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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Ecuador	Costa Rica	Ecuador
1960	1,327,496	4,590,891	-	-
1961	1,377,920	4,722,331	3.8%	2.86%
1962	1,429,445	4,859,269	3.74%	2.9%
1963	1,481,604	5,001,716	3.65%	2.93%
1964	1,533,960	5,149,918	3.53%	2.96%
1965	1,586,208	5,303,963	3.41%	2.99%
1966	1,638,116	5,463,748	3.27%	3.01%
1967	1,689,523	5,629,057	3.14%	3.03%
1968	1,739,731	5,799,680	2.97%	3.03%
1969	1,789,276	5,975,236	2.85%	3.03%
1970	1,838,949	6,155,387	2.78%	3.01%
1971	1,888,539	6,340,052	2.7%	3%
1972	1,938,248	6,529,034	2.63%	2.98%
1973	1,988,343	6,722,033	2.58%	2.96%
1974	2,039,643	6,918,573	2.58%	2.92%
1975	2,092,719	7,118,251	2.6%	2.89%
1976	2,147,774	7,320,912	2.63%	2.85%
1977	2,205,025	7,526,819	2.67%	2.81%
1978	2,264,510	7,736,167	2.7%	2.78%
1979	2,326,490	7,948,869	2.74%	2.75%
1980	2,390,633	8,165,877	2.76%	2.73%
1981	2,456,637	8,386,910	2.76%	2.71%
1982	2,524,806	8,611,298	2.77%	2.68%
1983	2,595,153	8,840,417	2.79%	2.66%
1984	2,667,595	9,074,782	2.79%	2.65%
1985	2,741,894	9,311,154	2.79%	2.6%
1986	2,817,216	9,545,998	2.75%	2.52%
1987	2,892,699	9,779,290	2.68%	2.44%
1988	2,968,103	10,010,808	2.61%	2.37%
1989	3,043,827	10,241,852	2.55%	2.31%
1990	3,121,706	10,473,673	2.56%	2.26%
1991	3,202,176	10,702,380	2.58%	2.18%
1992	3,284,258	10,930,128	2.56%	2.13%
1993	3,367,434	11,154,274	2.53%	2.05%
1994	3,451,122	11,372,197	2.49%	1.95%
1995	3,535,176	11,590,514	2.44%	1.92%
1996	3,619,013	11,810,950	2.37%	1.9%
1997	3,701,711	12,031,127	2.29%	1.86%
1998	3,782,838	12,251,184	2.19%	1.83%
1999	3,862,101	12,470,795	2.1%	1.79%
2000	3,937,739	12,689,206	1.96%	1.75%
2001	4,008,947	12,910,740	1.81%	1.75%
2002	4,075,705	13,138,472	1.67%	1.76%
2003	4,138,784	13,372,306	1.55%	1.78%
2004	4,200,078	13,608,701	1.48%	1.77%
2005	4,261,240	13,846,163	1.46%	1.74%
2006	4,321,340	14,086,131	1.41%	1.73%
2007	4,380,248	14,328,773	1.36%	1.72%
2008	4,440,056	14,575,202	1.37%	1.72%
2009	4,499,791	14,825,954	1.35%	1.72%
2010	4,555,962	15,076,695	1.25%	1.69%
2011	4,609,833	15,326,227	1.18%	1.66%
2012	4,663,934	15,572,194	1.17%	1.6%
2013	4,716,147	15,807,128	1.12%	1.51%
2014	4,767,119	16,035,124	1.08%	1.44%
2015	4,818,038	16,266,225	1.07%	1.44%
2016	4,866,998	16,505,139	1.02%	1.47%
2017	4,913,177	16,759,519	0.95%	1.54%
2018	4,957,818	17,049,547	0.91%	1.73%
2019	4,999,553	17,340,021	0.84%	1.7%
2020	5,034,320	17,546,065	0.7%	1.19%
2021	5,059,988	17,682,454	0.51%	0.78%
2022	5,081,765	17,823,897	0.43%	0.8%
2023	5,105,525	17,980,083	0.47%	0.88%
2024	5,129,910	18,135,478	0.48%	0.86%
2025	5,152,946	18,289,898	0.45%	0.85%
2026	5,174,780	18,444,505	0.42%	0.85%
2027	5,195,555	18,600,319	0.4%	0.84%
2028	5,215,247	18,757,228	0.38%	0.84%
2029	5,233,877	18,914,103	0.36%	0.84%
2030	5,251,495	19,069,715	0.34%	0.82%
2031	5,268,137	19,222,817	0.32%	0.8%
2032	5,283,807	19,372,495	0.3%	0.78%
2033	5,298,514	19,518,750	0.28%	0.75%
2034	5,312,162	19,661,347	0.26%	0.73%
2035	5,324,698	19,800,128	0.24%	0.71%
2036	5,336,133	19,935,162	0.21%	0.68%
2037	5,346,408	20,066,382	0.19%	0.66%
2038	5,355,519	20,193,573	0.17%	0.63%
2039	5,363,363	20,316,268	0.15%	0.61%
2040	5,369,806	20,434,223	0.12%	0.58%
2041	5,374,934	20,547,455	0.1%	0.55%
2042	5,378,670	20,655,763	0.07%	0.53%
2043	5,380,915	20,759,127	0.04%	0.5%
2044	5,381,720	20,857,468	0.01%	0.47%
2045	5,381,014	20,950,629	-0.01%	0.45%
2046	5,378,757	21,038,532	-0.04%	0.42%
2047	5,374,945	21,121,169	-0.07%	0.39%
2048	5,369,577	21,198,613	-0.1%	0.37%
2049	5,362,651	21,270,658	-0.13%	0.34%
2050	5,354,148	21,337,231	-0.16%	0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Ecuador gained 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Ecuador's population increased by 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Ecuador was ranked 64th in 2005 and ranked 71st 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 Ecuador will increase by 15.9% to 21,337,231 people and rank change from 71st to 74th.