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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Estonia	Costa Rica	Estonia
1960	1,327,496	1,211,537	-	-
1961	1,377,920	1,225,077	3.8%	1.12%
1962	1,429,445	1,241,623	3.74%	1.35%
1963	1,481,604	1,258,857	3.65%	1.39%
1964	1,533,960	1,277,086	3.53%	1.45%
1965	1,586,208	1,294,566	3.41%	1.37%
1966	1,638,116	1,308,597	3.27%	1.08%
1967	1,689,523	1,318,946	3.14%	0.79%
1968	1,739,731	1,331,214	2.97%	0.93%
1969	1,789,276	1,345,249	2.85%	1.05%
1970	1,838,949	1,360,076	2.78%	1.1%
1971	1,888,539	1,376,955	2.7%	1.24%
1972	1,938,248	1,392,518	2.63%	1.13%
1973	1,988,343	1,405,951	2.58%	0.96%
1974	2,039,643	1,418,169	2.58%	0.87%
1975	2,092,719	1,429,352	2.6%	0.79%
1976	2,147,774	1,439,576	2.63%	0.72%
1977	2,205,025	1,450,211	2.67%	0.74%
1978	2,264,510	1,460,188	2.7%	0.69%
1979	2,326,490	1,468,333	2.74%	0.56%
1980	2,390,633	1,477,219	2.76%	0.61%
1981	2,456,637	1,487,666	2.76%	0.71%
1982	2,524,806	1,498,414	2.77%	0.72%
1983	2,595,153	1,508,745	2.79%	0.69%
1984	2,667,595	1,518,617	2.79%	0.65%
1985	2,741,894	1,528,781	2.79%	0.67%
1986	2,817,216	1,540,190	2.75%	0.75%
1987	2,892,699	1,552,221	2.68%	0.78%
1988	2,968,103	1,561,900	2.61%	0.62%
1989	3,043,827	1,568,131	2.55%	0.4%
1990	3,121,706	1,569,174	2.56%	0.07%
1991	3,202,176	1,561,314	2.58%	-0.5%
1992	3,284,258	1,533,091	2.56%	-1.81%
1993	3,367,434	1,494,128	2.53%	-2.54%
1994	3,451,122	1,462,514	2.49%	-2.12%
1995	3,535,176	1,436,634	2.44%	-1.77%
1996	3,619,013	1,415,594	2.37%	-1.46%
1997	3,701,711	1,399,535	2.29%	-1.13%
1998	3,782,838	1,386,156	2.19%	-0.96%
1999	3,862,101	1,390,244	2.1%	0.29%
2000	3,937,739	1,396,985	1.96%	0.48%
2001	4,008,947	1,388,115	1.81%	-0.63%
2002	4,075,705	1,379,350	1.67%	-0.63%
2003	4,138,784	1,370,720	1.55%	-0.63%
2004	4,200,078	1,362,550	1.48%	-0.6%
2005	4,261,240	1,354,775	1.46%	-0.57%
2006	4,321,340	1,346,810	1.41%	-0.59%
2007	4,380,248	1,340,680	1.36%	-0.46%
2008	4,440,056	1,337,090	1.37%	-0.27%
2009	4,499,791	1,334,515	1.35%	-0.19%
2010	4,555,962	1,331,475	1.25%	-0.23%
2011	4,609,833	1,327,439	1.18%	-0.3%
2012	4,663,934	1,322,696	1.17%	-0.36%
2013	4,716,147	1,317,997	1.12%	-0.36%
2014	4,767,119	1,314,545	1.08%	-0.26%
2015	4,818,038	1,315,407	1.07%	0.07%
2016	4,866,998	1,315,790	1.02%	0.03%
2017	4,913,177	1,317,384	0.95%	0.12%
2018	4,957,818	1,321,977	0.91%	0.35%
2019	4,999,553	1,326,898	0.84%	0.37%
2020	5,034,320	1,329,522	0.7%	0.2%
2021	5,059,988	1,330,932	0.51%	0.11%
2022	5,081,765	1,348,840	0.43%	1.35%
2023	5,105,525	1,370,286	0.47%	1.59%
2024	5,129,910	1,371,986	0.48%	0.12%
2025	5,152,946	1,355,535	0.45%	-1.2%
2026	5,174,780	1,342,253	0.42%	-0.98%
2027	5,195,555	1,335,097	0.4%	-0.53%
2028	5,215,247	1,327,942	0.38%	-0.54%
2029	5,233,877	1,320,819	0.36%	-0.54%
2030	5,251,495	1,313,729	0.34%	-0.54%
2031	5,268,137	1,306,620	0.32%	-0.54%
2032	5,283,807	1,299,552	0.3%	-0.54%
2033	5,298,514	1,292,576	0.28%	-0.54%
2034	5,312,162	1,285,689	0.26%	-0.53%
2035	5,324,698	1,278,930	0.24%	-0.53%
2036	5,336,133	1,272,310	0.21%	-0.52%
2037	5,346,408	1,265,820	0.19%	-0.51%
2038	5,355,519	1,259,511	0.17%	-0.5%
2039	5,363,363	1,253,315	0.15%	-0.49%
2040	5,369,806	1,247,191	0.12%	-0.49%
2041	5,374,934	1,241,077	0.1%	-0.49%
2042	5,378,670	1,234,931	0.07%	-0.5%
2043	5,380,915	1,228,790	0.04%	-0.5%
2044	5,381,720	1,222,587	0.01%	-0.5%
2045	5,381,014	1,216,327	-0.01%	-0.51%
2046	5,378,757	1,210,041	-0.04%	-0.52%
2047	5,374,945	1,203,693	-0.07%	-0.52%
2048	5,369,577	1,197,336	-0.1%	-0.53%
2049	5,362,651	1,190,841	-0.13%	-0.54%
2050	5,354,148	1,184,135	-0.16%	-0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Estonia lost 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Estonia's population increased by 40,128 (a 3.05% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Estonia was ranked 149th in 2005 and ranked 155th 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 Estonia will decrease by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people and rank change from 155th to 159th.