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	3,866,200	0.48%	0.17%
2025	5,152,946	3,839,102	0.45%	-0.7%
2026	5,174,780	3,813,345	0.42%	-0.67%
2027	5,195,555	3,788,411	0.4%	-0.65%
2028	5,215,247	3,764,412	0.38%	-0.63%
2029	5,233,877	3,740,768	0.36%	-0.63%
2030	5,251,495	3,716,995	0.34%	-0.64%
2031	5,268,137	3,692,964	0.32%	-0.65%
2032	5,283,807	3,668,796	0.3%	-0.65%
2033	5,298,514	3,645,158	0.28%	-0.64%
2034	5,312,162	3,621,729	0.26%	-0.64%
2035	5,324,698	3,598,724	0.24%	-0.64%
2036	5,336,133	3,575,930	0.21%	-0.63%
2037	5,346,408	3,552,378	0.19%	-0.66%
2038	5,355,519	3,528,291	0.17%	-0.68%
2039	5,363,363	3,504,229	0.15%	-0.68%
2040	5,369,806	3,480,092	0.12%	-0.69%
2041	5,374,934	3,455,620	0.1%	-0.7%
2042	5,378,670	3,430,837	0.07%	-0.72%
2043	5,380,915	3,405,931	0.04%	-0.73%
2044	5,381,720	3,380,593	0.01%	-0.74%
2045	5,381,014	3,355,044	-0.01%	-0.76%
2046	5,378,757	3,329,650	-0.04%	-0.76%
2047	5,374,945	3,304,087	-0.07%	-0.77%
2048	5,369,577	3,278,267	-0.1%	-0.78%
2049	5,362,651	3,252,449	-0.13%	-0.79%
2050	5,354,148	3,226,539	-0.16%	-0.8%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Croatia lost 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Croatia's population decreased by -293,522 (a 7.15% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Croatia was ranked 120th in 2006 and ranked 129th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Costa Rica's population will grow by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th. The population of Croatia will decrease by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people and rank change from 129th to 139th.