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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Germany	Costa Rica	Germany
1960	1,327,496	72,814,900	-	-
1961	1,377,920	73,377,632	3.8%	0.77%
1962	1,429,445	74,025,784	3.74%	0.88%
1963	1,481,604	74,714,353	3.65%	0.93%
1964	1,533,960	75,318,337	3.53%	0.81%
1965	1,586,208	75,963,695	3.41%	0.86%
1966	1,638,116	76,600,311	3.27%	0.84%
1967	1,689,523	76,951,336	3.14%	0.46%
1968	1,739,731	77,294,314	2.97%	0.45%
1969	1,789,276	77,909,682	2.85%	0.8%
1970	1,838,949	78,169,289	2.78%	0.33%
1971	1,888,539	78,312,842	2.7%	0.18%
1972	1,938,248	78,688,452	2.63%	0.48%
1973	1,988,343	78,936,666	2.58%	0.32%
1974	2,039,643	78,967,433	2.58%	0.04%
1975	2,092,719	78,673,554	2.6%	-0.37%
1976	2,147,774	78,336,950	2.63%	-0.43%
1977	2,205,025	78,159,814	2.67%	-0.23%
1978	2,264,510	78,091,820	2.7%	-0.09%
1979	2,326,490	78,126,350	2.74%	0.04%
1980	2,390,633	78,288,576	2.76%	0.21%
1981	2,456,637	78,407,907	2.76%	0.15%
1982	2,524,806	78,333,366	2.77%	-0.1%
1983	2,595,153	78,128,282	2.79%	-0.26%
1984	2,667,595	77,858,685	2.79%	-0.35%
1985	2,741,894	77,684,873	2.79%	-0.22%
1986	2,817,216	77,720,436	2.75%	0.05%
1987	2,892,699	77,839,920	2.68%	0.15%
1988	2,968,103	78,144,619	2.61%	0.39%
1989	3,043,827	78,751,283	2.55%	0.78%
1990	3,121,706	79,433,029	2.56%	0.87%
1991	3,202,176	80,013,896	2.58%	0.73%
1992	3,284,258	80,624,598	2.56%	0.76%
1993	3,367,434	81,156,363	2.53%	0.66%
1994	3,451,122	81,438,348	2.49%	0.35%
1995	3,535,176	81,678,051	2.44%	0.29%
1996	3,619,013	81,914,831	2.37%	0.29%
1997	3,701,711	82,034,771	2.29%	0.15%
1998	3,782,838	82,047,195	2.19%	0.02%
1999	3,862,101	82,100,243	2.1%	0.06%
2000	3,937,739	82,211,508	1.96%	0.14%
2001	4,008,947	82,349,925	1.81%	0.17%
2002	4,075,705	82,488,495	1.67%	0.17%
2003	4,138,784	82,534,176	1.55%	0.06%
2004	4,200,078	82,516,260	1.48%	-0.02%
2005	4,261,240	82,469,422	1.46%	-0.06%
2006	4,321,340	82,376,451	1.41%	-0.11%
2007	4,380,248	82,266,372	1.36%	-0.13%
2008	4,440,056	82,110,097	1.37%	-0.19%
2009	4,499,791	81,902,307	1.35%	-0.25%
2010	4,555,962	81,776,930	1.25%	-0.15%
2011	4,609,833	80,274,983	1.18%	-1.84%
2012	4,663,934	80,425,823	1.17%	0.19%
2013	4,716,147	80,645,605	1.12%	0.27%
2014	4,767,119	80,982,500	1.08%	0.42%
2015	4,818,038	81,686,611	1.07%	0.87%
2016	4,866,998	82,348,669	1.02%	0.81%
2017	4,913,177	82,657,002	0.95%	0.37%
2018	4,957,818	82,905,782	0.91%	0.3%
2019	4,999,553	83,092,962	0.84%	0.23%
2020	5,034,320	83,160,871	0.7%	0.08%
2021	5,059,988	83,196,078	0.51%	0.04%
2022	5,081,765	83,797,985	0.43%	0.72%
2023	5,105,525	83,901,923	0.47%	0.12%
2024	5,129,910	83,510,950	0.48%	-0.47%
2025	5,152,946	83,039,665	0.45%	-0.56%
2026	5,174,780	82,614,154	0.42%	-0.51%
2027	5,195,555	82,415,087	0.4%	-0.24%
2028	5,215,247	82,204,095	0.38%	-0.26%
2029	5,233,877	81,983,207	0.36%	-0.27%
2030	5,251,495	81,761,486	0.34%	-0.27%
2031	5,268,137	81,535,782	0.32%	-0.28%
2032	5,283,807	81,309,833	0.3%	-0.28%
2033	5,298,514	81,088,671	0.28%	-0.27%
2034	5,312,162	80,874,239	0.26%	-0.26%
2035	5,324,698	80,664,119	0.24%	-0.26%
2036	5,336,133	80,440,400	0.21%	-0.28%
2037	5,346,408	80,216,687	0.19%	-0.28%
2038	5,355,519	79,996,530	0.17%	-0.27%
2039	5,363,363	79,775,309	0.15%	-0.28%
2040	5,369,806	79,559,716	0.12%	-0.27%
2041	5,374,934	79,356,179	0.1%	-0.26%
2042	5,378,670	79,162,051	0.07%	-0.24%
2043	5,380,915	78,957,628	0.04%	-0.26%
2044	5,381,720	78,737,840	0.01%	-0.28%
2045	5,381,014	78,512,825	-0.01%	-0.29%
2046	5,378,757	78,288,289	-0.04%	-0.29%
2047	5,374,945	78,060,952	-0.07%	-0.29%
2048	5,369,577	77,820,753	-0.1%	-0.31%
2049	5,362,651	77,573,634	-0.13%	-0.32%
2050	5,354,148	77,330,385	-0.16%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.