The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 5,170,484 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 9.27 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.26M to 5.17M (21.3% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 5.38M people in 2044 for Costa Rica.
Algeria vs Costa Rica: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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5170484
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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9.06 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 138/197 |
Algeria and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 1,377,920 | 1.79% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 1,429,445 | 1.48% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 1,481,604 | 1.54% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 1,533,960 | 1.65% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 1,586,208 | 1.53% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 1,638,116 | 1.81% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 1,689,523 | 2.27% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 1,739,731 | 2.3% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 1,789,276 | 2.3% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 1,838,949 | 2.28% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 1,888,539 | 2.29% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 1,938,248 | 2.33% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 1,988,343 | 2.38% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 2,039,643 | 2.45% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 2,092,719 | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 2,147,774 | 4.66% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 2,205,025 | 3.7% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 2,264,510 | 2.89% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 2,326,490 | 3.03% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 2,390,633 | 3.16% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 2,456,637 | 3.3% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 2,524,806 | 3.39% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 2,595,153 | 3.45% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 2,667,595 | 3.47% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 2,741,894 | 3.46% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 2,817,216 | 3.35% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 2,892,699 | 3.07% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 2,968,103 | 2.84% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 3,043,827 | 2.68% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 3,121,706 | 2.51% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 3,202,176 | 2.41% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 3,284,258 | 2.47% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 3,367,434 | 2.44% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 3,451,122 | 2.24% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 3,535,176 | 2.09% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 3,619,013 | 1.98% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 3,701,711 | 1.88% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 3,782,838 | 1.61% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 3,862,101 | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 3,937,739 | 1.41% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 4,008,947 | 1.38% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 4,075,705 | 1.34% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 4,138,784 | 1.34% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 4,200,078 | 1.41% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 4,261,240 | 1.47% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 4,321,340 | 1.55% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 4,380,248 | 1.68% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 4,440,056 | 1.84% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 4,499,791 | 1.93% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 4,555,962 | 1.97% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 4,609,833 | 1.98% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 4,663,934 | 2.01% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 4,716,147 | 2.04% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 4,767,119 | 2.06% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 4,818,038 | 2.08% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 4,866,998 | 2.08% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 4,913,177 | 2.05% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 4,957,818 | 1.96% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 4,999,553 | 1.86% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 5,034,320 | 1.73% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 5,059,988 | 1.63% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 5,081,765 | 1.6% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 5,105,525 | 1.51% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 5,129,910 | 1.41% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 5,152,946 | 1.33% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 5,174,780 | 1.25% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 5,195,555 | 1.18% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 5,215,247 | 1.12% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 5,233,877 | 1.06% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 5,251,495 | 1% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 5,268,137 | 0.96% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 5,283,807 | 0.94% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 5,298,514 | 0.92% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 5,312,162 | 0.9% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 5,324,698 | 0.9% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 5,336,133 | 0.89% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 5,346,408 | 0.88% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 5,355,519 | 0.88% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 5,363,363 | 0.88% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 5,369,806 | 0.88% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 5,374,934 | 0.87% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 5,378,670 | 0.87% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 5,380,915 | 0.87% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 5,381,720 | 0.86% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 5,381,014 | 0.85% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 5,378,757 | 0.83% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 5,374,945 | 0.81% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 5,369,577 | 0.78% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 5,362,651 | 0.76% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 5,354,148 | 0.73% | -0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Costa Rica was ranked 120th in 2005 and ranked 126th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people and rank change from 126th to 127th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Algiers | 2.36M |
| Oran | 803K |
| Constantine | 465K |
| Batna | 291K |
| Setif | 288K |
| Djelfa | 266K |
| Annaba | 257K |
| Sidi Bel Abbes | 213K |
| Biskra | 205K |
| Tebessa | 194K |
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| City | Population |
| San Jose | 342K |
| Limon | 71.5K |
| Liberia | 65.9K |
| Alajuela | 44.4K |
| Puntarenas | 41.5K |
| Cartago | 22.8K |
| Heredia | 16.7K |
| Tamarindo | 7.13K |
| Santa Teresa | 3K |
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Population differences between Algeria and Costa Rica
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 81.2 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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