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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Costa Rica	Colombia	Costa Rica
1960	15,606,209	1,327,496	-	-
1961	16,095,203	1,377,920	3.13%	3.8%
1962	16,599,029	1,429,445	3.13%	3.74%
1963	17,113,823	1,481,604	3.1%	3.65%
1964	17,637,411	1,533,960	3.06%	3.53%
1965	18,169,050	1,586,208	3.01%	3.41%
1966	18,702,688	1,638,116	2.94%	3.27%
1967	19,235,618	1,689,523	2.85%	3.14%
1968	19,766,796	1,739,731	2.76%	2.97%
1969	20,291,942	1,789,276	2.66%	2.85%
1970	20,811,782	1,838,949	2.56%	2.78%
1971	21,319,096	1,888,539	2.44%	2.7%
1972	21,819,563	1,938,248	2.35%	2.63%
1973	22,325,374	1,988,343	2.32%	2.58%
1974	22,833,469	2,039,643	2.28%	2.58%
1975	23,344,644	2,092,719	2.24%	2.6%
1976	23,858,810	2,147,774	2.2%	2.63%
1977	24,393,494	2,205,025	2.24%	2.67%
1978	24,950,337	2,264,510	2.28%	2.7%
1979	25,515,626	2,326,490	2.27%	2.74%
1980	26,104,498	2,390,633	2.31%	2.76%
1981	26,713,267	2,456,637	2.33%	2.76%
1982	27,338,331	2,524,806	2.34%	2.77%
1983	27,988,173	2,595,153	2.38%	2.79%
1984	28,642,690	2,667,595	2.34%	2.79%
1985	29,268,470	2,741,894	2.18%	2.79%
1986	29,879,112	2,817,216	2.09%	2.75%
1987	30,499,467	2,892,699	2.08%	2.68%
1988	31,130,524	2,968,103	2.07%	2.61%
1989	31,776,279	3,043,827	2.07%	2.55%
1990	32,440,069	3,121,706	2.09%	2.56%
1991	33,098,372	3,202,176	2.03%	2.58%
1992	33,760,571	3,284,258	2%	2.56%
1993	34,441,473	3,367,434	2.02%	2.53%
1994	35,127,410	3,451,122	1.99%	2.49%
1995	35,804,662	3,535,176	1.93%	2.44%
1996	36,462,745	3,619,013	1.84%	2.37%
1997	37,121,149	3,701,711	1.81%	2.29%
1998	37,792,165	3,782,838	1.81%	2.19%
1999	38,454,863	3,862,101	1.75%	2.1%
2000	39,089,934	3,937,739	1.65%	1.96%
2001	39,709,262	4,008,947	1.58%	1.81%
2002	40,324,680	4,075,705	1.55%	1.67%
2003	40,937,429	4,138,784	1.52%	1.55%
2004	41,543,171	4,200,078	1.48%	1.48%
2005	42,128,977	4,261,240	1.41%	1.46%
2006	42,691,084	4,321,340	1.33%	1.41%
2007	43,235,374	4,380,248	1.27%	1.36%
2008	43,758,808	4,440,056	1.21%	1.37%
2009	44,271,541	4,499,791	1.17%	1.35%
2010	44,777,319	4,555,962	1.14%	1.25%
2011	45,259,614	4,609,833	1.08%	1.18%
2012	45,715,810	4,663,934	1.01%	1.17%
2013	46,151,584	4,716,147	0.95%	1.12%
2014	46,565,429	4,767,119	0.9%	1.08%
2015	46,969,940	4,818,038	0.87%	1.07%
2016	47,437,512	4,866,998	1%	1.02%
2017	48,131,078	4,913,177	1.46%	0.95%
2018	49,024,465	4,957,818	1.86%	0.91%
2019	49,907,985	4,999,553	1.8%	0.84%
2020	50,629,997	5,034,320	1.45%	0.7%
2021	51,188,173	5,059,988	1.1%	0.51%
2022	51,737,944	5,081,765	1.07%	0.43%
2023	52,321,152	5,105,525	1.13%	0.47%
2024	52,886,363	5,129,910	1.08%	0.48%
2025	53,425,632	5,152,946	1.02%	0.45%
2026	53,936,234	5,174,780	0.96%	0.42%
2027	54,422,275	5,195,555	0.9%	0.4%
2028	54,885,123	5,215,247	0.85%	0.38%
2029	55,322,627	5,233,877	0.8%	0.36%
2030	55,736,477	5,251,495	0.75%	0.34%
2031	56,125,966	5,268,137	0.7%	0.32%
2032	56,490,496	5,283,807	0.65%	0.3%
2033	56,832,264	5,298,514	0.61%	0.28%
2034	57,151,619	5,312,162	0.56%	0.26%
2035	57,445,755	5,324,698	0.51%	0.24%
2036	57,716,869	5,336,133	0.47%	0.21%
2037	57,965,300	5,346,408	0.43%	0.19%
2038	58,190,082	5,355,519	0.39%	0.17%
2039	58,394,310	5,363,363	0.35%	0.15%
2040	58,576,452	5,369,806	0.31%	0.12%
2041	58,736,886	5,374,934	0.27%	0.1%
2042	58,878,126	5,378,670	0.24%	0.07%
2043	59,000,362	5,380,915	0.21%	0.04%
2044	59,104,592	5,381,720	0.18%	0.01%
2045	59,190,826	5,381,014	0.15%	-0.01%
2046	59,259,758	5,378,757	0.12%	-0.04%
2047	59,313,132	5,374,945	0.09%	-0.07%
2048	59,351,262	5,369,577	0.06%	-0.1%
2049	59,375,012	5,362,651	0.04%	-0.13%
2050	59,385,355	5,354,148	0.02%	-0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.