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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Egypt	Costa Rica	Egypt
1960	1,327,496	26,896,479	-	-
1961	1,377,920	27,600,898	3.8%	2.62%
1962	1,429,445	28,337,013	3.74%	2.67%
1963	1,481,604	29,091,869	3.65%	2.66%
1964	1,533,960	29,858,922	3.53%	2.64%
1965	1,586,208	30,629,174	3.41%	2.58%
1966	1,638,116	31,406,541	3.27%	2.54%
1967	1,689,523	32,196,360	3.14%	2.51%
1968	1,739,731	32,998,319	2.97%	2.49%
1969	1,789,276	33,811,615	2.85%	2.46%
1970	1,838,949	34,623,990	2.78%	2.4%
1971	1,888,539	35,433,368	2.7%	2.34%
1972	1,938,248	36,258,328	2.63%	2.33%
1973	1,988,343	37,102,043	2.58%	2.33%
1974	2,039,643	37,969,667	2.58%	2.34%
1975	2,092,719	38,875,327	2.6%	2.39%
1976	2,147,774	39,795,557	2.63%	2.37%
1977	2,205,025	40,748,870	2.67%	2.4%
1978	2,264,510	41,761,431	2.7%	2.48%
1979	2,326,490	42,818,628	2.74%	2.53%
1980	2,390,633	43,950,413	2.76%	2.64%
1981	2,456,637	45,147,224	2.76%	2.72%
1982	2,524,806	46,407,611	2.77%	2.79%
1983	2,595,153	47,786,402	2.79%	2.97%
1984	2,667,595	49,247,334	2.79%	3.06%
1985	2,741,894	50,734,968	2.79%	3.02%
1986	2,817,216	52,206,295	2.75%	2.9%
1987	2,892,699	53,674,435	2.68%	2.81%
1988	2,968,103	55,187,681	2.61%	2.82%
1989	3,043,827	56,710,642	2.55%	2.76%
1990	3,121,706	58,396,618	2.56%	2.97%
1991	3,202,176	60,028,997	2.58%	2.8%
1992	3,284,258	61,480,660	2.56%	2.42%
1993	3,367,434	62,915,681	2.53%	2.33%
1994	3,451,122	64,285,589	2.49%	2.18%
1995	3,535,176	65,652,622	2.44%	2.13%
1996	3,619,013	67,028,048	2.37%	2.1%
1997	3,701,711	68,431,740	2.29%	2.09%
1998	3,782,838	69,943,294	2.19%	2.21%
1999	3,862,101	71,520,954	2.1%	2.26%
2000	3,937,739	73,083,284	1.96%	2.18%
2001	4,008,947	74,652,029	1.81%	2.15%
2002	4,075,705	76,239,137	1.67%	2.13%
2003	4,138,784	77,853,548	1.55%	2.12%
2004	4,200,078	79,477,443	1.48%	2.09%
2005	4,261,240	81,101,004	1.46%	2.04%
2006	4,321,340	82,700,403	1.41%	1.97%
2007	4,380,248	84,276,225	1.36%	1.91%
2008	4,440,056	85,864,789	1.37%	1.88%
2009	4,499,791	87,501,636	1.35%	1.91%
2010	4,555,962	89,196,072	1.25%	1.94%
2011	4,609,833	91,093,059	1.18%	2.13%
2012	4,663,934	93,161,001	1.17%	2.27%
2013	4,716,147	95,333,553	1.12%	2.33%
2014	4,767,119	97,528,654	1.08%	2.3%
2015	4,818,038	99,597,342	1.07%	2.12%
2016	4,866,998	101,644,589	1.02%	2.06%
2017	4,913,177	103,696,057	0.95%	2.02%
2018	4,957,818	105,682,094	0.91%	1.92%
2019	4,999,553	107,553,158	0.84%	1.77%
2020	5,034,320	109,315,124	0.7%	1.64%
2021	5,059,988	110,957,008	0.51%	1.5%
2022	5,081,765	112,618,250	0.43%	1.5%
2023	5,105,525	114,535,772	0.47%	1.7%
2024	5,129,910	116,538,258	0.48%	1.75%
2025	5,152,946	118,365,997	0.45%	1.57%
2026	5,174,780	120,101,181	0.42%	1.47%
2027	5,195,555	121,847,622	0.4%	1.45%
2028	5,215,247	123,608,457	0.38%	1.45%
2029	5,233,877	125,373,058	0.36%	1.43%
2030	5,251,495	127,139,323	0.34%	1.41%
2031	5,268,137	128,912,256	0.32%	1.39%
2032	5,283,807	130,695,084	0.3%	1.38%
2033	5,298,514	132,485,612	0.28%	1.37%
2034	5,312,162	134,287,838	0.26%	1.36%
2035	5,324,698	136,097,214	0.24%	1.35%
2036	5,336,133	137,913,263	0.21%	1.33%
2037	5,346,408	139,738,699	0.19%	1.32%
2038	5,355,519	141,565,835	0.17%	1.31%
2039	5,363,363	143,393,267	0.15%	1.29%
2040	5,369,806	145,213,662	0.12%	1.27%
2041	5,374,934	147,018,554	0.1%	1.24%
2042	5,378,670	148,800,785	0.07%	1.21%
2043	5,380,915	150,547,655	0.04%	1.17%
2044	5,381,720	152,255,332	0.01%	1.13%
2045	5,381,014	153,919,190	-0.01%	1.09%
2046	5,378,757	155,535,951	-0.04%	1.05%
2047	5,374,945	157,114,404	-0.07%	1.01%
2048	5,369,577	158,657,392	-0.1%	0.98%
2049	5,362,651	160,161,615	-0.13%	0.95%
2050	5,354,148	161,630,197	-0.16%	0.92%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.