The latest officially reported population of Costa Rica was 5,129,910 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Costa Rica's population is 5,170,484 people compared to 10,224,104 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- Israel's population is 1.98 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Costa Rica is ranked the 126th most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 96th.
- The countries together account for 0.19% of the world: 0.06% for Costa Rica vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, Costa Rica has had an average growth rate of +0.77% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2005, the population of Costa Rica has increased from 4.26M people to 5.17M (21.3% growth), while Israel has grown from 6.93M to 10.2M (47.5% growth).
- Costa Rica is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 5.38M people compared to the peak of 21M people in 2100 for Israel.
Costa Rica vs Israel: live population counter
Costa Rica
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Israel
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5170484
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10224104
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| Population rank | 126/197 | 96/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
21.6 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.1 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
18.9 minutes
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.06 hours
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +967 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | +67 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | +24,385 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.48% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 138/197 | 86/197 |
Costa Rica and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
Costa Rica
Population
Growth rate
Israel
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Costa Rica
|
Israel
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Costa Rica
|
Israel
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|
| 1960 | 1,327,496 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,377,920 | 2,185,000 | 3.8% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 1,429,445 | 2,293,000 | 3.74% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 1,481,604 | 2,379,000 | 3.65% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 1,533,960 | 2,475,000 | 3.53% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 1,586,208 | 2,563,000 | 3.41% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 1,638,116 | 2,629,000 | 3.27% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 1,689,523 | 2,745,000 | 3.14% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 1,739,731 | 2,803,000 | 2.97% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 1,789,276 | 2,877,000 | 2.85% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 1,838,949 | 2,974,000 | 2.78% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 1,888,539 | 3,069,000 | 2.7% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 1,938,248 | 3,148,000 | 2.63% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 1,988,343 | 3,278,000 | 2.58% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 2,039,643 | 3,377,000 | 2.58% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 2,092,719 | 3,455,000 | 2.6% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 2,147,774 | 3,533,000 | 2.63% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 2,205,025 | 3,613,000 | 2.67% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 2,264,510 | 3,690,000 | 2.7% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 2,326,490 | 3,786,000 | 2.74% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 2,390,633 | 3,878,000 | 2.76% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 2,456,637 | 3,956,000 | 2.76% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 2,524,806 | 4,031,000 | 2.77% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 2,595,153 | 4,105,000 | 2.79% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 2,667,595 | 4,159,000 | 2.79% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 2,741,894 | 4,233,000 | 2.79% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 2,817,216 | 4,299,000 | 2.75% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 2,892,699 | 4,369,000 | 2.68% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 2,968,103 | 4,442,000 | 2.61% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 3,043,827 | 4,518,000 | 2.55% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 3,121,706 | 4,660,000 | 2.56% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 3,202,176 | 4,949,000 | 2.58% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 3,284,258 | 5,123,000 | 2.56% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 3,367,434 | 5,261,000 | 2.53% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 3,451,122 | 5,399,000 | 2.49% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 3,535,176 | 5,545,000 | 2.44% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 3,619,013 | 5,692,000 | 2.37% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 3,701,711 | 5,836,000 | 2.29% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 3,782,838 | 5,971,000 | 2.19% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 3,862,101 | 6,125,000 | 2.1% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 3,937,739 | 6,289,000 | 1.96% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 4,008,947 | 6,439,000 | 1.81% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 4,075,705 | 6,570,000 | 1.67% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 4,138,784 | 6,689,700 | 1.55% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 4,200,078 | 6,809,000 | 1.48% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 4,261,240 | 6,930,100 | 1.46% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 4,321,340 | 7,053,700 | 1.41% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 4,380,248 | 7,180,100 | 1.36% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 4,440,056 | 7,308,800 | 1.37% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 4,499,791 | 7,485,600 | 1.35% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 4,555,962 | 7,623,600 | 1.25% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 4,609,833 | 7,765,800 | 1.18% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 4,663,934 | 7,910,500 | 1.17% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 4,716,147 | 8,059,500 | 1.12% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 4,767,119 | 8,215,700 | 1.08% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 4,818,038 | 8,380,100 | 1.07% | 2% |
| 2016 | 4,866,998 | 8,546,000 | 1.02% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 4,913,177 | 8,713,300 | 0.95% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 4,957,818 | 8,882,800 | 0.91% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 4,999,553 | 9,054,000 | 0.84% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 5,034,320 | 9,215,100 | 0.7% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 5,059,988 | 9,371,400 | 0.51% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 5,081,765 | 9,557,500 | 0.43% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 5,105,525 | 9,849,000 | 0.47% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 5,129,910 | 9,974,400 | 0.48% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 5,152,946 | 10,112,712 | 0.45% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 5,174,780 | 10,251,384 | 0.42% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 5,195,555 | 10,390,790 | 0.4% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 5,215,247 | 10,530,831 | 0.38% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 5,233,877 | 10,670,808 | 0.36% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 5,251,495 | 10,812,707 | 0.34% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 5,268,137 | 10,958,256 | 0.32% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 5,283,807 | 11,102,895 | 0.3% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 5,298,514 | 11,245,826 | 0.28% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 5,312,162 | 11,390,158 | 0.26% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 5,324,698 | 11,537,556 | 0.24% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 5,336,133 | 11,685,531 | 0.21% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 5,346,408 | 11,835,669 | 0.19% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 5,355,519 | 11,990,527 | 0.17% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 5,363,363 | 12,147,999 | 0.15% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 5,369,806 | 12,306,173 | 0.12% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 5,374,934 | 12,464,653 | 0.1% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 5,378,670 | 12,626,052 | 0.07% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 5,380,915 | 12,788,911 | 0.04% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 5,381,720 | 12,952,526 | 0.01% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 5,381,014 | 13,114,360 | -0.01% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 5,378,757 | 13,274,365 | -0.04% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 5,374,945 | 13,433,565 | -0.07% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 5,369,577 | 13,590,900 | -0.1% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 5,362,651 | 13,750,245 | -0.13% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 5,354,148 | 13,911,988 | -0.16% | 1.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Israel gained 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Israel's population increased by 1,844,004 (a 22% growth).
Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Israel was ranked 98th in 2005 and ranked 96th 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 Israel will increase by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 96th to 88th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Costa Rica
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| San Jose | 342K |
| Limon | 71.5K |
| Liberia | 65.9K |
| Alajuela | 44.4K |
| Puntarenas | 41.5K |
| Cartago | 22.8K |
| Heredia | 16.7K |
| Tamarindo | 7.13K |
| Santa Teresa | 3K |
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Population differences between Costa Rica and Israel
|
Costa Rica
|
Israel
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.2 years | 82.8 years |
| Average age | 37 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 35.6 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.33 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.2 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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