Costa Rica vs Syria statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 24.7M in Syria (ranked 57/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 70,900 sq mi for Syria (ranked 126th vs. 87th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Syria ranks 129/197 ($20B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Syria ranks 184/197 ($847).

Costa Rica and Syria: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Syria economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Syria

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Syria
1960	$507,513,830	$857,704,413
1961	$490,325,182	$945,244,972
1962	$479,180,824	$1,110,565,881
1963	$511,902,137	$1,200,447,408
1964	$542,578,367	$1,339,494,267
1965	$592,981,162	$1,472,036,540
1966	$647,305,630	$1,342,287,553
1967	$699,456,619	$1,580,229,799
1968	$773,841,494	$1,753,746,430
1969	$853,630,204	$2,245,011,515
1970	$984,830,158	$2,140,384,010
1971	$1,077,147,538	$2,589,851,325
1972	$1,238,251,696	$3,059,681,698
1973	$1,528,925,846	$3,239,487,516
1974	$1,666,544,754	$5,159,557,148
1975	$1,960,863,466	$6,826,980,444
1976	$2,412,555,426	$7,633,528,867
1977	$3,072,427,013	$7,696,011,396
1978	$3,523,208,810	$9,275,200,458
1979	$4,035,519,323	$9,929,681,529
1980	$4,831,447,001	$13,062,420,382
1981	$2,623,803,096	$15,518,201,335
1982	$2,606,623,555	$16,298,929,011
1983	$3,146,772,631	$17,589,277,143
1984	$3,660,477,856	$17,503,078,174
1985	$3,919,203,960	$16,403,539,893
1986	$4,418,983,871	$13,293,205,278
1987	$4,532,952,047	$11,356,215,543
1988	$4,614,629,898	$10,577,041,645
1989	$5,251,025,767	$9,853,395,762
1990	$5,711,687,787	$12,308,624,418
1991	$7,215,725,487	$12,981,833,333
1992	$8,579,754,758	$13,253,565,861
1993	$9,564,815,975	$13,695,962,055
1994	$10,489,903,725	$10,122,020,000
1995	$11,578,594,260	$11,396,706,587
1996	$11,678,424,507	$13,789,560,878
1997	$12,614,602,382	$14,505,233,463
1998	$13,684,255,947	$15,200,846,154
1999	$14,254,866,285	$15,873,875,969
2000	$15,013,629,662	$18,937,052,543
2001	$15,976,174,337	$20,237,024,725
2002	$16,578,820,687	$20,669,357,462
2003	$17,271,760,507	$21,828,144,686
2004	$18,610,594,846	$25,086,950,495
2005	$20,040,642,477	$28,858,965,517
2006	$22,715,540,324	$33,751,788,856
2007	$26,884,700,709	$40,465,318,382
2008	$30,801,745,700	$52,557,913,569
2009	$30,745,714,313	$54,111,735,629
2010	$37,658,616,952	$61,390,830,875
2011	$42,762,613,699	$67,539,428,159
2012	$47,231,655,432	$43,190,318,033
2013	$50,949,668,842	$21,361,254,635
2014	$52,016,408,854	$21,502,061,466
2015	$56,441,920,821	$16,466,863,117
2016	$58,847,019,610	$12,597,854,877
2017	$60,516,044,657	$16,369,843,352
2018	$62,420,164,992	$21,497,782,868
2019	$64,417,670,521	$22,583,045,060
2020	$62,395,610,760	$12,047,752,036
2021	$64,960,725,734	$14,353,205,678
2022	$69,243,626,029	$23,622,827,080
2023	$86,497,941,439	$19,993,439,950
2024	$95,350,423,177	-

Costa Rica and Syria economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Syria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Syria
1960	$382	$183.5
1961	$356	$196.3
1962	$335	$223.9
1963	$346	$234.9
1964	$354	$254.2
1965	$374	$270.8
1966	$395	$239.3
1967	$414	$272.9
1968	$445	$293.3
1969	$477	$364
1970	$536	$335
1971	$570	$393
1972	$639	$448
1973	$769	$459
1974	$817	$707
1975	$937	$904
1976	$1,123	$976
1977	$1,393	$951
1978	$1,556	$1,108
1979	$1,735	$1,146
1980	$2,021	$1,458
1981	$1,068	$1,676
1982	$1,032	$1,703
1983	$1,213	$1,776
1984	$1,372	$1,706
1985	$1,429	$1,544
1986	$1,569	$1,208
1987	$1,567	$997
1988	$1,555	$898
1989	$1,725	$809
1990	$1,830	$978
1991	$2,253	$1,000
1992	$2,612	$990
1993	$2,840	$993
1994	$3,040	$712
1995	$3,275	$780
1996	$3,227	$918
1997	$3,408	$941
1998	$3,617	$961
1999	$3,691	$978
2000	$3,813	$1,138
2001	$3,985	$1,187
2002	$4,068	$1,183
2003	$4,173	$1,220
2004	$4,431	$1,368
2005	$4,703	$1,534
2006	$5,257	$1,719
2007	$6,138	$1,938
2008	$6,937	$2,429
2009	$6,833	$2,462
2010	$8,266	$2,731
2011	$9,276	$2,952
2012	$10,127	$1,898
2013	$10,803	$986
2014	$10,911	$1,061
2015	$11,715	$848
2016	$12,091	$656
2017	$12,317	$852
2018	$12,590	$1,098
2019	$12,885	$1,110
2020	$12,394	$572
2021	$12,838	$664
2022	$13,626	$1,052
2023	$16,942	$847
2024	$18,587	-

Costa Rica vs. Syria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Syria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Syria
1950	57.5	42.5
1951	57.8	43.4
1952	58.1	44.3
1953	59.1	45.3
1954	59.9	46.4
1955	60.5	47.4
1956	61.2	48.5
1957	61.6	49.6
1958	62.3	50.7
1959	62.9	51.7
1960	63.5	52.7
1961	63.9	53.7
1962	64.2	54.6
1963	64.3	55.4
1964	64.5	56.2
1965	64.8	56.9
1966	65.1	57.6
1967	65.6	58
1968	65.8	59.1
1969	66.4	59.8
1970	66.8	60.6
1971	67.4	61.3
1972	68	62
1973	68.7	60.8
1974	69.4	63.4
1975	70.3	64.2
1976	70.9	64.8
1977	71.5	65.4
1978	72	65.9
1979	72.5	66.2
1980	73	66.5
1981	73.4	64.6
1982	73.9	60.8
1983	74.2	67.4
1984	74.6	67.7
1985	74.8	68
1986	74.9	68.4
1987	75.2	68.8
1988	75.5	69.2
1989	75.9	69.5
1990	76.1	69.8
1991	76.2	70.1
1992	76.4	70.2
1993	76.3	70.3
1994	76.3	70.3
1995	76.4	70.2
1996	76.4	70.2
1997	76.6	70.2
1998	76.9	70.2
1999	77.1	70.5
2000	77.3	70.9
2001	77.6	71.3
2002	77.9	71.7
2003	78.2	72.2
2004	78.5	72.5
2005	78.9	72.8
2006	79	73
2007	79.1	73.3
2008	79.2	73.4
2009	79.4	73.5
2010	79.4	73.5
2011	79.6	72.3
2012	79.9	66.2
2013	80.2	65.1
2014	80.2	65.5
2015	80.4	63.3
2016	80	65.2
2017	80	65.7
2018	80.1	67.4
2019	80.3	71
2020	79.7	71.9
2021	78.1	72.4
2022	79.3	72.8
2023	80.8	72.1
2024	81	72.6
2025	81.2	73

Costa Rica and Syria population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Syria

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Syria
1960	1,327,496	4,673,500
1961	1,377,920	4,815,466
1962	1,429,445	4,959,340
1963	1,481,604	5,110,467
1964	1,533,960	5,269,087
1965	1,586,208	5,435,267
1966	1,638,116	5,609,047
1967	1,689,523	5,790,198
1968	1,739,731	5,978,742
1969	1,789,276	6,175,166
1970	1,838,949	6,380,609
1971	1,888,539	6,598,094
1972	1,938,248	6,826,024
1973	1,988,343	7,060,321
1974	2,039,643	7,302,160
1975	2,092,719	7,554,364
1976	2,147,774	7,817,320
1977	2,205,025	8,090,501
1978	2,264,510	8,372,759
1979	2,326,490	8,661,909
1980	2,390,633	8,957,663
1981	2,456,637	9,260,189
1982	2,524,806	9,572,511
1983	2,595,153	9,904,809
1984	2,667,595	10,258,398
1985	2,741,894	10,625,672
1986	2,817,216	11,002,844
1987	2,892,699	11,388,923
1988	2,968,103	11,782,264
1989	3,043,827	12,179,060
1990	3,121,706	12,579,208
1991	3,202,176	12,980,821
1992	3,284,258	13,385,571
1993	3,367,434	13,795,686
1994	3,451,122	14,208,583
1995	3,535,176	14,616,801
1996	3,619,013	15,018,104
1997	3,701,711	15,417,542
1998	3,782,838	15,820,413
1999	3,862,101	16,228,061
2000	3,937,739	16,637,888
2001	4,008,947	17,051,338
2002	4,075,705	17,468,332
2003	4,138,784	17,889,296
2004	4,200,078	18,336,875
2005	4,261,240	18,814,091
2006	4,321,340	19,637,022
2007	4,380,248	20,884,125
2008	4,440,056	21,636,564
2009	4,499,791	21,976,969
2010	4,555,962	22,482,421
2011	4,609,833	22,878,098
2012	4,663,934	22,759,763
2013	4,716,147	21,666,917
2014	4,767,119	20,273,659
2015	4,818,038	19,424,618
2016	4,866,998	19,193,834
2017	4,913,177	19,224,668
2018	4,957,818	19,577,845
2019	4,999,553	20,353,534
2020	5,034,320	21,049,429
2021	5,059,988	21,628,839
2022	5,081,765	22,462,173
2023	5,105,525	23,594,623
2024	5,129,910	24,672,760

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Syria

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Syria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Syria
1960	6.71	7.51
1961	6.65	7.5
1962	6.54	7.51
1963	6.39	7.51
1964	6.19	7.53
1965	5.96	7.53
1966	5.7	7.55
1967	5.42	7.56
1968	5.03	7.57
1969	4.84	7.59
1970	4.59	7.62
1971	4.36	7.6
1972	4.16	7.57
1973	3.99	7.55
1974	3.89	7.52
1975	3.8	7.49
1976	3.75	7.45
1977	3.7	7.42
1978	3.66	7.35
1979	3.65	7.25
1980	3.58	7.12
1981	3.56	6.97
1982	3.54	6.81
1983	3.53	6.69
1984	3.52	6.59
1985	3.51	6.48
1986	3.45	6.37
1987	3.38	6.2
1988	3.31	6
1989	3.24	5.78
1990	3.17	5.56
1991	3.08	5.34
1992	3	5.14
1993	2.93	4.99
1994	2.86	4.86
1995	2.78	4.7
1996	2.68	4.54
1997	2.59	4.37
1998	2.53	4.25
1999	2.48	4.14
2000	2.41	4.07
2001	2.31	3.98
2002	2.16	3.87
2003	2.08	3.76
2004	2.03	3.68
2005	2.04	3.61
2006	1.94	3.56
2007	1.95	3.54
2008	1.98	3.48
2009	1.95	3.42
2010	1.83	3.36
2011	1.88	3.29
2012	1.85	3.22
2013	1.78	3.17
2014	1.8	3.12
2015	1.8	3.07
2016	1.75	3.01
2017	1.71	2.97
2018	1.71	2.93
2019	1.6	2.88
2020	1.45	2.84
2021	1.35	2.8
2022	1.34	2.75
2023	1.33	2.71

Costa Rica and Syria demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Syria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Syria
1960	16.8	17.6
1961	16.8	17.3
1962	16.7	17.1
1963	16.7	16.9
1964	16.7	16.7
1965	16.7	16.5
1966	16.8	16.4
1967	16.9	16.2
1968	17.1	16.1
1969	17.3	16
1970	17.6	15.9
1971	17.8	15.8
1972	18.1	15.8
1973	18.4	15.7
1974	18.6	15.7
1975	18.9	15.7
1976	19.2	15.6
1977	19.5	15.6
1978	19.7	15.6
1979	20	15.6
1980	20.3	15.6
1981	20.6	15.6
1982	20.9	15.7
1983	21.2	15.8
1984	21.4	15.8
1985	21.6	15.9
1986	21.8	16
1987	22.1	16.1
1988	22.3	16.2
1989	22.5	16.4
1990	22.7	16.5
1991	22.9	16.7
1992	23.2	16.9
1993	23.4	17.1
1994	23.6	17.3
1995	23.9	17.5
1996	24.1	17.7
1997	24.4	17.9
1998	24.7	18.1
1999	24.9	18.3
2000	25.2	18.5
2001	25.5	18.8
2002	25.9	19
2003	26.3	19.2
2004	26.7	19.5
2005	27	19.7
2006	27.4	20.3
2007	27.8	21
2008	28.2	21.3
2009	28.6	21.5
2010	29	21.7
2011	29.4	21.9
2012	29.8	21.8
2013	30.3	21.2
2014	30.7	20.1
2015	31.2	19.5
2016	31.7	19.5
2017	32.1	19.6
2018	32.6	20.1
2019	33	20.9
2020	33.5	21.6
2021	34	22.2
2022	34.5	22.7
2023	35.1	23.3
2024	35.6	23.9

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