The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,132,629 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,011,944 people compared to 5,175,007 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- Belarus' population is 1.74 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 0.17% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2006, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.6M people to 9.01M (6.17% decline), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.32M to 5.18M (19.8% growth).
- Costa Rica is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 5.38M people, while Belarus' population already peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and is projected to decrease to 4.39M people by 2100.
Belarus vs Costa Rica: live population counter
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| Current population |
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| Population rank | 101/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
11.5 minutes
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
4.29 minutes
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
2.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -3,119 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | -125 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | -45,669 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.5% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 138/197 |
Belarus and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,198,000 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,271,216 | 1,377,920 | 0.89% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 8,351,928 | 1,429,445 | 0.98% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 8,437,232 | 1,481,604 | 1.02% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 8,524,224 | 1,533,960 | 1.03% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 8,610,000 | 1,586,208 | 1.01% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 8,696,496 | 1,638,116 | 1% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 8,785,648 | 1,689,523 | 1.03% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 8,874,552 | 1,739,731 | 1.01% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 8,960,304 | 1,789,276 | 0.97% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 9,040,000 | 1,838,949 | 0.89% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 9,115,576 | 1,888,539 | 0.84% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 9,188,968 | 1,938,248 | 0.81% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 9,257,272 | 1,988,343 | 0.74% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 9,317,584 | 2,039,643 | 0.65% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 9,367,000 | 2,092,719 | 0.53% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 9,411,000 | 2,147,774 | 0.47% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 9,463,000 | 2,205,025 | 0.55% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 9,525,000 | 2,264,510 | 0.66% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 9,584,000 | 2,326,490 | 0.62% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 9,643,000 | 2,390,633 | 0.62% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 9,710,000 | 2,456,637 | 0.69% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 9,776,000 | 2,524,806 | 0.68% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 9,843,000 | 2,595,153 | 0.69% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 9,910,000 | 2,667,595 | 0.68% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 9,975,000 | 2,741,894 | 0.66% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 10,043,000 | 2,817,216 | 0.68% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 10,111,000 | 2,892,699 | 0.68% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 10,140,000 | 2,968,103 | 0.29% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 10,170,000 | 3,043,827 | 0.3% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 10,189,348 | 3,121,706 | 0.19% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 10,194,050 | 3,202,176 | 0.05% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 10,216,470 | 3,284,258 | 0.22% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 10,239,050 | 3,367,434 | 0.22% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 10,226,955 | 3,451,122 | -0.12% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 10,193,831 | 3,535,176 | -0.32% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 10,159,569 | 3,619,013 | -0.34% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 10,117,433 | 3,701,711 | -0.41% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 10,071,963 | 3,782,838 | -0.45% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 10,026,738 | 3,862,101 | -0.45% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 9,979,610 | 3,937,739 | -0.47% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 9,928,549 | 4,008,947 | -0.51% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 9,865,548 | 4,075,705 | -0.63% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 9,796,749 | 4,138,784 | -0.7% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 9,730,146 | 4,200,078 | -0.68% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 9,663,915 | 4,261,240 | -0.68% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 9,604,924 | 4,321,340 | -0.61% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 9,560,953 | 4,380,248 | -0.46% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 9,527,985 | 4,440,056 | -0.34% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 9,504,583 | 4,499,791 | -0.25% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 9,483,836 | 4,555,962 | -0.22% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 9,461,643 | 4,609,833 | -0.23% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 9,446,836 | 4,663,934 | -0.16% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 9,443,211 | 4,716,147 | -0.04% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 9,448,515 | 4,767,119 | 0.06% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 9,461,076 | 4,818,038 | 0.13% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 9,469,379 | 4,866,998 | 0.09% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 9,458,989 | 4,913,177 | -0.11% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 9,438,785 | 4,957,818 | -0.21% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 9,419,758 | 4,999,553 | -0.2% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 9,379,952 | 5,034,320 | -0.42% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 9,302,585 | 5,059,988 | -0.82% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 9,228,071 | 5,081,765 | -0.8% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 9,178,298 | 5,105,525 | -0.54% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 9,132,629 | 5,129,910 | -0.5% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 9,073,036 | 5,152,946 | -0.65% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 9,011,944 | 5,174,780 | -0.67% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 8,950,041 | 5,195,555 | -0.69% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 8,887,762 | 5,215,247 | -0.7% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 8,824,424 | 5,233,877 | -0.71% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 8,760,466 | 5,251,495 | -0.72% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 8,696,768 | 5,268,137 | -0.73% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 8,633,068 | 5,283,807 | -0.73% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 8,569,172 | 5,298,514 | -0.74% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 8,505,555 | 5,312,162 | -0.74% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 8,442,461 | 5,324,698 | -0.74% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 8,379,897 | 5,336,133 | -0.74% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 8,317,831 | 5,346,408 | -0.74% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 8,255,917 | 5,355,519 | -0.74% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 8,193,893 | 5,363,363 | -0.75% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 8,132,083 | 5,369,806 | -0.75% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 8,070,545 | 5,374,934 | -0.76% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 8,009,602 | 5,378,670 | -0.76% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 7,949,312 | 5,380,915 | -0.75% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 7,889,014 | 5,381,720 | -0.76% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 7,828,555 | 5,381,014 | -0.77% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 7,767,902 | 5,378,757 | -0.77% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 7,706,676 | 5,374,945 | -0.79% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 7,644,179 | 5,369,577 | -0.81% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 7,580,508 | 5,362,651 | -0.83% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 7,516,034 | 5,354,148 | -0.85% | -0.16% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).
Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st in 2026. Costa Rica was ranked 119th in 2006 and ranked 126th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Minsk | 2M |
| Gomel | 501K |
| Grodno | 364K |
| Vitebsk | 359K |
| Mogilev | 353K |
| Brest | 346K |
| Babruysk | 206K |
| Baranavichy | 171K |
| Barysaw | 135K |
| Pinsk | 124K |
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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 Belarus and Costa Rica
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 81.4 years |
| Average age | 41.7 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 42 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.21 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 116.5 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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