Costa Rica vs Tonga statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 126th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Costa Rica and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Tonga economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Tonga
1960	$507,513,830	-
1961	$490,325,182	-
1962	$479,180,824	-
1963	$511,902,137	-
1964	$542,578,367	-
1965	$592,981,162	-
1966	$647,305,630	-
1967	$699,456,619	-
1968	$773,841,494	-
1969	$853,630,204	-
1970	$984,830,158	-
1971	$1,077,147,538	-
1972	$1,238,251,696	-
1973	$1,528,925,846	-
1974	$1,666,544,754	-
1975	$1,960,863,466	$32,506,742
1976	$2,412,555,426	$30,036,417
1977	$3,072,427,013	$34,139,388
1978	$3,523,208,810	$41,567,472
1979	$4,035,519,323	$44,667,002
1980	$4,831,447,001	$53,260,077
1981	$2,623,803,096	$62,242,013
1982	$2,606,623,555	$62,068,161
1983	$3,146,772,631	$60,863,964
1984	$3,660,477,856	$64,248,355
1985	$3,919,203,960	$60,058,663
1986	$4,418,983,871	$68,195,856
1987	$4,532,952,047	$81,667,133
1988	$4,614,629,898	$106,657,267
1989	$5,251,025,767	$106,344,855
1990	$5,711,687,787	$113,563,822
1991	$7,215,725,487	$132,201,141
1992	$8,579,754,758	$137,066,291
1993	$9,564,815,975	$138,489,884
1994	$10,489,903,725	$195,990,986
1995	$11,578,594,260	$208,871,666
1996	$11,678,424,507	$222,100,576
1997	$12,614,602,382	$214,991,452
1998	$13,684,255,947	$191,504,893
1999	$14,254,866,285	$199,208,718
2000	$15,013,629,662	$204,848,488
2001	$15,976,174,337	$181,117,230
2002	$16,578,820,687	$182,764,281
2003	$17,271,760,507	$202,246,591
2004	$18,610,594,846	$230,678,011
2005	$20,040,642,477	$261,823,805
2006	$22,715,540,324	$292,232,703
2007	$26,884,700,709	$298,519,623
2008	$30,801,745,700	$344,438,844
2009	$30,745,714,313	$312,415,028
2010	$37,658,616,952	$366,887,375
2011	$42,762,613,699	$414,143,828
2012	$47,231,655,432	$471,122,971
2013	$50,949,668,842	$451,788,498
2014	$52,016,408,854	$440,997,735
2015	$56,441,920,821	$437,525,539
2016	$58,847,019,610	$420,828,255
2017	$60,516,044,657	$459,976,847
2018	$62,420,164,992	$489,714,530
2019	$64,417,670,521	$494,197,854
2020	$62,395,610,760	$496,856,304
2021	$64,960,725,734	$518,228,029
2022	$69,243,626,029	$518,180,029
2023	$86,497,941,439	$508,735,107
2024	$95,350,423,177	-

Costa Rica and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Tonga
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	-
1971	$570	-
1972	$639	-
1973	$769	-
1974	$817	-
1975	$937	$349
1976	$1,123	$315
1977	$1,393	$353
1978	$1,556	$428
1979	$1,735	$458
1980	$2,021	$545
1981	$1,068	$636
1982	$1,032	$633
1983	$1,213	$621
1984	$1,372	$656
1985	$1,429	$613
1986	$1,569	$696
1987	$1,567	$830
1988	$1,555	$1,078
1989	$1,725	$1,070
1990	$1,830	$1,139
1991	$2,253	$1,323
1992	$2,612	$1,370
1993	$2,840	$1,383
1994	$3,040	$1,957
1995	$3,275	$2,084
1996	$3,227	$2,215
1997	$3,408	$2,136
1998	$3,617	$1,889
1999	$3,691	$1,952
2000	$3,813	$1,995
2001	$3,985	$1,754
2002	$4,068	$1,759
2003	$4,173	$1,936
2004	$4,431	$2,195
2005	$4,703	$2,478
2006	$5,257	$2,750
2007	$6,138	$2,797
2008	$6,937	$3,218
2009	$6,833	$2,914
2010	$8,266	$3,416
2011	$9,276	$3,850
2012	$10,127	$4,384
2013	$10,803	$4,219
2014	$10,911	$4,137
2015	$11,715	$4,124
2016	$12,091	$3,988
2017	$12,317	$4,366
2018	$12,590	$4,639
2019	$12,885	$4,677
2020	$12,394	$4,700
2021	$12,838	$4,913
2022	$13,626	$4,933
2023	$16,942	$4,864
2024	$18,587	-

Costa Rica vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Tonga
1950	57.5	48.4
1951	57.8	49.8
1952	58.1	51.2
1953	59.1	52.4
1954	59.9	53.6
1955	60.5	54.7
1956	61.2	55.7
1957	61.6	56.5
1958	62.3	57.2
1959	62.9	57.8
1960	63.5	58.3
1961	63.9	58.8
1962	64.2	59.3
1963	64.3	59.8
1964	64.5	60.3
1965	64.8	60.7
1966	65.1	61.2
1967	65.6	61.7
1968	65.8	62.2
1969	66.4	62.7
1970	66.8	63.2
1971	67.4	63.6
1972	68	64.1
1973	68.7	64.4
1974	69.4	64.8
1975	70.3	65.1
1976	70.9	65.4
1977	71.5	65.6
1978	72	65.9
1979	72.5	66
1980	73	66.2
1981	73.4	66.4
1982	73.9	66.3
1983	74.2	66.7
1984	74.6	66.8
1985	74.8	66.9
1986	74.9	67.1
1987	75.2	67.2
1988	75.5	67.3
1989	75.9	67.4
1990	76.1	67.5
1991	76.2	67.7
1992	76.4	67.9
1993	76.3	68.2
1994	76.3	68.4
1995	76.4	68.6
1996	76.4	68.8
1997	76.6	69
1998	76.9	69.2
1999	77.1	69.4
2000	77.3	69.6
2001	77.6	69.8
2002	77.9	70
2003	78.2	70.2
2004	78.5	70.4
2005	78.9	70.6
2006	79	70.7
2007	79.1	70.9
2008	79.2	71
2009	79.4	70.9
2010	79.4	71.3
2011	79.6	71.4
2012	79.9	71.5
2013	80.2	71.6
2014	80.2	71.7
2015	80.4	71.9
2016	80	72
2017	80	72.1
2018	80.1	72.2
2019	80.3	72.3
2020	79.7	72.4
2021	78.1	72.1
2022	79.3	72.6
2023	80.8	72.9
2024	81	73.1
2025	81.2	73.2

Costa Rica and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Tonga
1960	1,327,496	66,170
1961	1,377,920	68,037
1962	1,429,445	69,940
1963	1,481,604	71,885
1964	1,533,960	73,879
1965	1,586,208	75,924
1966	1,638,116	78,002
1967	1,689,523	79,814
1968	1,739,731	81,353
1969	1,789,276	82,885
1970	1,838,949	84,401
1971	1,888,539	85,896
1972	1,938,248	87,356
1973	1,988,343	88,805
1974	2,039,643	90,683
1975	2,092,719	93,017
1976	2,147,774	95,325
1977	2,205,025	96,725
1978	2,264,510	97,204
1979	2,326,490	97,544
1980	2,390,633	97,769
1981	2,456,637	97,909
1982	2,524,806	97,980
1983	2,595,153	97,998
1984	2,667,595	97,990
1985	2,741,894	97,984
1986	2,817,216	98,010
1987	2,892,699	98,376
1988	2,968,103	98,969
1989	3,043,827	99,403
1990	3,121,706	99,700
1991	3,202,176	99,895
1992	3,284,258	100,022
1993	3,367,434	100,103
1994	3,451,122	100,166
1995	3,535,176	100,225
1996	3,619,013	100,275
1997	3,701,711	100,674
1998	3,782,838	101,388
1999	3,862,101	102,046
2000	3,937,739	102,677
2001	4,008,947	103,288
2002	4,075,705	103,874
2003	4,138,784	104,464
2004	4,200,078	105,071
2005	4,261,240	105,671
2006	4,321,340	106,253
2007	4,380,248	106,726
2008	4,440,056	107,020
2009	4,499,791	107,203
2010	4,555,962	107,400
2011	4,609,833	107,570
2012	4,663,934	107,460
2013	4,716,147	107,078
2014	4,767,119	106,609
2015	4,818,038	106,095
2016	4,866,998	105,524
2017	4,913,177	105,356
2018	4,957,818	105,567
2019	4,999,553	105,669
2020	5,034,320	105,704
2021	5,059,988	105,490
2022	5,081,765	105,042
2023	5,105,525	104,597
2024	5,129,910	104,175

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Tonga

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Tonga
1960	6.71	6.65
1961	6.65	6.61
1962	6.54	6.57
1963	6.39	6.52
1964	6.19	6.46
1965	5.96	6.41
1966	5.7	6.35
1967	5.42	6.29
1968	5.03	6.23
1969	4.84	6.17
1970	4.59	6.07
1971	4.36	5.96
1972	4.16	5.86
1973	3.99	5.8
1974	3.89	5.77
1975	3.8	5.75
1976	3.75	5.73
1977	3.7	5.7
1978	3.66	5.68
1979	3.65	5.65
1980	3.58	5.6
1981	3.56	5.55
1982	3.54	5.5
1983	3.53	5.45
1984	3.52	5.41
1985	3.51	5.34
1986	3.45	5.27
1987	3.38	5.19
1988	3.31	5.1
1989	3.24	5.01
1990	3.17	4.93
1991	3.08	4.85
1992	3	4.79
1993	2.93	4.73
1994	2.86	4.66
1995	2.78	4.56
1996	2.68	4.46
1997	2.59	4.38
1998	2.53	4.31
1999	2.48	4.23
2000	2.41	4.16
2001	2.31	4.13
2002	2.16	4.14
2003	2.08	4.18
2004	2.03	4.19
2005	2.04	4.2
2006	1.94	4.14
2007	1.95	4.09
2008	1.98	4.01
2009	1.95	3.95
2010	1.83	3.88
2011	1.88	3.83
2012	1.85	3.77
2013	1.78	3.7
2014	1.8	3.62
2015	1.8	3.54
2016	1.75	3.46
2017	1.71	3.39
2018	1.71	3.33
2019	1.6	3.27
2020	1.45	3.23
2021	1.35	3.2
2022	1.34	3.17
2023	1.33	3.13

Costa Rica and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Tonga
1960	16.8	17.1
1961	16.8	17.1
1962	16.7	17.1
1963	16.7	17
1964	16.7	17
1965	16.7	17
1966	16.8	17
1967	16.9	17
1968	17.1	16.9
1969	17.3	16.8
1970	17.6	16.8
1971	17.8	16.7
1972	18.1	16.7
1973	18.4	16.8
1974	18.6	16.8
1975	18.9	16.7
1976	19.2	16.7
1977	19.5	16.8
1978	19.7	17.1
1979	20	17.3
1980	20.3	17.4
1981	20.6	17.6
1982	20.9	17.8
1983	21.2	17.9
1984	21.4	18
1985	21.6	18.1
1986	21.8	18.2
1987	22.1	18.3
1988	22.3	18.6
1989	22.5	18.9
1990	22.7	19.1
1991	22.9	19.3
1992	23.2	19.5
1993	23.4	19.6
1994	23.6	19.6
1995	23.9	19.6
1996	24.1	19.6
1997	24.4	19.7
1998	24.7	19.9
1999	24.9	20.1
2000	25.2	20.3
2001	25.5	20.5
2002	25.9	20.7
2003	26.3	20.8
2004	26.7	20.8
2005	27	20.8
2006	27.4	20.8
2007	27.8	20.9
2008	28.2	21
2009	28.6	21.1
2010	29	21.2
2011	29.4	21.2
2012	29.8	21.4
2013	30.3	21.6
2014	30.7	21.7
2015	31.2	21.8
2016	31.7	21.9
2017	32.1	21.9
2018	32.6	22
2019	33	22
2020	33.5	22.1
2021	34	22.1
2022	34.5	22
2023	35.1	21.9
2024	35.6	21.9

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