Population in Costa Rica compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	DR Congo	Costa Rica	DR Congo
1960	1,327,496	15,264,846	-	-
1961	1,377,920	15,662,374	3.8%	2.6%
1962	1,429,445	16,075,724	3.74%	2.64%
1963	1,481,604	16,507,599	3.65%	2.69%
1964	1,533,960	16,955,327	3.53%	2.71%
1965	1,586,208	17,427,802	3.41%	2.79%
1966	1,638,116	17,931,929	3.27%	2.89%
1967	1,689,523	18,462,782	3.14%	2.96%
1968	1,739,731	19,012,189	2.97%	2.98%
1969	1,789,276	19,570,445	2.85%	2.94%
1970	1,838,949	20,137,436	2.78%	2.9%
1971	1,888,539	20,695,569	2.7%	2.77%
1972	1,938,248	21,251,160	2.63%	2.68%
1973	1,988,343	21,827,665	2.58%	2.71%
1974	2,039,643	22,418,878	2.58%	2.71%
1975	2,092,719	23,021,101	2.6%	2.69%
1976	2,147,774	23,624,031	2.63%	2.62%
1977	2,205,025	24,229,061	2.67%	2.56%
1978	2,264,510	24,992,689	2.7%	3.15%
1979	2,326,490	25,886,782	2.74%	3.58%
1980	2,390,633	26,711,099	2.76%	3.18%
1981	2,456,637	27,500,515	2.76%	2.96%
1982	2,524,806	28,338,190	2.77%	3.05%
1983	2,595,153	29,250,963	2.79%	3.22%
1984	2,667,595	30,245,081	2.79%	3.4%
1985	2,741,894	31,264,816	2.79%	3.37%
1986	2,817,216	32,265,196	2.75%	3.2%
1987	2,892,699	33,298,904	2.68%	3.2%
1988	2,968,103	34,382,752	2.61%	3.25%
1989	3,043,827	35,486,866	2.55%	3.21%
1990	3,121,706	36,684,063	2.56%	3.37%
1991	3,202,176	37,925,817	2.58%	3.38%
1992	3,284,258	39,228,910	2.56%	3.44%
1993	3,367,434	40,656,336	2.53%	3.64%
1994	3,451,122	42,626,876	2.49%	4.85%
1995	3,535,176	44,433,704	2.44%	4.24%
1996	3,619,013	45,296,124	2.37%	1.94%
1997	3,701,711	46,029,902	2.29%	1.62%
1998	3,782,838	47,297,600	2.19%	2.75%
1999	3,862,101	48,912,971	2.1%	3.42%
2000	3,937,739	50,507,442	1.96%	3.26%
2001	4,008,947	52,132,646	1.81%	3.22%
2002	4,075,705	53,750,524	1.67%	3.1%
2003	4,138,784	55,343,867	1.55%	2.96%
2004	4,200,078	56,997,741	1.48%	2.99%
2005	4,261,240	58,775,724	1.46%	3.12%
2006	4,321,340	60,615,908	1.41%	3.13%
2007	4,380,248	62,477,752	1.36%	3.07%
2008	4,440,056	64,390,664	1.37%	3.06%
2009	4,499,791	66,412,044	1.35%	3.14%
2010	4,555,962	68,563,038	1.25%	3.24%
2011	4,609,833	70,849,311	1.18%	3.33%
2012	4,663,934	73,254,618	1.17%	3.39%
2013	4,716,147	75,789,395	1.12%	3.46%
2014	4,767,119	78,403,242	1.08%	3.45%
2015	4,818,038	81,035,531	1.07%	3.36%
2016	4,866,998	83,956,415	1.02%	3.6%
2017	4,913,177	87,083,398	0.95%	3.72%
2018	4,957,818	90,047,644	0.91%	3.4%
2019	4,999,553	92,947,442	0.84%	3.22%
2020	5,034,320	95,989,998	0.7%	3.27%
2021	5,059,988	99,148,932	0.51%	3.29%
2022	5,081,765	102,396,968	0.43%	3.28%
2023	5,105,525	105,789,731	0.47%	3.31%
2024	5,129,910	109,276,265	0.48%	3.3%
2025	5,152,946	112,832,475	0.45%	3.25%
2026	5,174,780	116,452,162	0.42%	3.21%
2027	5,195,555	120,129,744	0.4%	3.16%
2028	5,215,247	123,871,555	0.38%	3.11%
2029	5,233,877	127,674,141	0.36%	3.07%
2030	5,251,495	131,532,201	0.34%	3.02%
2031	5,268,137	135,447,495	0.32%	2.98%
2032	5,283,807	139,408,613	0.3%	2.92%
2033	5,298,514	143,414,031	0.28%	2.87%
2034	5,312,162	147,468,142	0.26%	2.83%
2035	5,324,698	151,560,102	0.24%	2.77%
2036	5,336,133	155,689,453	0.21%	2.72%
2037	5,346,408	159,848,574	0.19%	2.67%
2038	5,355,519	164,045,610	0.17%	2.63%
2039	5,363,363	168,296,695	0.15%	2.59%
2040	5,369,806	172,595,578	0.12%	2.55%
2041	5,374,934	176,946,261	0.1%	2.52%
2042	5,378,670	181,350,407	0.07%	2.49%
2043	5,380,915	185,805,168	0.04%	2.46%
2044	5,381,720	190,312,004	0.01%	2.43%
2045	5,381,014	194,865,386	-0.01%	2.39%
2046	5,378,757	199,464,487	-0.04%	2.36%
2047	5,374,945	204,105,925	-0.07%	2.33%
2048	5,369,577	208,783,692	-0.1%	2.29%
2049	5,362,651	213,497,692	-0.13%	2.26%
2050	5,354,148	218,246,073	-0.16%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.