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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Guyana	Costa Rica	Guyana
1960	1,327,496	569,143	-	-
1961	1,377,920	582,568	3.8%	2.36%
1962	1,429,445	595,461	3.74%	2.21%
1963	1,481,604	608,537	3.65%	2.2%
1964	1,533,960	621,764	3.53%	2.17%
1965	1,586,208	635,128	3.41%	2.15%
1966	1,638,116	648,646	3.27%	2.13%
1967	1,689,523	662,311	3.14%	2.11%
1968	1,739,731	676,160	2.97%	2.09%
1969	1,789,276	690,223	2.85%	2.08%
1970	1,838,949	702,705	2.78%	1.81%
1971	1,888,539	712,662	2.7%	1.42%
1972	1,938,248	721,617	2.63%	1.26%
1973	1,988,343	730,138	2.58%	1.18%
1974	2,039,643	738,057	2.58%	1.08%
1975	2,092,719	745,393	2.6%	0.99%
1976	2,147,774	752,253	2.63%	0.92%
1977	2,205,025	758,654	2.67%	0.85%
1978	2,264,510	764,586	2.7%	0.78%
1979	2,326,490	770,062	2.74%	0.72%
1980	2,390,633	774,367	2.76%	0.56%
1981	2,456,637	776,453	2.76%	0.27%
1982	2,524,806	776,712	2.77%	0.03%
1983	2,595,153	775,891	2.79%	-0.11%
1984	2,667,595	774,111	2.79%	-0.23%
1985	2,741,894	771,477	2.79%	-0.34%
1986	2,817,216	768,098	2.75%	-0.44%
1987	2,892,699	764,120	2.68%	-0.52%
1988	2,968,103	759,663	2.61%	-0.58%
1989	3,043,827	754,865	2.55%	-0.63%
1990	3,121,706	749,894	2.56%	-0.66%
1991	3,202,176	747,861	2.58%	-0.27%
1992	3,284,258	749,911	2.56%	0.27%
1993	3,367,434	752,965	2.53%	0.41%
1994	3,451,122	755,822	2.49%	0.38%
1995	3,535,176	758,388	2.44%	0.34%
1996	3,619,013	760,526	2.37%	0.28%
1997	3,701,711	762,245	2.29%	0.23%
1998	3,782,838	763,586	2.19%	0.18%
1999	3,862,101	764,483	2.1%	0.12%
2000	3,937,739	764,832	1.96%	0.05%
2001	4,008,947	764,477	1.81%	-0.05%
2002	4,075,705	763,652	1.67%	-0.11%
2003	4,138,784	763,101	1.55%	-0.07%
2004	4,200,078	762,418	1.48%	-0.09%
2005	4,261,240	760,914	1.46%	-0.2%
2006	4,321,340	758,966	1.41%	-0.26%
2007	4,380,248	756,861	1.36%	-0.28%
2008	4,440,056	754,606	1.37%	-0.3%
2009	4,499,791	752,094	1.35%	-0.33%
2010	4,555,962	749,256	1.25%	-0.38%
2011	4,609,833	746,153	1.18%	-0.41%
2012	4,663,934	746,288	1.17%	0.02%
2013	4,716,147	750,021	1.12%	0.5%
2014	4,767,119	754,229	1.08%	0.56%
2015	4,818,038	758,781	1.07%	0.6%
2016	4,866,998	763,548	1.02%	0.63%
2017	4,913,177	768,479	0.95%	0.65%
2018	4,957,818	791,556	0.91%	3%
2019	4,999,553	807,665	0.84%	2.04%
2020	5,034,320	807,481	0.7%	-0.02%
2021	5,059,988	815,482	0.51%	0.99%
2022	5,081,765	821,637	0.43%	0.75%
2023	5,105,525	826,353	0.47%	0.57%
2024	5,129,910	831,087	0.48%	0.57%
2025	5,152,946	835,986	0.45%	0.59%
2026	5,174,780	840,883	0.42%	0.59%
2027	5,195,555	846,019	0.4%	0.61%
2028	5,215,247	851,161	0.38%	0.61%
2029	5,233,877	856,040	0.36%	0.57%
2030	5,251,495	861,037	0.34%	0.58%
2031	5,268,137	866,080	0.32%	0.59%
2032	5,283,807	871,237	0.3%	0.6%
2033	5,298,514	876,346	0.28%	0.59%
2034	5,312,162	881,223	0.26%	0.56%
2035	5,324,698	885,935	0.24%	0.53%
2036	5,336,133	890,320	0.21%	0.49%
2037	5,346,408	894,649	0.19%	0.49%
2038	5,355,519	899,021	0.17%	0.49%
2039	5,363,363	903,316	0.15%	0.48%
2040	5,369,806	907,506	0.12%	0.46%
2041	5,374,934	911,723	0.1%	0.46%
2042	5,378,670	915,811	0.07%	0.45%
2043	5,380,915	919,575	0.04%	0.41%
2044	5,381,720	923,121	0.01%	0.39%
2045	5,381,014	926,355	-0.01%	0.35%
2046	5,378,757	929,478	-0.04%	0.34%
2047	5,374,945	932,483	-0.07%	0.32%
2048	5,369,577	935,329	-0.1%	0.31%
2049	5,362,651	938,062	-0.13%	0.29%
2050	5,354,148	940,601	-0.16%	0.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Guyana lost 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 81,138 (a 10.7% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2005 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.