2.5
2017	1.71	2.43
2018	1.71	2.38
2019	1.6	2.35
2020	1.45	2.31
2021	1.35	2.3
2022	1.34	2.27
2023	1.33	2.25

Costa Rica and Suriname demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Suriname

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Suriname
1960	16.8	18.1
1961	16.8	18.2
1962	16.7	17.8
1963	16.7	17.3
1964	16.7	16.8
1965	16.7	16.4
1966	16.8	16.1
1967	16.9	15.8
1968	17.1	15.6
1969	17.3	15.6
1970	17.6	15.6
1971	17.8	15.7
1972	18.1	16
1973	18.4	16.3
1974	18.6	16.7
1975	18.9	17
1976	19.2	17.4
1977	19.5	17.6
1978	19.7	17.9
1979	20	18.1
1980	20.3	18.4
1981	20.6	18.7
1982	20.9	18.9
1983	21.2	19.2
1984	21.4	19.5
1985	21.6	19.7
1986	21.8	20
1987	22.1	20.2
1988	22.3	20.4
1989	22.5	20.6
1990	22.7	20.8
1991	22.9	21
1992	23.2	21.2
1993	23.4	21.5
1994	23.6	21.7
1995	23.9	22
1996	24.1	22.4
1997	24.4	22.8
1998	24.7	23.2
1999	24.9	23.6
2000	25.2	24
2001	25.5	24.4
2002	25.9	24.7
2003	26.3	25
2004	26.7	25.3
2005	27	25.5
2006	27.4	25.6
2007	27.8	25.8
2008	28.2	26.1
2009	28.6	26.3
2010	29	26.5
2011	29.4	26.7
2012	29.8	26.9
2013	30.3	27.1
2014	30.7	27.3
2015	31.2	27.5
2016	31.7	27.7
2017	32.1	27.9
2018	32.6	28.1
2019	33	28.3
2020	33.5	28.6
2021	34	28.7
2022	34.5	28.9
2023	35.1	29.2
2024	35.6	29.4

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