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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Laos	Costa Rica	Laos
1960	1,327,496	2,121,514	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,169,796	3.8%	2.28%
1962	1,429,445	2,219,910	3.74%	2.31%
1963	1,481,604	2,271,061	3.65%	2.3%
1964	1,533,960	2,322,826	3.53%	2.28%
1965	1,586,208	2,376,200	3.41%	2.3%
1966	1,638,116	2,431,084	3.27%	2.31%
1967	1,689,523	2,487,715	3.14%	2.33%
1968	1,739,731	2,546,377	2.97%	2.36%
1969	1,789,276	2,606,959	2.85%	2.38%
1970	1,838,949	2,669,702	2.78%	2.41%
1971	1,888,539	2,734,628	2.7%	2.43%
1972	1,938,248	2,801,660	2.63%	2.45%
1973	1,988,343	2,870,573	2.58%	2.46%
1974	2,039,643	2,939,761	2.58%	2.41%
1975	2,092,719	3,005,521	2.6%	2.24%
1976	2,147,774	3,064,876	2.63%	1.97%
1977	2,205,025	3,118,923	2.67%	1.76%
1978	2,264,510	3,171,740	2.7%	1.69%
1979	2,326,490	3,228,202	2.74%	1.78%
1980	2,390,633	3,292,573	2.76%	1.99%
1981	2,456,637	3,366,631	2.76%	2.25%
1982	2,524,806	3,450,026	2.77%	2.48%
1983	2,595,153	3,541,001	2.79%	2.64%
1984	2,667,595	3,637,843	2.79%	2.73%
1985	2,741,894	3,739,985	2.79%	2.81%
1986	2,817,216	3,846,715	2.75%	2.85%
1987	2,892,699	3,957,612	2.68%	2.88%
1988	2,968,103	4,072,601	2.61%	2.91%
1989	3,043,827	4,190,974	2.55%	2.91%
1990	3,121,706	4,311,955	2.56%	2.89%
1991	3,202,176	4,435,118	2.58%	2.86%
1992	3,284,258	4,559,646	2.56%	2.81%
1993	3,367,434	4,685,060	2.53%	2.75%
1994	3,451,122	4,809,220	2.49%	2.65%
1995	3,535,176	4,929,409	2.44%	2.5%
1996	3,619,013	5,045,678	2.37%	2.36%
1997	3,701,711	5,152,011	2.29%	2.11%
1998	3,782,838	5,248,266	2.19%	1.87%
1999	3,862,101	5,340,784	2.1%	1.76%
2000	3,937,739	5,431,212	1.96%	1.69%
2001	4,008,947	5,521,482	1.81%	1.66%
2002	4,075,705	5,610,889	1.67%	1.62%
2003	4,138,784	5,697,945	1.55%	1.55%
2004	4,200,078	5,781,626	1.48%	1.47%
2005	4,261,240	5,869,523	1.46%	1.52%
2006	4,321,340	5,963,200	1.41%	1.6%
2007	4,380,248	6,056,236	1.36%	1.56%
2008	4,440,056	6,148,969	1.37%	1.53%
2009	4,499,791	6,241,642	1.35%	1.51%
2010	4,555,962	6,334,194	1.25%	1.48%
2011	4,609,833	6,426,590	1.18%	1.46%
2012	4,663,934	6,518,978	1.17%	1.44%
2013	4,716,147	6,611,385	1.12%	1.42%
2014	4,767,119	6,703,172	1.08%	1.39%
2015	4,818,038	6,801,645	1.07%	1.47%
2016	4,866,998	6,908,802	1.02%	1.58%
2017	4,913,177	7,018,147	0.95%	1.58%
2018	4,957,818	7,128,045	0.91%	1.57%
2019	4,999,553	7,237,636	0.84%	1.54%
2020	5,034,320	7,346,533	0.7%	1.5%
2021	5,059,988	7,453,194	0.51%	1.45%
2022	5,081,765	7,559,007	0.43%	1.42%
2023	5,105,525	7,664,993	0.47%	1.4%
2024	5,129,910	7,769,819	0.48%	1.37%
2025	5,152,946	7,873,043	0.45%	1.33%
2026	5,174,780	7,974,020	0.42%	1.28%
2027	5,195,555	8,072,924	0.4%	1.24%
2028	5,215,247	8,169,794	0.38%	1.2%
2029	5,233,877	8,264,394	0.36%	1.16%
2030	5,251,495	8,357,024	0.34%	1.12%
2031	5,268,137	8,447,769	0.32%	1.09%
2032	5,283,807	8,536,450	0.3%	1.05%
2033	5,298,514	8,622,824	0.28%	1.01%
2034	5,312,162	8,706,826	0.26%	0.97%
2035	5,324,698	8,788,759	0.24%	0.94%
2036	5,336,133	8,868,880	0.21%	0.91%
2037	5,346,408	8,947,241	0.19%	0.88%
2038	5,355,519	9,023,864	0.17%	0.86%
2039	5,363,363	9,097,889	0.15%	0.82%
2040	5,369,806	9,168,998	0.12%	0.78%
2041	5,374,934	9,238,108	0.1%	0.75%
2042	5,378,670	9,305,405	0.07%	0.73%
2043	5,380,915	9,370,049	0.04%	0.69%
2044	5,381,720	9,432,310	0.01%	0.66%
2045	5,381,014	9,492,501	-0.01%	0.64%
2046	5,378,757	9,550,341	-0.04%	0.61%
2047	5,374,945	9,605,804	-0.07%	0.58%
2048	5,369,577	9,659,037	-0.1%	0.55%
2049	5,362,651	9,709,614	-0.13%	0.52%
2050	5,354,148	9,757,279	-0.16%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd 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 Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.