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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Iraq	Costa Rica	Iraq
1960	1,327,496	7,022,052	-	-
1961	1,377,920	7,194,553	3.8%	2.46%
1962	1,429,445	7,413,875	3.74%	3.05%
1963	1,481,604	7,667,928	3.65%	3.43%
1964	1,533,960	7,929,566	3.53%	3.41%
1965	1,586,208	8,202,140	3.41%	3.44%
1966	1,638,116	8,485,104	3.27%	3.45%
1967	1,689,523	8,778,869	3.14%	3.46%
1968	1,739,731	9,085,016	2.97%	3.49%
1969	1,789,276	9,403,356	2.85%	3.5%
1970	1,838,949	9,735,611	2.78%	3.53%
1971	1,888,539	10,077,809	2.7%	3.51%
1972	1,938,248	10,430,164	2.63%	3.5%
1973	1,988,343	10,795,869	2.58%	3.51%
1974	2,039,643	11,167,761	2.58%	3.44%
1975	2,092,719	11,543,639	2.6%	3.37%
1976	2,147,774	11,927,651	2.63%	3.33%
1977	2,205,025	12,331,046	2.67%	3.38%
1978	2,264,510	12,753,355	2.7%	3.42%
1979	2,326,490	13,170,365	2.74%	3.27%
1980	2,390,633	13,591,992	2.76%	3.2%
1981	2,456,637	14,006,381	2.76%	3.05%
1982	2,524,806	14,406,083	2.77%	2.85%
1983	2,595,153	14,840,555	2.79%	3.02%
1984	2,667,595	15,310,733	2.79%	3.17%
1985	2,741,894	15,683,430	2.79%	2.43%
1986	2,817,216	16,074,145	2.75%	2.49%
1987	2,892,699	16,521,049	2.68%	2.78%
1988	2,968,103	16,908,819	2.61%	2.35%
1989	3,043,827	17,364,542	2.55%	2.7%
1990	3,121,706	17,581,206	2.56%	1.25%
1991	3,202,176	17,767,253	2.58%	1.06%
1992	3,284,258	18,300,845	2.56%	3%
1993	3,367,434	19,201,195	2.53%	4.92%
1994	3,451,122	20,139,807	2.49%	4.89%
1995	3,535,176	20,825,860	2.44%	3.41%
1996	3,619,013	21,501,321	2.37%	3.24%
1997	3,701,711	22,176,593	2.29%	3.14%
1998	3,782,838	22,884,399	2.19%	3.19%
1999	3,862,101	23,636,527	2.1%	3.29%
2000	3,937,739	24,424,056	1.96%	3.33%
2001	4,008,947	25,197,840	1.81%	3.17%
2002	4,075,705	26,006,559	1.67%	3.21%
2003	4,138,784	26,802,659	1.55%	3.06%
2004	4,200,078	27,577,878	1.48%	2.89%
2005	4,261,240	28,407,448	1.46%	3.01%
2006	4,321,340	28,616,515	1.41%	0.74%
2007	4,380,248	28,391,607	1.36%	-0.79%
2008	4,440,056	28,971,036	1.37%	2.04%
2009	4,499,791	30,058,206	1.35%	3.75%
2010	4,555,962	31,045,366	1.25%	3.28%
2011	4,609,833	32,161,424	1.18%	3.59%
2012	4,663,934	33,654,842	1.17%	4.64%
2013	4,716,147	35,281,989	1.12%	4.83%
2014	4,767,119	36,550,059	1.08%	3.59%
2015	4,818,038	37,560,535	1.07%	2.76%
2016	4,866,998	38,469,627	1.02%	2.42%
2017	4,913,177	39,337,353	0.95%	2.26%
2018	4,957,818	40,265,624	0.91%	2.36%
2019	4,999,553	41,192,171	0.84%	2.3%
2020	5,034,320	42,116,605	0.7%	2.24%
2021	5,059,988	43,071,211	0.51%	2.27%
2022	5,081,765	44,070,551	0.43%	2.32%
2023	5,105,525	45,074,049	0.47%	2.28%
2024	5,129,910	46,042,015	0.48%	2.15%
2025	5,152,946	47,020,778	0.45%	2.13%
2026	5,174,780	48,007,435	0.42%	2.1%
2027	5,195,555	48,987,424	0.4%	2.04%
2028	5,215,247	49,960,955	0.38%	1.99%
2029	5,233,877	50,943,339	0.36%	1.97%
2030	5,251,495	51,937,208	0.34%	1.95%
2031	5,268,137	52,934,373	0.32%	1.92%
2032	5,283,807	53,953,395	0.3%	1.93%
2033	5,298,514	54,985,129	0.28%	1.91%
2034	5,312,162	56,012,641	0.26%	1.87%
2035	5,324,698	57,035,917	0.24%	1.83%
2036	5,336,133	58,071,740	0.21%	1.82%
2037	5,346,408	59,109,258	0.19%	1.79%
2038	5,355,519	60,132,232	0.17%	1.73%
2039	5,363,363	61,174,679	0.15%	1.73%
2040	5,369,806	62,223,208	0.12%	1.71%
2041	5,374,934	63,249,167	0.1%	1.65%
2042	5,378,670	64,260,847	0.07%	1.6%
2043	5,380,915	65,257,000	0.04%	1.55%
2044	5,381,720	66,237,772	0.01%	1.5%
2045	5,381,014	67,204,176	-0.01%	1.46%
2046	5,378,757	68,150,060	-0.04%	1.41%
2047	5,374,945	69,098,087	-0.07%	1.39%
2048	5,369,577	70,050,118	-0.1%	1.38%
2049	5,362,651	70,999,566	-0.13%	1.36%
2050	5,354,148	71,928,759	-0.16%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.