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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Fiji	Costa Rica	Fiji
1960	1,327,496	404,887	-	-
1961	1,377,920	417,406	3.8%	3.09%
1962	1,429,445	430,536	3.74%	3.15%
1963	1,481,604	444,276	3.65%	3.19%
1964	1,533,960	458,324	3.53%	3.16%
1965	1,586,208	472,575	3.41%	3.11%
1966	1,638,116	486,487	3.27%	2.94%
1967	1,689,523	498,873	3.14%	2.55%
1968	1,739,731	510,002	2.97%	2.23%
1969	1,789,276	520,797	2.85%	2.12%
1970	1,838,949	531,188	2.78%	2%
1971	1,888,539	541,121	2.7%	1.87%
1972	1,938,248	550,499	2.63%	1.73%
1973	1,988,343	559,222	2.58%	1.58%
1974	2,039,643	567,489	2.58%	1.48%
1975	2,092,719	575,906	2.6%	1.48%
1976	2,147,774	585,534	2.63%	1.67%
1977	2,205,025	597,805	2.67%	2.1%
1978	2,264,510	612,091	2.7%	2.39%
1979	2,326,490	626,862	2.74%	2.41%
1980	2,390,633	641,975	2.76%	2.41%
1981	2,456,637	657,471	2.76%	2.41%
1982	2,524,806	673,414	2.77%	2.42%
1983	2,595,153	689,835	2.79%	2.44%
1984	2,667,595	706,716	2.79%	2.45%
1985	2,741,894	723,761	2.79%	2.41%
1986	2,817,216	739,306	2.75%	2.15%
1987	2,892,699	750,540	2.68%	1.52%
1988	2,968,103	758,697	2.61%	1.09%
1989	3,043,827	766,321	2.55%	1%
1990	3,121,706	773,316	2.56%	0.91%
1991	3,202,176	779,656	2.58%	0.82%
1992	3,284,258	785,346	2.56%	0.73%
1993	3,367,434	790,369	2.53%	0.64%
1994	3,451,122	794,771	2.49%	0.56%
1995	3,535,176	798,746	2.44%	0.5%
1996	3,619,013	803,789	2.37%	0.63%
1997	3,701,711	812,139	2.29%	1.04%
1998	3,782,838	822,258	2.19%	1.25%
1999	3,862,101	831,828	2.1%	1.16%
2000	3,937,739	840,909	1.96%	1.09%
2001	4,008,947	849,596	1.81%	1.03%
2002	4,075,705	858,049	1.67%	0.99%
2003	4,138,784	866,286	1.55%	0.96%
2004	4,200,078	874,366	1.48%	0.93%
2005	4,261,240	882,379	1.46%	0.92%
2006	4,321,340	890,365	1.41%	0.91%
2007	4,380,248	897,832	1.36%	0.84%
2008	4,440,056	903,399	1.37%	0.62%
2009	4,499,791	907,239	1.35%	0.43%
2010	4,555,962	910,419	1.25%	0.35%
2011	4,609,833	912,989	1.18%	0.28%
2012	4,663,934	914,918	1.17%	0.21%
2013	4,716,147	916,352	1.12%	0.16%
2014	4,767,119	917,585	1.08%	0.13%
2015	4,818,038	918,578	1.07%	0.11%
2016	4,866,998	919,166	1.02%	0.06%
2017	4,913,177	918,759	0.95%	-0.04%
2018	4,957,818	917,180	0.91%	-0.17%
2019	4,999,553	914,899	0.84%	-0.25%
2020	5,034,320	914,963	0.7%	0.007%
2021	5,059,988	916,711	0.51%	0.19%
2022	5,081,765	919,422	0.43%	0.3%
2023	5,105,525	924,145	0.47%	0.51%
2024	5,129,910	928,784	0.48%	0.5%
2025	5,152,946	933,141	0.45%	0.47%
2026	5,174,780	937,268	0.42%	0.44%
2027	5,195,555	941,304	0.4%	0.43%
2028	5,215,247	945,347	0.38%	0.43%
2029	5,233,877	949,269	0.36%	0.41%
2030	5,251,495	953,095	0.34%	0.4%
2031	5,268,137	956,685	0.32%	0.38%
2032	5,283,807	960,056	0.3%	0.35%
2033	5,298,514	963,339	0.28%	0.34%
2034	5,312,162	966,516	0.26%	0.33%
2035	5,324,698	969,613	0.24%	0.32%
2036	5,336,133	972,641	0.21%	0.31%
2037	5,346,408	975,643	0.19%	0.31%
2038	5,355,519	978,533	0.17%	0.3%
2039	5,363,363	981,270	0.15%	0.28%
2040	5,369,806	983,842	0.12%	0.26%
2041	5,374,934	986,409	0.1%	0.26%
2042	5,378,670	988,810	0.07%	0.24%
2043	5,380,915	990,851	0.04%	0.21%
2044	5,381,720	992,731	0.01%	0.19%
2045	5,381,014	994,437	-0.01%	0.17%
2046	5,378,757	995,957	-0.04%	0.15%
2047	5,374,945	997,319	-0.07%	0.14%
2048	5,369,577	998,544	-0.1%	0.12%
2049	5,362,651	999,530	-0.13%	0.1%
2050	5,354,148	1,000,244	-0.16%	0.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Fiji gained 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Fiji's population increased by 17,878 (a 1.95% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Fiji was ranked 157th in 2005 and ranked 159th 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 Fiji will increase by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people and rank change from 159th to 161st.