Costa Rica vs Uruguay statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 3.39M in Uruguay (ranked 133/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 67,576 sq mi for Uruguay (ranked 126th vs. 89th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Uruguay ranks 80/197 ($81B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Uruguay ranks 51/197 ($23,907).

Costa Rica and Uruguay: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Uruguay economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1960	$507,513,830	$1,242,289,239
1961	$490,325,182	$1,547,388,781
1962	$479,180,824	$1,710,004,407
1963	$511,902,137	$1,539,681,491
1964	$542,578,367	$1,975,701,816
1965	$592,981,162	$1,890,767,156
1966	$647,305,630	$1,809,185,094
1967	$699,456,619	$1,597,713,469
1968	$773,841,494	$1,593,674,185
1969	$853,630,204	$2,004,435,484
1970	$984,830,158	$2,137,096,774
1971	$1,077,147,538	$2,807,258,065
1972	$1,238,251,696	$2,189,418,689
1973	$1,528,925,846	$3,964,296,443
1974	$1,666,544,754	$4,090,209,682
1975	$1,960,863,466	$3,538,278,047
1976	$2,412,555,426	$3,667,161,241
1977	$3,072,427,013	$4,114,670,014
1978	$3,523,208,810	$4,910,254,566
1979	$4,035,519,323	$7,181,182,224
1980	$4,831,447,001	$10,163,020,116
1981	$2,623,803,096	$11,048,301,421
1982	$2,606,623,555	$9,178,780,077
1983	$3,146,772,631	$5,102,276,308
1984	$3,660,477,856	$4,850,238,550
1985	$3,919,203,960	$4,732,017,873
1986	$4,418,983,871	$5,880,112,788
1987	$4,532,952,047	$7,367,494,080
1988	$4,614,629,898	$8,213,538,369
1989	$5,251,025,767	$8,438,951,476
1990	$5,711,687,787	$9,298,807,850
1991	$7,215,725,487	$11,206,176,651
1992	$8,579,754,758	$12,878,148,791
1993	$9,564,815,975	$15,002,136,971
1994	$10,489,903,725	$17,474,588,896
1995	$11,578,594,260	$19,297,663,097
1996	$11,678,424,507	$20,515,458,114
1997	$12,614,602,382	$23,969,739,234
1998	$13,684,255,947	$25,385,886,978
1999	$14,254,866,285	$23,983,945,191
2000	$15,013,629,662	$22,823,270,892
2001	$15,976,174,337	$20,898,761,742
2002	$16,578,820,687	$13,606,515,723
2003	$17,271,760,507	$12,045,638,352
2004	$18,610,594,846	$13,686,329,890
2005	$20,040,642,477	$17,362,857,684
2006	$22,715,540,324	$19,741,420,740
2007	$26,884,700,709	$23,797,773,024
2008	$30,801,745,700	$31,119,602,539
2009	$30,745,714,313	$32,708,319,078
2010	$37,658,616,952	$41,950,361,212
2011	$42,762,613,699	$50,342,406,067
2012	$47,231,655,432	$54,232,266,359
2013	$50,949,668,842	$61,337,621,934
2014	$52,016,408,854	$61,496,186,974
2015	$56,441,920,821	$57,680,327,999
2016	$58,847,019,610	$57,480,787,465
2017	$60,516,044,657	$65,005,997,963
2018	$62,420,164,992	$65,344,577,416
2019	$64,417,670,521	$62,222,313,619
2020	$62,395,610,760	$53,559,359,262
2021	$64,960,725,734	$60,739,084,241
2022	$69,243,626,029	$70,594,110,920
2023	$86,497,941,439	$77,991,666,838
2024	$95,350,423,177	$80,961,511,074

Costa Rica and Uruguay economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1960	$382	$491
1961	$356	$604
1962	$335	$659
1963	$346	$587
1964	$354	$745
1965	$374	$705
1966	$395	$668
1967	$414	$585
1968	$445	$579
1969	$477	$723
1970	$536	$766
1971	$570	$1,000
1972	$639	$776
1973	$769	$1,397
1974	$817	$1,433
1975	$937	$1,232
1976	$1,123	$1,268
1977	$1,393	$1,414
1978	$1,556	$1,678
1979	$1,735	$2,443
1980	$2,021	$3,443
1981	$1,068	$3,728
1982	$1,032	$3,085
1983	$1,213	$1,707
1984	$1,372	$1,615
1985	$1,429	$1,568
1986	$1,569	$1,939
1987	$1,567	$2,416
1988	$1,555	$2,677
1989	$1,725	$2,734
1990	$1,830	$2,995
1991	$2,253	$3,589
1992	$2,612	$4,102
1993	$2,840	$4,753
1994	$3,040	$5,508
1995	$3,275	$6,050
1996	$3,227	$6,398
1997	$3,408	$7,436
1998	$3,617	$7,837
1999	$3,691	$7,371
2000	$3,813	$6,988
2001	$3,985	$6,383
2002	$4,068	$4,150
2003	$4,173	$3,671
2004	$4,431	$4,169
2005	$4,703	$5,284
2006	$5,257	$6,001
2007	$6,138	$7,222
2008	$6,937	$9,424
2009	$6,833	$9,881
2010	$8,266	$12,641
2011	$9,276	$15,132
2012	$10,127	$16,260
2013	$10,803	$18,335
2014	$10,911	$18,322
2015	$11,715	$17,126
2016	$12,091	$17,010
2017	$12,317	$19,185
2018	$12,590	$19,250
2019	$12,885	$18,316
2020	$12,394	$15,758
2021	$12,838	$17,882
2022	$13,626	$20,819
2023	$16,942	$23,019
2024	$18,587	$23,907

Costa Rica vs. Uruguay life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1950	57.5	65.6
1951	57.8	65.8
1952	58.1	66.1
1953	59.1	66.3
1954	59.9	66.5
1955	60.5	66.7
1956	61.2	66.9
1957	61.6	67.1
1958	62.3	67.3
1959	62.9	67.5
1960	63.5	67.7
1961	63.9	67.8
1962	64.2	67.9
1963	64.3	68
1964	64.5	68.1
1965	64.8	68.2
1966	65.1	68.3
1967	65.6	68.4
1968	65.8	68.5
1969	66.4	68.6
1970	66.8	68.7
1971	67.4	68.9
1972	68	69.2
1973	68.7	69.3
1974	69.4	69.5
1975	70.3	69.7
1976	70.9	69.9
1977	71.5	70.1
1978	72	70.3
1979	72.5	70.3
1980	73	70.5
1981	73.4	71
1982	73.9	71.5
1983	74.2	71.6
1984	74.6	71.7
1985	74.8	71.9
1986	74.9	72.2
1987	75.2	72.2
1988	75.5	72.4
1989	75.9	72.6
1990	76.1	73
1991	76.2	73.2
1992	76.4	73.2
1993	76.3	73.1
1994	76.3	73.2
1995	76.4	73.5
1996	76.4	73.8
1997	76.6	73.9
1998	76.9	74
1999	77.1	74.3
2000	77.3	74.7
2001	77.6	75
2002	77.9	75
2003	78.2	75.1
2004	78.5	75.3
2005	78.9	75.8
2006	79	75.9
2007	79.1	76.2
2008	79.2	76.3
2009	79.4	76.7
2010	79.4	76.7
2011	79.6	76.6
2012	79.9	76.7
2013	80.2	77
2014	80.2	77.2
2015	80.4	77.3
2016	80	77.4
2017	80	77.6
2018	80.1	77.5
2019	80.3	77.5
2020	79.7	78.4
2021	78.1	75.4
2022	79.3	76.5
2023	80.8	78.1
2024	81	78.3
2025	81.2	78.5

Costa Rica and Uruguay population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1960	1,327,496	2,529,957
1961	1,377,920	2,562,044
1962	1,429,445	2,593,298
1963	1,481,604	2,623,766
1964	1,533,960	2,653,180
1965	1,586,208	2,681,169
1966	1,638,116	2,707,646
1967	1,689,523	2,732,277
1968	1,739,731	2,754,606
1969	1,789,276	2,773,974
1970	1,838,949	2,790,807
1971	1,888,539	2,806,462
1972	1,938,248	2,821,644
1973	1,988,343	2,837,133
1974	2,039,643	2,853,944
1975	2,092,719	2,872,320
1976	2,147,774	2,891,392
1977	2,205,025	2,909,461
1978	2,264,510	2,925,715
1979	2,326,490	2,939,903
1980	2,390,633	2,951,953
1981	2,456,637	2,963,246
1982	2,524,806	2,975,492
1983	2,595,153	2,988,778
1984	2,667,595	3,002,488
1985	2,741,894	3,017,037
1986	2,817,216	3,032,845
1987	2,892,699	3,049,896
1988	2,968,103	3,067,961
1989	3,043,827	3,086,255
1990	3,121,706	3,104,403
1991	3,202,176	3,122,354
1992	3,284,258	3,139,702
1993	3,367,434	3,156,345
1994	3,451,122	3,172,834
1995	3,535,176	3,189,440
1996	3,619,013	3,206,324
1997	3,701,711	3,223,345
1998	3,782,838	3,239,280
1999	3,862,101	3,254,015
2000	3,937,739	3,266,206
2001	4,008,947	3,274,251
2002	4,075,705	3,278,867
2003	4,138,784	3,281,186
2004	4,200,078	3,283,148
2005	4,261,240	3,285,771
2006	4,321,340	3,289,506
2007	4,380,248	3,295,153
2008	4,440,056	3,302,177
2009	4,499,791	3,310,091
2010	4,555,962	3,318,580
2011	4,609,833	3,326,825
2012	4,663,934	3,335,401
2013	4,716,147	3,345,337
2014	4,767,119	3,356,334
2015	4,818,038	3,368,017
2016	4,866,998	3,379,283
2017	4,913,177	3,388,438
2018	4,957,818	3,394,534
2019	4,999,553	3,397,206
2020	5,034,320	3,398,968
2021	5,059,988	3,396,695
2022	5,081,765	3,390,913
2023	5,105,525	3,388,081
2024	5,129,910	3,386,588

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Uruguay

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1960	6.71	2.83
1961	6.65	2.85
1962	6.54	2.87
1963	6.39	2.88
1964	6.19	2.86
1965	5.96	2.84
1966	5.7	2.82
1967	5.42	2.78
1968	5.03	2.77
1969	4.84	2.77
1970	4.59	2.77
1971	4.36	2.77
1972	4.16	2.78
1973	3.99	2.86
1974	3.89	2.96
1975	3.8	3.02
1976	3.75	3.01
1977	3.7	2.9
1978	3.66	2.83
1979	3.65	2.71
1980	3.58	2.59
1981	3.56	2.53
1982	3.54	2.51
1983	3.53	2.49
1984	3.52	2.47
1985	3.51	2.47
1986	3.45	2.47
1987	3.38	2.49
1988	3.31	2.5
1989	3.24	2.5
1990	3.17	2.48
1991	3.08	2.45
1992	3	2.43
1993	2.93	2.41
1994	2.86	2.42
1995	2.78	2.4
1996	2.68	2.36
1997	2.59	2.33
1998	2.53	2.27
1999	2.48	2.25
2000	2.41	2.2
2001	2.31	2.16
2002	2.16	2.16
2003	2.08	2.12
2004	2.03	2.09
2005	2.04	2.1
2006	1.94	2.07
2007	1.95	2.05
2008	1.98	2.03
2009	1.95	2.02
2010	1.83	2.01
2011	1.88	1.99
2012	1.85	2.01
2013	1.78	2.03
2014	1.8	2.03
2015	1.8	2.04
2016	1.75	1.97
2017	1.71	1.82
2018	1.71	1.68
2019	1.6	1.57
2020	1.45	1.5
2021	1.35	1.45
2022	1.34	1.43
2023	1.33	1.41

Costa Rica and Uruguay demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Uruguay

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1960	16.8	29
1961	16.8	29.1
1962	16.7	29.2
1963	16.7	29.2
1964	16.7	29.3
1965	16.7	29.4
1966	16.8	29.5
1967	16.9	29.6
1968	17.1	29.7
1969	17.3	29.8
1970	17.6	29.9
1971	17.8	29.9
1972	18.1	30
1973	18.4	30.1
1974	18.6	30.1
1975	18.9	30.1
1976	19.2	30.1
1977	19.5	30.1
1978	19.7	30
1979	20	30
1980	20.3	30.1
1981	20.6	30.1
1982	20.9	30.2
1983	21.2	30.3
1984	21.4	30.3
1985	21.6	30.4
1986	21.8	30.5
1987	22.1	30.6
1988	22.3	30.7
1989	22.5	30.8
1990	22.7	30.9
1991	22.9	31
1992	23.2	31.1
1993	23.4	31.2
1994	23.6	31.4
1995	23.9	31.5
1996	24.1	31.6
1997	24.4	31.7
1998	24.7	31.8
1999	24.9	31.9
2000	25.2	32
2001	25.5	32.2
2002	25.9	32.3
2003	26.3	32.5
2004	26.7	32.7
2005	27	32.9
2006	27.4	33.1
2007	27.8	33.3
2008	28.2	33.5
2009	28.6	33.7
2010	29	34
2011	29.4	34.2
2012	29.8	34.5
2013	30.3	34.7
2014	30.7	34.9
2015	31.2	35
2016	31.7	35.2
2017	32.1	35.3
2018	32.6	35.5
2019	33	35.8
2020	33.5	36
2021	34	36.3
2022	34.5	36.5
2023	35.1	36.8
2024	35.6	37.2

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Costa Rica and Uruguay.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size