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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Ethiopia	Costa Rica	Ethiopia
1960	1,327,496	21,376,693	-	-
1961	1,377,920	21,906,102	3.8%	2.48%
1962	1,429,445	22,465,126	3.74%	2.55%
1963	1,481,604	23,051,637	3.65%	2.61%
1964	1,533,960	23,666,548	3.53%	2.67%
1965	1,586,208	24,310,612	3.41%	2.72%
1966	1,638,116	24,952,689	3.27%	2.64%
1967	1,689,523	25,620,276	3.14%	2.68%
1968	1,739,731	26,337,930	2.97%	2.8%
1969	1,789,276	27,072,571	2.85%	2.79%
1970	1,838,949	27,829,128	2.78%	2.79%
1971	1,888,539	28,600,106	2.7%	2.77%
1972	1,938,248	29,374,608	2.63%	2.71%
1973	1,988,343	30,166,785	2.58%	2.7%
1974	2,039,643	30,957,273	2.58%	2.62%
1975	2,092,719	31,723,252	2.6%	2.47%
1976	2,147,774	32,534,418	2.63%	2.56%
1977	2,205,025	33,167,272	2.67%	1.95%
1978	2,264,510	33,734,592	2.7%	1.71%
1979	2,326,490	34,238,652	2.74%	1.49%
1980	2,390,633	34,428,514	2.76%	0.55%
1981	2,456,637	35,304,012	2.76%	2.54%
1982	2,524,806	36,701,290	2.77%	3.96%
1983	2,595,153	37,740,817	2.79%	2.83%
1984	2,667,595	38,735,722	2.79%	2.64%
1985	2,741,894	39,842,136	2.79%	2.86%
1986	2,817,216	41,037,656	2.75%	3%
1987	2,892,699	42,460,039	2.68%	3.47%
1988	2,968,103	44,150,825	2.61%	3.98%
1989	3,043,827	45,879,690	2.55%	3.92%
1990	3,121,706	47,609,755	2.56%	3.77%
1991	3,202,176	49,717,198	2.58%	4.43%
1992	3,284,258	51,853,747	2.56%	4.3%
1993	3,367,434	53,708,891	2.53%	3.58%
1994	3,451,122	55,611,508	2.49%	3.54%
1995	3,535,176	57,537,335	2.44%	3.46%
1996	3,619,013	59,467,635	2.37%	3.35%
1997	3,701,711	61,404,539	2.29%	3.26%
1998	3,782,838	63,363,524	2.19%	3.19%
1999	3,862,101	65,374,561	2.1%	3.17%
2000	3,937,739	67,411,494	1.96%	3.12%
2001	4,008,947	69,487,762	1.81%	3.08%
2002	4,075,705	71,635,517	1.67%	3.09%
2003	4,138,784	73,832,663	1.55%	3.07%
2004	4,200,078	76,077,206	1.48%	3.04%
2005	4,261,240	78,367,470	1.46%	3.01%
2006	4,321,340	80,703,490	1.41%	2.98%
2007	4,380,248	83,103,217	1.36%	2.97%
2008	4,440,056	85,543,668	1.37%	2.94%
2009	4,499,791	88,007,636	1.35%	2.88%
2010	4,555,962	90,538,514	1.25%	2.88%
2011	4,609,833	93,149,970	1.18%	2.88%
2012	4,663,934	95,798,767	1.17%	2.84%
2013	4,716,147	98,438,751	1.12%	2.76%
2014	4,767,119	101,115,610	1.08%	2.72%
2015	4,818,038	103,867,135	1.07%	2.72%
2016	4,866,998	106,718,162	1.02%	2.74%
2017	4,913,177	109,666,481	0.95%	2.76%
2018	4,957,818	112,664,152	0.91%	2.73%
2019	4,999,553	115,737,383	0.84%	2.73%
2020	5,034,320	118,917,671	0.7%	2.75%
2021	5,059,988	122,138,588	0.51%	2.71%
2022	5,081,765	125,384,287	0.43%	2.66%
2023	5,105,525	128,691,692	0.47%	2.64%
2024	5,129,910	132,059,767	0.48%	2.62%
2025	5,152,946	135,472,043	0.45%	2.58%
2026	5,174,780	138,902,180	0.42%	2.53%
2027	5,195,555	142,364,798	0.4%	2.49%
2028	5,215,247	145,841,255	0.38%	2.44%
2029	5,233,877	149,336,056	0.36%	2.4%
2030	5,251,495	152,855,352	0.34%	2.36%
2031	5,268,137	156,382,425	0.32%	2.31%
2032	5,283,807	159,923,895	0.3%	2.26%
2033	5,298,514	163,453,311	0.28%	2.21%
2034	5,312,162	166,978,790	0.26%	2.16%
2035	5,324,698	170,532,952	0.24%	2.13%
2036	5,336,133	174,097,772	0.21%	2.09%
2037	5,346,408	177,661,132	0.19%	2.05%
2038	5,355,519	181,235,892	0.17%	2.01%
2039	5,363,363	184,835,102	0.15%	1.99%
2040	5,369,806	188,450,900	0.12%	1.96%
2041	5,374,934	192,068,629	0.1%	1.92%
2042	5,378,670	195,695,295	0.07%	1.89%
2043	5,380,915	199,347,978	0.04%	1.87%
2044	5,381,720	203,014,368	0.01%	1.84%
2045	5,381,014	206,673,625	-0.01%	1.8%
2046	5,378,757	210,337,847	-0.04%	1.77%
2047	5,374,945	214,023,504	-0.07%	1.75%
2048	5,369,577	217,710,204	-0.1%	1.72%
2049	5,362,651	221,377,329	-0.13%	1.68%
2050	5,354,148	225,021,865	-0.16%	1.65%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Ethiopia gained 25,499,665 people (a 32.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Ethiopia's population increased by 34,360,263 (a 33.1% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2005 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62.8% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.