Costa Rica vs Switzerland statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 126th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Costa Rica and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Switzerland
1960	$507,513,830	$10,412,232,621
1961	$490,325,182	$11,713,348,834
1962	$479,180,824	$12,989,649,694
1963	$511,902,137	$14,283,872,299
1964	$542,578,367	$15,833,133,858
1965	$592,981,162	$16,780,226,225
1966	$647,305,630	$18,019,402,374
1967	$699,456,619	$19,397,044,714
1968	$773,841,494	$20,712,102,794
1969	$853,630,204	$22,442,043,274
1970	$984,830,158	$24,998,066,773
1971	$1,077,147,538	$30,040,171,751
1972	$1,238,251,696	$36,844,318,854
1973	$1,528,925,846	$49,550,006,320
1974	$1,666,544,754	$57,103,011,446
1975	$1,960,863,466	$65,466,081,819
1976	$2,412,555,426	$68,476,524,644
1977	$3,072,427,013	$73,135,771,167
1978	$3,523,208,810	$102,280,472,036
1979	$4,035,519,323	$114,970,094,425
1980	$4,831,447,001	$122,557,843,886
1981	$2,623,803,096	$112,244,805,519
1982	$2,606,623,555	$115,043,365,512
1983	$3,146,772,631	$114,634,358,535
1984	$3,660,477,856	$109,455,312,168
1985	$3,919,203,960	$110,980,314,192
1986	$4,418,983,871	$159,089,921,063
1987	$4,532,952,047	$199,236,370,038
1988	$4,614,629,898	$215,540,625,299
1989	$5,251,025,767	$208,105,846,934
1990	$5,711,687,787	$265,763,573,999
1991	$7,215,725,487	$268,901,693,863
1992	$8,579,754,758	$279,921,425,828
1993	$9,564,815,975	$272,237,527,071
1994	$10,489,903,725	$301,375,055,202
1995	$11,578,594,260	$352,835,806,342
1996	$11,678,424,507	$340,103,959,547
1997	$12,614,602,382	$294,788,198,856
1998	$13,684,255,947	$303,459,014,347
1999	$14,254,866,285	$297,873,643,323
2000	$15,013,629,662	$279,216,033,870
2001	$15,976,174,337	$286,582,672,434
2002	$16,578,820,687	$309,301,422,430
2003	$17,271,760,507	$362,075,086,508
2004	$18,610,594,846	$403,912,891,033
2005	$20,040,642,477	$418,284,865,885
2006	$22,715,540,324	$441,634,672,197
2007	$26,884,700,709	$490,740,715,595
2008	$30,801,745,700	$567,267,767,519
2009	$30,745,714,313	$554,212,916,092
2010	$37,658,616,952	$598,851,027,948
2011	$42,762,613,699	$715,888,126,682
2012	$47,231,655,432	$686,420,221,558
2013	$50,949,668,842	$706,234,937,371
2014	$52,016,408,854	$726,537,809,430
2015	$56,441,920,821	$694,118,186,380
2016	$58,847,019,610	$687,895,460,903
2017	$60,516,044,657	$695,200,834,102
2018	$62,420,164,992	$725,568,717,468
2019	$64,417,670,521	$721,369,112,727
2020	$62,395,610,760	$741,999,406,006
2021	$64,960,725,734	$815,309,330,987
2022	$69,243,626,029	$828,508,926,958
2023	$86,497,941,439	$894,424,821,645
2024	$95,350,423,177	$936,564,198,049

Costa Rica and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Switzerland
1960	$382	$1,954
1961	$356	$2,155
1962	$335	$2,330
1963	$346	$2,508
1964	$354	$2,735
1965	$374	$2,865
1966	$395	$3,045
1967	$414	$3,237
1968	$445	$3,413
1969	$477	$3,657
1970	$536	$4,044
1971	$570	$4,835
1972	$639	$5,885
1973	$769	$7,856
1974	$817	$9,005
1975	$937	$10,328
1976	$1,123	$10,865
1977	$1,393	$11,644
1978	$1,556	$16,282
1979	$1,735	$18,266
1980	$2,021	$19,394
1981	$1,068	$17,665
1982	$1,032	$18,000
1983	$1,213	$17,859
1984	$1,372	$16,991
1985	$1,429	$17,152
1986	$1,569	$24,460
1987	$1,567	$30,441
1988	$1,555	$32,690
1989	$1,725	$31,309
1990	$1,830	$39,575
1991	$2,253	$39,544
1992	$2,612	$40,714
1993	$2,840	$39,237
1994	$3,040	$43,092
1995	$3,275	$50,114
1996	$3,227	$48,093
1997	$3,408	$41,584
1998	$3,617	$42,681
1999	$3,691	$41,696
2000	$3,813	$38,865
2001	$3,985	$39,639
2002	$4,068	$42,459
2003	$4,173	$49,336
2004	$4,431	$54,659
2005	$4,703	$56,243
2006	$5,257	$59,011
2007	$6,138	$64,989
2008	$6,937	$74,175
2009	$6,833	$71,568
2010	$8,266	$76,531
2011	$9,276	$90,477
2012	$10,127	$85,836
2013	$10,803	$87,304
2014	$10,911	$88,725
2015	$11,715	$83,806
2016	$12,091	$82,153
2017	$12,317	$82,254
2018	$12,590	$85,217
2019	$12,885	$84,122
2020	$12,394	$85,898
2021	$12,838	$93,665
2022	$13,626	$94,395
2023	$16,942	$100,632
2024	$18,587	$103,670

Costa Rica vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Switzerland
1950	57.5	68.9
1951	57.8	68.7
1952	58.1	69.6
1953	59.1	69.5
1954	59.9	70
1955	60.5	70.1
1956	61.2	70.2
1957	61.6	70.5
1958	62.3	71.3
1959	62.9	71.5
1960	63.5	71.4
1961	63.9	71.7
1962	64.2	71.3
1963	64.3	71.3
1964	64.5	72.2
1965	64.8	72.3
1966	65.1	72.4
1967	65.6	72.7
1968	65.8	72.7
1969	66.4	72.7
1970	66.8	73.1
1971	67.4	73.2
1972	68	73.8
1973	68.7	74.1
1974	69.4	74.4
1975	70.3	74.8
1976	70.9	74.9
1977	71.5	75.4
1978	72	75.3
1979	72.5	75.6
1980	73	75.6
1981	73.4	75.8
1982	73.9	76.2
1983	74.2	76.2
1984	74.6	76.8
1985	74.8	76.9
1986	74.9	77
1987	75.2	77.3
1988	75.5	77.4
1989	75.9	77.6
1990	76.1	77.4
1991	76.2	77.6
1992	76.4	77.9
1993	76.3	78.2
1994	76.3	78.5
1995	76.4	78.6
1996	76.4	79
1997	76.6	79.2
1998	76.9	79.5
1999	77.1	79.7
2000	77.3	79.8
2001	77.6	80.3
2002	77.9	80.4
2003	78.2	80.5
2004	78.5	81.1
2005	78.9	81.2
2006	79	81.5
2007	79.1	81.7
2008	79.2	82
2009	79.4	82
2010	79.4	82.3
2011	79.6	82.6
2012	79.9	82.6
2013	80.2	82.7
2014	80.2	83.1
2015	80.4	82.8
2016	80	83.4
2017	80	83.4
2018	80.1	83.6
2019	80.3	83.8
2020	79.7	83.1
2021	78.1	83.6
2022	79.3	83.2
2023	80.8	84
2024	81	84.1
2025	81.2	84.2

Costa Rica and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Switzerland
1960	1,327,496	5,327,827
1961	1,377,920	5,434,294
1962	1,429,445	5,573,815
1963	1,481,604	5,694,247
1964	1,533,960	5,789,228
1965	1,586,208	5,856,472
1966	1,638,116	5,918,002
1967	1,689,523	5,991,785
1968	1,739,731	6,067,714
1969	1,789,276	6,136,387
1970	1,838,949	6,180,877
1971	1,888,539	6,213,399
1972	1,938,248	6,260,956
1973	1,988,343	6,307,347
1974	2,039,643	6,341,405
1975	2,092,719	6,338,632
1976	2,147,774	6,302,504
1977	2,205,025	6,281,174
1978	2,264,510	6,281,738
1979	2,326,490	6,294,365
1980	2,390,633	6,319,408
1981	2,456,637	6,354,074
1982	2,524,806	6,391,309
1983	2,595,153	6,418,773
1984	2,667,595	6,441,865
1985	2,741,894	6,470,365
1986	2,817,216	6,504,124
1987	2,892,699	6,545,106
1988	2,968,103	6,593,386
1989	3,043,827	6,646,912
1990	3,121,706	6,715,519
1991	3,202,176	6,799,978
1992	3,284,258	6,875,364
1993	3,367,434	6,938,265
1994	3,451,122	6,993,795
1995	3,535,176	7,040,687
1996	3,619,013	7,071,850
1997	3,701,711	7,088,906
1998	3,782,838	7,110,001
1999	3,862,101	7,143,991
2000	3,937,739	7,184,250
2001	4,008,947	7,229,854
2002	4,075,705	7,284,753
2003	4,138,784	7,339,001
2004	4,200,078	7,389,625
2005	4,261,240	7,437,115
2006	4,321,340	7,483,934
2007	4,380,248	7,551,117
2008	4,440,056	7,647,675
2009	4,499,791	7,743,831
2010	4,555,962	7,824,909
2011	4,609,833	7,912,398
2012	4,663,934	7,996,861
2013	4,716,147	8,089,346
2014	4,767,119	8,188,649
2015	4,818,038	8,282,396
2016	4,866,998	8,373,338
2017	4,913,177	8,451,840
2018	4,957,818	8,514,329
2019	4,999,553	8,575,280
2020	5,034,320	8,638,167
2021	5,059,988	8,704,546
2022	5,081,765	8,777,088
2023	5,105,525	8,888,093
2024	5,129,910	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Switzerland
1960	6.71	2.44
1961	6.65	2.52
1962	6.54	2.58
1963	6.39	2.65
1964	6.19	2.66
1965	5.96	2.59
1966	5.7	2.5
1967	5.42	2.39
1968	5.03	2.29
1969	4.84	2.19
1970	4.59	2.1
1971	4.36	2.04
1972	4.16	1.91
1973	3.99	1.81
1974	3.89	1.73
1975	3.8	1.61
1976	3.75	1.55
1977	3.7	1.53
1978	3.66	1.51
1979	3.65	1.52
1980	3.58	1.55
1981	3.56	1.55
1982	3.54	1.56
1983	3.53	1.52
1984	3.52	1.53
1985	3.51	1.52
1986	3.45	1.53
1987	3.38	1.52
1988	3.31	1.57
1989	3.24	1.56
1990	3.17	1.58
1991	3.08	1.58
1992	3	1.58
1993	2.93	1.51
1994	2.86	1.49
1995	2.78	1.48
1996	2.68	1.5
1997	2.59	1.48
1998	2.53	1.47
1999	2.48	1.48
2000	2.41	1.5
2001	2.31	1.38
2002	2.16	1.39
2003	2.08	1.39
2004	2.03	1.42
2005	2.04	1.42
2006	1.94	1.44
2007	1.95	1.46
2008	1.98	1.48
2009	1.95	1.5
2010	1.83	1.52
2011	1.88	1.52
2012	1.85	1.52
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.8	1.54
2015	1.8	1.54
2016	1.75	1.54
2017	1.71	1.52
2018	1.71	1.52
2019	1.6	1.48
2020	1.45	1.46
2021	1.35	1.52
2022	1.34	1.39
2023	1.33	1.33

Costa Rica and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Switzerland
1960	16.8	32.6
1961	16.8	32.4
1962	16.7	32
1963	16.7	31.7
1964	16.7	31.5
1965	16.7	31.6
1966	16.8	31.6
1967	16.9	31.6
1968	17.1	31.7
1969	17.3	31.7
1970	17.6	32
1971	17.8	32.2
1972	18.1	32.3
1973	18.4	32.5
1974	18.6	32.7
1975	18.9	33.1
1976	19.2	33.5
1977	19.5	33.8
1978	19.7	34.2
1979	20	34.5
1980	20.3	34.8
1981	20.6	35
1982	20.9	35.3
1983	21.2	35.6
1984	21.4	35.9
1985	21.6	36.1
1986	21.8	36.3
1987	22.1	36.5
1988	22.3	36.7
1989	22.5	36.8
1990	22.7	36.9
1991	22.9	36.9
1992	23.2	36.9
1993	23.4	37
1994	23.6	37.1
1995	23.9	37.3
1996	24.1	37.6
1997	24.4	37.9
1998	24.7	38.2
1999	24.9	38.4
2000	25.2	38.7
2001	25.5	39
2002	25.9	39.3
2003	26.3	39.6
2004	26.7	39.9
2005	27	40.3
2006	27.4	40.6
2007	27.8	40.9
2008	28.2	41.1
2009	28.6	41.3
2010	29	41.5
2011	29.4	41.6
2012	29.8	41.8
2013	30.3	42
2014	30.7	42.1
2015	31.2	42.2
2016	31.7	42.3
2017	32.1	42.4
2018	32.6	42.5
2019	33	42.6
2020	33.5	42.7
2021	34	42.8
2022	34.5	43
2023	35.1	43.4
2024	35.6	43.7

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