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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brazil	Costa Rica	Brazil	Costa Rica
1960	72,388,126	1,327,496	-	-
1961	74,605,447	1,377,920	3.06%	3.8%
1962	76,865,323	1,429,445	3.03%	3.74%
1963	79,164,235	1,481,604	2.99%	3.65%
1964	81,488,595	1,533,960	2.94%	3.53%
1965	83,817,583	1,586,208	2.86%	3.41%
1966	86,139,359	1,638,116	2.77%	3.27%
1967	88,446,124	1,689,523	2.68%	3.14%
1968	90,741,240	1,739,731	2.59%	2.97%
1969	93,045,777	1,789,276	2.54%	2.85%
1970	95,375,651	1,838,949	2.5%	2.78%
1971	97,739,273	1,888,539	2.48%	2.7%
1972	100,146,797	1,938,248	2.46%	2.63%
1973	102,600,976	1,988,343	2.45%	2.58%
1974	105,089,675	2,039,643	2.43%	2.58%
1975	107,619,565	2,092,719	2.41%	2.6%
1976	110,213,349	2,147,774	2.41%	2.63%
1977	112,875,292	2,205,025	2.42%	2.67%
1978	115,600,942	2,264,510	2.41%	2.7%
1979	118,380,821	2,326,490	2.4%	2.74%
1980	121,207,461	2,390,633	2.39%	2.76%
1981	124,063,109	2,456,637	2.36%	2.76%
1982	126,923,155	2,524,806	2.31%	2.77%
1983	129,790,077	2,595,153	2.26%	2.79%
1984	132,658,864	2,667,595	2.21%	2.79%
1985	135,515,595	2,741,894	2.15%	2.79%
1986	138,336,370	2,817,216	2.08%	2.75%
1987	141,104,944	2,892,699	2%	2.68%
1988	143,826,357	2,968,103	1.93%	2.61%
1989	146,502,972	3,043,827	1.86%	2.55%
1990	149,143,223	3,121,706	1.8%	2.56%
1991	151,724,256	3,202,176	1.73%	2.58%
1992	154,275,079	3,284,258	1.68%	2.56%
1993	156,794,577	3,367,434	1.63%	2.53%
1994	159,265,006	3,451,122	1.58%	2.49%
1995	161,735,073	3,535,176	1.55%	2.44%
1996	164,202,549	3,619,013	1.53%	2.37%
1997	166,661,659	3,701,711	1.5%	2.29%
1998	169,159,655	3,782,838	1.5%	2.19%
1999	171,641,543	3,862,101	1.47%	2.1%
2000	174,018,282	3,937,739	1.38%	1.96%
2001	176,301,203	4,008,947	1.31%	1.81%
2002	178,503,484	4,075,705	1.25%	1.67%
2003	180,622,688	4,138,784	1.19%	1.55%
2004	182,675,143	4,200,078	1.14%	1.48%
2005	184,688,101	4,261,240	1.1%	1.46%
2006	186,653,106	4,321,340	1.06%	1.41%
2007	188,552,320	4,380,248	1.02%	1.36%
2008	190,367,302	4,440,056	0.96%	1.37%
2009	192,079,951	4,499,791	0.9%	1.35%
2010	193,701,929	4,555,962	0.84%	1.25%
2011	195,284,734	4,609,833	0.82%	1.18%
2012	196,876,111	4,663,934	0.81%	1.17%
2013	198,478,299	4,716,147	0.81%	1.12%
2014	200,085,127	4,767,119	0.81%	1.08%
2015	201,675,532	4,818,038	0.79%	1.07%
2016	203,218,114	4,866,998	0.76%	1.02%
2017	204,703,445	4,913,177	0.73%	0.95%
2018	206,107,261	4,957,818	0.69%	0.91%
2019	207,455,459	4,999,553	0.65%	0.84%
2020	208,660,842	5,034,320	0.58%	0.7%
2021	209,550,294	5,059,988	0.43%	0.51%
2022	210,306,415	5,081,765	0.36%	0.43%
2023	211,140,729	5,105,525	0.4%	0.47%
2024	211,998,573	5,129,910	0.41%	0.48%
2025	212,812,405	5,152,946	0.38%	0.45%
2026	213,562,674	5,174,780	0.35%	0.42%
2027	214,261,037	5,195,555	0.33%	0.4%
2028	214,911,388	5,215,247	0.3%	0.38%
2029	215,515,178	5,233,877	0.28%	0.36%
2030	216,074,424	5,251,495	0.26%	0.34%
2031	216,587,355	5,268,137	0.24%	0.32%
2032	217,055,392	5,283,807	0.22%	0.3%
2033	217,479,394	5,298,514	0.2%	0.28%
2034	217,860,892	5,312,162	0.18%	0.26%
2035	218,199,715	5,324,698	0.16%	0.24%
2036	218,495,215	5,336,133	0.14%	0.21%
2037	218,747,246	5,346,408	0.12%	0.19%
2038	218,955,573	5,355,519	0.1%	0.17%
2039	219,118,385	5,363,363	0.07%	0.15%
2040	219,237,085	5,369,806	0.05%	0.12%
2041	219,307,158	5,374,934	0.03%	0.1%
2042	219,319,771	5,378,670	0.006%	0.07%
2043	219,276,528	5,380,915	-0.02%	0.04%
2044	219,179,002	5,381,720	-0.04%	0.01%
2045	219,026,208	5,381,014	-0.07%	-0.01%
2046	218,821,045	5,378,757	-0.09%	-0.04%
2047	218,565,379	5,374,945	-0.12%	-0.07%
2048	218,258,225	5,369,577	-0.14%	-0.1%
2049	217,897,833	5,362,651	-0.17%	-0.13%
2050	217,489,309	5,354,148	-0.19%	-0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people and rank change from 126th to 127th.