The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 5,129,910 people in Costa Rica in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 5,170,484 in Costa Rica.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 271.9 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Costa Rica is the 126th.
- The countries together account for 17.1% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.06% for Costa Rica.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +0.77% in Costa Rica.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Costa Rica has grown from 4.26M to 5.17M (21.3% growth).
- Costa Rica is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 5.38M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Costa Rica: live population counter
China
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Costa Rica
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
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5170484
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 126/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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21.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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18.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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9.06 hours
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | +967 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +67 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +24,385 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 138/197 |
China and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Costa Rica
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
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Costa Rica
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China
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Costa Rica
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 1,327,496 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 1,377,920 | -1.01% | 3.8% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 1,429,445 | 0.82% | 3.74% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 1,481,604 | 2.49% | 3.65% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 1,533,960 | 2.35% | 3.53% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 1,586,208 | 2.41% | 3.41% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 1,638,116 | 2.83% | 3.27% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 1,689,523 | 2.6% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 1,739,731 | 2.65% | 2.97% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 1,789,276 | 2.78% | 2.85% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 1,838,949 | 2.8% | 2.78% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 1,888,539 | 2.78% | 2.7% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 1,938,248 | 2.49% | 2.63% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 1,988,343 | 2.31% | 2.58% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 2,039,643 | 2.09% | 2.58% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 2,092,719 | 1.78% | 2.6% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 2,147,774 | 1.56% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 2,205,025 | 1.37% | 2.67% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 2,264,510 | 1.35% | 2.7% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 2,326,490 | 1.34% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 2,390,633 | 1.26% | 2.76% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 2,456,637 | 1.29% | 2.76% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 2,524,806 | 1.48% | 2.77% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 2,595,153 | 1.46% | 2.79% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 2,667,595 | 1.32% | 2.79% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 2,741,894 | 1.37% | 2.79% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 2,817,216 | 1.5% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 2,892,699 | 1.62% | 2.68% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 2,968,103 | 1.62% | 2.61% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 3,043,827 | 1.54% | 2.55% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 3,121,706 | 1.48% | 2.56% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 3,202,176 | 1.37% | 2.58% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 3,284,258 | 1.23% | 2.56% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 3,367,434 | 1.16% | 2.53% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 3,451,122 | 1.14% | 2.49% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 3,535,176 | 1.09% | 2.44% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 3,619,013 | 1.05% | 2.37% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 3,701,711 | 1.03% | 2.29% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 3,782,838 | 0.96% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 3,862,101 | 0.87% | 2.1% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 3,937,739 | 0.79% | 1.96% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 4,008,947 | 0.73% | 1.81% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 4,075,705 | 0.67% | 1.67% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 4,138,784 | 0.62% | 1.55% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 4,200,078 | 0.6% | 1.48% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 4,261,240 | 0.59% | 1.46% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 4,321,340 | 0.56% | 1.41% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 4,380,248 | 0.52% | 1.36% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 4,440,056 | 0.51% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 4,499,791 | 0.5% | 1.35% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 4,555,962 | 0.48% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 4,609,833 | 0.55% | 1.18% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 4,663,934 | 0.68% | 1.17% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 4,716,147 | 0.67% | 1.12% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 4,767,119 | 0.63% | 1.08% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 4,818,038 | 0.58% | 1.07% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 4,866,998 | 0.57% | 1.02% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 4,913,177 | 0.61% | 0.95% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 4,957,818 | 0.47% | 0.91% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 4,999,553 | 0.36% | 0.84% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 5,034,320 | 0.24% | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 5,059,988 | 0.09% | 0.51% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 5,081,765 | -0.01% | 0.43% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 5,105,525 | -0.1% | 0.47% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 5,129,910 | -0.12% | 0.48% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 5,152,946 | -0.23% | 0.45% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 5,174,780 | -0.22% | 0.42% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 5,195,555 | -0.23% | 0.4% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 5,215,247 | -0.25% | 0.38% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 5,233,877 | -0.27% | 0.36% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 5,251,495 | -0.29% | 0.34% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 5,268,137 | -0.32% | 0.32% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 5,283,807 | -0.34% | 0.3% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 5,298,514 | -0.36% | 0.28% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 5,312,162 | -0.38% | 0.26% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 5,324,698 | -0.4% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 5,336,133 | -0.41% | 0.21% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 5,346,408 | -0.43% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 5,355,519 | -0.45% | 0.17% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 5,363,363 | -0.47% | 0.15% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 5,369,806 | -0.49% | 0.12% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 5,374,934 | -0.51% | 0.1% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 5,378,670 | -0.53% | 0.07% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 5,380,915 | -0.55% | 0.04% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 5,381,720 | -0.57% | 0.01% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 5,381,014 | -0.6% | -0.01% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 5,378,757 | -0.64% | -0.04% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 5,374,945 | -0.67% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 5,369,577 | -0.71% | -0.1% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 5,362,651 | -0.75% | -0.13% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 5,354,148 | -0.79% | -0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd 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) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. 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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China
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|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Chongqing | 32.1M |
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 21.9M |
| Chengdu | 20.9M |
| Guangzhou | 18.7M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Tianjin | 13.9M |
| Xi'an | 13M |
| Suzhou | 12.7M |
| Zhengzhou | 12.6M |
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Costa Rica
|
|
|---|---|
| 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 China and Costa Rica
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China
|
Costa Rica
|
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|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 81.2 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 37 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 35.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 260.2 ppl/mi² |
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