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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Croatia	Costa Rica	Croatia
1960	1,327,496	4,140,181	-	-
1961	1,377,920	4,167,292	3.8%	0.65%
1962	1,429,445	4,196,712	3.74%	0.71%
1963	1,481,604	4,225,675	3.65%	0.69%
1964	1,533,960	4,252,876	3.53%	0.64%
1965	1,586,208	4,280,923	3.41%	0.66%
1966	1,638,116	4,310,701	3.27%	0.7%
1967	1,689,523	4,338,683	3.14%	0.65%
1968	1,739,731	4,365,628	2.97%	0.62%
1969	1,789,276	4,391,490	2.85%	0.59%
1970	1,838,949	4,412,252	2.78%	0.47%
1971	1,888,539	4,431,275	2.7%	0.43%
1972	1,938,248	4,450,564	2.63%	0.44%
1973	1,988,343	4,470,161	2.58%	0.44%
1974	2,039,643	4,490,660	2.58%	0.46%
1975	2,092,719	4,512,082	2.6%	0.48%
1976	2,147,774	4,535,934	2.63%	0.53%
1977	2,205,025	4,559,571	2.67%	0.52%
1978	2,264,510	4,581,085	2.7%	0.47%
1979	2,326,490	4,594,778	2.74%	0.3%
1980	2,390,633	4,599,782	2.76%	0.11%
1981	2,456,637	4,611,509	2.76%	0.25%
1982	2,524,806	4,634,234	2.77%	0.49%
1983	2,595,153	4,658,254	2.79%	0.52%
1984	2,667,595	4,680,285	2.79%	0.47%
1985	2,741,894	4,701,417	2.79%	0.45%
1986	2,817,216	4,721,446	2.75%	0.43%
1987	2,892,699	4,739,745	2.68%	0.39%
1988	2,968,103	4,755,207	2.61%	0.33%
1989	3,043,827	4,767,260	2.55%	0.25%
1990	3,121,706	4,777,368	2.56%	0.21%
1991	3,202,176	4,689,022	2.58%	-1.85%
1992	3,284,258	4,575,818	2.56%	-2.41%
1993	3,367,434	4,600,463	2.53%	0.54%
1994	3,451,122	4,652,024	2.49%	1.12%
1995	3,535,176	4,620,030	2.44%	-0.69%
1996	3,619,013	4,557,097	2.37%	-1.36%
1997	3,701,711	4,534,920	2.29%	-0.49%
1998	3,782,838	4,532,135	2.19%	-0.06%
1999	3,862,101	4,512,597	2.1%	-0.43%
2000	3,937,739	4,468,302	1.96%	-0.98%
2001	4,008,947	4,299,642	1.81%	-3.77%
2002	4,075,705	4,302,174	1.67%	0.06%
2003	4,138,784	4,303,399	1.55%	0.03%
2004	4,200,078	4,304,600	1.48%	0.03%
2005	4,261,240	4,310,145	1.46%	0.13%
2006	4,321,340	4,311,159	1.41%	0.02%
2007	4,380,248	4,310,217	1.36%	-0.02%
2008	4,440,056	4,309,705	1.37%	-0.01%
2009	4,499,791	4,305,181	1.35%	-0.1%
2010	4,555,962	4,295,427	1.25%	-0.23%
2011	4,609,833	4,280,622	1.18%	-0.34%
2012	4,663,934	4,260,368	1.17%	-0.47%
2013	4,716,147	4,233,922	1.12%	-0.62%
2014	4,767,119	4,201,598	1.08%	-0.76%
2015	4,818,038	4,151,725	1.07%	-1.19%
2016	4,866,998	4,106,867	1.02%	-1.08%
2017	4,913,177	4,041,407	0.95%	-1.59%
2018	4,957,818	3,988,775	0.91%	-1.3%
2019	4,999,553	3,949,390	0.84%	-0.99%
2020	5,034,320	3,914,206	0.7%	-0.89%
2021	5,059,988	3,878,981	0.51%	-0.9%
2022	5,081,765	3,855,641	0.43%	-0.6%
2023	5,105,525	3,859,686	0.47%	0.1%
2024	5,129,910	3,866,300	0.48%	0.17%
2025	5,152,946	3,839,202	0.45%	-0.7%
2026	5,174,780	3,813,444	0.42%	-0.67%
2027	5,195,555	3,788,509	0.4%	-0.65%
2028	5,215,247	3,764,509	0.38%	-0.63%
2029	5,233,877	3,740,864	0.36%	-0.63%
2030	5,251,495	3,717,091	0.34%	-0.64%
2031	5,268,137	3,693,060	0.32%	-0.65%
2032	5,283,807	3,668,891	0.3%	-0.65%
2033	5,298,514	3,645,252	0.28%	-0.64%
2034	5,312,162	3,621,822	0.26%	-0.64%
2035	5,324,698	3,598,817	0.24%	-0.64%
2036	5,336,133	3,576,022	0.21%	-0.63%
2037	5,346,408	3,552,470	0.19%	-0.66%
2038	5,355,519	3,528,382	0.17%	-0.68%
2039	5,363,363	3,504,319	0.15%	-0.68%
2040	5,369,806	3,480,182	0.12%	-0.69%
2041	5,374,934	3,455,709	0.1%	-0.7%
2042	5,378,670	3,430,926	0.07%	-0.72%
2043	5,380,915	3,406,019	0.04%	-0.73%
2044	5,381,720	3,380,680	0.01%	-0.74%
2045	5,381,014	3,355,131	-0.01%	-0.76%
2046	5,378,757	3,329,736	-0.04%	-0.76%
2047	5,374,945	3,304,173	-0.07%	-0.77%
2048	5,369,577	3,278,352	-0.1%	-0.78%
2049	5,362,651	3,252,533	-0.13%	-0.79%
2050	5,354,148	3,226,623	-0.16%	-0.8%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Croatia lost 158,420 people (a 3.68% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -312,523 (a 7.53% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Croatia was ranked 117th in 2005 and ranked 129th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Costa Rica's population will grow by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people with a rank change from 126th to 127th. The population of Croatia will decrease by 16% to 3,226,623 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.