Costa Rica vs Tanzania statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 126th vs. 31st).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 73/197 ($95.4B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,150).

Costa Rica and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1960	$507,513,830	$2,651,729,807
1961	$490,325,182	$2,826,179,031
1962	$479,180,824	$3,101,589,993
1963	$511,902,137	$3,456,579,293
1964	$542,578,367	$3,748,840,925
1965	$592,981,162	$3,817,226,546
1966	$647,305,630	$4,377,998,825
1967	$699,456,619	$4,565,132,048
1968	$773,841,494	$4,895,251,824
1969	$853,630,204	$5,142,066,811
1970	$984,830,158	$2,851,419,386
1971	$1,077,147,538	$3,050,673,517
1972	$1,238,251,696	$3,472,787,266
1973	$1,528,925,846	$4,144,104,535
1974	$1,666,544,754	$4,977,337,978
1975	$1,960,863,466	$5,729,917,840
1976	$2,412,555,426	$6,472,511,988
1977	$3,072,427,013	$7,732,598,995
1978	$3,523,208,810	$9,261,675,710
1979	$4,035,519,323	$9,804,637,491
1980	$4,831,447,001	$11,409,228,087
1981	$2,623,803,096	$13,161,540,378
1982	$2,606,623,555	$13,927,383,240
1983	$3,146,772,631	$14,049,883,809
1984	$3,660,477,856	$12,906,635,133
1985	$3,919,203,960	$15,328,295,175
1986	$4,418,983,871	$10,840,864,521
1987	$4,532,952,047	$7,824,193,222
1988	$4,614,629,898	$7,406,614,407
1989	$5,251,025,767	$6,418,799,007
1990	$5,711,687,787	$6,184,384,225
1991	$7,215,725,487	$7,197,768,159
1992	$8,579,754,758	$6,681,997,469
1993	$9,564,815,975	$6,182,872,708
1994	$10,489,903,725	$6,550,480,484
1995	$11,578,594,260	$7,631,431,840
1996	$11,678,424,507	$9,433,528,150
1997	$12,614,602,382	$11,158,197,942
1998	$13,684,255,947	$12,172,790,056
1999	$14,254,866,285	$12,704,334,196
2000	$15,013,629,662	$13,371,767,082
2001	$15,976,174,337	$13,563,990,022
2002	$16,578,820,687	$14,129,651,896
2003	$17,271,760,507	$15,211,487,709
2004	$18,610,594,846	$16,673,062,473
2005	$20,040,642,477	$18,395,383,647
2006	$22,715,540,324	$18,619,859,795
2007	$26,884,700,709	$21,860,434,823
2008	$30,801,745,700	$27,947,821,398
2009	$30,745,714,313	$29,400,573,554
2010	$37,658,616,952	$32,012,892,919
2011	$42,762,613,699	$34,657,140,096
2012	$47,231,655,432	$39,650,394,363
2013	$50,949,668,842	$45,648,857,242
2014	$52,016,408,854	$49,986,726,461
2015	$56,441,920,821	$47,413,919,817
2016	$58,847,019,610	$49,774,409,374
2017	$60,516,044,657	$53,274,884,533
2018	$62,420,164,992	$57,003,712,892
2019	$64,417,670,521	$61,026,731,926
2020	$62,395,610,760	$66,068,737,786
2021	$64,960,725,734	$70,655,628,148
2022	$69,243,626,029	$75,749,121,843
2023	$86,497,941,439	$79,030,935,627
2024	$95,350,423,177	$78,844,405,385

Costa Rica and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1960	$382	$267.8
1961	$356	$277.4
1962	$335	$295.7
1963	$346	$320
1964	$354	$337
1965	$374	$333
1966	$395	$370
1967	$414	$374
1968	$445	$388
1969	$477	$394
1970	$536	$211.3
1971	$570	$218.4
1972	$639	$239.8
1973	$769	$276.1
1974	$817	$320
1975	$937	$355
1976	$1,123	$387
1977	$1,393	$446
1978	$1,556	$515
1979	$1,735	$527
1980	$2,021	$595
1981	$1,068	$665
1982	$1,032	$683
1983	$1,213	$667
1984	$1,372	$593
1985	$1,429	$681
1986	$1,569	$466
1987	$1,567	$326
1988	$1,555	$299
1989	$1,725	$252.3
1990	$1,830	$236.9
1991	$2,253	$268.8
1992	$2,612	$243.4
1993	$2,840	$218.2
1994	$3,040	$222.5
1995	$3,275	$251.2
1996	$3,227	$305
1997	$3,408	$353
1998	$3,617	$375
1999	$3,691	$382
2000	$3,813	$390
2001	$3,985	$385
2002	$4,068	$391
2003	$4,173	$410
2004	$4,431	$438
2005	$4,703	$469
2006	$5,257	$462
2007	$6,138	$528
2008	$6,937	$657
2009	$6,833	$674
2010	$8,266	$715
2011	$9,276	$753
2012	$10,127	$837
2013	$10,803	$935
2014	$10,911	$993
2015	$11,715	$911
2016	$12,091	$925
2017	$12,317	$957
2018	$12,590	$992
2019	$12,885	$1,031
2020	$12,394	$1,084
2021	$12,838	$1,125
2022	$13,626	$1,171
2023	$16,942	$1,186
2024	$18,587	$1,150

Costa Rica vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1950	57.5	41
1951	57.8	41.2
1952	58.1	41.4
1953	59.1	41.5
1954	59.9	41.7
1955	60.5	41.8
1956	61.2	42
1957	61.6	42.1
1958	62.3	42.3
1959	62.9	42.5
1960	63.5	42.6
1961	63.9	42.8
1962	64.2	43.2
1963	64.3	43.6
1964	64.5	44.1
1965	64.8	44.5
1966	65.1	44.9
1967	65.6	45.2
1968	65.8	45.6
1969	66.4	46
1970	66.8	46.5
1971	67.4	47
1972	68	47.4
1973	68.7	47.9
1974	69.4	48.4
1975	70.3	48.9
1976	70.9	49.5
1977	71.5	50
1978	72	50.4
1979	72.5	50.8
1980	73	51.3
1981	73.4	51.7
1982	73.9	52
1983	74.2	52.2
1984	74.6	52.2
1985	74.8	52.2
1986	74.9	52.2
1987	75.2	52.2
1988	75.5	52.2
1989	75.9	52.1
1990	76.1	52
1991	76.2	51.8
1992	76.4	51.4
1993	76.3	51.2
1994	76.3	51.1
1995	76.4	51
1996	76.4	51.1
1997	76.6	51.2
1998	76.9	51.8
1999	77.1	52.4
2000	77.3	53.2
2001	77.6	54.1
2002	77.9	54.9
2003	78.2	55.9
2004	78.5	56.8
2005	78.9	57.7
2006	79	58.5
2007	79.1	59.3
2008	79.2	59.9
2009	79.4	60.5
2010	79.4	61.1
2011	79.6	61.6
2012	79.9	62.3
2013	80.2	62.8
2014	80.2	63.4
2015	80.4	63.9
2016	80	64.4
2017	80	65
2018	80.1	65.5
2019	80.3	66
2020	79.7	66.8
2021	78.1	66.1
2022	79.3	66.9
2023	80.8	67
2024	81	67.2
2025	81.2	67.4
2026	81.4	67.6

Costa Rica and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1960	1,327,496	9,901,419
1961	1,377,920	10,187,886
1962	1,429,445	10,487,756
1963	1,481,604	10,799,528
1964	1,533,960	11,127,826
1965	1,586,208	11,470,728
1966	1,638,116	11,827,459
1967	1,689,523	12,200,109
1968	1,739,731	12,602,076
1969	1,789,276	13,036,700
1970	1,838,949	13,492,677
1971	1,888,539	13,971,451
1972	1,938,248	14,479,308
1973	1,988,343	15,010,101
1974	2,039,643	15,561,630
1975	2,092,719	16,138,361
1976	2,147,774	16,736,211
1977	2,205,025	17,352,929
1978	2,264,510	17,976,566
1979	2,326,490	18,592,038
1980	2,390,633	19,189,769
1981	2,456,637	19,784,703
1982	2,524,806	20,398,571
1983	2,595,153	21,079,874
1984	2,667,595	21,779,066
1985	2,741,894	22,501,693
1986	2,817,216	23,258,959
1987	2,892,699	24,030,378
1988	2,968,103	24,769,686
1989	3,043,827	25,438,759
1990	3,121,706	26,110,207
1991	3,202,176	26,780,436
1992	3,284,258	27,457,588
1993	3,367,434	28,332,692
1994	3,451,122	29,442,356
1995	3,535,176	30,383,497
1996	3,619,013	30,945,762
1997	3,701,711	31,578,089
1998	3,782,838	32,420,458
1999	3,862,101	33,300,330
2000	3,937,739	34,260,139
2001	4,008,947	35,198,299
2002	4,075,705	36,121,304
2003	4,138,784	37,089,555
2004	4,200,078	38,109,668
2005	4,261,240	39,182,076
2006	4,321,340	40,294,902
2007	4,380,248	41,435,512
2008	4,440,056	42,570,728
2009	4,499,791	43,633,982
2010	4,555,962	44,758,488
2011	4,609,833	46,029,367
2012	4,663,934	47,374,260
2013	4,716,147	48,824,128
2014	4,767,119	50,351,512
2015	4,818,038	52,020,962
2016	4,866,998	53,824,013
2017	4,913,177	55,652,890
2018	4,957,818	57,437,145
2019	4,999,553	59,174,891
2020	5,034,320	60,972,798
2021	5,059,988	62,830,412
2022	5,081,765	64,711,821
2023	5,105,525	66,617,606
2024	5,129,910	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1960	6.71	6.54
1961	6.65	6.56
1962	6.54	6.61
1963	6.39	6.65
1964	6.19	6.68
1965	5.96	6.73
1966	5.7	6.8
1967	5.42	6.86
1968	5.03	6.9
1969	4.84	6.95
1970	4.59	7
1971	4.36	7.04
1972	4.16	7.05
1973	3.99	7.06
1974	3.89	7.12
1975	3.8	7.1
1976	3.75	7.09
1977	3.7	7.07
1978	3.66	7.06
1979	3.65	7.04
1980	3.58	6.99
1981	3.56	6.93
1982	3.54	6.87
1983	3.53	6.81
1984	3.52	6.72
1985	3.51	6.6
1986	3.45	6.49
1987	3.38	6.41
1988	3.31	6.38
1989	3.24	6.3
1990	3.17	6.2
1991	3.08	6.14
1992	3	6.08
1993	2.93	6
1994	2.86	5.89
1995	2.78	5.82
1996	2.68	5.83
1997	2.59	5.84
1998	2.53	5.81
1999	2.48	5.75
2000	2.41	5.67
2001	2.31	5.62
2002	2.16	5.57
2003	2.08	5.58
2004	2.03	5.6
2005	2.04	5.58
2006	1.94	5.51
2007	1.95	5.4
2008	1.98	5.32
2009	1.95	5.26
2010	1.83	5.23
2011	1.88	5.14
2012	1.85	5.14
2013	1.78	5.16
2014	1.8	5.12
2015	1.8	5.03
2016	1.75	5.01
2017	1.71	4.99
2018	1.71	4.93
2019	1.6	4.87
2020	1.45	4.8
2021	1.35	4.73
2022	1.34	4.67
2023	1.33	4.61

Costa Rica and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1960	16.8	17.4
1961	16.8	17.4
1962	16.7	17.4
1963	16.7	17.4
1964	16.7	17.4
1965	16.7	17.3
1966	16.8	17.2
1967	16.9	17.2
1968	17.1	17.1
1969	17.3	17.1
1970	17.6	17.1
1971	17.8	17
1972	18.1	17
1973	18.4	17
1974	18.6	16.9
1975	18.9	16.9
1976	19.2	16.8
1977	19.5	16.8
1978	19.7	16.7
1979	20	16.6
1980	20.3	16.5
1981	20.6	16.4
1982	20.9	16.3
1983	21.2	16.2
1984	21.4	16.2
1985	21.6	16.3
1986	21.8	16.4
1987	22.1	16.5
1988	22.3	16.6
1989	22.5	16.6
1990	22.7	16.7
1991	22.9	16.7
1992	23.2	16.8
1993	23.4	17
1994	23.6	17.3
1995	23.9	17.4
1996	24.1	17.4
1997	24.4	17.3
1998	24.7	17.3
1999	24.9	17.4
2000	25.2	17.4
2001	25.5	17.5
2002	25.9	17.5
2003	26.3	17.4
2004	26.7	17.4
2005	27	17.4
2006	27.4	17.4
2007	27.8	17.3
2008	28.2	17.3
2009	28.6	17.2
2010	29	17.2
2011	29.4	17.2
2012	29.8	17.3
2013	30.3	17.3
2014	30.7	17.4
2015	31.2	17.5
2016	31.7	17.6
2017	32.1	17.8
2018	32.6	17.9
2019	33	17.9
2020	33.5	18
2021	34	18.1
2022	34.5	18.2
2023	35.1	18.3
2024	35.6	18.4

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