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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Guatemala
1960	1,327,496	4,063,655	-	-
1961	1,377,920	4,186,201	3.8%	3.02%
1962	1,429,445	4,312,044	3.74%	3.01%
1963	1,481,604	4,440,264	3.65%	2.97%
1964	1,533,960	4,571,109	3.53%	2.95%
1965	1,586,208	4,704,965	3.41%	2.93%
1966	1,638,116	4,840,958	3.27%	2.89%
1967	1,689,523	4,978,862	3.14%	2.85%
1968	1,739,731	5,118,111	2.97%	2.8%
1969	1,789,276	5,257,081	2.85%	2.72%
1970	1,838,949	5,396,966	2.78%	2.66%
1971	1,888,539	5,538,355	2.7%	2.62%
1972	1,938,248	5,682,833	2.63%	2.61%
1973	1,988,343	5,831,631	2.58%	2.62%
1974	2,039,643	5,981,197	2.58%	2.56%
1975	2,092,719	6,128,731	2.6%	2.47%
1976	2,147,774	6,262,404	2.63%	2.18%
1977	2,205,025	6,401,515	2.67%	2.22%
1978	2,264,510	6,561,534	2.7%	2.5%
1979	2,326,490	6,727,797	2.74%	2.53%
1980	2,390,633	6,900,212	2.76%	2.56%
1981	2,456,637	7,075,648	2.76%	2.54%
1982	2,524,806	7,240,241	2.77%	2.33%
1983	2,595,153	7,419,642	2.79%	2.48%
1984	2,667,595	7,630,682	2.79%	2.84%
1985	2,741,894	7,849,693	2.79%	2.87%
1986	2,817,216	8,070,818	2.75%	2.82%
1987	2,892,699	8,296,485	2.68%	2.8%
1988	2,968,103	8,532,099	2.61%	2.84%
1989	3,043,827	8,775,546	2.55%	2.85%
1990	3,121,706	9,024,773	2.56%	2.84%
1991	3,202,176	9,272,584	2.58%	2.75%
1992	3,284,258	9,522,266	2.56%	2.69%
1993	3,367,434	9,779,761	2.53%	2.7%
1994	3,451,122	10,043,718	2.49%	2.7%
1995	3,535,176	10,312,996	2.44%	2.68%
1996	3,619,013	10,583,526	2.37%	2.62%
1997	3,701,711	10,857,754	2.29%	2.59%
1998	3,782,838	11,139,145	2.19%	2.59%
1999	3,862,101	11,422,965	2.1%	2.55%
2000	3,937,739	11,697,592	1.96%	2.4%
2001	4,008,947	11,969,422	1.81%	2.32%
2002	4,075,705	12,246,915	1.67%	2.32%
2003	4,138,784	12,525,842	1.55%	2.28%
2004	4,200,078	12,807,402	1.48%	2.25%
2005	4,261,240	13,087,629	1.46%	2.19%
2006	4,321,340	13,367,459	1.41%	2.14%
2007	4,380,248	13,652,040	1.36%	2.13%
2008	4,440,056	13,935,174	1.37%	2.07%
2009	4,499,791	14,215,611	1.35%	2.01%
2010	4,555,962	14,500,112	1.25%	2%
2011	4,609,833	14,792,126	1.18%	2.01%
2012	4,663,934	15,089,647	1.17%	2.01%
2013	4,716,147	15,387,337	1.12%	1.97%
2014	4,767,119	15,681,725	1.08%	1.91%
2015	4,818,038	15,971,743	1.07%	1.85%
2016	4,866,998	16,268,760	1.02%	1.86%
2017	4,913,177	16,567,357	0.95%	1.84%
2018	4,957,818	16,845,685	0.91%	1.68%
2019	4,999,553	17,103,803	0.84%	1.53%
2020	5,034,320	17,357,325	0.7%	1.48%
2021	5,059,988	17,598,650	0.51%	1.39%
2022	5,081,765	17,847,877	0.43%	1.42%
2023	5,105,525	18,124,838	0.47%	1.55%
2024	5,129,910	18,406,359	0.48%	1.55%
2025	5,152,946	18,687,873	0.45%	1.53%
2026	5,174,780	18,967,974	0.42%	1.5%
2027	5,195,555	19,246,005	0.4%	1.47%
2028	5,215,247	19,521,501	0.38%	1.43%
2029	5,233,877	19,795,168	0.36%	1.4%
2030	5,251,495	20,067,252	0.34%	1.37%
2031	5,268,137	20,337,369	0.32%	1.35%
2032	5,283,807	20,605,385	0.3%	1.32%
2033	5,298,514	20,871,083	0.28%	1.29%
2034	5,312,162	21,134,167	0.26%	1.26%
2035	5,324,698	21,394,231	0.24%	1.23%
2036	5,336,133	21,650,331	0.21%	1.2%
2037	5,346,408	21,901,955	0.19%	1.16%
2038	5,355,519	22,149,197	0.17%	1.13%
2039	5,363,363	22,391,079	0.15%	1.09%
2040	5,369,806	22,626,859	0.12%	1.05%
2041	5,374,934	22,856,760	0.1%	1.02%
2042	5,378,670	23,080,838	0.07%	0.98%
2043	5,380,915	23,299,226	0.04%	0.95%
2044	5,381,720	23,512,005	0.01%	0.91%
2045	5,381,014	23,719,080	-0.01%	0.88%
2046	5,378,757	23,920,450	-0.04%	0.85%
2047	5,374,945	24,115,734	-0.07%	0.82%
2048	5,369,577	24,305,641	-0.1%	0.79%
2049	5,362,651	24,491,000	-0.13%	0.76%
2050	5,354,148	24,670,850	-0.16%	0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.