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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Latvia	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	1,327,496	2,120,979	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,152,681	3.8%	1.49%
1962	1,429,445	2,181,586	3.74%	1.34%
1963	1,481,604	2,210,919	3.65%	1.34%
1964	1,533,960	2,240,623	3.53%	1.34%
1965	1,586,208	2,265,919	3.41%	1.13%
1966	1,638,116	2,283,217	3.27%	0.76%
1967	1,689,523	2,301,220	3.14%	0.79%
1968	1,739,731	2,323,619	2.97%	0.97%
1969	1,789,276	2,343,173	2.85%	0.84%
1970	1,838,949	2,359,164	2.78%	0.68%
1971	1,888,539	2,376,389	2.7%	0.73%
1972	1,938,248	2,395,674	2.63%	0.81%
1973	1,988,343	2,415,819	2.58%	0.84%
1974	2,039,643	2,437,186	2.58%	0.88%
1975	2,092,719	2,456,130	2.6%	0.78%
1976	2,147,774	2,470,989	2.63%	0.6%
1977	2,205,025	2,485,073	2.67%	0.57%
1978	2,264,510	2,497,921	2.7%	0.52%
1979	2,326,490	2,505,953	2.74%	0.32%
1980	2,390,633	2,511,701	2.76%	0.23%
1981	2,456,637	2,519,421	2.76%	0.31%
1982	2,524,806	2,531,080	2.77%	0.46%
1983	2,595,153	2,546,011	2.79%	0.59%
1984	2,667,595	2,562,047	2.79%	0.63%
1985	2,741,894	2,578,873	2.79%	0.66%
1986	2,817,216	2,599,892	2.75%	0.82%
1987	2,892,699	2,626,583	2.68%	1.03%
1988	2,968,103	2,653,434	2.61%	1.02%
1989	3,043,827	2,666,955	2.55%	0.51%
1990	3,121,706	2,663,151	2.56%	-0.14%
1991	3,202,176	2,650,581	2.58%	-0.47%
1992	3,284,258	2,614,338	2.56%	-1.37%
1993	3,367,434	2,563,290	2.53%	-1.95%
1994	3,451,122	2,520,742	2.49%	-1.66%
1995	3,535,176	2,485,056	2.44%	-1.42%
1996	3,619,013	2,457,222	2.37%	-1.12%
1997	3,701,711	2,432,851	2.29%	-0.99%
1998	3,782,838	2,410,019	2.19%	-0.94%
1999	3,862,101	2,390,482	2.1%	-0.81%
2000	3,937,739	2,367,550	1.96%	-0.96%
2001	4,008,947	2,337,170	1.81%	-1.28%
2002	4,075,705	2,310,173	1.67%	-1.16%
2003	4,138,784	2,287,955	1.55%	-0.96%
2004	4,200,078	2,263,122	1.48%	-1.09%
2005	4,261,240	2,238,799	1.46%	-1.07%
2006	4,321,340	2,218,357	1.41%	-0.91%
2007	4,380,248	2,200,325	1.36%	-0.81%
2008	4,440,056	2,177,322	1.37%	-1.05%
2009	4,499,791	2,141,669	1.35%	-1.64%
2010	4,555,962	2,097,555	1.25%	-2.06%
2011	4,609,833	2,059,709	1.18%	-1.8%
2012	4,663,934	2,034,319	1.17%	-1.23%
2013	4,716,147	2,012,647	1.12%	-1.07%
2014	4,767,119	1,993,782	1.08%	-0.94%
2015	4,818,038	1,977,527	1.07%	-0.82%
2016	4,866,998	1,959,537	1.02%	-0.91%
2017	4,913,177	1,942,248	0.95%	-0.88%
2018	4,957,818	1,927,174	0.91%	-0.78%
2019	4,999,553	1,913,822	0.84%	-0.69%
2020	5,034,320	1,900,449	0.7%	-0.7%
2021	5,059,988	1,884,490	0.51%	-0.84%
2022	5,081,765	1,879,383	0.43%	-0.27%
2023	5,105,525	1,883,710	0.47%	0.23%
2024	5,129,910	1,866,124	0.48%	-0.93%
2025	5,152,946	1,847,866	0.45%	-0.98%
2026	5,174,780	1,830,293	0.42%	-0.95%
2027	5,195,555	1,815,968	0.4%	-0.78%
2028	5,215,247	1,801,521	0.38%	-0.8%
2029	5,233,877	1,786,981	0.36%	-0.81%
2030	5,251,495	1,772,165	0.34%	-0.83%
2031	5,268,137	1,757,453	0.32%	-0.83%
2032	5,283,807	1,743,022	0.3%	-0.82%
2033	5,298,514	1,728,673	0.28%	-0.82%
2034	5,312,162	1,714,716	0.26%	-0.81%
2035	5,324,698	1,701,185	0.24%	-0.79%
2036	5,336,133	1,687,823	0.21%	-0.79%
2037	5,346,408	1,674,629	0.19%	-0.78%
2038	5,355,519	1,661,616	0.17%	-0.78%
2039	5,363,363	1,648,536	0.15%	-0.79%
2040	5,369,806	1,635,604	0.12%	-0.78%
2041	5,374,934	1,622,819	0.1%	-0.78%
2042	5,378,670	1,610,197	0.07%	-0.78%
2043	5,380,915	1,597,712	0.04%	-0.78%
2044	5,381,720	1,585,205	0.01%	-0.78%
2045	5,381,014	1,572,558	-0.01%	-0.8%
2046	5,378,757	1,559,919	-0.04%	-0.8%
2047	5,374,945	1,547,369	-0.07%	-0.8%
2048	5,369,577	1,534,713	-0.1%	-0.82%
2049	5,362,651	1,521,945	-0.13%	-0.83%
2050	5,354,148	1,509,157	-0.16%	-0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.