Costa Rica vs Tuvalu statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 9.65K in Tuvalu (ranked 196/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 11.6 sq mi for Tuvalu (ranked 126th vs. 194th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Tuvalu ranks 196/197 ($62.3M). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Tuvalu ranks 109/197 ($6,345).

Costa Rica and Tuvalu: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Tuvalu
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	$2,585,956
1971	$1,077,147,538	$2,716,990
1972	$1,238,251,696	$2,968,458
1973	$1,528,925,846	$3,411,915
1974	$1,666,544,754	$4,122,329
1975	$1,960,863,466	$4,014,748
1976	$2,412,555,426	$3,919,072
1977	$3,072,427,013	$3,669,420
1978	$3,523,208,810	$3,798,782
1979	$4,035,519,323	$4,065,659
1980	$4,831,447,001	$4,206,128
1981	$2,623,803,096	$4,773,018
1982	$2,606,623,555	$4,118,945
1983	$3,146,772,631	$4,152,550
1984	$3,660,477,856	$4,481,978
1985	$3,919,203,960	$3,862,852
1986	$4,418,983,871	$4,574,706
1987	$4,532,952,047	$5,020,513
1988	$4,614,629,898	$7,011,059
1989	$5,251,025,767	$8,454,523
1990	$5,711,687,787	$9,542,901
1991	$7,215,725,487	$10,127,314
1992	$8,579,754,758	$10,535,028
1993	$9,564,815,975	$10,414,400
1994	$10,489,903,725	$11,772,611
1995	$11,578,594,260	$11,922,614
1996	$11,678,424,507	$13,338,597
1997	$12,614,602,382	$13,734,210
1998	$13,684,255,947	$13,795,146
1999	$14,254,866,285	$14,800,503
2000	$15,013,629,662	$15,073,976
2001	$15,976,174,337	$13,964,732
2002	$16,578,820,687	$16,842,673
2003	$17,271,760,507	$19,456,338
2004	$18,610,594,846	$22,798,275
2005	$20,040,642,477	$22,909,980
2006	$22,715,540,324	$24,096,875
2007	$26,884,700,709	$28,450,169
2008	$30,801,745,700	$31,874,435
2009	$30,745,714,313	$28,076,984
2010	$37,658,616,952	$32,105,408
2011	$42,762,613,699	$39,196,957
2012	$47,231,655,432	$39,345,579
2013	$50,949,668,842	$38,615,891
2014	$52,016,408,854	$38,760,983
2015	$56,441,920,821	$36,811,936
2016	$58,847,019,610	$41,629,064
2017	$60,516,044,657	$45,276,595
2018	$62,420,164,992	$48,015,260
2019	$64,417,670,521	$54,123,199
2020	$62,395,610,760	$51,746,594
2021	$64,960,725,734	$60,196,406
2022	$69,243,626,029	$59,065,982
2023	$86,497,941,439	$62,280,312
2024	$95,350,423,177	-

Costa Rica and Tuvalu economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Tuvalu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Tuvalu
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	$457
1971	$570	$478
1972	$639	$522
1973	$769	$601
1974	$817	$708
1975	$937	$656
1976	$1,123	$612
1977	$1,393	$549
1978	$1,556	$546
1979	$1,735	$566
1980	$2,021	$571
1981	$1,068	$634
1982	$1,032	$537
1983	$1,213	$533
1984	$1,372	$567
1985	$1,429	$480
1986	$1,569	$557
1987	$1,567	$600
1988	$1,555	$823
1989	$1,725	$976
1990	$1,830	$1,085
1991	$2,253	$1,134
1992	$2,612	$1,166
1993	$2,840	$1,141
1994	$3,040	$1,279
1995	$3,275	$1,285
1996	$3,227	$1,428
1997	$3,408	$1,461
1998	$3,617	$1,460
1999	$3,691	$1,559
2000	$3,813	$1,579
2001	$3,985	$1,457
2002	$4,068	$1,750
2003	$4,173	$2,007
2004	$4,431	$2,323
2005	$4,703	$2,305
2006	$5,257	$2,396
2007	$6,138	$2,794
2008	$6,937	$3,088
2009	$6,833	$2,684
2010	$8,266	$3,025
2011	$9,276	$3,636
2012	$10,127	$3,598
2013	$10,803	$3,510
2014	$10,911	$3,529
2015	$11,715	$3,358
2016	$12,091	$3,809
2017	$12,317	$4,166
2018	$12,590	$4,466
2019	$12,885	$5,115
2020	$12,394	$4,976
2021	$12,838	$5,905
2022	$13,626	$5,911
2023	$16,942	$6,345
2024	$18,587	-

Costa Rica vs. Tuvalu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Tuvalu
1950	57.5	40
1951	57.8	40.8
1952	58.1	41.7
1953	59.1	42.5
1954	59.9	43.4
1955	60.5	44.2
1956	61.2	45
1957	61.6	45.8
1958	62.3	46.7
1959	62.9	47.5
1960	63.5	48.3
1961	63.9	49
1962	64.2	49.8
1963	64.3	50.6
1964	64.5	51.3
1965	64.8	52.1
1966	65.1	52.8
1967	65.6	53.5
1968	65.8	54.1
1969	66.4	54.7
1970	66.8	55.3
1971	67.4	56
1972	68	54.7
1973	68.7	57.2
1974	69.4	57.7
1975	70.3	58.3
1976	70.9	58.8
1977	71.5	59.2
1978	72	59.6
1979	72.5	59.9
1980	73	60.2
1981	73.4	60.5
1982	73.9	60.7
1983	74.2	60.9
1984	74.6	61.1
1985	74.8	61.1
1986	74.9	61.2
1987	75.2	61.3
1988	75.5	61.4
1989	75.9	61.5
1990	76.1	61.6
1991	76.2	61.8
1992	76.4	60.3
1993	76.3	62.1
1994	76.3	62.3
1995	76.4	62.5
1996	76.4	62.7
1997	76.6	62.9
1998	76.9	63.2
1999	77.1	63.3
2000	77.3	63.5
2001	77.6	63.7
2002	77.9	63.8
2003	78.2	63.9
2004	78.5	64
2005	78.9	64.1
2006	79	64.2
2007	79.1	64.4
2008	79.2	64.5
2009	79.4	64.7
2010	79.4	64.8
2011	79.6	65
2012	79.9	65.1
2013	80.2	65.2
2014	80.2	65.3
2015	80.4	65.4
2016	80	65.5
2017	80	65.7
2018	80.1	65.9
2019	80.3	66.1
2020	79.7	66.4
2021	78.1	65.8
2022	79.3	66.9
2023	80.8	67.1
2024	81	67.3
2025	81.2	67.4

Costa Rica and Tuvalu population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Tuvalu
1960	1,327,496	5,598
1961	1,377,920	5,648
1962	1,429,445	5,699
1963	1,481,604	5,751
1964	1,533,960	5,752
1965	1,586,208	5,715
1966	1,638,116	5,686
1967	1,689,523	5,652
1968	1,739,731	5,624
1969	1,789,276	5,631
1970	1,838,949	5,663
1971	1,888,539	5,685
1972	1,938,248	5,692
1973	1,988,343	5,681
1974	2,039,643	5,822
1975	2,092,719	6,117
1976	2,147,774	6,404
1977	2,205,025	6,686
1978	2,264,510	6,957
1979	2,326,490	7,184
1980	2,390,633	7,366
1981	2,456,637	7,526
1982	2,524,806	7,664
1983	2,595,153	7,789
1984	2,667,595	7,902
1985	2,741,894	8,046
1986	2,817,216	8,217
1987	2,892,699	8,371
1988	2,968,103	8,518
1989	3,043,827	8,662
1990	3,121,706	8,798
1991	3,202,176	8,928
1992	3,284,258	9,038
1993	3,367,434	9,126
1994	3,451,122	9,207
1995	3,535,176	9,280
1996	3,619,013	9,342
1997	3,701,711	9,400
1998	3,782,838	9,451
1999	3,862,101	9,496
2000	3,937,739	9,544
2001	4,008,947	9,586
2002	4,075,705	9,623
2003	4,138,784	9,695
2004	4,200,078	9,816
2005	4,261,240	9,940
2006	4,321,340	10,056
2007	4,380,248	10,182
2008	4,440,056	10,321
2009	4,499,791	10,461
2010	4,555,962	10,614
2011	4,609,833	10,780
2012	4,663,934	10,934
2013	4,716,147	11,001
2014	4,767,119	10,984
2015	4,818,038	10,963
2016	4,866,998	10,930
2017	4,913,177	10,869
2018	4,957,818	10,751
2019	4,999,553	10,581
2020	5,034,320	10,399
2021	5,059,988	10,194
2022	5,081,765	9,992
2023	5,105,525	9,816
2024	5,129,910	9,646

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Tuvalu

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Tuvalu
1960	6.71	5.15
1961	6.65	5.09
1962	6.54	5
1963	6.39	4.91
1964	6.19	4.83
1965	5.96	4.73
1966	5.7	4.64
1967	5.42	4.49
1968	5.03	4.36
1969	4.84	4.23
1970	4.59	4.08
1971	4.36	3.94
1972	4.16	3.81
1973	3.99	3.71
1974	3.89	3.63
1975	3.8	3.58
1976	3.75	3.55
1977	3.7	3.56
1978	3.66	3.59
1979	3.65	3.65
1980	3.58	3.73
1981	3.56	3.8
1982	3.54	3.88
1983	3.53	3.91
1984	3.52	3.95
1985	3.51	3.97
1986	3.45	3.97
1987	3.38	3.94
1988	3.31	3.88
1989	3.24	3.8
1990	3.17	3.75
1991	3.08	3.79
1992	3	3.86
1993	2.93	3.92
1994	2.86	3.92
1995	2.78	3.96
1996	2.68	3.95
1997	2.59	3.95
1998	2.53	3.95
1999	2.48	3.92
2000	2.41	3.84
2001	2.31	3.75
2002	2.16	3.64
2003	2.08	3.58
2004	2.03	3.55
2005	2.04	3.55
2006	1.94	3.53
2007	1.95	3.45
2008	1.98	3.42
2009	1.95	3.43
2010	1.83	3.44
2011	1.88	3.46
2012	1.85	3.47
2013	1.78	3.39
2014	1.8	3.33
2015	1.8	3.31
2016	1.75	3.3
2017	1.71	3.3
2018	1.71	3.33
2019	1.6	3.33
2020	1.45	3.31
2021	1.35	3.28
2022	1.34	3.24
2023	1.33	3.21

Costa Rica and Tuvalu demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Tuvalu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Tuvalu
1960	16.8	23.1
1961	16.8	23.1
1962	16.7	23
1963	16.7	22.6
1964	16.7	21
1965	16.7	19.3
1966	16.8	18.5
1967	16.9	18.1
1968	17.1	17.9
1969	17.3	18
1970	17.6	18.2
1971	17.8	18.6
1972	18.1	19
1973	18.4	19.4
1974	18.6	19.7
1975	18.9	19.8
1976	19.2	19.9
1977	19.5	20.2
1978	19.7	20.5
1979	20	20.9
1980	20.3	21
1981	20.6	21.4
1982	20.9	21.9
1983	21.2	22.5
1984	21.4	23.2
1985	21.6	23.6
1986	21.8	23.8
1987	22.1	24
1988	22.3	24.2
1989	22.5	24.5
1990	22.7	24.7
1991	22.9	24.9
1992	23.2	25
1993	23.4	25
1994	23.6	25.1
1995	23.9	25
1996	24.1	24.9
1997	24.4	24.6
1998	24.7	24.4
1999	24.9	24.1
2000	25.2	23.9
2001	25.5	23.7
2002	25.9	23.5
2003	26.3	23.5
2004	26.7	23.5
2005	27	23.6
2006	27.4	23.6
2007	27.8	23.7
2008	28.2	23.8
2009	28.6	23.9
2010	29	24
2011	29.4	24.1
2012	29.8	24.2
2013	30.3	24.3
2014	30.7	24.5
2015	31.2	24.7
2016	31.7	24.9
2017	32.1	25.2
2018	32.6	25.3
2019	33	25.3
2020	33.5	25.3
2021	34	25.3
2022	34.5	25.3
2023	35.1	25.3
2024	35.6	25.3

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