Costa Rica vs Trinidad and Tobago statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 1.37M in Trinidad and Tobago (ranked 154/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 1,981 sq mi for Trinidad and Tobago (ranked 126th vs. 166th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 114/197 ($26.4B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Trinidad and Tobago ranks 60/197 ($19,315).

Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Trinidad
1960	$507,513,830	$535,673,252
1961	$490,325,182	$584,964,621
1962	$479,180,824	$619,322,810
1963	$511,902,137	$678,239,329
1964	$542,578,367	$711,897,520
1965	$592,981,162	$736,573,159
1966	$647,305,630	$723,739,857
1967	$699,456,619	$761,981,912
1968	$773,841,494	$758,899,950
1969	$853,630,204	$779,200,000
1970	$984,830,158	$821,850,000
1971	$1,077,147,538	$896,765,215
1972	$1,238,251,696	$1,083,391,758
1973	$1,528,925,846	$1,308,785,431
1974	$1,666,544,754	$2,042,001,071
1975	$1,960,863,466	$2,442,669,825
1976	$2,412,555,426	$2,500,424,955
1977	$3,072,427,013	$3,138,666,667
1978	$3,523,208,810	$3,562,333,458
1979	$4,035,519,323	$4,602,416,625
1980	$4,831,447,001	$6,235,833,333
1981	$2,623,803,096	$6,992,083,333
1982	$2,606,623,555	$8,140,416,667
1983	$3,146,772,631	$7,763,750,000
1984	$3,660,477,856	$7,757,083,333
1985	$3,919,203,960	$7,375,918,367
1986	$4,418,983,871	$4,794,444,444
1987	$4,532,952,047	$4,797,777,778
1988	$4,614,629,898	$4,496,910,569
1989	$5,251,025,767	$4,323,058,824
1990	$5,711,687,787	$5,068,000,000
1991	$7,215,725,487	$5,307,905,882
1992	$8,579,754,758	$5,439,552,941
1993	$9,564,815,975	$4,669,491,134
1994	$10,489,903,725	$4,947,181,646
1995	$11,578,594,260	$5,329,217,747
1996	$11,678,424,507	$5,759,570,336
1997	$12,614,602,382	$5,737,771,523
1998	$13,684,255,947	$6,043,686,654
1999	$14,254,866,285	$6,808,982,521
2000	$15,013,629,662	$8,154,342,116
2001	$15,976,174,337	$8,824,849,191
2002	$16,578,820,687	$9,008,298,229
2003	$17,271,760,507	$11,305,459,802
2004	$18,610,594,846	$13,280,291,990
2005	$20,040,642,477	$15,982,389,018
2006	$22,715,540,324	$18,369,361,094
2007	$26,884,700,709	$21,641,620,050
2008	$30,801,745,700	$27,871,587,350
2009	$30,745,714,313	$19,172,165,226
2010	$37,658,616,952	$22,157,920,592
2011	$42,762,613,699	$25,433,007,437
2012	$47,231,655,432	$27,147,349,937
2013	$50,949,668,842	$28,560,536,917
2014	$52,016,408,854	$29,474,180,442
2015	$56,441,920,821	$26,841,143,095
2016	$58,847,019,610	$23,624,333,664
2017	$60,516,044,657	$23,847,765,529
2018	$62,420,164,992	$23,888,910,152
2019	$64,417,670,521	$23,588,037,787
2020	$62,395,610,760	$20,991,339,707
2021	$64,960,725,734	$24,177,305,760
2022	$69,243,626,029	$28,510,328,245
2023	$86,497,941,439	$25,489,373,405
2024	$95,350,423,177	$26,428,963,758

Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Trinidad
1960	$382	$634
1961	$356	$678
1962	$335	$704
1963	$346	$756
1964	$354	$780
1965	$374	$793
1966	$395	$768
1967	$414	$797
1968	$445	$783
1969	$477	$795
1970	$536	$829
1971	$570	$894
1972	$639	$1,067
1973	$769	$1,273
1974	$817	$1,962
1975	$937	$2,319
1976	$1,123	$2,345
1977	$1,393	$2,907
1978	$1,556	$3,258
1979	$1,735	$4,155
1980	$2,021	$5,559
1981	$1,068	$6,160
1982	$1,032	$7,091
1983	$1,213	$6,690
1984	$1,372	$6,613
1985	$1,429	$6,212
1986	$1,569	$3,985
1987	$1,567	$3,941
1988	$1,555	$3,656
1989	$1,725	$3,482
1990	$1,830	$4,047
1991	$2,253	$4,205
1992	$2,612	$4,277
1993	$2,840	$3,647
1994	$3,040	$3,840
1995	$3,275	$4,115
1996	$3,227	$4,427
1997	$3,408	$4,394
1998	$3,617	$4,613
1999	$3,691	$5,179
2000	$3,813	$6,179
2001	$3,985	$6,657
2002	$4,068	$6,763
2003	$4,173	$8,445
2004	$4,431	$9,871
2005	$4,703	$12,346
2006	$5,257	$14,153
2007	$6,138	$16,607
2008	$6,937	$21,299
2009	$6,833	$14,634
2010	$8,266	$16,815
2011	$9,276	$19,151
2012	$10,127	$20,332
2013	$10,803	$21,305
2014	$10,911	$21,908
2015	$11,715	$19,887
2016	$12,091	$17,449
2017	$12,317	$17,579
2018	$12,590	$17,576
2019	$12,885	$17,293
2020	$12,394	$15,359
2021	$12,838	$17,679
2022	$13,626	$20,874
2023	$16,942	$18,639
2024	$18,587	$19,315

Costa Rica vs. Trinidad and Tobago life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Trinidad
1950	57.5	57
1951	57.8	57.3
1952	58.1	57.7
1953	59.1	58.3
1954	59.9	59.1
1955	60.5	59.7
1956	61.2	60.3
1957	61.6	60.7
1958	62.3	61.4
1959	62.9	61.9
1960	63.5	62.5
1961	63.9	63
1962	64.2	63.4
1963	64.3	63.6
1964	64.5	64
1965	64.8	64.2
1966	65.1	64.3
1967	65.6	64.5
1968	65.8	64.6
1969	66.4	64.8
1970	66.8	64.9
1971	67.4	64.9
1972	68	65.2
1973	68.7	65.4
1974	69.4	65.5
1975	70.3	65.6
1976	70.9	66
1977	71.5	66.2
1978	72	66.2
1979	72.5	66.4
1980	73	66.5
1981	73.4	66.5
1982	73.9	66.4
1983	74.2	66.4
1984	74.6	66.6
1985	74.8	66.7
1986	74.9	66.9
1987	75.2	67.1
1988	75.5	67.4
1989	75.9	67.5
1990	76.1	67.6
1991	76.2	67.8
1992	76.4	67.8
1993	76.3	67.8
1994	76.3	67.8
1995	76.4	68
1996	76.4	68
1997	76.6	68.1
1998	76.9	68.3
1999	77.1	68.5
2000	77.3	68.6
2001	77.6	68.9
2002	77.9	69.2
2003	78.2	69.5
2004	78.5	69.9
2005	78.9	70.2
2006	79	70.4
2007	79.1	70.8
2008	79.2	71.1
2009	79.4	71.4
2010	79.4	71.8
2011	79.6	72.2
2012	79.9	72.5
2013	80.2	72.8
2014	80.2	72.9
2015	80.4	72.9
2016	80	72.9
2017	80	73
2018	80.1	72.7
2019	80.3	72.8
2020	79.7	72.6
2021	78.1	71.1
2022	79.3	73.3
2023	80.8	73.5
2024	81	73.6
2025	81.2	73.7

Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Trinidad
1960	1,327,496	844,943
1961	1,377,920	863,144
1962	1,429,445	880,194
1963	1,481,604	896,804
1964	1,533,960	912,963
1965	1,586,208	928,425
1966	1,638,116	942,937
1967	1,689,523	956,418
1968	1,739,731	969,006
1969	1,789,276	980,706
1970	1,838,949	991,471
1971	1,888,539	1,002,585
1972	1,938,248	1,014,921
1973	1,988,343	1,027,851
1974	2,039,643	1,040,761
1975	2,092,719	1,053,469
1976	2,147,774	1,066,311
1977	2,205,025	1,079,554
1978	2,264,510	1,093,380
1979	2,326,490	1,107,639
1980	2,390,633	1,121,744
1981	2,456,637	1,135,132
1982	2,524,806	1,147,927
1983	2,595,153	1,160,534
1984	2,667,595	1,172,984
1985	2,741,894	1,187,366
1986	2,817,216	1,203,124
1987	2,892,699	1,217,364
1988	2,968,103	1,230,069
1989	3,043,827	1,241,600
1990	3,121,706	1,252,208
1991	3,202,176	1,262,171
1992	3,284,258	1,271,674
1993	3,367,434	1,280,466
1994	3,451,122	1,288,341
1995	3,535,176	1,295,169
1996	3,619,013	1,300,928
1997	3,701,711	1,305,836
1998	3,782,838	1,310,225
1999	3,862,101	1,314,708
2000	3,937,739	1,319,774
2001	4,008,947	1,325,567
2002	4,075,705	1,332,011
2003	4,138,784	1,338,709
2004	4,200,078	1,345,380
2005	4,261,240	1,294,494
2006	4,321,340	1,297,944
2007	4,380,248	1,303,188
2008	4,440,056	1,308,587
2009	4,499,791	1,310,106
2010	4,555,962	1,317,714
2011	4,609,833	1,328,019
2012	4,663,934	1,335,194
2013	4,716,147	1,340,557
2014	4,767,119	1,345,343
2015	4,818,038	1,349,667
2016	4,866,998	1,353,895
2017	4,913,177	1,356,633
2018	4,957,818	1,359,193
2019	4,999,553	1,363,985
2020	5,034,320	1,366,725
2021	5,059,988	1,367,558
2022	5,081,765	1,365,805
2023	5,105,525	1,367,510
2024	5,129,910	1,368,333

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Trinidad
1960	6.71	5.41
1961	6.65	5.41
1962	6.54	5.36
1963	6.39	5.24
1964	6.19	5.08
1965	5.96	4.88
1966	5.7	4.62
1967	5.42	4.35
1968	5.03	4.11
1969	4.84	3.86
1970	4.59	3.71
1971	4.36	3.61
1972	4.16	3.55
1973	3.99	3.47
1974	3.89	3.32
1975	3.8	3.21
1976	3.75	3.14
1977	3.7	3.12
1978	3.66	3.13
1979	3.65	3.13
1980	3.58	3.15
1981	3.56	3.13
1982	3.54	3.11
1983	3.53	3.07
1984	3.52	3.02
1985	3.51	2.99
1986	3.45	2.9
1987	3.38	2.78
1988	3.31	2.65
1989	3.24	2.53
1990	3.17	2.39
1991	3.08	2.29
1992	3	2.21
1993	2.93	2.13
1994	2.86	2.06
1995	2.78	1.97
1996	2.68	1.89
1997	2.59	1.83
1998	2.53	1.78
1999	2.48	1.76
2000	2.41	1.73
2001	2.31	1.71
2002	2.16	1.67
2003	2.08	1.65
2004	2.03	1.63
2005	2.04	1.63
2006	1.94	1.62
2007	1.95	1.62
2008	1.98	1.62
2009	1.95	1.62
2010	1.83	1.61
2011	1.88	1.61
2012	1.85	1.61
2013	1.78	1.6
2014	1.8	1.6
2015	1.8	1.6
2016	1.75	1.6
2017	1.71	1.59
2018	1.71	1.59
2019	1.6	1.58
2020	1.45	1.57
2021	1.35	1.56
2022	1.34	1.54
2023	1.33	1.53

Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Trinidad and Tobago

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Trinidad
1960	16.8	18.5
1961	16.8	18.4
1962	16.7	18.4
1963	16.7	18.3
1964	16.7	18.3
1965	16.7	18.3
1966	16.8	18.4
1967	16.9	18.4
1968	17.1	18.5
1969	17.3	18.6
1970	17.6	18.8
1971	17.8	19.1
1972	18.1	19.3
1973	18.4	19.6
1974	18.6	19.9
1975	18.9	20.2
1976	19.2	20.6
1977	19.5	20.8
1978	19.7	21.1
1979	20	21.4
1980	20.3	21.7
1981	20.6	21.9
1982	20.9	22.2
1983	21.2	22.4
1984	21.4	22.6
1985	21.6	22.8
1986	21.8	23.1
1987	22.1	23.3
1988	22.3	23.6
1989	22.5	23.9
1990	22.7	24.2
1991	22.9	24.5
1992	23.2	24.8
1993	23.4	25.1
1994	23.6	25.3
1995	23.9	25.6
1996	24.1	26
1997	24.4	26.4
1998	24.7	26.7
1999	24.9	27.1
2000	25.2	27.5
2001	25.5	27.9
2002	25.9	28.3
2003	26.3	28.7
2004	26.7	29.1
2005	27	29.5
2006	27.4	29.8
2007	27.8	30.3
2008	28.2	30.7
2009	28.6	31.2
2010	29	31.7
2011	29.4	32.1
2012	29.8	32.6
2013	30.3	33.1
2014	30.7	33.5
2015	31.2	34
2016	31.7	34.4
2017	32.1	34.9
2018	32.6	35.3
2019	33	35.7
2020	33.5	36.3
2021	34	36.8
2022	34.5	37.2
2023	35.1	37.7
2024	35.6	38.2

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