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 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Jamaica was ranked 136th in 2006 and ranked 139th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Costa Rica's population will grow by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 139th to 144th.