Population in Costa Rica compared to the Dominican Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic	Costa Rica	Dominican Republic
1960	1,327,496	3,268,336	-	-
1961	1,377,920	3,373,233	3.8%	3.21%
1962	1,429,445	3,479,936	3.74%	3.16%
1963	1,481,604	3,588,287	3.65%	3.11%
1964	1,533,960	3,698,559	3.53%	3.07%
1965	1,586,208	3,808,963	3.41%	2.99%
1966	1,638,116	3,921,847	3.27%	2.96%
1967	1,689,523	4,038,928	3.14%	2.99%
1968	1,739,731	4,157,189	2.97%	2.93%
1969	1,789,276	4,277,035	2.85%	2.88%
1970	1,838,949	4,399,290	2.78%	2.86%
1971	1,888,539	4,524,234	2.7%	2.84%
1972	1,938,248	4,651,883	2.63%	2.82%
1973	1,988,343	4,782,227	2.58%	2.8%
1974	2,039,643	4,914,197	2.58%	2.76%
1975	2,092,719	5,046,776	2.6%	2.7%
1976	2,147,774	5,180,404	2.63%	2.65%
1977	2,205,025	5,315,443	2.67%	2.61%
1978	2,264,510	5,451,882	2.7%	2.57%
1979	2,326,490	5,589,690	2.74%	2.53%
1980	2,390,633	5,729,037	2.76%	2.49%
1981	2,456,637	5,868,453	2.76%	2.43%
1982	2,524,806	6,007,114	2.77%	2.36%
1983	2,595,153	6,147,248	2.79%	2.33%
1984	2,667,595	6,289,040	2.79%	2.31%
1985	2,741,894	6,430,404	2.79%	2.25%
1986	2,817,216	6,571,208	2.75%	2.19%
1987	2,892,699	6,712,515	2.68%	2.15%
1988	2,968,103	6,855,734	2.61%	2.13%
1989	3,043,827	7,002,295	2.55%	2.14%
1990	3,121,706	7,151,166	2.56%	2.13%
1991	3,202,176	7,299,853	2.58%	2.08%
1992	3,284,258	7,447,474	2.56%	2.02%
1993	3,367,434	7,594,572	2.53%	1.98%
1994	3,451,122	7,741,694	2.49%	1.94%
1995	3,535,176	7,888,115	2.44%	1.89%
1996	3,619,013	8,032,894	2.37%	1.84%
1997	3,701,711	8,174,078	2.29%	1.76%
1998	3,782,838	8,310,362	2.19%	1.67%
1999	3,862,101	8,446,208	2.1%	1.63%
2000	3,937,739	8,584,190	1.96%	1.63%
2001	4,008,947	8,720,283	1.81%	1.59%
2002	4,075,705	8,852,235	1.67%	1.51%
2003	4,138,784	8,980,620	1.55%	1.45%
2004	4,200,078	9,104,892	1.48%	1.38%
2005	4,261,240	9,225,034	1.46%	1.32%
2006	4,321,340	9,341,183	1.41%	1.26%
2007	4,380,248	9,455,658	1.36%	1.23%
2008	4,440,056	9,573,130	1.37%	1.24%
2009	4,499,791	9,695,265	1.35%	1.28%
2010	4,555,962	9,820,175	1.25%	1.29%
2011	4,609,833	9,945,621	1.18%	1.28%
2012	4,663,934	10,070,411	1.17%	1.25%
2013	4,716,147	10,193,833	1.12%	1.23%
2014	4,767,119	10,315,528	1.08%	1.19%
2015	4,818,038	10,434,829	1.07%	1.16%
2016	4,866,998	10,551,430	1.02%	1.12%
2017	4,913,177	10,666,843	0.95%	1.09%
2018	4,957,818	10,782,053	0.91%	1.08%
2019	4,999,553	10,894,043	0.84%	1.04%
2020	5,034,320	11,008,300	0.7%	1.05%
2021	5,059,988	11,123,476	0.51%	1.05%
2022	5,081,765	11,230,734	0.43%	0.96%
2023	5,105,525	11,331,265	0.47%	0.9%
2024	5,129,910	11,427,557	0.48%	0.85%
2025	5,152,946	11,520,480	0.45%	0.81%
2026	5,174,780	11,609,496	0.42%	0.77%
2027	5,195,555	11,695,935	0.4%	0.74%
2028	5,215,247	11,779,929	0.38%	0.72%
2029	5,233,877	11,860,814	0.36%	0.69%
2030	5,251,495	11,938,853	0.34%	0.66%
2031	5,268,137	12,014,148	0.32%	0.63%
2032	5,283,807	12,086,669	0.3%	0.6%
2033	5,298,514	12,156,523	0.28%	0.58%
2034	5,312,162	12,224,121	0.26%	0.56%
2035	5,324,698	12,289,431	0.24%	0.53%
2036	5,336,133	12,352,228	0.21%	0.51%
2037	5,346,408	12,412,542	0.19%	0.49%
2038	5,355,519	12,470,656	0.17%	0.47%
2039	5,363,363	12,526,156	0.15%	0.45%
2040	5,369,806	12,579,320	0.12%	0.42%
2041	5,374,934	12,630,679	0.1%	0.41%
2042	5,378,670	12,680,019	0.07%	0.39%
2043	5,380,915	12,727,289	0.04%	0.37%
2044	5,381,720	12,772,651	0.01%	0.36%
2045	5,381,014	12,816,003	-0.01%	0.34%
2046	5,378,757	12,856,883	-0.04%	0.32%
2047	5,374,945	12,895,158	-0.07%	0.3%
2048	5,369,577	12,931,165	-0.1%	0.28%
2049	5,362,651	12,964,841	-0.13%	0.26%
2050	5,354,148	12,996,290	-0.16%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th 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 the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.