Population in Costa Rica compared to Equatorial Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea
1960	1,327,496	269,807	-	-
1961	1,377,920	274,896	3.8%	1.89%
1962	1,429,445	280,286	3.74%	1.96%
1963	1,481,604	285,965	3.65%	2.03%
1964	1,533,960	291,942	3.53%	2.09%
1965	1,586,208	298,238	3.41%	2.16%
1966	1,638,116	304,859	3.27%	2.22%
1967	1,689,523	311,805	3.14%	2.28%
1968	1,739,731	318,849	2.97%	2.26%
1969	1,789,276	322,517	2.85%	1.15%
1970	1,838,949	320,803	2.78%	-0.53%
1971	1,888,539	315,940	2.7%	-1.52%
1972	1,938,248	309,468	2.63%	-2.05%
1973	1,988,343	302,281	2.58%	-2.32%
1974	2,039,643	294,953	2.58%	-2.42%
1975	2,092,719	287,901	2.6%	-2.39%
1976	2,147,774	281,031	2.63%	-2.39%
1977	2,205,025	276,779	2.67%	-1.51%
1978	2,264,510	276,531	2.7%	-0.09%
1979	2,326,490	279,846	2.74%	1.2%
1980	2,390,633	288,644	2.76%	3.14%
1981	2,456,637	303,252	2.76%	5.06%
1982	2,524,806	322,216	2.77%	6.25%
1983	2,595,153	343,421	2.79%	6.58%
1984	2,667,595	364,899	2.79%	6.25%
1985	2,741,894	385,547	2.79%	5.66%
1986	2,817,216	404,728	2.75%	4.98%
1987	2,892,699	422,522	2.68%	4.4%
1988	2,968,103	439,651	2.61%	4.05%
1989	3,043,827	456,808	2.55%	3.9%
1990	3,121,706	474,274	2.56%	3.82%
1991	3,202,176	492,217	2.58%	3.78%
1992	3,284,258	510,770	2.56%	3.77%
1993	3,367,434	530,023	2.53%	3.77%
1994	3,451,122	550,138	2.49%	3.8%
1995	3,535,176	571,264	2.44%	3.84%
1996	3,619,013	593,492	2.37%	3.89%
1997	3,701,711	616,893	2.29%	3.94%
1998	3,782,838	641,474	2.19%	3.98%
1999	3,862,101	667,214	2.1%	4.01%
2000	3,937,739	703,279	1.96%	5.41%
2001	4,008,947	749,836	1.81%	6.62%
2002	4,075,705	797,957	1.67%	6.42%
2003	4,138,784	847,862	1.55%	6.25%
2004	4,200,078	899,917	1.48%	6.14%
2005	4,261,240	947,367	1.46%	5.27%
2006	4,321,340	990,343	1.41%	4.54%
2007	4,380,248	1,036,044	1.36%	4.61%
2008	4,440,056	1,084,530	1.37%	4.68%
2009	4,499,791	1,135,673	1.35%	4.72%
2010	4,555,962	1,189,085	1.25%	4.7%
2011	4,609,833	1,241,835	1.18%	4.44%
2012	4,663,934	1,293,483	1.17%	4.16%
2013	4,716,147	1,346,218	1.12%	4.08%
2014	4,767,119	1,399,828	1.08%	3.98%
2015	4,818,038	1,453,923	1.07%	3.86%
2016	4,866,998	1,508,186	1.02%	3.73%
2017	4,913,177	1,562,396	0.95%	3.59%
2018	4,957,818	1,616,422	0.91%	3.46%
2019	4,999,553	1,670,177	0.84%	3.33%
2020	5,034,320	1,716,468	0.7%	2.77%
2021	5,059,988	1,758,786	0.51%	2.47%
2022	5,081,765	1,803,545	0.43%	2.54%
2023	5,105,525	1,847,549	0.47%	2.44%
2024	5,129,910	1,892,516	0.48%	2.43%
2025	5,152,946	1,938,427	0.45%	2.43%
2026	5,174,780	1,984,463	0.42%	2.37%
2027	5,195,555	2,030,749	0.4%	2.33%
2028	5,215,247	2,077,253	0.38%	2.29%
2029	5,233,877	2,123,699	0.36%	2.24%
2030	5,251,495	2,170,434	0.34%	2.2%
2031	5,268,137	2,218,077	0.32%	2.2%
2032	5,283,807	2,267,025	0.3%	2.21%
2033	5,298,514	2,315,991	0.28%	2.16%
2034	5,312,162	2,364,847	0.26%	2.11%
2035	5,324,698	2,414,263	0.24%	2.09%
2036	5,336,133	2,463,880	0.21%	2.06%
2037	5,346,408	2,513,955	0.19%	2.03%
2038	5,355,519	2,564,843	0.17%	2.02%
2039	5,363,363	2,615,417	0.15%	1.97%
2040	5,369,806	2,665,575	0.12%	1.92%
2041	5,374,934	2,715,477	0.1%	1.87%
2042	5,378,670	2,764,764	0.07%	1.82%
2043	5,380,915	2,813,769	0.04%	1.77%
2044	5,381,720	2,862,511	0.01%	1.73%
2045	5,381,014	2,911,227	-0.01%	1.7%
2046	5,378,757	2,959,088	-0.04%	1.64%
2047	5,374,945	3,005,551	-0.07%	1.57%
2048	5,369,577	3,051,480	-0.1%	1.53%
2049	5,362,651	3,097,625	-0.13%	1.51%
2050	5,354,148	3,143,719	-0.16%	1.49%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Equatorial Guinea gained 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Equatorial Guinea's population increased by 476,782 (a 31.6% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th in 2006 and ranked 148th 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 Equatorial Guinea will increase by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people and rank change from 148th to 140th.