Costa Rica vs Vietnam statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 126th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Costa Rica and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
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	-
1980	$4,831,447,001	-
1981	$2,623,803,096	-
1982	$2,606,623,555	-
1983	$3,146,772,631	-
1984	$3,660,477,856	-
1985	$3,919,203,960	$14,094,687,821
1986	$4,418,983,871	$26,336,616,250
1987	$4,532,952,047	$36,658,108,850
1988	$4,614,629,898	$25,423,812,649
1989	$5,251,025,767	$6,293,304,975
1990	$5,711,687,787	$6,471,740,806
1991	$7,215,725,487	$9,613,369,520
1992	$8,579,754,758	$9,866,990,236
1993	$9,564,815,975	$13,180,953,598
1994	$10,489,903,725	$16,286,433,533
1995	$11,578,594,260	$20,736,164,459
1996	$11,678,424,507	$24,657,470,575
1997	$12,614,602,382	$26,843,700,442
1998	$13,684,255,947	$27,209,602,050
1999	$14,254,866,285	$28,683,659,007
2000	$15,013,629,662	$31,172,518,403
2001	$15,976,174,337	$32,685,198,809
2002	$16,578,820,687	$35,064,105,501
2003	$17,271,760,507	$39,552,513,232
2004	$18,610,594,846	$45,427,854,693
2005	$20,040,642,477	$57,633,255,738
2006	$22,715,540,324	$66,371,664,817
2007	$26,884,700,709	$77,414,425,532
2008	$30,801,745,700	$99,130,304,099
2009	$30,745,714,313	$106,014,659,565
2010	$37,658,616,952	$147,201,173,197
2011	$42,762,613,699	$172,595,049,184
2012	$47,231,655,432	$195,590,661,129
2013	$50,949,668,842	$213,708,811,665
2014	$52,016,408,854	$233,451,469,643
2015	$56,441,920,821	$239,258,328,382
2016	$58,847,019,610	$257,096,001,178
2017	$60,516,044,657	$281,353,605,987
2018	$62,420,164,992	$310,106,478,395
2019	$64,417,670,521	$334,365,270,497
2020	$62,395,610,760	$346,615,738,538
2021	$64,960,725,734	$366,474,752,771
2022	$69,243,626,029	$413,445,230,669
2023	$86,497,941,439	$433,857,681,378
2024	$95,350,423,177	$476,388,230,307

Costa Rica and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
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	-
1980	$2,021	-
1981	$1,068	-
1982	$1,032	-
1983	$1,213	-
1984	$1,372	-
1985	$1,429	$238.6
1986	$1,569	$436
1987	$1,567	$595
1988	$1,555	$405
1989	$1,725	$98.1
1990	$1,830	$98.8
1991	$2,253	$143.7
1992	$2,612	$144.5
1993	$2,840	$189.4
1994	$3,040	$229.9
1995	$3,275	$287.8
1996	$3,227	$337
1997	$3,408	$362
1998	$3,617	$361
1999	$3,691	$376
2000	$3,813	$404
2001	$3,985	$419
2002	$4,068	$445
2003	$4,173	$497
2004	$4,431	$565
2005	$4,703	$711
2006	$5,257	$808
2007	$6,138	$926
2008	$6,937	$1,164
2009	$6,833	$1,226
2010	$8,266	$1,683
2011	$9,276	$1,951
2012	$10,127	$2,185
2013	$10,803	$2,360
2014	$10,911	$2,546
2015	$11,715	$2,578
2016	$12,091	$2,735
2017	$12,317	$2,956
2018	$12,590	$3,222
2019	$12,885	$3,441
2020	$12,394	$3,534
2021	$12,838	$3,704
2022	$13,626	$4,148
2023	$16,942	$4,323
2024	$18,587	$4,717

Costa Rica vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
1950	57.5	48
1951	57.8	48.7
1952	58.1	49.4
1953	59.1	50
1954	59.9	52
1955	60.5	54.8
1956	61.2	55.5
1957	61.6	56.2
1958	62.3	56.8
1959	62.9	57.4
1960	63.5	58
1961	63.9	58.5
1962	64.2	58.2
1963	64.3	56.9
1964	64.5	57.5
1965	64.8	57
1966	65.1	56.9
1967	65.6	56.7
1968	65.8	52.7
1969	66.4	54.8
1970	66.8	54.9
1971	67.4	55.6
1972	68	51.9
1973	68.7	55.7
1974	69.4	54.8
1975	70.3	61.9
1976	70.9	63.7
1977	71.5	64.1
1978	72	64.5
1979	72.5	65
1980	73	65.3
1981	73.4	65.8
1982	73.9	66.2
1983	74.2	66.5
1984	74.6	66.9
1985	74.8	67.2
1986	74.9	67.6
1987	75.2	68
1988	75.5	68.6
1989	75.9	68.8
1990	76.1	69
1991	76.2	69.3
1992	76.4	69.6
1993	76.3	70
1994	76.3	70.4
1995	76.4	70.9
1996	76.4	71.3
1997	76.6	71.7
1998	76.9	72.3
1999	77.1	72.6
2000	77.3	72.7
2001	77.6	73
2002	77.9	73.1
2003	78.2	73.2
2004	78.5	73.1
2005	78.9	73.2
2006	79	73.3
2007	79.1	73.4
2008	79.2	73.5
2009	79.4	73.5
2010	79.4	73.6
2011	79.6	73.7
2012	79.9	73.8
2013	80.2	73.8
2014	80.2	73.9
2015	80.4	74
2016	80	74
2017	80	74
2018	80.1	74.1
2019	80.3	74.2
2020	79.7	75.4
2021	78.1	74.1
2022	79.3	74.5
2023	80.8	74.6
2024	81	74.7
2025	81.2	74.9

Costa Rica and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
1960	1,327,496	32,531,933
1961	1,377,920	33,409,059
1962	1,429,445	34,288,560
1963	1,481,604	35,249,101
1964	1,533,960	36,201,563
1965	1,586,208	37,129,656
1966	1,638,116	38,024,836
1967	1,689,523	38,895,080
1968	1,739,731	39,734,609
1969	1,789,276	40,582,096
1970	1,838,949	41,475,230
1971	1,888,539	42,449,276
1972	1,938,248	43,429,168
1973	1,988,343	44,409,861
1974	2,039,643	45,413,537
1975	2,092,719	46,482,903
1976	2,147,774	47,684,931
1977	2,205,025	48,954,872
1978	2,264,510	50,249,552
1979	2,326,490	51,378,211
1980	2,390,633	52,490,101
1981	2,456,637	53,738,141
1982	2,524,806	55,011,289
1983	2,595,153	56,337,921
1984	2,667,595	57,706,067
1985	2,741,894	59,060,622
1986	2,817,216	60,347,048
1987	2,892,699	61,584,651
1988	2,968,103	62,843,228
1989	3,043,827	64,147,348
1990	3,121,706	65,504,552
1991	3,202,176	66,891,775
1992	3,284,258	68,260,337
1993	3,367,434	69,586,384
1994	3,451,122	70,854,391
1995	3,535,176	72,049,940
1996	3,619,013	73,156,447
1997	3,701,711	74,226,889
1998	3,782,838	75,299,660
1999	3,862,101	76,287,452
2000	3,937,739	77,154,011
2001	4,008,947	77,969,361
2002	4,075,705	78,772,224
2003	4,138,784	79,563,777
2004	4,200,078	80,338,971
2005	4,261,240	81,088,313
2006	4,321,340	82,167,897
2007	4,380,248	83,633,375
2008	4,440,056	85,175,788
2009	4,499,791	86,460,018
2010	4,555,962	87,455,152
2011	4,609,833	88,468,314
2012	4,663,934	89,510,356
2013	4,716,147	90,573,104
2014	4,767,119	91,679,578
2015	4,818,038	92,823,254
2016	4,866,998	94,000,117
2017	4,913,177	95,176,977
2018	4,957,818	96,237,319
2019	4,999,553	97,173,776
2020	5,034,320	98,079,191
2021	5,059,988	98,935,098
2022	5,081,765	99,680,655
2023	5,105,525	100,352,192
2024	5,129,910	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
1960	6.71	6.27
1961	6.65	5.48
1962	6.54	6.26
1963	6.39	6.39
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	5.96	6.16
1966	5.7	5.97
1967	5.42	5.88
1968	5.03	6.03
1969	4.84	6.01
1970	4.59	6.02
1971	4.36	6.07
1972	4.16	6.1
1973	3.99	6.11
1974	3.89	5.78
1975	3.8	5.62
1976	3.75	5.46
1977	3.7	5.29
1978	3.66	5.1
1979	3.65	4.94
1980	3.58	4.8
1981	3.56	4.67
1982	3.54	4.59
1983	3.53	4.52
1984	3.52	4.41
1985	3.51	4.21
1986	3.45	3.96
1987	3.38	3.72
1988	3.31	3.62
1989	3.24	3.64
1990	3.17	3.6
1991	3.08	3.52
1992	3	3.35
1993	2.93	3.17
1994	2.86	2.94
1995	2.78	2.7
1996	2.68	2.47
1997	2.59	2.27
1998	2.53	2.1
1999	2.48	2
2000	2.41	2.03
2001	2.31	2.02
2002	2.16	2.01
2003	2.08	2
2004	2.03	1.97
2005	2.04	1.89
2006	1.94	1.87
2007	1.95	1.91
2008	1.98	1.93
2009	1.95	1.92
2010	1.83	1.91
2011	1.88	1.93
2012	1.85	1.97
2013	1.78	1.98
2014	1.8	2.09
2015	1.8	2.1
2016	1.75	2
2017	1.71	1.99
2018	1.71	1.88
2019	1.6	1.94
2020	1.45	1.96
2021	1.35	1.94
2022	1.34	1.93
2023	1.33	1.91

Costa Rica and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
1960	16.8	21.2
1961	16.8	20.7
1962	16.7	20.2
1963	16.7	19.7
1964	16.7	19.2
1965	16.7	18.9
1966	16.8	18.7
1967	16.9	18.5
1968	17.1	18.4
1969	17.3	18.4
1970	17.6	18.4
1971	17.8	18.4
1972	18.1	18.5
1973	18.4	18.5
1974	18.6	18.6
1975	18.9	18.7
1976	19.2	18.8
1977	19.5	19
1978	19.7	19.1
1979	20	19.3
1980	20.3	19.4
1981	20.6	19.5
1982	20.9	19.6
1983	21.2	19.7
1984	21.4	19.8
1985	21.6	19.9
1986	21.8	20
1987	22.1	20.1
1988	22.3	20.2
1989	22.5	20.4
1990	22.7	20.5
1991	22.9	20.7
1992	23.2	20.9
1993	23.4	21.1
1994	23.6	21.4
1995	23.9	21.7
1996	24.1	22
1997	24.4	22.4
1998	24.7	22.9
1999	24.9	23.3
2000	25.2	23.7
2001	25.5	24.2
2002	25.9	24.6
2003	26.3	25
2004	26.7	25.4
2005	27	25.8
2006	27.4	26.3
2007	27.8	26.9
2008	28.2	27.4
2009	28.6	27.9
2010	29	28.3
2011	29.4	28.7
2012	29.8	29
2013	30.3	29.4
2014	30.7	29.8
2015	31.2	30.2
2016	31.7	30.5
2017	32.1	30.8
2018	32.6	31.2
2019	33	31.6
2020	33.5	32.1
2021	34	32.5
2022	34.5	33
2023	35.1	33.4
2024	35.6	33.9

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