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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Jamaica	Costa Rica	Jamaica
1960	1,327,496	1,650,005	-	-
1961	1,377,920	1,673,261	3.8%	1.41%
1962	1,429,445	1,696,932	3.74%	1.41%
1963	1,481,604	1,721,099	3.65%	1.42%
1964	1,533,960	1,745,568	3.53%	1.42%
1965	1,586,208	1,769,192	3.41%	1.35%
1966	1,638,116	1,791,475	3.27%	1.26%
1967	1,689,523	1,812,865	3.14%	1.19%
1968	1,739,731	1,833,765	2.97%	1.15%
1969	1,789,276	1,855,127	2.85%	1.16%
1970	1,838,949	1,878,196	2.78%	1.24%
1971	1,888,539	1,903,728	2.7%	1.36%
1972	1,938,248	1,931,542	2.63%	1.46%
1973	1,988,343	1,961,219	2.58%	1.54%
1974	2,039,643	1,990,906	2.58%	1.51%
1975	2,092,719	2,018,981	2.6%	1.41%
1976	2,147,774	2,045,578	2.63%	1.32%
1977	2,205,025	2,070,657	2.67%	1.23%
1978	2,264,510	2,094,836	2.7%	1.17%
1979	2,326,490	2,119,486	2.74%	1.18%
1980	2,390,633	2,145,658	2.76%	1.23%
1981	2,456,637	2,173,818	2.76%	1.31%
1982	2,524,806	2,203,889	2.77%	1.38%
1983	2,595,153	2,234,832	2.79%	1.4%
1984	2,667,595	2,264,562	2.79%	1.33%
1985	2,741,894	2,290,656	2.79%	1.15%
1986	2,817,216	2,312,125	2.75%	0.94%
1987	2,892,699	2,329,813	2.68%	0.77%
1988	2,968,103	2,345,777	2.61%	0.69%
1989	3,043,827	2,361,916	2.55%	0.69%
1990	3,121,706	2,379,877	2.56%	0.76%
1991	3,202,176	2,400,869	2.58%	0.88%
1992	3,284,258	2,424,701	2.56%	0.99%
1993	3,367,434	2,449,916	2.53%	1.04%
1994	3,451,122	2,475,220	2.49%	1.03%
1995	3,535,176	2,500,151	2.44%	1.01%
1996	3,619,013	2,524,463	2.37%	0.97%
1997	3,701,711	2,547,848	2.29%	0.93%
1998	3,782,838	2,569,736	2.19%	0.86%
1999	3,862,101	2,589,795	2.1%	0.78%
2000	3,937,739	2,607,826	1.96%	0.7%
2001	4,008,947	2,624,403	1.81%	0.64%
2002	4,075,705	2,640,572	1.67%	0.62%
2003	4,138,784	2,656,623	1.55%	0.61%
2004	4,200,078	2,672,225	1.48%	0.59%
2005	4,261,240	2,687,066	1.46%	0.56%
2006	4,321,340	2,700,968	1.41%	0.52%
2007	4,380,248	2,713,800	1.36%	0.48%
2008	4,440,056	2,725,635	1.37%	0.44%
2009	4,499,791	2,736,995	1.35%	0.42%
2010	4,555,962	2,748,568	1.25%	0.42%
2011	4,609,833	2,760,494	1.18%	0.43%
2012	4,663,934	2,772,430	1.17%	0.43%
2013	4,716,147	2,783,687	1.12%	0.41%
2014	4,767,119	2,793,749	1.08%	0.36%
2015	4,818,038	2,802,534	1.07%	0.31%
2016	4,866,998	2,809,915	1.02%	0.26%
2017	4,913,177	2,815,764	0.95%	0.21%
2018	4,957,818	2,820,097	0.91%	0.15%
2019	4,999,553	2,823,271	0.84%	0.11%
2020	5,034,320	2,830,739	0.7%	0.26%
2021	5,059,988	2,837,682	0.51%	0.25%
2022	5,081,765	2,839,144	0.43%	0.05%
2023	5,105,525	2,839,786	0.47%	0.02%
2024	5,129,910	2,839,175	0.48%	-0.02%
2025	5,152,946	2,837,071	0.45%	-0.07%
2026	5,174,780	2,833,401	0.42%	-0.13%
2027	5,195,555	2,828,530	0.4%	-0.17%
2028	5,215,247	2,822,861	0.38%	-0.2%
2029	5,233,877	2,816,391	0.36%	-0.23%
2030	5,251,495	2,808,946	0.34%	-0.26%
2031	5,268,137	2,800,607	0.32%	-0.3%
2032	5,283,807	2,791,130	0.3%	-0.34%
2033	5,298,514	2,780,468	0.28%	-0.38%
2034	5,312,162	2,768,714	0.26%	-0.42%
2035	5,324,698	2,755,929	0.24%	-0.46%
2036	5,336,133	2,742,071	0.21%	-0.5%
2037	5,346,408	2,726,892	0.19%	-0.55%
2038	5,355,519	2,710,812	0.17%	-0.59%
2039	5,363,363	2,693,901	0.15%	-0.62%
2040	5,369,806	2,676,087	0.12%	-0.66%
2041	5,374,934	2,657,558	0.1%	-0.69%
2042	5,378,670	2,638,085	0.07%	-0.73%
2043	5,380,915	2,617,576	0.04%	-0.78%
2044	5,381,720	2,596,160	0.01%	-0.82%
2045	5,381,014	2,574,074	-0.01%	-0.85%
2046	5,378,757	2,551,347	-0.04%	-0.88%
2047	5,374,945	2,528,004	-0.07%	-0.91%
2048	5,369,577	2,504,191	-0.1%	-0.94%
2049	5,362,651	2,479,744	-0.13%	-0.98%
2050	5,354,148	2,454,935	-0.16%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th 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 Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.