Costa Rica vs Taiwan statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 126th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Costa Rica and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Taiwan economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	$1,778,000,000
1962	$479,180,824	$1,960,000,000
1963	$511,902,137	$2,218,000,000
1964	$542,578,367	$2,592,000,000
1965	$592,981,162	$2,869,000,000
1966	$647,305,630	$3,207,000,000
1967	$699,456,619	$3,709,000,000
1968	$773,841,494	$4,325,000,000
1969	$853,630,204	$5,017,000,000
1970	$984,830,158	$5,785,000,000
1971	$1,077,147,538	$6,727,000,000
1972	$1,238,251,696	$8,063,000,000
1973	$1,528,925,846	$10,940,000,000
1974	$1,666,544,754	$14,739,000,000
1975	$1,960,863,466	$15,836,000,000
1976	$2,412,555,426	$18,988,000,000
1977	$3,072,427,013	$22,252,000,000
1978	$3,523,208,810	$27,373,000,000
1979	$4,035,519,323	$33,875,000,000
1980	$4,831,447,001	$42,292,000,000
1981	$2,623,803,096	$49,047,000,000
1982	$2,606,623,555	$49,540,000,000
1983	$3,146,772,631	$54,155,000,000
1984	$3,660,477,856	$61,036,000,000
1985	$3,919,203,960	$63,599,000,000
1986	$4,418,983,871	$78,347,000,000
1987	$4,532,952,047	$104,956,000,000
1988	$4,614,629,898	$126,378,000,000
1989	$5,251,025,767	$152,687,000,000
1990	$5,711,687,787	$166,392,000,000
1991	$7,215,725,487	$187,100,000,000
1992	$8,579,754,758	$222,947,000,000
1993	$9,564,815,975	$234,943,000,000
1994	$10,489,903,725	$256,213,000,000
1995	$11,578,594,260	$279,013,000,000
1996	$11,678,424,507	$292,473,000,000
1997	$12,614,602,382	$303,315,000,000
1998	$13,684,255,947	$279,926,000,000
1999	$14,254,866,285	$303,827,000,000
2000	$15,013,629,662	$330,725,000,000
2001	$15,976,174,337	$299,303,000,000
2002	$16,578,820,687	$307,429,000,000
2003	$17,271,760,507	$317,374,000,000
2004	$18,610,594,846	$346,881,000,000
2005	$20,040,642,477	$374,042,000,000
2006	$22,715,540,324	$386,492,000,000
2007	$26,884,700,709	$406,940,000,000
2008	$30,801,745,700	$415,824,000,000
2009	$30,745,714,313	$390,788,000,000
2010	$37,658,616,952	$444,245,000,000
2011	$42,762,613,699	$483,957,000,000
2012	$47,231,655,432	$495,536,000,000
2013	$50,949,668,842	$512,957,000,000
2014	$52,016,408,854	$535,332,000,000
2015	$56,441,920,821	$534,474,000,000
2016	$58,847,019,610	$543,002,000,000
2017	$60,516,044,657	$591,734,000,000
2018	$62,420,164,992	$610,744,000,000
2019	$64,417,670,521	$613,453,000,000
2020	$62,395,610,760	$676,935,000,000
2021	$64,960,725,734	$777,062,000,000
2022	$69,243,626,029	$765,529,000,000
2023	$86,497,941,439	$757,276,000,000
2024	$95,350,423,177	$796,904,000,000

Costa Rica and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	$161.2
1962	$335	$172
1963	$346	$188.6
1964	$354	$213.6
1965	$374	$229.3
1966	$395	$249.1
1967	$414	$280.8
1968	$445	$319
1969	$477	$357
1970	$536	$397
1971	$570	$451
1972	$639	$530
1973	$769	$706
1974	$817	$934
1975	$937	$985
1976	$1,123	$1,158
1977	$1,393	$1,330
1978	$1,556	$1,606
1979	$1,735	$1,950
1980	$2,021	$2,389
1981	$1,068	$2,720
1982	$1,032	$2,699
1983	$1,213	$2,903
1984	$1,372	$3,224
1985	$1,429	$3,314
1986	$1,569	$4,036
1987	$1,567	$5,350
1988	$1,555	$6,370
1989	$1,725	$7,613
1990	$1,830	$8,205
1991	$2,253	$9,125
1992	$2,612	$10,768
1993	$2,840	$11,242
1994	$3,040	$12,150
1995	$3,275	$13,119
1996	$3,227	$13,641
1997	$3,408	$14,020
1998	$3,617	$12,820
1999	$3,691	$13,804
2000	$3,813	$14,908
2001	$3,985	$13,397
2002	$4,068	$13,686
2003	$4,173	$14,066
2004	$4,431	$15,317
2005	$4,703	$16,456
2006	$5,257	$16,934
2007	$6,138	$17,757
2008	$6,937	$18,081
2009	$6,833	$16,933
2010	$8,266	$19,197
2011	$9,276	$20,866
2012	$10,127	$21,295
2013	$10,803	$21,973
2014	$10,911	$22,874
2015	$11,715	$22,780
2016	$12,091	$23,091
2017	$12,317	$25,121
2018	$12,590	$25,901
2019	$12,885	$25,998
2020	$12,394	$28,705
2021	$12,838	$33,111
2022	$13,626	$32,827
2023	$16,942	$32,442
2024	$18,587	$34,041

Costa Rica vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Taiwan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1950	57.5	56.6
1951	57.8	57.2
1952	58.1	57.9
1953	59.1	58.6
1954	59.9	58.9
1955	60.5	59.8
1956	61.2	60.3
1957	61.6	61
1958	62.3	61
1959	62.9	61.6
1960	63.5	62.5
1961	63.9	63
1962	64.2	63.8
1963	64.3	64.5
1964	64.5	64.9
1965	64.8	65.7
1966	65.1	66.1
1967	65.6	66.7
1968	65.8	66.8
1969	66.4	67.7
1970	66.8	69
1971	67.4	69.4
1972	68	69.6
1973	68.7	69.8
1974	69.4	70.3
1975	70.3	70.9
1976	70.9	71.2
1977	71.5	71.3
1978	72	71.7
1979	72.5	71.7
1980	73	72
1981	73.4	72
1982	73.9	72.4
1983	74.2	72.4
1984	74.6	73
1985	74.8	73.3
1986	74.9	73.3
1987	75.2	73.6
1988	75.5	73.4
1989	75.9	73.7
1990	76.1	73.9
1991	76.2	74.3
1992	76.4	74.3
1993	76.3	74.6
1994	76.3	74.7
1995	76.4	74.6
1996	76.4	74.9
1997	76.6	75.3
1998	76.9	75.5
1999	77.1	75.6
2000	77.3	76.1
2001	77.6	76.5
2002	77.9	76.9
2003	78.2	77
2004	78.5	77.2
2005	78.9	77.1
2006	79	77.8
2007	79.1	78
2008	79.2	78.3
2009	79.4	78.7
2010	79.4	79
2011	79.6	78.9
2012	79.9	79.2
2013	80.2	79.6
2014	80.2	79.5
2015	80.4	79.9
2016	80	79.7
2017	80	80.1
2018	80.1	80.4
2019	80.3	80.6
2020	79.7	81.1
2021	78.1	80.8
2022	79.3	80.2
2023	80.8	80.6
2024	81	80.7
2025	81.2	80.9

Costa Rica and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Taiwan

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1960	1,327,496	-
1961	1,377,920	11,030,385
1962	1,429,445	11,392,513
1963	1,481,604	11,762,101
1964	1,533,960	12,137,143
1965	1,586,208	12,511,863
1966	1,638,116	12,874,153
1967	1,689,523	13,210,344
1968	1,739,731	13,548,537
1969	1,789,276	14,068,984
1970	1,838,949	14,582,944
1971	1,888,539	14,913,564
1972	1,938,248	15,220,495
1973	1,988,343	15,505,121
1974	2,039,643	15,784,817
1975	2,092,719	16,075,128
1976	2,147,774	16,401,413
1977	2,205,025	16,730,895
1978	2,264,510	17,042,272
1979	2,326,490	17,372,779
1980	2,390,633	17,704,538
1981	2,456,637	18,029,982
1982	2,524,806	18,354,855
1983	2,595,153	18,653,146
1984	2,667,595	18,929,866
1985	2,741,894	19,191,510
1986	2,817,216	19,411,454
1987	2,892,699	19,617,046
1988	2,968,103	19,839,704
1989	3,043,827	20,055,492
1990	3,121,706	20,278,946
1991	3,202,176	20,503,568
1992	3,284,258	20,704,227
1993	3,367,434	20,899,019
1994	3,451,122	21,086,645
1995	3,535,176	21,267,653
1996	3,619,013	21,441,432
1997	3,701,711	21,634,124
1998	3,782,838	21,835,703
1999	3,862,101	22,010,489
2000	3,937,739	22,184,530
2001	4,008,947	22,341,120
2002	4,075,705	22,463,172
2003	4,138,784	22,562,663
2004	4,200,078	22,646,836
2005	4,261,240	22,729,753
2006	4,321,340	22,823,455
2007	4,380,248	22,917,444
2008	4,440,056	22,997,696
2009	4,499,791	23,078,402
2010	4,555,962	23,140,948
2011	4,609,833	23,193,518
2012	4,663,934	23,270,367
2013	4,716,147	23,344,670
2014	4,767,119	23,403,635
2015	4,818,038	23,462,914
2016	4,866,998	23,515,945
2017	4,913,177	23,555,522
2018	4,957,818	23,580,080
2019	4,999,553	23,596,027
2020	5,034,320	23,582,179
2021	5,059,988	23,468,275
2022	5,081,765	23,319,977
2023	5,105,525	23,342,541
2024	5,129,910	23,410,331

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Taiwan

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Taiwan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1951	-	7.04
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	6.71	-
1961	6.65	-
1962	6.54	-
1963	6.39	-
1964	6.19	-
1965	5.96	-
1966	5.7	-
1967	5.42	-
1968	5.03	-
1969	4.84	-
1970	4.59	-
1971	4.36	-
1972	4.16	-
1973	3.99	-
1974	3.89	-
1975	3.8	-
1976	3.75	-
1977	3.7	-
1978	3.66	-
1979	3.65	-
1980	3.58	-
1981	3.56	2.46
1982	3.54	-
1983	3.53	-
1984	3.52	-
1985	3.51	-
1986	3.45	-
1987	3.38	-
1988	3.31	-
1989	3.24	-
1990	3.17	-
1991	3.08	1.72
1992	3	-
1993	2.93	-
1994	2.86	-
1995	2.78	-
1996	2.68	-
1997	2.59	-
1998	2.53	-
1999	2.48	-
2000	2.41	-
2001	2.31	1.4
2002	2.16	-
2003	2.08	-
2004	2.03	-
2005	2.04	-
2006	1.94	-
2007	1.95	-
2008	1.98	-
2009	1.95	-
2010	1.83	-
2011	1.88	1.07
2012	1.85	-
2013	1.78	-
2014	1.8	-
2015	1.8	1.18
2016	1.75	1.17
2017	1.71	1.13
2018	1.71	1.06
2019	1.6	1.05
2020	1.45	0.99
2021	1.35	0.98
2022	1.34	0.87
2023	1.33	0.87
2024	-	0.89

Costa Rica and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1960	16.8	-
1961	16.8	-
1962	16.7	-
1963	16.7	-
1964	16.7	-
1965	16.7	-
1966	16.8	-
1967	16.9	-
1968	17.1	-
1969	17.3	-
1970	17.6	-
1971	17.8	-
1972	18.1	-
1973	18.4	-
1974	18.6	20.8
1975	18.9	21.2
1976	19.2	21.5
1977	19.5	21.9
1978	19.7	22.3
1979	20	22.6
1980	20.3	23
1981	20.6	23.4
1982	20.9	23.8
1983	21.2	24.1
1984	21.4	24.6
1985	21.6	25.1
1986	21.8	25.6
1987	22.1	26.1
1988	22.3	26.5
1989	22.5	27
1990	22.7	27.5
1991	22.9	28
1992	23.2	28.4
1993	23.4	28.9
1994	23.6	29.4
1995	23.9	29.8
1996	24.1	30.3
1997	24.4	30.7
1998	24.7	31.2
1999	24.9	31.6
2000	25.2	32.1
2001	25.5	32.6
2002	25.9	33.1
2003	26.3	33.6
2004	26.7	34.1
2005	27	34.7
2006	27.4	35.2
2007	27.8	35.8
2008	28.2	36.3
2009	28.6	36.8
2010	29	37.4
2011	29.4	37.9
2012	29.8	38.3
2013	30.3	38.9
2014	30.7	39.3
2015	31.2	39.9
2016	31.7	40.4
2017	32.1	41
2018	32.6	41.5
2019	33	42.1
2020	33.5	42.7
2021	34	43.3
2022	34.5	43.9
2023	35.1	44.5
2024	35.6	45.1

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