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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Kenya	Costa Rica	Kenya
1960	1,327,496	7,695,307	-	-
1961	1,377,920	7,987,770	3.8%	3.8%
1962	1,429,445	8,299,308	3.74%	3.9%
1963	1,481,604	8,627,971	3.65%	3.96%
1964	1,533,960	8,973,535	3.53%	4.01%
1965	1,586,208	9,338,078	3.41%	4.06%
1966	1,638,116	9,717,816	3.27%	4.07%
1967	1,689,523	10,111,057	3.14%	4.05%
1968	1,739,731	10,518,823	2.97%	4.03%
1969	1,789,276	10,939,695	2.85%	4%
1970	1,838,949	11,368,791	2.78%	3.92%
1971	1,888,539	11,788,904	2.7%	3.7%
1972	1,938,248	12,206,060	2.63%	3.54%
1973	1,988,343	12,634,835	2.58%	3.51%
1974	2,039,643	13,070,078	2.58%	3.44%
1975	2,092,719	13,511,671	2.6%	3.38%
1976	2,147,774	13,957,623	2.63%	3.3%
1977	2,205,025	14,428,819	2.67%	3.38%
1978	2,264,510	14,934,126	2.7%	3.5%
1979	2,326,490	15,460,666	2.74%	3.53%
1980	2,390,633	16,018,459	2.76%	3.61%
1981	2,456,637	16,601,507	2.76%	3.64%
1982	2,524,806	17,206,175	2.77%	3.64%
1983	2,595,153	17,846,374	2.79%	3.72%
1984	2,667,595	18,514,906	2.79%	3.75%
1985	2,741,894	19,201,768	2.79%	3.71%
1986	2,817,216	19,901,646	2.75%	3.64%
1987	2,892,699	20,616,096	2.68%	3.59%
1988	2,968,103	21,356,219	2.61%	3.59%
1989	3,043,827	22,118,434	2.55%	3.57%
1990	3,121,706	22,892,651	2.56%	3.5%
1991	3,202,176	23,646,514	2.58%	3.29%
1992	3,284,258	24,382,460	2.56%	3.11%
1993	3,367,434	25,117,188	2.53%	3.01%
1994	3,451,122	25,857,130	2.49%	2.95%
1995	3,535,176	26,601,751	2.44%	2.88%
1996	3,619,013	27,344,211	2.37%	2.79%
1997	3,701,711	28,101,768	2.29%	2.77%
1998	3,782,838	28,888,057	2.19%	2.8%
1999	3,862,101	29,733,408	2.1%	2.93%
2000	3,937,739	30,642,890	1.96%	3.06%
2001	4,008,947	31,619,170	1.81%	3.19%
2002	4,075,705	32,629,808	1.67%	3.2%
2003	4,138,784	33,652,223	1.55%	3.13%
2004	4,200,078	34,713,455	1.48%	3.15%
2005	4,261,240	35,796,484	1.46%	3.12%
2006	4,321,340	36,904,008	1.41%	3.09%
2007	4,380,248	38,036,349	1.36%	3.07%
2008	4,440,056	39,206,351	1.37%	3.08%
2009	4,499,791	40,408,891	1.35%	3.07%
2010	4,555,962	41,598,567	1.25%	2.94%
2011	4,609,833	42,758,461	1.18%	2.79%
2012	4,663,934	43,888,303	1.17%	2.64%
2013	4,716,147	44,986,791	1.12%	2.5%
2014	4,767,119	46,051,440	1.08%	2.37%
2015	4,818,038	47,088,526	1.07%	2.25%
2016	4,866,998	48,139,687	1.02%	2.23%
2017	4,913,177	49,197,766	0.95%	2.2%
2018	4,957,818	50,207,107	0.91%	2.05%
2019	4,999,553	51,202,827	0.84%	1.98%
2020	5,034,320	52,217,334	0.7%	1.98%
2021	5,059,988	53,219,166	0.51%	1.92%
2022	5,081,765	54,252,461	0.43%	1.94%
2023	5,105,525	55,339,003	0.47%	2%
2024	5,129,910	56,432,944	0.48%	1.98%
2025	5,152,946	57,532,489	0.45%	1.95%
2026	5,174,780	58,636,403	0.42%	1.92%
2027	5,195,555	59,745,751	0.4%	1.89%
2028	5,215,247	60,860,444	0.38%	1.87%
2029	5,233,877	61,979,186	0.36%	1.84%
2030	5,251,495	63,102,241	0.34%	1.81%
2031	5,268,137	64,230,108	0.32%	1.79%
2032	5,283,807	65,359,031	0.3%	1.76%
2033	5,298,514	66,484,805	0.28%	1.72%
2034	5,312,162	67,604,628	0.26%	1.68%
2035	5,324,698	68,715,909	0.24%	1.64%
2036	5,336,133	69,818,887	0.21%	1.61%
2037	5,346,408	70,910,404	0.19%	1.56%
2038	5,355,519	71,990,929	0.17%	1.52%
2039	5,363,363	73,057,760	0.15%	1.48%
2040	5,369,806	74,108,858	0.12%	1.44%
2041	5,374,934	75,144,357	0.1%	1.4%
2042	5,378,670	76,161,719	0.07%	1.35%
2043	5,380,915	77,159,121	0.04%	1.31%
2044	5,381,720	78,134,979	0.01%	1.26%
2045	5,381,014	79,088,832	-0.01%	1.22%
2046	5,378,757	80,022,371	-0.04%	1.18%
2047	5,374,945	80,938,635	-0.07%	1.15%
2048	5,369,577	81,837,657	-0.1%	1.11%
2049	5,362,651	82,721,766	-0.13%	1.08%
2050	5,354,148	83,593,232	-0.16%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th 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 Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.