Costa Rica vs Sweden statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 126th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 73/197 ($95.4B) and Sweden ranks 26/197 ($604B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Sweden ranks 17/197 ($57,117).

Costa Rica and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Sweden
1960	$507,513,830	$15,930,075,467
1961	$490,325,182	$17,329,620,585
1962	$479,180,824	$18,794,066,990
1963	$511,902,137	$20,342,131,882
1964	$542,578,367	$22,685,490,195
1965	$592,981,162	$24,963,947,415
1966	$647,305,630	$27,154,716,721
1967	$699,456,619	$29,474,881,506
1968	$773,841,494	$31,277,871,669
1969	$853,630,204	$33,967,301,561
1970	$984,830,158	$38,037,226,668
1971	$1,077,147,538	$41,506,151,115
1972	$1,238,251,696	$48,883,173,400
1973	$1,528,925,846	$59,318,842,992
1974	$1,666,544,754	$65,917,634,590
1975	$1,960,863,466	$82,765,232,648
1976	$2,412,555,426	$89,232,517,046
1977	$3,072,427,013	$94,331,782,622
1978	$3,523,208,810	$104,290,933,496
1979	$4,035,519,323	$123,207,527,699
1980	$4,831,447,001	$141,886,067,004
1981	$2,623,803,096	$129,498,921,476
1982	$2,606,623,555	$114,214,731,799
1983	$3,146,772,631	$104,862,109,663
1984	$3,660,477,856	$109,043,045,407
1985	$3,919,203,960	$113,958,084,357
1986	$4,418,983,871	$150,279,869,729
1987	$4,532,952,047	$182,744,315,974
1988	$4,614,629,898	$206,686,590,776
1989	$5,251,025,767	$217,632,340,195
1990	$5,711,687,787	$261,466,577,009
1991	$7,215,725,487	$273,831,464,572
1992	$8,579,754,758	$283,908,914,454
1993	$9,564,815,975	$212,644,602,616
1994	$10,489,903,725	$228,699,066,874
1995	$11,578,594,260	$267,050,453,507
1996	$11,678,424,507	$291,949,597,375
1997	$12,614,602,382	$268,249,616,891
1998	$13,684,255,947	$270,887,306,759
1999	$14,254,866,285	$274,318,357,862
2000	$15,013,629,662	$262,903,560,280
2001	$15,976,174,337	$242,497,797,485
2002	$16,578,820,687	$267,371,907,447
2003	$17,271,760,507	$334,072,443,516
2004	$18,610,594,846	$384,545,442,175
2005	$20,040,642,477	$391,688,455,929
2006	$22,715,540,324	$422,528,394,459
2007	$26,884,700,709	$490,047,789,548
2008	$30,801,745,700	$514,614,100,833
2009	$30,745,714,313	$434,311,714,442
2010	$37,658,616,952	$492,750,897,239
2011	$42,762,613,699	$570,538,581,144
2012	$47,231,655,432	$549,739,674,655
2013	$50,949,668,842	$584,125,353,119
2014	$52,016,408,854	$577,727,767,304
2015	$56,441,920,821	$501,602,351,912
2016	$58,847,019,610	$513,058,312,951
2017	$60,516,044,657	$535,172,356,785
2018	$62,420,164,992	$549,649,344,043
2019	$64,417,670,521	$530,894,124,494
2020	$62,395,610,760	$544,265,668,452
2021	$64,960,725,734	$631,693,331,301
2022	$69,243,626,029	$575,071,237,641
2023	$86,497,941,439	$578,990,915,246
2024	$95,350,423,177	$603,715,224,266

Costa Rica and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Sweden
1960	$382	$2,128
1961	$356	$2,304
1962	$335	$2,485
1963	$346	$2,675
1964	$354	$2,961
1965	$374	$3,228
1966	$395	$3,478
1967	$414	$3,746
1968	$445	$3,953
1969	$477	$4,263
1970	$536	$4,729
1971	$570	$5,125
1972	$639	$6,018
1973	$769	$7,291
1974	$817	$8,078
1975	$937	$10,103
1976	$1,123	$10,853
1977	$1,393	$11,432
1978	$1,556	$12,602
1979	$1,735	$14,856
1980	$2,021	$17,073
1981	$1,068	$15,564
1982	$1,032	$13,719
1983	$1,213	$12,590
1984	$1,372	$13,080
1985	$1,429	$13,647
1986	$1,569	$17,955
1987	$1,567	$21,761
1988	$1,555	$24,499
1989	$1,725	$25,625
1990	$1,830	$30,549
1991	$2,253	$31,777
1992	$2,612	$32,753
1993	$2,840	$24,390
1994	$3,040	$26,046
1995	$3,275	$30,254
1996	$3,227	$33,022
1997	$3,408	$30,324
1998	$3,617	$30,605
1999	$3,691	$30,969
2000	$3,813	$29,633
2001	$3,985	$27,259
2002	$4,068	$29,958
2003	$4,173	$37,292
2004	$4,431	$42,758
2005	$4,703	$43,378
2006	$5,257	$46,531
2007	$6,138	$53,568
2008	$6,937	$55,817
2009	$6,833	$46,708
2010	$8,266	$52,543
2011	$9,276	$60,379
2012	$10,127	$57,750
2013	$10,803	$60,844
2014	$10,911	$59,583
2015	$11,715	$51,188
2016	$12,091	$51,704
2017	$12,317	$53,210
2018	$12,590	$54,018
2019	$12,885	$51,649
2020	$12,394	$52,569
2021	$12,838	$60,648
2022	$13,626	$54,837
2023	$16,942	$54,950
2024	$18,587	$57,117

Costa Rica vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Sweden
1950	57.5	71.1
1951	57.8	71.4
1952	58.1	71.8
1953	59.1	71.9
1954	59.9	72.4
1955	60.5	72.6
1956	61.2	72.7
1957	61.6	72.5
1958	62.3	73.2
1959	62.9	73.4
1960	63.5	73
1961	63.9	73.5
1962	64.2	73.4
1963	64.3	73.5
1964	64.5	73.7
1965	64.8	73.9
1966	65.1	74.1
1967	65.6	74.1
1968	65.8	74
1969	66.4	74.1
1970	66.8	74.7
1971	67.4	74.6
1972	68	74.7
1973	68.7	74.9
1974	69.4	75
1975	70.3	75
1976	70.9	75
1977	71.5	75.4
1978	72	75.5
1979	72.5	75.5
1980	73	75.7
1981	73.4	76
1982	73.9	76.3
1983	74.2	76.6
1984	74.6	76.8
1985	74.8	76.7
1986	74.9	77
1987	75.2	77.1
1988	75.5	77
1989	75.9	77.7
1990	76.1	77.6
1991	76.2	77.7
1992	76.4	78.1
1993	76.3	78.1
1994	76.3	78.7
1995	76.4	78.8
1996	76.4	79
1997	76.6	79.3
1998	76.9	79.4
1999	77.1	79.5
2000	77.3	79.7
2001	77.6	79.8
2002	77.9	79.9
2003	78.2	80.2
2004	78.5	80.5
2005	78.9	80.6
2006	79	80.8
2007	79.1	81
2008	79.2	81.1
2009	79.4	81.4
2010	79.4	81.5
2011	79.6	81.8
2012	79.9	81.7
2013	80.2	81.9
2014	80.2	82.2
2015	80.4	82.2
2016	80	82.3
2017	80	82.4
2018	80.1	82.5
2019	80.3	83.1
2020	79.7	82.4
2021	78.1	83
2022	79.3	83
2023	80.8	83.3
2024	81	83.4
2025	81.2	83.6
2026	81.4	83.7

Costa Rica and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Sweden
1960	1,327,496	7,484,656
1961	1,377,920	7,519,998
1962	1,429,445	7,561,588
1963	1,481,604	7,604,328
1964	1,533,960	7,661,354
1965	1,586,208	7,733,853
1966	1,638,116	7,807,797
1967	1,689,523	7,867,931
1968	1,739,731	7,912,273
1969	1,789,276	7,968,072
1970	1,838,949	8,042,801
1971	1,888,539	8,098,334
1972	1,938,248	8,122,300
1973	1,988,343	8,136,312
1974	2,039,643	8,159,955
1975	2,092,719	8,192,437
1976	2,147,774	8,222,286
1977	2,205,025	8,251,540
1978	2,264,510	8,275,599
1979	2,326,490	8,293,678
1980	2,390,633	8,310,531
1981	2,456,637	8,320,503
1982	2,524,806	8,325,263
1983	2,595,153	8,329,033
1984	2,667,595	8,336,605
1985	2,741,894	8,350,386
1986	2,817,216	8,369,829
1987	2,892,699	8,397,804
1988	2,968,103	8,436,489
1989	3,043,827	8,492,964
1990	3,121,706	8,558,835
1991	3,202,176	8,617,375
1992	3,284,258	8,668,067
1993	3,367,434	8,718,561
1994	3,451,122	8,780,745
1995	3,535,176	8,826,939
1996	3,619,013	8,840,998
1997	3,701,711	8,846,062
1998	3,782,838	8,850,974
1999	3,862,101	8,857,874
2000	3,937,739	8,872,109
2001	4,008,947	8,895,960
2002	4,075,705	8,924,958
2003	4,138,784	8,958,229
2004	4,200,078	8,993,531
2005	4,261,240	9,029,572
2006	4,321,340	9,080,505
2007	4,380,248	9,148,092
2008	4,440,056	9,219,637
2009	4,499,791	9,298,515
2010	4,555,962	9,378,126
2011	4,609,833	9,449,213
2012	4,663,934	9,519,374
2013	4,716,147	9,600,379
2014	4,767,119	9,696,110
2015	4,818,038	9,799,186
2016	4,866,998	9,923,085
2017	4,913,177	10,057,698
2018	4,957,818	10,175,214
2019	4,999,553	10,278,887
2020	5,034,320	10,353,442
2021	5,059,988	10,415,811
2022	5,081,765	10,486,941
2023	5,105,525	10,536,632
2024	5,129,910	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Sweden

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Sweden
1960	6.71	2.17
1961	6.65	2.21
1962	6.54	2.25
1963	6.39	2.33
1964	6.19	2.47
1965	5.96	2.39
1966	5.7	2.37
1967	5.42	2.28
1968	5.03	2.07
1969	4.84	1.93
1970	4.59	1.92
1971	4.36	1.96
1972	4.16	1.91
1973	3.99	1.87
1974	3.89	1.87
1975	3.8	1.77
1976	3.75	1.68
1977	3.7	1.64
1978	3.66	1.6
1979	3.65	1.66
1980	3.58	1.68
1981	3.56	1.63
1982	3.54	1.62
1983	3.53	1.61
1984	3.52	1.66
1985	3.51	1.74
1986	3.45	1.8
1987	3.38	1.84
1988	3.31	1.96
1989	3.24	2.01
1990	3.17	2.13
1991	3.08	2.11
1992	3	2.09
1993	2.93	1.99
1994	2.86	1.88
1995	2.78	1.73
1996	2.68	1.6
1997	2.59	1.52
1998	2.53	1.5
1999	2.48	1.5
2000	2.41	1.54
2001	2.31	1.57
2002	2.16	1.65
2003	2.08	1.71
2004	2.03	1.75
2005	2.04	1.77
2006	1.94	1.85
2007	1.95	1.88
2008	1.98	1.91
2009	1.95	1.94
2010	1.83	1.98
2011	1.88	1.9
2012	1.85	1.91
2013	1.78	1.89
2014	1.8	1.88
2015	1.8	1.85
2016	1.75	1.85
2017	1.71	1.78
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.6	1.71
2020	1.45	1.67
2021	1.35	1.67
2022	1.34	1.53
2023	1.33	1.45

Costa Rica and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Sweden
1960	16.8	36
1961	16.8	36.2
1962	16.7	36.3
1963	16.7	36.3
1964	16.7	36.3
1965	16.7	36.2
1966	16.8	36
1967	16.9	35.9
1968	17.1	35.8
1969	17.3	35.6
1970	17.6	35.4
1971	17.8	35.3
1972	18.1	35.3
1973	18.4	35.3
1974	18.6	35.3
1975	18.9	35.3
1976	19.2	35.4
1977	19.5	35.5
1978	19.7	35.7
1979	20	36
1980	20.3	36.2
1981	20.6	36.5
1982	20.9	36.8
1983	21.2	37.1
1984	21.4	37.4
1985	21.6	37.6
1986	21.8	37.9
1987	22.1	38.1
1988	22.3	38.2
1989	22.5	38.3
1990	22.7	38.3
1991	22.9	38.3
1992	23.2	38.4
1993	23.4	38.4
1994	23.6	38.4
1995	23.9	38.5
1996	24.1	38.6
1997	24.4	38.8
1998	24.7	39
1999	24.9	39.2
2000	25.2	39.4
2001	25.5	39.5
2002	25.9	39.7
2003	26.3	39.8
2004	26.7	40
2005	27	40.2
2006	27.4	40.4
2007	27.8	40.5
2008	28.2	40.6
2009	28.6	40.7
2010	29	40.7
2011	29.4	40.8
2012	29.8	40.9
2013	30.3	40.9
2014	30.7	40.9
2015	31.2	40.9
2016	31.7	40.8
2017	32.1	40.7
2018	32.6	40.6
2019	33	40.5
2020	33.5	40.6
2021	34	40.7
2022	34.5	40.7
2023	35.1	40.9
2024	35.6	41.1

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