Costa Rica vs Uganda statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 50M in Uganda (ranked 31/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 77,421 sq mi for Uganda (ranked 126th vs. 84th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Uganda ranks 89/197 ($53.7B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Uganda ranks 173/197 ($1,073).

Costa Rica and Uganda: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Uganda economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Uganda
1960	$507,513,830	$423,145,605
1961	$490,325,182	$441,667,335
1962	$479,180,824	$449,158,233
1963	$511,902,137	$516,315,231
1964	$542,578,367	$589,247,687
1965	$592,981,162	$884,502,310
1966	$647,305,630	$925,381,492
1967	$699,456,619	$967,240,655
1968	$773,841,494	$1,037,379,252
1969	$853,630,204	$1,168,556,629
1970	$984,830,158	$1,259,554,809
1971	$1,077,147,538	$1,417,191,656
1972	$1,238,251,696	$1,490,970,181
1973	$1,528,925,846	$1,701,829,789
1974	$1,666,544,754	$2,098,944,967
1975	$1,960,863,466	$2,359,555,556
1976	$2,412,555,426	$2,447,300,000
1977	$3,072,427,013	$2,936,470,588
1978	$3,523,208,810	$2,420,260,870
1979	$4,035,519,323	$2,139,025,000
1980	$4,831,447,001	$1,244,610,000
1981	$2,623,803,096	$1,337,300,000
1982	$2,606,623,555	$2,177,500,000
1983	$3,146,772,631	$2,240,333,333
1984	$3,660,477,856	$3,615,647,477
1985	$3,919,203,960	$3,519,695,444
1986	$4,418,983,871	$3,923,244,050
1987	$4,532,952,047	$6,269,522,042
1988	$4,614,629,898	$6,508,931,652
1989	$5,251,025,767	$5,276,480,799
1990	$5,711,687,787	$4,304,399,310
1991	$7,215,725,487	$3,321,729,160
1992	$8,579,754,758	$2,857,457,762
1993	$9,564,815,975	$3,220,439,044
1994	$10,489,903,725	$3,990,430,447
1995	$11,578,594,260	$5,755,818,842
1996	$11,678,424,507	$6,044,585,327
1997	$12,614,602,382	$6,269,333,313
1998	$13,684,255,947	$6,584,815,847
1999	$14,254,866,285	$5,998,563,258
2000	$15,013,629,662	$6,193,246,837
2001	$15,976,174,337	$5,840,503,869
2002	$16,578,820,687	$6,178,563,591
2003	$17,271,760,507	$6,606,884,275
2004	$18,610,594,846	$7,939,487,548
2005	$20,040,642,477	$9,239,221,763
2006	$22,715,540,324	$9,977,647,683
2007	$26,884,700,709	$11,902,564,495
2008	$30,801,745,700	$14,440,404,132
2009	$30,745,714,313	$25,127,805,567
2010	$37,658,616,952	$26,673,441,431
2011	$42,762,613,699	$27,871,725,241
2012	$47,231,655,432	$27,305,915,911
2013	$50,949,668,842	$28,915,786,517
2014	$52,016,408,854	$32,612,397,257
2015	$56,441,920,821	$32,387,183,730
2016	$58,847,019,610	$29,203,988,696
2017	$60,516,044,657	$30,744,473,841
2018	$62,420,164,992	$32,927,025,620
2019	$64,417,670,521	$35,353,061,008
2020	$62,395,610,760	$37,600,368,240
2021	$64,960,725,734	$40,529,788,744
2022	$69,243,626,029	$45,565,333,216
2023	$86,497,941,439	$48,768,955,859
2024	$95,350,423,177	$53,651,874,314

Costa Rica and Uganda economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Uganda

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Uganda
1960	$382	$55.4
1961	$356	$56.2
1962	$335	$55.5
1963	$346	$62
1964	$354	$68.6
1965	$374	$100
1966	$395	$101.4
1967	$414	$102.8
1968	$445	$106.9
1969	$477	$116.7
1970	$536	$122
1971	$570	$133.5
1972	$639	$137
1973	$769	$152.7
1974	$817	$183.7
1975	$937	$201.2
1976	$1,123	$203.3
1977	$1,393	$237.6
1978	$1,556	$190.7
1979	$1,735	$164.5
1980	$2,021	$93.8
1981	$1,068	$98.6
1982	$1,032	$157
1983	$1,213	$157.5
1984	$1,372	$247.5
1985	$1,429	$234.3
1986	$1,569	$253.6
1987	$1,567	$393
1988	$1,555	$395
1989	$1,725	$310
1990	$1,830	$245
1991	$2,253	$183
1992	$2,612	$152.1
1993	$2,840	$165.6
1994	$3,040	$198.4
1995	$3,275	$278.5
1996	$3,227	$284.7
1997	$3,408	$286.8
1998	$3,617	$292.5
1999	$3,691	$257.9
2000	$3,813	$258.1
2001	$3,985	$236
2002	$4,068	$242
2003	$4,173	$250.7
2004	$4,431	$292.4
2005	$4,703	$330
2006	$5,257	$347
2007	$6,138	$401
2008	$6,937	$473
2009	$6,833	$799
2010	$8,266	$823
2011	$9,276	$836
2012	$10,127	$795
2013	$10,803	$818
2014	$10,911	$896
2015	$11,715	$863
2016	$12,091	$753
2017	$12,317	$765
2018	$12,590	$792
2019	$12,885	$822
2020	$12,394	$846
2021	$12,838	$883
2022	$13,626	$963
2023	$16,942	$1,002
2024	$18,587	$1,073

Costa Rica vs. Uganda life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Uganda

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Uganda
1950	57.5	39.7
1951	57.8	40.2
1952	58.1	40.8
1953	59.1	41.3
1954	59.9	41.8
1955	60.5	42.4
1956	61.2	43
1957	61.6	43.7
1958	62.3	44.3
1959	62.9	45
1960	63.5	45.6
1961	63.9	46.3
1962	64.2	46.8
1963	64.3	47.4
1964	64.5	47.8
1965	64.8	48.3
1966	65.1	48.5
1967	65.6	49
1968	65.8	49.3
1969	66.4	49.5
1970	66.8	49.6
1971	67.4	47.1
1972	68	47.2
1973	68.7	47
1974	69.4	46.9
1975	70.3	46.5
1976	70.9	46.2
1977	71.5	45.8
1978	72	45.6
1979	72.5	45.4
1980	73	43.5
1981	73.4	43.5
1982	73.9	43.3
1983	74.2	43.5
1984	74.6	43.7
1985	74.8	45.5
1986	74.9	45.7
1987	75.2	47.4
1988	75.5	47.5
1989	75.9	47.5
1990	76.1	47.6
1991	76.2	47.5
1992	76.4	47.7
1993	76.3	47.7
1994	76.3	47.7
1995	76.4	47.7
1996	76.4	47.8
1997	76.6	48
1998	76.9	48.3
1999	77.1	49
2000	77.3	49.6
2001	77.6	50.6
2002	77.9	51.4
2003	78.2	52.4
2004	78.5	53.7
2005	78.9	54.9
2006	79	56.1
2007	79.1	57.2
2008	79.2	58.3
2009	79.4	59.2
2010	79.4	60
2011	79.6	60.8
2012	79.9	61.6
2013	80.2	62.4
2014	80.2	63.1
2015	80.4	63.8
2016	80	64.5
2017	80	65.2
2018	80.1	65.8
2019	80.3	66.4
2020	79.7	66.4
2021	78.1	66.4
2022	79.3	67.7
2023	80.8	68.3
2024	81	68.5
2025	81.2	68.7

Costa Rica and Uganda population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Uganda

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Uganda
1960	1,327,496	7,640,973
1961	1,377,920	7,862,217
1962	1,429,445	8,092,231
1963	1,481,604	8,333,663
1964	1,533,960	8,586,363
1965	1,586,208	8,849,203
1966	1,638,116	9,122,864
1967	1,689,523	9,408,924
1968	1,739,731	9,708,632
1969	1,789,276	10,014,858
1970	1,838,949	10,321,603
1971	1,888,539	10,618,206
1972	1,938,248	10,885,796
1973	1,988,343	11,144,236
1974	2,039,643	11,424,846
1975	2,092,719	11,725,240
1976	2,147,774	12,037,294
1977	2,205,025	12,359,669
1978	2,264,510	12,692,113
1979	2,326,490	13,002,163
1980	2,390,633	13,275,741
1981	2,456,637	13,556,452
1982	2,524,806	13,873,631
1983	2,595,153	14,221,881
1984	2,667,595	14,607,677
1985	2,741,894	15,023,681
1986	2,817,216	15,467,579
1987	2,892,699	15,954,170
1988	2,968,103	16,470,483
1989	3,043,827	17,010,698
1990	3,121,706	17,569,897
1991	3,202,176	18,155,901
1992	3,284,258	18,785,032
1993	3,367,434	19,445,161
1994	3,451,122	20,108,801
1995	3,535,176	20,665,667
1996	3,619,013	21,231,550
1997	3,701,711	21,856,046
1998	3,782,838	22,515,806
1999	3,862,101	23,257,281
2000	3,937,739	24,000,150
2001	4,008,947	24,745,676
2002	4,075,705	25,532,870
2003	4,138,784	26,352,124
2004	4,200,078	27,154,515
2005	4,261,240	27,963,289
2006	4,321,340	28,794,003
2007	4,380,248	29,653,430
2008	4,440,056	30,539,553
2009	4,499,791	31,451,151
2010	4,555,962	32,390,802
2011	4,609,833	33,354,543
2012	4,663,934	34,337,438
2013	4,716,147	35,337,042
2014	4,767,119	36,395,539
2015	4,818,038	37,531,446
2016	4,866,998	38,799,152
2017	4,913,177	40,177,388
2018	4,957,818	41,565,831
2019	4,999,553	42,999,637
2020	5,034,320	44,457,152
2021	5,059,988	45,910,930
2022	5,081,765	47,312,719
2023	5,105,525	48,656,601
2024	5,129,910	50,015,092

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Uganda

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Uganda

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Uganda
1960	6.71	6.91
1961	6.65	6.93
1962	6.54	6.96
1963	6.39	6.98
1964	6.19	7.01
1965	5.96	7.04
1966	5.7	7.07
1967	5.42	7.1
1968	5.03	7.13
1969	4.84	7.12
1970	4.59	7.15
1971	4.36	7.18
1972	4.16	7.19
1973	3.99	7.19
1974	3.89	7.19
1975	3.8	7.2
1976	3.75	7.19
1977	3.7	7.18
1978	3.66	7.16
1979	3.65	7.14
1980	3.58	7.11
1981	3.56	7.12
1982	3.54	7.11
1983	3.53	7.07
1984	3.52	7.02
1985	3.51	7.04
1986	3.45	7.08
1987	3.38	7.12
1988	3.31	7.1
1989	3.24	7.05
1990	3.17	7.01
1991	3.08	6.94
1992	3	6.91
1993	2.93	6.89
1994	2.86	6.9
1995	2.78	6.87
1996	2.68	6.84
1997	2.59	6.86
1998	2.53	6.84
1999	2.48	6.83
2000	2.41	6.79
2001	2.31	6.76
2002	2.16	6.74
2003	2.08	6.67
2004	2.03	6.61
2005	2.04	6.53
2006	1.94	6.43
2007	1.95	6.33
2008	1.98	6.2
2009	1.95	6.12
2010	1.83	6.02
2011	1.88	5.89
2012	1.85	5.73
2013	1.78	5.56
2014	1.8	5.41
2015	1.8	5.25
2016	1.75	5.11
2017	1.71	4.99
2018	1.71	4.87
2019	1.6	4.74
2020	1.45	4.62
2021	1.35	4.51
2022	1.34	4.39
2023	1.33	4.28

Costa Rica and Uganda demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Uganda

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Uganda
1960	16.8	17.1
1961	16.8	16.9
1962	16.7	16.8
1963	16.7	16.7
1964	16.7	16.6
1965	16.7	16.6
1966	16.8	16.6
1967	16.9	16.6
1968	17.1	16.6
1969	17.3	16.6
1970	17.6	16.6
1971	17.8	16.6
1972	18.1	16.5
1973	18.4	16.3
1974	18.6	16.3
1975	18.9	16.2
1976	19.2	16.2
1977	19.5	16.2
1978	19.7	16.1
1979	20	16.1
1980	20.3	16
1981	20.6	15.9
1982	20.9	15.9
1983	21.2	15.9
1984	21.4	15.9
1985	21.6	15.9
1986	21.8	15.9
1987	22.1	15.9
1988	22.3	15.9
1989	22.5	15.8
1990	22.7	15.8
1991	22.9	15.8
1992	23.2	15.7
1993	23.4	15.7
1994	23.6	15.6
1995	23.9	15.4
1996	24.1	15.3
1997	24.4	15.1
1998	24.7	15
1999	24.9	15
2000	25.2	15
2001	25.5	15
2002	25.9	15
2003	26.3	15
2004	26.7	15
2005	27	15
2006	27.4	15
2007	27.8	15
2008	28.2	15.1
2009	28.6	15.1
2010	29	15.2
2011	29.4	15.3
2012	29.8	15.4
2013	30.3	15.5
2014	30.7	15.6
2015	31.2	15.8
2016	31.7	16
2017	32.1	16.3
2018	32.6	16.5
2019	33	16.8
2020	33.5	17
2021	34	17.2
2022	34.5	17.4
2023	35.1	17.6
2024	35.6	17.8

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