Population in Bolivia compared to Costa Rica: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bolivia and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Costa Rica	Bolivia	Costa Rica
1960	3,702,323	1,327,496	-	-
1961	3,778,731	1,377,920	2.06%	3.8%
1962	3,857,493	1,429,445	2.08%	3.74%
1963	3,938,913	1,481,604	2.11%	3.65%
1964	4,022,996	1,533,960	2.13%	3.53%
1965	4,109,796	1,586,208	2.16%	3.41%
1966	4,199,550	1,638,116	2.18%	3.27%
1967	4,292,572	1,689,523	2.22%	3.14%
1968	4,388,944	1,739,731	2.25%	2.97%
1969	4,488,232	1,789,276	2.26%	2.85%
1970	4,590,010	1,838,949	2.27%	2.78%
1971	4,694,342	1,888,539	2.27%	2.7%
1972	4,800,978	1,938,248	2.27%	2.63%
1973	4,910,200	1,988,343	2.27%	2.58%
1974	5,022,475	2,039,643	2.29%	2.58%
1975	5,137,539	2,092,719	2.29%	2.6%
1976	5,256,496	2,147,774	2.32%	2.63%
1977	5,379,166	2,205,025	2.33%	2.67%
1978	5,504,123	2,264,510	2.32%	2.7%
1979	5,630,849	2,326,490	2.3%	2.74%
1980	5,758,900	2,390,633	2.27%	2.76%
1981	5,888,109	2,456,637	2.24%	2.76%
1982	6,018,088	2,524,806	2.21%	2.77%
1983	6,149,060	2,595,153	2.18%	2.79%
1984	6,281,868	2,667,595	2.16%	2.79%
1985	6,416,185	2,741,894	2.14%	2.79%
1986	6,552,479	2,817,216	2.12%	2.75%
1987	6,692,162	2,892,699	2.13%	2.68%
1988	6,835,508	2,968,103	2.14%	2.61%
1989	6,981,766	3,043,827	2.14%	2.55%
1990	7,130,142	3,121,706	2.13%	2.56%
1991	7,280,289	3,202,176	2.11%	2.58%
1992	7,430,336	3,284,258	2.06%	2.56%
1993	7,579,195	3,367,434	2%	2.53%
1994	7,727,322	3,451,122	1.95%	2.49%
1995	7,874,676	3,535,176	1.91%	2.44%
1996	8,021,736	3,619,013	1.87%	2.37%
1997	8,167,900	3,701,711	1.82%	2.29%
1998	8,313,394	3,782,838	1.78%	2.19%
1999	8,459,806	3,862,101	1.76%	2.1%
2000	8,606,326	3,937,739	1.73%	1.96%
2001	8,752,736	4,008,947	1.7%	1.81%
2002	8,900,355	4,075,705	1.69%	1.67%
2003	9,050,700	4,138,784	1.69%	1.55%
2004	9,204,287	4,200,078	1.7%	1.48%
2005	9,360,754	4,261,240	1.7%	1.46%
2006	9,521,689	4,321,340	1.72%	1.41%
2007	9,685,960	4,380,248	1.73%	1.36%
2008	9,850,858	4,440,056	1.7%	1.37%
2009	10,016,275	4,499,791	1.68%	1.35%
2010	10,182,345	4,555,962	1.66%	1.25%
2011	10,348,929	4,609,833	1.64%	1.18%
2012	10,515,807	4,663,934	1.61%	1.17%
2013	10,682,608	4,716,147	1.59%	1.12%
2014	10,848,888	4,767,119	1.56%	1.08%
2015	11,014,705	4,818,038	1.53%	1.07%
2016	11,180,020	4,866,998	1.5%	1.02%
2017	11,344,587	4,913,177	1.47%	0.95%
2018	11,508,368	4,957,818	1.44%	0.91%
2019	11,671,386	4,999,553	1.42%	0.84%
2020	11,816,299	5,034,320	1.24%	0.7%
2021	11,937,360	5,059,988	1.02%	0.51%
2022	12,077,154	5,081,765	1.17%	0.43%
2023	12,244,159	5,105,525	1.38%	0.47%
2024	12,413,315	5,129,910	1.38%	0.48%
2025	12,581,842	5,152,946	1.36%	0.45%
2026	12,749,291	5,174,780	1.33%	0.42%
2027	12,915,581	5,195,555	1.3%	0.4%
2028	13,080,490	5,215,247	1.28%	0.38%
2029	13,243,771	5,233,877	1.25%	0.36%
2030	13,405,558	5,251,495	1.22%	0.34%
2031	13,565,504	5,268,137	1.19%	0.32%
2032	13,723,365	5,283,807	1.16%	0.3%
2033	13,879,048	5,298,514	1.13%	0.28%
2034	14,032,573	5,312,162	1.11%	0.26%
2035	14,183,821	5,324,698	1.08%	0.24%
2036	14,332,310	5,336,133	1.05%	0.21%
2037	14,478,101	5,346,408	1.02%	0.19%
2038	14,621,400	5,355,519	0.99%	0.17%
2039	14,761,945	5,363,363	0.96%	0.15%
2040	14,899,391	5,369,806	0.93%	0.12%
2041	15,033,982	5,374,934	0.9%	0.1%
2042	15,165,741	5,378,670	0.88%	0.07%
2043	15,294,503	5,380,915	0.85%	0.04%
2044	15,420,207	5,381,720	0.82%	0.01%
2045	15,542,783	5,381,014	0.79%	-0.01%
2046	15,662,310	5,378,757	0.77%	-0.04%
2047	15,778,742	5,374,945	0.74%	-0.07%
2048	15,892,248	5,369,577	0.72%	-0.1%
2049	16,002,807	5,362,651	0.7%	-0.13%
2050	16,110,156	5,354,148	0.67%	-0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,658,331 people (a 17.4% growth), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bolivia gained 1,571,088 (a 14.1% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2006 and is 79th 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) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.3% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.