Costa Rica vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 126th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Costa Rica and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1960	$507,513,830	$73,233,967,692
1961	$490,325,182	$77,741,965,703
1962	$479,180,824	$81,247,564,157
1963	$511,902,137	$86,561,961,812
1964	$542,578,367	$94,407,558,351
1965	$592,981,162	$101,824,755,079
1966	$647,305,630	$108,572,752,102
1967	$699,456,619	$113,116,888,211
1968	$773,841,494	$107,759,910,068
1969	$853,630,204	$116,464,702,803
1970	$984,830,158	$130,671,946,244
1971	$1,077,147,538	$148,113,896,325
1972	$1,238,251,696	$169,965,034,965
1973	$1,528,925,846	$192,537,971,583
1974	$1,666,544,754	$206,131,369,799
1975	$1,960,863,466	$241,756,637,168
1976	$2,412,555,426	$232,614,555,256
1977	$3,072,427,013	$263,066,457,352
1978	$3,523,208,810	$335,883,029,722
1979	$4,035,519,323	$438,994,070,309
1980	$4,831,447,001	$564,947,710,899
1981	$2,623,803,096	$540,765,675,241
1982	$2,606,623,555	$515,048,916,841
1983	$3,146,772,631	$489,618,008,186
1984	$3,660,477,856	$461,487,097,632
1985	$3,919,203,960	$489,285,164,271
1986	$4,418,983,871	$601,452,653,181
1987	$4,532,952,047	$745,162,608,269
1988	$4,614,629,898	$910,122,732,124
1989	$5,251,025,767	$926,884,816,754
1990	$5,711,687,787	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$7,215,725,487	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$8,579,754,758	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$9,564,815,975	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$10,489,903,725	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$11,578,594,260	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$11,678,424,507	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$12,614,602,382	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$13,684,255,947	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$14,254,866,285	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$15,013,629,662	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$15,976,174,337	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$16,578,820,687	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$17,271,760,507	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$18,610,594,846	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$20,040,642,477	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$22,715,540,324	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$26,884,700,709	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$30,801,745,700	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$30,745,714,313	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$37,658,616,952	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$42,762,613,699	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$47,231,655,432	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$50,949,668,842	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$52,016,408,854	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$56,441,920,821	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$58,847,019,610	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$60,516,044,657	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$62,420,164,992	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$64,417,670,521	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$62,395,610,760	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$64,960,725,734	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$69,243,626,029	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$86,497,941,439	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$95,350,423,177	$3,643,834,188,783

Costa Rica and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1960	$382	$1,398
1961	$356	$1,472
1962	$335	$1,526
1963	$346	$1,613
1964	$354	$1,748
1965	$374	$1,874
1966	$395	$1,987
1967	$414	$2,059
1968	$445	$1,952
1969	$477	$2,101
1970	$536	$2,348
1971	$570	$2,650
1972	$639	$3,030
1973	$769	$3,426
1974	$817	$3,666
1975	$937	$4,300
1976	$1,123	$4,138
1977	$1,393	$4,681
1978	$1,556	$5,977
1979	$1,735	$7,805
1980	$2,021	$10,032
1981	$1,068	$9,599
1982	$1,032	$9,146
1983	$1,213	$8,692
1984	$1,372	$8,179
1985	$1,429	$8,652
1986	$1,569	$10,611
1987	$1,567	$13,119
1988	$1,555	$15,987
1989	$1,725	$16,239
1990	$1,830	$19,095
1991	$2,253	$19,901
1992	$2,612	$20,487
1993	$2,840	$18,389
1994	$3,040	$19,709
1995	$3,275	$23,169
1996	$3,227	$24,406
1997	$3,408	$26,766
1998	$3,617	$28,275
1999	$3,691	$28,762
2000	$3,813	$28,281
2001	$3,985	$27,907
2002	$4,068	$30,078
2003	$4,173	$34,443
2004	$4,431	$40,367
2005	$4,703	$42,105
2006	$5,257	$44,512
2007	$6,138	$50,398
2008	$6,937	$47,396
2009	$6,833	$38,744
2010	$8,266	$39,599
2011	$9,276	$42,110
2012	$10,127	$42,490
2013	$10,803	$43,419
2014	$10,911	$47,427
2015	$11,715	$44,984
2016	$12,091	$40,988
2017	$12,317	$40,629
2018	$12,590	$43,315
2019	$12,885	$42,794
2020	$12,394	$40,405
2021	$12,838	$46,926
2022	$13,626	$46,063
2023	$16,942	$49,201
2024	$18,587	$52,637

Costa Rica vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1950	57.5	68.6
1951	57.8	68.2
1952	58.1	69.5
1953	59.1	69.8
1954	59.9	70.2
1955	60.5	70.1
1956	61.2	70.4
1957	61.6	70.5
1958	62.3	70.7
1959	62.9	70.8
1960	63.5	71
1961	63.9	70.8
1962	64.2	70.9
1963	64.3	70.8
1964	64.5	71.5
1965	64.8	71.5
1966	65.1	71.4
1967	65.6	72.1
1968	65.8	71.7
1969	66.4	71.7
1970	66.8	71.9
1971	67.4	72.2
1972	68	72
1973	68.7	72.2
1974	69.4	72.4
1975	70.3	72.7
1976	70.9	72.6
1977	71.5	73.1
1978	72	73
1979	72.5	73.2
1980	73	73.6
1981	73.4	73.9
1982	73.9	74
1983	74.2	74.3
1984	74.6	74.7
1985	74.8	74.5
1986	74.9	74.8
1987	75.2	75.1
1988	75.5	75.3
1989	75.9	75.4
1990	76.1	75.7
1991	76.2	75.9
1992	76.4	76.3
1993	76.3	76.2
1994	76.3	76.7
1995	76.4	76.6
1996	76.4	76.9
1997	76.6	77.1
1998	76.9	77.3
1999	77.1	77.4
2000	77.3	77.8
2001	77.6	78.1
2002	77.9	78.2
2003	78.2	78.3
2004	78.5	78.9
2005	78.9	79.1
2006	79	79.3
2007	79.1	79.5
2008	79.2	79.7
2009	79.4	80.2
2010	79.4	80.4
2011	79.6	80.8
2012	79.9	80.9
2013	80.2	80.9
2014	80.2	81.2
2015	80.4	80.9
2016	80	81.1
2017	80	81.2
2018	80.1	81.1
2019	80.3	81.4
2020	79.7	80.4
2021	78.1	80.7
2022	79.3	81.1
2023	80.8	81.3
2024	81	81.4
2025	81.2	81.6

Costa Rica and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1960	1,327,496	52,400,000
1961	1,377,920	52,800,000
1962	1,429,445	53,250,000
1963	1,481,604	53,650,000
1964	1,533,960	54,000,000
1965	1,586,208	54,348,050
1966	1,638,116	54,648,500
1967	1,689,523	54,943,600
1968	1,739,731	55,211,700
1969	1,789,276	55,441,750
1970	1,838,949	55,663,250
1971	1,888,539	55,896,223
1972	1,938,248	56,086,065
1973	1,988,343	56,194,527
1974	2,039,643	56,229,974
1975	2,092,719	56,225,800
1976	2,147,774	56,211,968
1977	2,205,025	56,193,492
1978	2,264,510	56,196,504
1979	2,326,490	56,246,951
1980	2,390,633	56,314,216
1981	2,456,637	56,333,829
1982	2,524,806	56,313,641
1983	2,595,153	56,332,848
1984	2,667,595	56,422,072
1985	2,741,894	56,550,268
1986	2,817,216	56,681,396
1987	2,892,699	56,802,050
1988	2,968,103	56,928,327
1989	3,043,827	57,076,711
1990	3,121,706	57,247,586
1991	3,202,176	57,424,897
1992	3,284,258	57,580,402
1993	3,367,434	57,718,614
1994	3,451,122	57,865,745
1995	3,535,176	58,019,030
1996	3,619,013	58,166,950
1997	3,701,711	58,316,954
1998	3,782,838	58,487,141
1999	3,862,101	58,682,466
2000	3,937,739	58,892,514
2001	4,008,947	59,119,673
2002	4,075,705	59,370,479
2003	4,138,784	59,647,577
2004	4,200,078	59,987,905
2005	4,261,240	60,401,206
2006	4,321,340	60,846,820
2007	4,380,248	61,322,463
2008	4,440,056	61,806,995
2009	4,499,791	62,276,270
2010	4,555,962	62,766,365
2011	4,609,833	63,258,810
2012	4,663,934	63,711,000
2013	4,716,147	64,139,000
2014	4,767,119	64,620,000
2015	4,818,038	65,088,000
2016	4,866,998	65,607,000
2017	4,913,177	65,966,000
2018	4,957,818	66,289,000
2019	4,999,553	66,631,000
2020	5,034,320	66,744,000
2021	5,059,988	66,984,000
2022	5,081,765	67,604,000
2023	5,105,525	68,492,000
2024	5,129,910	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1960	6.71	2.69
1961	6.65	2.78
1962	6.54	2.86
1963	6.39	2.88
1964	6.19	2.93
1965	5.96	2.86
1966	5.7	2.78
1967	5.42	2.68
1968	5.03	2.6
1969	4.84	2.51
1970	4.59	2.44
1971	4.36	2.41
1972	4.16	2.2
1973	3.99	2.04
1974	3.89	1.92
1975	3.8	1.81
1976	3.75	1.74
1977	3.7	1.69
1978	3.66	1.75
1979	3.65	1.86
1980	3.58	1.9
1981	3.56	1.82
1982	3.54	1.78
1983	3.53	1.77
1984	3.52	1.77
1985	3.51	1.79
1986	3.45	1.78
1987	3.38	1.81
1988	3.31	1.82
1989	3.24	1.79
1990	3.17	1.83
1991	3.08	1.82
1992	3	1.79
1993	2.93	1.76
1994	2.86	1.74
1995	2.78	1.71
1996	2.68	1.73
1997	2.59	1.72
1998	2.53	1.71
1999	2.48	1.68
2000	2.41	1.64
2001	2.31	1.63
2002	2.16	1.63
2003	2.08	1.7
2004	2.03	1.75
2005	2.04	1.76
2006	1.94	1.82
2007	1.95	1.86
2008	1.98	1.91
2009	1.95	1.89
2010	1.83	1.92
2011	1.88	1.91
2012	1.85	1.92
2013	1.78	1.83
2014	1.8	1.81
2015	1.8	1.8
2016	1.75	1.79
2017	1.71	1.74
2018	1.71	1.68
2019	1.6	1.63
2020	1.45	1.57
2021	1.35	1.58
2022	1.34	1.56
2023	1.33	1.56

Costa Rica and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1960	16.8	35.5
1961	16.8	35.4
1962	16.7	35.3
1963	16.7	35.3
1964	16.7	35.2
1965	16.7	35.1
1966	16.8	34.9
1967	16.9	34.8
1968	17.1	34.6
1969	17.3	34.4
1970	17.6	34.2
1971	17.8	34.1
1972	18.1	34
1973	18.4	34
1974	18.6	34
1975	18.9	34
1976	19.2	34
1977	19.5	34.1
1978	19.7	34.2
1979	20	34.3
1980	20.3	34.4
1981	20.6	34.5
1982	20.9	34.8
1983	21.2	35
1984	21.4	35.2
1985	21.6	35.3
1986	21.8	35.4
1987	22.1	35.4
1988	22.3	35.7
1989	22.5	35.9
1990	22.7	36
1991	22.9	36.1
1992	23.2	36.2
1993	23.4	36.3
1994	23.6	36.5
1995	23.9	36.6
1996	24.1	36.8
1997	24.4	37
1998	24.7	37.2
1999	24.9	37.4
2000	25.2	37.7
2001	25.5	37.9
2002	25.9	38.1
2003	26.3	38.2
2004	26.7	38.4
2005	27	38.5
2006	27.4	38.6
2007	27.8	38.8
2008	28.2	38.9
2009	28.6	39
2010	29	39.2
2011	29.4	39.3
2012	29.8	39.5
2013	30.3	39.6
2014	30.7	39.7
2015	31.2	39.8
2016	31.7	39.8
2017	32.1	39.9
2018	32.6	40
2019	33	40.1
2020	33.5	40.2
2021	34	40.3
2022	34.5	40.5
2023	35.1	40.8
2024	35.6	41

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