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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Italy	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	1,327,496	50,199,700	-	-
1961	1,377,920	50,536,350	3.8%	0.67%
1962	1,429,445	50,879,450	3.74%	0.68%
1963	1,481,604	51,252,000	3.65%	0.73%
1964	1,533,960	51,675,350	3.53%	0.83%
1965	1,586,208	52,112,350	3.41%	0.85%
1966	1,638,116	52,519,000	3.27%	0.78%
1967	1,689,523	52,900,500	3.14%	0.73%
1968	1,739,731	53,235,750	2.97%	0.63%
1969	1,789,276	53,537,950	2.85%	0.57%
1970	1,838,949	53,821,850	2.78%	0.53%
1971	1,888,539	54,073,490	2.7%	0.47%
1972	1,938,248	54,381,345	2.63%	0.57%
1973	1,988,343	54,751,406	2.58%	0.68%
1974	2,039,643	55,110,868	2.58%	0.66%
1975	2,092,719	55,441,001	2.6%	0.6%
1976	2,147,774	55,718,260	2.63%	0.5%
1977	2,205,025	55,955,411	2.67%	0.43%
1978	2,264,510	56,155,143	2.7%	0.36%
1979	2,326,490	56,317,749	2.74%	0.29%
1980	2,390,633	56,433,883	2.76%	0.21%
1981	2,456,637	56,501,675	2.76%	0.12%
1982	2,524,806	56,543,548	2.77%	0.07%
1983	2,595,153	56,564,074	2.79%	0.04%
1984	2,667,595	56,576,718	2.79%	0.02%
1985	2,741,894	56,593,071	2.79%	0.03%
1986	2,817,216	56,596,155	2.75%	0.005%
1987	2,892,699	56,601,931	2.68%	0.01%
1988	2,968,103	56,629,288	2.61%	0.05%
1989	3,043,827	56,671,781	2.55%	0.08%
1990	3,121,706	56,719,240	2.56%	0.08%
1991	3,202,176	56,758,521	2.58%	0.07%
1992	3,284,258	56,797,087	2.56%	0.07%
1993	3,367,434	56,831,821	2.53%	0.06%
1994	3,451,122	56,843,400	2.49%	0.02%
1995	3,535,176	56,844,303	2.44%	0.002%
1996	3,619,013	56,860,281	2.37%	0.03%
1997	3,701,711	56,890,372	2.29%	0.05%
1998	3,782,838	56,906,744	2.19%	0.03%
1999	3,862,101	56,916,317	2.1%	0.02%
2000	3,937,739	56,942,108	1.96%	0.05%
2001	4,008,947	56,976,981	1.81%	0.06%
2002	4,075,705	57,089,824	1.67%	0.2%
2003	4,138,784	57,399,184	1.55%	0.54%
2004	4,200,078	57,828,179	1.48%	0.75%
2005	4,261,240	58,166,682	1.46%	0.59%
2006	4,321,340	58,399,861	1.41%	0.4%
2007	4,380,248	58,756,247	1.36%	0.61%
2008	4,440,056	59,211,181	1.37%	0.77%
2009	4,499,791	59,555,454	1.35%	0.58%
2010	4,555,962	59,819,407	1.25%	0.44%
2011	4,609,833	60,026,841	1.18%	0.35%
2012	4,663,934	60,191,247	1.17%	0.27%
2013	4,716,147	60,311,613	1.12%	0.2%
2014	4,767,119	60,320,707	1.08%	0.02%
2015	4,818,038	60,229,605	1.07%	-0.15%
2016	4,866,998	60,115,223	1.02%	-0.19%
2017	4,913,177	60,002,252	0.95%	-0.19%
2018	4,957,818	60,148,658	0.91%	0.24%
2019	4,999,553	59,729,081	0.84%	-0.7%
2020	5,034,320	59,438,851	0.7%	-0.49%
2021	5,059,988	59,133,173	0.51%	-0.51%
2022	5,081,765	59,013,667	0.43%	-0.2%
2023	5,105,525	58,993,475	0.47%	-0.03%
2024	5,129,910	58,986,023	0.48%	-0.01%
2025	5,152,946	58,790,597	0.45%	-0.33%
2026	5,174,780	58,571,823	0.42%	-0.37%
2027	5,195,555	58,335,864	0.4%	-0.4%
2028	5,215,247	58,094,373	0.38%	-0.41%
2029	5,233,877	57,851,042	0.36%	-0.42%
2030	5,251,495	57,597,622	0.34%	-0.44%
2031	5,268,137	57,333,277	0.32%	-0.46%
2032	5,283,807	57,071,235	0.3%	-0.46%
2033	5,298,514	56,812,747	0.28%	-0.45%
2034	5,312,162	56,548,816	0.26%	-0.46%
2035	5,324,698	56,279,536	0.24%	-0.48%
2036	5,336,133	56,009,844	0.21%	-0.48%
2037	5,346,408	55,737,477	0.19%	-0.49%
2038	5,355,519	55,460,735	0.17%	-0.5%
2039	5,363,363	55,177,508	0.15%	-0.51%
2040	5,369,806	54,889,107	0.12%	-0.52%
2041	5,374,934	54,601,628	0.1%	-0.52%
2042	5,378,670	54,307,412	0.07%	-0.54%
2043	5,380,915	53,997,106	0.04%	-0.57%
2044	5,381,720	53,679,603	0.01%	-0.59%
2045	5,381,014	53,357,669	-0.01%	-0.6%
2046	5,378,757	53,025,288	-0.04%	-0.62%
2047	5,374,945	52,680,150	-0.07%	-0.65%
2048	5,369,577	52,324,241	-0.1%	-0.68%
2049	5,362,651	51,959,050	-0.13%	-0.7%
2050	5,354,148	51,579,060	-0.16%	-0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.