Costa Rica vs Vanuatu statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 126th vs. 157th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543).

Costa Rica and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Vanuatu
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	-
1971	$1,077,147,538	-
1972	$1,238,251,696	-
1973	$1,528,925,846	-
1974	$1,666,544,754	-
1975	$1,960,863,466	-
1976	$2,412,555,426	-
1977	$3,072,427,013	-
1978	$3,523,208,810	-
1979	$4,035,519,323	$119,258,835
1980	$4,831,447,001	$121,185,498
1981	$2,623,803,096	$113,781,796
1982	$2,606,623,555	$114,501,913
1983	$3,146,772,631	$117,389,554
1984	$3,660,477,856	$144,482,515
1985	$3,919,203,960	$131,856,421
1986	$4,418,983,871	$126,498,935
1987	$4,532,952,047	$139,464,174
1988	$4,614,629,898	$158,351,368
1989	$5,251,025,767	$154,013,202
1990	$5,711,687,787	$168,879,207
1991	$7,215,725,487	$201,334,169
1992	$8,579,754,758	$209,088,825
1993	$9,564,815,975	$200,491,853
1994	$10,489,903,725	$233,701,301
1995	$11,578,594,260	$249,333,250
1996	$11,678,424,507	$261,370,044
1997	$12,614,602,382	$272,771,209
1998	$13,684,255,947	$262,293,411
1999	$14,254,866,285	$268,006,973
2000	$15,013,629,662	$272,014,628
2001	$15,976,174,337	$257,926,882
2002	$16,578,820,687	$262,596,536
2003	$17,271,760,507	$314,471,413
2004	$18,610,594,846	$364,996,869
2005	$20,040,642,477	$394,962,433
2006	$22,715,540,324	$439,358,587
2007	$26,884,700,709	$516,392,923
2008	$30,801,745,700	$590,748,429
2009	$30,745,714,313	$592,622,319
2010	$37,658,616,952	$670,712,980
2011	$42,762,613,699	$770,153,588
2012	$47,231,655,432	$747,839,698
2013	$50,949,668,842	$758,304,466
2014	$52,016,408,854	$773,717,011
2015	$56,441,920,821	$759,690,181
2016	$58,847,019,610	$804,323,577
2017	$60,516,044,657	$880,043,284
2018	$62,420,164,992	$914,727,908
2019	$64,417,670,521	$936,526,268
2020	$62,395,610,760	$909,421,044
2021	$64,960,725,734	$982,362,212
2022	$69,243,626,029	$1,030,654,208
2023	$86,497,941,439	$1,126,313,359
2024	$95,350,423,177	$1,161,251,868

Costa Rica and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Vanuatu
1960	$382	-
1961	$356	-
1962	$335	-
1963	$346	-
1964	$354	-
1965	$374	-
1966	$395	-
1967	$414	-
1968	$445	-
1969	$477	-
1970	$536	-
1971	$570	-
1972	$639	-
1973	$769	-
1974	$817	-
1975	$937	-
1976	$1,123	-
1977	$1,393	-
1978	$1,556	-
1979	$1,735	$1,055
1980	$2,021	$1,048
1981	$1,068	$962
1982	$1,032	$946
1983	$1,213	$947
1984	$1,372	$1,137
1985	$1,429	$1,012
1986	$1,569	$946
1987	$1,567	$1,017
1988	$1,555	$1,125
1989	$1,725	$1,067
1990	$1,830	$1,141
1991	$2,253	$1,326
1992	$2,612	$1,344
1993	$2,840	$1,257
1994	$3,040	$1,431
1995	$3,275	$1,492
1996	$3,227	$1,529
1997	$3,408	$1,562
1998	$3,617	$1,471
1999	$3,691	$1,472
2000	$3,813	$1,460
2001	$3,985	$1,350
2002	$4,068	$1,341
2003	$4,173	$1,567
2004	$4,431	$1,774
2005	$4,703	$1,874
2006	$5,257	$2,035
2007	$6,138	$2,334
2008	$6,937	$2,604
2009	$6,833	$2,546
2010	$8,266	$2,815
2011	$9,276	$3,163
2012	$10,127	$3,005
2013	$10,803	$2,980
2014	$10,911	$2,973
2015	$11,715	$2,855
2016	$12,091	$2,956
2017	$12,317	$3,160
2018	$12,590	$3,207
2019	$12,885	$3,207
2020	$12,394	$3,043
2021	$12,838	$3,212
2022	$13,626	$3,292
2023	$16,942	$3,515
2024	$18,587	$3,543

Costa Rica vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Vanuatu
1950	57.5	43.9
1951	57.8	42.2
1952	58.1	45.3
1953	59.1	45.8
1954	59.9	46.5
1955	60.5	47.1
1956	61.2	47.7
1957	61.6	48.2
1958	62.3	48.7
1959	62.9	49.3
1960	63.5	49.8
1961	63.9	50.4
1962	64.2	50.9
1963	64.3	51.5
1964	64.5	52
1965	64.8	52.5
1966	65.1	53.1
1967	65.6	53.7
1968	65.8	54.2
1969	66.4	54.8
1970	66.8	55.3
1971	67.4	55.9
1972	68	56.4
1973	68.7	57
1974	69.4	57.6
1975	70.3	58.1
1976	70.9	58.7
1977	71.5	59.2
1978	72	59.9
1979	72.5	60.9
1980	73	61.3
1981	73.4	61.9
1982	73.9	62.5
1983	74.2	63.1
1984	74.6	63.5
1985	74.8	63.9
1986	74.9	64.6
1987	75.2	64.4
1988	75.5	65.7
1989	75.9	66
1990	76.1	66.7
1991	76.2	67.1
1992	76.4	67.4
1993	76.3	67.7
1994	76.3	68
1995	76.4	68.1
1996	76.4	68.2
1997	76.6	68.3
1998	76.9	68.4
1999	77.1	67.9
2000	77.3	68.6
2001	77.6	68.7
2002	77.9	68.8
2003	78.2	68.9
2004	78.5	69
2005	78.9	69.2
2006	79	69.1
2007	79.1	69.1
2008	79.2	69.3
2009	79.4	69.4
2010	79.4	69.6
2011	79.6	69.7
2012	79.9	69.9
2013	80.2	70
2014	80.2	70
2015	80.4	70.2
2016	80	70.4
2017	80	70.5
2018	80.1	70.6
2019	80.3	70.8
2020	79.7	70.4
2021	78.1	70
2022	79.3	71.3
2023	80.8	71.5
2024	81	71.7
2025	81.2	71.8

Costa Rica and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Vanuatu
1960	1,327,496	64,431
1961	1,377,920	66,264
1962	1,429,445	68,174
1963	1,481,604	70,159
1964	1,533,960	72,219
1965	1,586,208	74,358
1966	1,638,116	76,590
1967	1,689,523	78,921
1968	1,739,731	81,314
1969	1,789,276	83,755
1970	1,838,949	86,266
1971	1,888,539	88,862
1972	1,938,248	91,562
1973	1,988,343	94,362
1974	2,039,643	97,260
1975	2,092,719	100,269
1976	2,147,774	103,388
1977	2,205,025	106,618
1978	2,264,510	109,963
1979	2,326,490	113,040
1980	2,390,633	115,660
1981	2,456,637	118,249
1982	2,524,806	121,035
1983	2,595,153	123,998
1984	2,667,595	127,109
1985	2,741,894	130,356
1986	2,817,216	133,720
1987	2,892,699	137,187
1988	2,968,103	140,756
1989	3,043,827	144,393
1990	3,121,706	148,063
1991	3,202,176	151,793
1992	3,284,258	155,608
1993	3,367,434	159,463
1994	3,451,122	163,314
1995	3,535,176	167,137
1996	3,619,013	170,911
1997	3,701,711	174,626
1998	3,782,838	178,313
1999	3,862,101	182,048
2000	3,937,739	186,281
2001	4,008,947	191,031
2002	4,075,705	195,863
2003	4,138,784	200,746
2004	4,200,078	205,711
2005	4,261,240	210,760
2006	4,321,340	215,923
2007	4,380,248	221,276
2008	4,440,056	226,896
2009	4,499,791	232,731
2010	4,555,962	238,248
2011	4,609,833	243,474
2012	4,663,934	248,883
2013	4,716,147	254,482
2014	4,767,119	260,240
2015	4,818,038	266,101
2016	4,866,998	272,087
2017	4,913,177	278,507
2018	4,957,818	285,259
2019	4,999,553	291,985
2020	5,034,320	298,858
2021	5,059,988	305,868
2022	5,081,765	313,046
2023	5,105,525	320,409
2024	5,129,910	327,777

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Vanuatu
1960	6.71	6.78
1961	6.65	6.73
1962	6.54	6.67
1963	6.39	6.62
1964	6.19	6.57
1965	5.96	6.52
1966	5.7	6.51
1967	5.42	6.51
1968	5.03	6.46
1969	4.84	6.41
1970	4.59	6.35
1971	4.36	6.29
1972	4.16	6.23
1973	3.99	6.15
1974	3.89	6.06
1975	3.8	5.98
1976	3.75	5.89
1977	3.7	5.81
1978	3.66	5.77
1979	3.65	5.73
1980	3.58	5.69
1981	3.56	5.65
1982	3.54	5.6
1983	3.53	5.55
1984	3.52	5.49
1985	3.51	5.43
1986	3.45	5.38
1987	3.38	5.33
1988	3.31	5.27
1989	3.24	5.21
1990	3.17	5.17
1991	3.08	5.13
1992	3	5.09
1993	2.93	5.02
1994	2.86	4.94
1995	2.78	4.85
1996	2.68	4.75
1997	2.59	4.66
1998	2.53	4.6
1999	2.48	4.56
2000	2.41	4.54
2001	2.31	4.5
2002	2.16	4.38
2003	2.08	4.29
2004	2.03	4.21
2005	2.04	4.13
2006	1.94	4.1
2007	1.95	4.12
2008	1.98	4.16
2009	1.95	4.16
2010	1.83	4.13
2011	1.88	4.09
2012	1.85	4.06
2013	1.78	4.04
2014	1.8	4
2015	1.8	3.95
2016	1.75	3.92
2017	1.71	3.88
2018	1.71	3.83
2019	1.6	3.79
2020	1.45	3.74
2021	1.35	3.7
2022	1.34	3.65
2023	1.33	3.6

Costa Rica and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Vanuatu
1960	16.8	17.7
1961	16.8	17.6
1962	16.7	17.5
1963	16.7	17.4
1964	16.7	17.3
1965	16.7	17.2
1966	16.8	17.1
1967	16.9	17.1
1968	17.1	17
1969	17.3	17
1970	17.6	17
1971	17.8	17
1972	18.1	17
1973	18.4	17
1974	18.6	17.1
1975	18.9	17.1
1976	19.2	17.1
1977	19.5	17.2
1978	19.7	17.3
1979	20	17.5
1980	20.3	17.6
1981	20.6	17.7
1982	20.9	17.7
1983	21.2	17.7
1984	21.4	17.7
1985	21.6	17.7
1986	21.8	17.8
1987	22.1	17.8
1988	22.3	17.8
1989	22.5	17.8
1990	22.7	17.8
1991	22.9	17.9
1992	23.2	17.8
1993	23.4	17.7
1994	23.6	17.7
1995	23.9	17.8
1996	24.1	18
1997	24.4	18
1998	24.7	18
1999	24.9	18
2000	25.2	18.2
2001	25.5	18.5
2002	25.9	18.7
2003	26.3	18.9
2004	26.7	19.2
2005	27	19.4
2006	27.4	19.6
2007	27.8	19.9
2008	28.2	20.1
2009	28.6	20.3
2010	29	20.5
2011	29.4	20.6
2012	29.8	20.8
2013	30.3	20.9
2014	30.7	21
2015	31.2	21.1
2016	31.7	21.1
2017	32.1	21.2
2018	32.6	21.2
2019	33	21.2
2020	33.5	21.2
2021	34	21.2
2022	34.5	21.2
2023	35.1	21.2
2024	35.6	21.3

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