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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Costa Rica	Canada	Costa Rica
1960	17,909,356	1,327,496	-	-
1961	18,271,000	1,377,920	2.02%	3.8%
1962	18,614,000	1,429,445	1.88%	3.74%
1963	18,964,000	1,481,604	1.88%	3.65%
1964	19,325,000	1,533,960	1.9%	3.53%
1965	19,678,000	1,586,208	1.83%	3.41%
1966	20,048,000	1,638,116	1.88%	3.27%
1967	20,412,000	1,689,523	1.82%	3.14%
1968	20,744,000	1,739,731	1.63%	2.97%
1969	21,028,000	1,789,276	1.37%	2.85%
1970	21,324,000	1,838,949	1.41%	2.78%
1971	21,962,032	1,888,539	2.99%	2.7%
1972	22,218,463	1,938,248	1.17%	2.63%
1973	22,491,777	1,988,343	1.23%	2.58%
1974	22,807,969	2,039,643	1.41%	2.58%
1975	23,143,275	2,092,719	1.47%	2.6%
1976	23,449,808	2,147,774	1.32%	2.63%
1977	23,725,843	2,205,025	1.18%	2.67%
1978	23,963,203	2,264,510	1%	2.7%
1979	24,201,544	2,326,490	0.99%	2.74%
1980	24,515,667	2,390,633	1.3%	2.76%
1981	24,819,915	2,456,637	1.24%	2.76%
1982	25,116,942	2,524,806	1.2%	2.77%
1983	25,366,451	2,595,153	0.99%	2.79%
1984	25,607,053	2,667,595	0.95%	2.79%
1985	25,842,116	2,741,894	0.92%	2.79%
1986	26,100,278	2,817,216	1%	2.75%
1987	26,446,601	2,892,699	1.33%	2.68%
1988	26,791,747	2,968,103	1.31%	2.61%
1989	27,276,781	3,043,827	1.81%	2.55%
1990	27,691,138	3,121,706	1.52%	2.56%
1991	28,037,420	3,202,176	1.25%	2.58%
1992	28,371,264	3,284,258	1.19%	2.56%
1993	28,684,764	3,367,434	1.1%	2.53%
1994	29,000,663	3,451,122	1.1%	2.49%
1995	29,302,311	3,535,176	1.04%	2.44%
1996	29,610,218	3,619,013	1.05%	2.37%
1997	29,905,948	3,701,711	1%	2.29%
1998	30,155,173	3,782,838	0.83%	2.19%
1999	30,401,286	3,862,101	0.82%	2.1%
2000	30,685,730	3,937,739	0.94%	1.96%
2001	31,020,855	4,008,947	1.09%	1.81%
2002	31,359,199	4,075,705	1.09%	1.67%
2003	31,642,461	4,138,784	0.9%	1.55%
2004	31,938,807	4,200,078	0.94%	1.48%
2005	32,242,732	4,261,240	0.95%	1.46%
2006	32,571,193	4,321,340	1.02%	1.41%
2007	32,888,886	4,380,248	0.98%	1.36%
2008	33,247,298	4,440,056	1.09%	1.37%
2009	33,630,069	4,499,791	1.15%	1.35%
2010	34,005,902	4,555,962	1.12%	1.25%
2011	34,339,221	4,609,833	0.98%	1.18%
2012	34,713,395	4,663,934	1.09%	1.17%
2013	35,080,992	4,716,147	1.06%	1.12%
2014	35,434,066	4,767,119	1.01%	1.08%
2015	35,704,498	4,818,038	0.76%	1.07%
2016	36,110,803	4,866,998	1.14%	1.02%
2017	36,545,075	4,913,177	1.2%	0.95%
2018	37,072,620	4,957,818	1.44%	0.91%
2019	37,618,495	4,999,553	1.47%	0.84%
2020	38,028,638	5,034,320	1.09%	0.7%
2021	38,239,864	5,059,988	0.56%	0.51%
2022	38,935,934	5,081,765	1.82%	0.43%
2023	40,083,484	5,105,525	2.95%	0.47%
2024	41,288,599	5,129,910	3.01%	0.48%
2025	41,687,850	5,152,946	0.97%	0.45%
2026	42,042,113	5,174,780	0.85%	0.42%
2027	42,368,857	5,195,555	0.78%	0.4%
2028	42,683,927	5,215,247	0.74%	0.38%
2029	42,986,030	5,233,877	0.71%	0.36%
2030	43,276,190	5,251,495	0.68%	0.34%
2031	43,559,839	5,268,137	0.66%	0.32%
2032	43,833,228	5,283,807	0.63%	0.3%
2033	44,089,067	5,298,514	0.58%	0.28%
2034	44,336,794	5,312,162	0.56%	0.26%
2035	44,574,481	5,324,698	0.54%	0.24%
2036	44,802,196	5,336,133	0.51%	0.21%
2037	45,029,252	5,346,408	0.51%	0.19%
2038	45,250,482	5,355,519	0.49%	0.17%
2039	45,461,809	5,363,363	0.47%	0.15%
2040	45,661,339	5,369,806	0.44%	0.12%
2041	45,855,081	5,374,934	0.42%	0.1%
2042	46,046,286	5,378,670	0.42%	0.07%
2043	46,232,447	5,380,915	0.4%	0.04%
2044	46,413,908	5,381,720	0.39%	0.01%
2045	46,594,973	5,381,014	0.39%	-0.01%
2046	46,768,120	5,378,757	0.37%	-0.04%
2047	46,930,946	5,374,945	0.35%	-0.07%
2048	47,092,745	5,369,577	0.34%	-0.1%
2049	47,246,217	5,362,651	0.33%	-0.13%
2050	47,396,788	5,354,148	0.32%	-0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.