The latest officially reported population of Australia was 27,204,809 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Australia's population is 27,677,455 people compared to 5,170,484 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- Australia's population is 5.35 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Australia is ranked the 55th most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 0.4% of the world: 0.33% for Australia vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, Australia has had an average growth rate of +1.49% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2005, the population of Australia has increased from 20.2M people to 27.7M (37.2% growth), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.26M to 5.17M (21.3% growth).
- Australia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 43.9M people compared to the peak of 5.38M people in 2044 for Costa Rica.
Australia vs Costa Rica: live population counter
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| Current population |
27677455
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5170484
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| Population rank | 55/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.33% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
57.1 seconds
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.83 minutes
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
2.86 minutes
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.79 minutes
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9.06 hours
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| Annual migration change | +138,510 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,512 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | +552,032 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.07% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 51/197 | 138/197 |
Australia and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 10,276,477 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,483,000 | 1,377,920 | 2.01% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 10,742,000 | 1,429,445 | 2.47% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 10,950,000 | 1,481,604 | 1.94% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 11,167,000 | 1,533,960 | 1.98% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 11,388,000 | 1,586,208 | 1.98% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 11,651,000 | 1,638,116 | 2.31% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 11,799,000 | 1,689,523 | 1.27% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 12,009,000 | 1,739,731 | 1.78% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 12,263,000 | 1,789,276 | 2.12% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 12,507,000 | 1,838,949 | 1.99% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 12,937,000 | 1,888,539 | 3.44% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 13,177,000 | 1,938,248 | 1.86% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 13,380,000 | 1,988,343 | 1.54% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 13,723,000 | 2,039,643 | 2.56% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 13,893,000 | 2,092,719 | 1.24% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 14,033,000 | 2,147,774 | 1.01% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 14,192,000 | 2,205,025 | 1.13% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 14,358,000 | 2,264,510 | 1.17% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 14,514,000 | 2,326,490 | 1.09% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 14,692,000 | 2,390,633 | 1.23% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 14,923,260 | 2,456,637 | 1.57% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 15,184,247 | 2,524,806 | 1.75% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 15,393,472 | 2,595,153 | 1.38% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 15,579,391 | 2,667,595 | 1.21% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 15,788,312 | 2,741,894 | 1.34% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 16,018,350 | 2,817,216 | 1.46% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 16,263,874 | 2,892,699 | 1.53% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 16,532,164 | 2,968,103 | 1.65% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 16,814,416 | 3,043,827 | 1.71% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 17,065,128 | 3,121,706 | 1.49% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 17,284,036 | 3,202,176 | 1.28% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 17,478,635 | 3,284,258 | 1.13% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 17,634,808 | 3,367,434 | 0.89% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 17,805,468 | 3,451,122 | 0.97% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 18,004,882 | 3,535,176 | 1.12% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 18,224,767 | 3,619,013 | 1.22% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 18,423,037 | 3,701,711 | 1.09% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 18,607,584 | 3,782,838 | 1% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 18,812,264 | 3,862,101 | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 19,028,802 | 3,937,739 | 1.15% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 19,274,701 | 4,008,947 | 1.29% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 19,495,210 | 4,075,705 | 1.14% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 19,720,737 | 4,138,784 | 1.16% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 19,932,722 | 4,200,078 | 1.07% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 20,176,844 | 4,261,240 | 1.22% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 20,450,966 | 4,321,340 | 1.36% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 20,827,622 | 4,380,248 | 1.84% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 21,249,199 | 4,440,056 | 2.02% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 21,691,653 | 4,499,791 | 2.08% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 22,031,750 | 4,555,962 | 1.57% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 22,340,024 | 4,609,833 | 1.4% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 22,733,465 | 4,663,934 | 1.76% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 23,128,129 | 4,716,147 | 1.74% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 23,475,686 | 4,767,119 | 1.5% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 23,815,995 | 4,818,038 | 1.45% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 24,190,907 | 4,866,998 | 1.57% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 24,592,588 | 4,913,177 | 1.66% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 24,963,258 | 4,957,818 | 1.51% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 25,334,826 | 4,999,553 | 1.49% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 25,649,248 | 5,034,320 | 1.24% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 25,685,412 | 5,059,988 | 0.14% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 26,014,399 | 5,081,765 | 1.28% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 26,652,777 | 5,105,525 | 2.45% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 27,204,809 | 5,129,910 | 2.07% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 27,470,426 | 5,152,946 | 0.98% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 27,728,157 | 5,174,780 | 0.94% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 27,979,877 | 5,195,555 | 0.91% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 28,228,958 | 5,215,247 | 0.89% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 28,471,054 | 5,233,877 | 0.86% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 28,707,292 | 5,251,495 | 0.83% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 28,940,769 | 5,268,137 | 0.81% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 29,169,013 | 5,283,807 | 0.79% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 29,392,748 | 5,298,514 | 0.77% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 29,614,137 | 5,312,162 | 0.75% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 29,835,307 | 5,324,698 | 0.75% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 30,056,752 | 5,336,133 | 0.74% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 30,273,692 | 5,346,408 | 0.72% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 30,488,994 | 5,355,519 | 0.71% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 30,703,245 | 5,363,363 | 0.7% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 30,916,122 | 5,369,806 | 0.69% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 31,132,858 | 5,374,934 | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 31,352,893 | 5,378,670 | 0.71% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 31,572,750 | 5,380,915 | 0.7% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 31,790,565 | 5,381,720 | 0.69% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 32,009,555 | 5,381,014 | 0.69% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 32,232,946 | 5,378,757 | 0.7% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 32,452,651 | 5,374,945 | 0.68% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 32,672,016 | 5,369,577 | 0.68% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 32,891,546 | 5,362,651 | 0.67% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 33,105,190 | 5,354,148 | 0.65% | -0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).
Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. 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 |
| Sydney | 5.45M |
| Melbourne | 5.35M |
| Brisbane | 2.71M |
| Perth | 2.14M |
| Adelaide | 1.39M |
| Gold Coast | 608K |
| Canberra | 381K |
| Sunshine Coast | 284K |
| Wollongong | 262K |
| Ipswich | 233K |
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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 Australia and Costa Rica
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| Life expectancy | 84.2 years | 81.2 years |
| Average age | 40.1 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 39 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.5 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 9.16 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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