Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Costa Rica has a population of 5.13M (ranked 126/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Costa Rica's land area is 19,714 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 126th vs. 60th).

By GDP, Costa Rica ranks 72/197 ($95.4B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Costa Rica ranks 62/197 ($18,587), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Costa Rica and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Costa Rica and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Costa Rica

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe
1960	$507,513,830	$1,052,990,485
1961	$490,325,182	$1,096,646,688
1962	$479,180,824	$1,117,601,690
1963	$511,902,137	$1,159,511,793
1964	$542,578,367	$1,217,138,098
1965	$592,981,162	$1,311,435,906
1966	$647,305,630	$1,281,749,603
1967	$699,456,619	$1,397,002,112
1968	$773,841,494	$1,479,600,019
1969	$853,630,204	$1,747,998,941
1970	$984,830,158	$1,884,206,452
1971	$1,077,147,538	$2,178,716,475
1972	$1,238,251,696	$2,677,729,616
1973	$1,528,925,846	$3,309,353,866
1974	$1,666,544,754	$3,982,161,721
1975	$1,960,863,466	$4,371,301,052
1976	$2,412,555,426	$4,318,372,348
1977	$3,072,427,013	$4,364,382,451
1978	$3,523,208,810	$4,351,600,850
1979	$4,035,519,323	$5,177,459,817
1980	$4,831,447,001	$6,678,868,738
1981	$2,623,803,096	$8,011,374,445
1982	$2,606,623,555	$8,539,701,388
1983	$3,146,772,631	$7,764,067,625
1984	$3,660,477,856	$6,352,126,411
1985	$3,919,203,960	$5,637,259,754
1986	$4,418,983,871	$6,217,524,201
1987	$4,532,952,047	$6,741,215,643
1988	$4,614,629,898	$7,814,784,729
1989	$5,251,025,767	$8,286,323,367
1990	$5,711,687,787	$8,783,817,407
1991	$7,215,725,487	$8,641,482,396
1992	$8,579,754,758	$6,751,472,744
1993	$9,564,815,975	$6,563,813,829
1994	$10,489,903,725	$6,890,675,555
1995	$11,578,594,260	$7,111,271,273
1996	$11,678,424,507	$8,553,147,289
1997	$12,614,602,382	$8,529,572,287
1998	$13,684,255,947	$6,401,968,715
1999	$14,254,866,285	$6,858,013,652
2000	$15,013,629,662	$6,689,958,139
2001	$15,976,174,337	$6,777,385,246
2002	$16,578,820,687	$6,342,116,911
2003	$17,271,760,507	$5,727,592,261
2004	$18,610,594,846	$5,805,598,867
2005	$20,040,642,477	$5,755,215,663
2006	$22,715,540,324	$5,443,896,938
2007	$26,884,700,709	$5,291,950,526
2008	$30,801,745,700	$4,415,703,156
2009	$30,745,714,313	$9,665,815,601
2010	$37,658,616,952	$12,041,602,762
2011	$42,762,613,699	$14,101,801,031
2012	$47,231,655,432	$17,114,762,914
2013	$50,949,668,842	$19,091,004,042
2014	$52,016,408,854	$19,495,547,523
2015	$56,441,920,821	$19,963,058,858
2016	$58,847,019,610	$20,548,759,858
2017	$60,516,044,657	$51,074,726,484
2018	$62,420,164,992	$34,156,057,417
2019	$64,417,670,521	$25,715,657,177
2020	$62,395,610,760	$26,868,564,055
2021	$64,960,725,734	$27,240,507,842
2022	$69,243,626,029	$32,789,657,378
2023	$86,497,941,439	$35,231,369,343
2024	$95,350,423,177	$44,187,704,410

Costa Rica and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Costa Rica

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe
1960	$382	$276.4
1961	$356	$279
1962	$335	$275.5
1963	$346	$277
1964	$354	$281.7
1965	$374	$294.1
1966	$395	$278.6
1967	$414	$294.2
1968	$445	$302
1969	$477	$346
1970	$536	$361
1971	$570	$405
1972	$639	$483
1973	$769	$579
1974	$817	$674
1975	$937	$717
1976	$1,123	$687
1977	$1,393	$677
1978	$1,556	$665
1979	$1,735	$779
1980	$2,021	$949
1981	$1,068	$1,068
1982	$1,032	$1,095
1983	$1,213	$959
1984	$1,372	$757
1985	$1,429	$649
1986	$1,569	$692
1987	$1,567	$726
1988	$1,555	$815
1989	$1,725	$840
1990	$1,830	$866
1991	$2,253	$831
1992	$2,612	$631
1993	$2,840	$604
1994	$3,040	$634
1995	$3,275	$648
1996	$3,227	$767
1997	$3,408	$750
1998	$3,617	$552
1999	$3,691	$582
2000	$3,813	$563
2001	$3,985	$566
2002	$4,068	$525
2003	$4,173	$468
2004	$4,431	$469
2005	$4,703	$461
2006	$5,257	$431
2007	$6,138	$413
2008	$6,937	$341
2009	$6,833	$735
2010	$8,266	$902
2011	$9,276	$1,037
2012	$10,127	$1,239
2013	$10,803	$1,362
2014	$10,911	$1,372
2015	$11,715	$1,386
2016	$12,091	$1,407
2017	$12,317	$3,448
2018	$12,590	$2,272
2019	$12,885	$1,684
2020	$12,394	$1,730
2021	$12,838	$1,724
2022	$13,626	$2,041
2023	$16,942	$2,156
2024	$18,587	$2,656

Costa Rica vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Costa Rica

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe
1950	57.5	49.4
1951	57.8	49.8
1952	58.1	50.2
1953	59.1	50.6
1954	59.9	51
1955	60.5	51.4
1956	61.2	51.8
1957	61.6	52.2
1958	62.3	52.6
1959	62.9	53
1960	63.5	53.5
1961	63.9	54
1962	64.2	54.5
1963	64.3	54.9
1964	64.5	55.4
1965	64.8	55.9
1966	65.1	56.4
1967	65.6	56.8
1968	65.8	57.1
1969	66.4	57.5
1970	66.8	57.8
1971	67.4	58
1972	68	58.2
1973	68.7	58.1
1974	69.4	58.2
1975	70.3	58.2
1976	70.9	57.6
1977	71.5	57
1978	72	54.7
1979	72.5	54.9
1980	73	59.1
1981	73.4	59.4
1982	73.9	59.9
1983	74.2	60
1984	74.6	60.6
1985	74.8	60.9
1986	74.9	61
1987	75.2	60.7
1988	75.5	60.2
1989	75.9	59.4
1990	76.1	58.3
1991	76.2	57
1992	76.4	55.6
1993	76.3	54
1994	76.3	52.5
1995	76.4	51.1
1996	76.4	49
1997	76.6	48.5
1998	76.9	47.6
1999	77.1	46.4
2000	77.3	46
2001	77.6	44.5
2002	77.9	45.9
2003	78.2	45.4
2004	78.5	46
2005	78.9	46.6
2006	79	47.1
2007	79.1	47.6
2008	79.2	48.5
2009	79.4	49.7
2010	79.4	51.9
2011	79.6	53.9
2012	79.9	55.4
2013	80.2	56.8
2014	80.2	58.1
2015	80.4	59
2016	80	59.8
2017	80	60.3
2018	80.1	60.9
2019	80.3	61.1
2020	79.7	61.5
2021	78.1	60.1
2022	79.3	62.4
2023	80.8	62.8
2024	81	63.1
2025	81.2	63.3

Costa Rica and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Costa Rica

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe
1960	1,327,496	3,809,389
1961	1,377,920	3,930,401
1962	1,429,445	4,055,959
1963	1,481,604	4,185,877
1964	1,533,960	4,320,006
1965	1,586,208	4,458,462
1966	1,638,116	4,601,217
1967	1,689,523	4,748,307
1968	1,739,731	4,900,440
1969	1,789,276	5,058,181
1970	1,838,949	5,215,918
1971	1,888,539	5,374,712
1972	1,938,248	5,542,445
1973	1,988,343	5,720,404
1974	2,039,643	5,908,328
1975	2,092,719	6,098,658
1976	2,147,774	6,287,105
1977	2,205,025	6,449,512
1978	2,264,510	6,543,575
1979	2,326,490	6,647,556
1980	2,390,633	7,041,303
1981	2,456,637	7,498,635
1982	2,524,806	7,796,496
1983	2,595,153	8,098,404
1984	2,667,595	8,391,488
1985	2,741,894	8,686,813
1986	2,817,216	8,982,578
1987	2,892,699	9,284,644
1988	2,968,103	9,583,094
1989	3,043,827	9,864,798
1990	3,121,706	10,137,281
1991	3,202,176	10,404,816
1992	3,284,258	10,702,700
1993	3,367,434	10,860,288
1994	3,451,122	10,873,148
1995	3,535,176	10,974,599
1996	3,619,013	11,158,360
1997	3,701,711	11,369,827
1998	3,782,838	11,594,297
1999	3,862,101	11,783,458
2000	3,937,739	11,892,055
2001	4,008,947	11,971,901
2002	4,075,705	12,087,653
2003	4,138,784	12,232,323
2004	4,200,078	12,365,896
2005	4,261,240	12,483,432
2006	4,321,340	12,636,445
2007	4,380,248	12,804,058
2008	4,440,056	12,959,149
2009	4,499,791	13,142,790
2010	4,555,962	13,356,548
2011	4,609,833	13,595,424
2012	4,663,934	13,817,887
2013	4,716,147	14,013,808
2014	4,767,119	14,207,359
2015	4,818,038	14,399,013
2016	4,866,998	14,600,294
2017	4,913,177	14,812,482
2018	4,957,818	15,034,452
2019	4,999,553	15,271,368
2020	5,034,320	15,526,888
2021	5,059,988	15,797,210
2022	5,081,765	16,069,056
2023	5,105,525	16,340,822
2024	5,129,910	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Costa Rica and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Costa Rica

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe
1960	6.71	7.2
1961	6.65	7.21
1962	6.54	7.23
1963	6.39	7.23
1964	6.19	7.23
1965	5.96	7.23
1966	5.7	7.2
1967	5.42	7.16
1968	5.03	7.11
1969	4.84	7.04
1970	4.59	6.98
1971	4.36	6.94
1972	4.16	6.94
1973	3.99	6.94
1974	3.89	6.88
1975	3.8	6.83
1976	3.75	6.77
1977	3.7	6.71
1978	3.66	6.66
1979	3.65	6.59
1980	3.58	6.52
1981	3.56	6.45
1982	3.54	6.33
1983	3.53	6.2
1984	3.52	6.04
1985	3.51	5.87
1986	3.45	5.69
1987	3.38	5.5
1988	3.31	5.28
1989	3.24	5.07
1990	3.17	4.88
1991	3.08	4.72
1992	3	4.57
1993	2.93	4.39
1994	2.86	4.28
1995	2.78	4.15
1996	2.68	4.11
1997	2.59	4.08
1998	2.53	4.07
1999	2.48	4.06
2000	2.41	4.01
2001	2.31	3.98
2002	2.16	3.93
2003	2.08	3.86
2004	2.03	3.78
2005	2.04	3.69
2006	1.94	3.64
2007	1.95	3.68
2008	1.98	3.78
2009	1.95	3.95
2010	1.83	4.04
2011	1.88	4.13
2012	1.85	4.13
2013	1.78	4.11
2014	1.8	4.01
2015	1.8	3.91
2016	1.75	3.83
2017	1.71	3.77
2018	1.71	3.74
2019	1.6	3.75
2020	1.45	3.75
2021	1.35	3.77
2022	1.34	3.77
2023	1.33	3.72

Costa Rica and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Costa Rica

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Costa Rica	Zimbabwe
1960	16.8	16.4
1961	16.8	16.2
1962	16.7	16
1963	16.7	15.8
1964	16.7	15.7
1965	16.7	15.7
1966	16.8	15.7
1967	16.9	15.7
1968	17.1	15.7
1969	17.3	15.7
1970	17.6	15.7
1971	17.8	15.8
1972	18.1	15.8
1973	18.4	15.8
1974	18.6	15.9
1975	18.9	15.9
1976	19.2	15.8
1977	19.5	15.8
1978	19.7	15.7
1979	20	15.6
1980	20.3	15.6
1981	20.6	15.7
1982	20.9	15.8
1983	21.2	15.8
1984	21.4	15.8
1985	21.6	15.9
1986	21.8	15.9
1987	22.1	15.9
1988	22.3	15.9
1989	22.5	16.1
1990	22.7	16.3
1991	22.9	16.5
1992	23.2	16.4
1993	23.4	16.3
1994	23.6	16.4
1995	23.9	16.6
1996	24.1	16.9
1997	24.4	17.2
1998	24.7	17.5
1999	24.9	17.7
2000	25.2	17.8
2001	25.5	18
2002	25.9	18.1
2003	26.3	18.2
2004	26.7	18.3
2005	27	18.3
2006	27.4	18.5
2007	27.8	18.5
2008	28.2	18.5
2009	28.6	18.4
2010	29	18.3
2011	29.4	18.2
2012	29.8	18.1
2013	30.3	18
2014	30.7	18
2015	31.2	18
2016	31.7	18
2017	32.1	18.1
2018	32.6	18.2
2019	33	18.3
2020	33.5	18.5
2021	34	18.6
2022	34.5	18.7
2023	35.1	18.9
2024	35.6	19

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