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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Lebanon	Costa Rica	Lebanon
1960	1,327,496	1,794,406	-	-
1961	1,377,920	1,850,084	3.8%	3.1%
1962	1,429,445	1,909,578	3.74%	3.22%
1963	1,481,604	1,970,316	3.65%	3.18%
1964	1,533,960	2,030,543	3.53%	3.06%
1965	1,586,208	2,088,831	3.41%	2.87%
1966	1,638,116	2,148,260	3.27%	2.85%
1967	1,689,523	2,206,731	3.14%	2.72%
1968	1,739,731	2,266,368	2.97%	2.7%
1969	1,789,276	2,328,159	2.85%	2.73%
1970	1,838,949	2,386,114	2.78%	2.49%
1971	1,888,539	2,446,314	2.7%	2.52%
1972	1,938,248	2,509,729	2.63%	2.59%
1973	1,988,343	2,572,935	2.58%	2.52%
1974	2,039,643	2,635,185	2.58%	2.42%
1975	2,092,719	2,693,191	2.6%	2.2%
1976	2,147,774	2,726,469	2.63%	1.24%
1977	2,205,025	2,762,155	2.67%	1.31%
1978	2,264,510	2,822,682	2.7%	2.19%
1979	2,326,490	2,882,635	2.74%	2.12%
1980	2,390,633	2,944,763	2.76%	2.16%
1981	2,456,637	3,008,981	2.76%	2.18%
1982	2,524,806	3,054,931	2.77%	1.53%
1983	2,595,153	3,094,996	2.79%	1.31%
1984	2,667,595	3,152,744	2.79%	1.87%
1985	2,741,894	3,217,376	2.79%	2.05%
1986	2,817,216	3,300,365	2.75%	2.58%
1987	2,892,699	3,385,555	2.68%	2.58%
1988	2,968,103	3,454,649	2.61%	2.04%
1989	3,043,827	3,525,285	2.55%	2.04%
1990	3,121,706	3,595,175	2.56%	1.98%
1991	3,202,176	3,668,912	2.58%	2.05%
1992	3,284,258	3,747,371	2.56%	2.14%
1993	3,367,434	3,820,647	2.53%	1.96%
1994	3,451,122	3,889,799	2.49%	1.81%
1995	3,535,176	3,960,735	2.44%	1.82%
1996	3,619,013	4,034,781	2.37%	1.87%
1997	3,701,711	4,108,405	2.29%	1.82%
1998	3,782,838	4,181,281	2.19%	1.77%
1999	3,862,101	4,255,277	2.1%	1.77%
2000	3,937,739	4,329,340	1.96%	1.74%
2001	4,008,947	4,401,918	1.81%	1.68%
2002	4,075,705	4,463,504	1.67%	1.4%
2003	4,138,784	4,525,508	1.55%	1.39%
2004	4,200,078	4,599,279	1.48%	1.63%
2005	4,261,240	4,671,102	1.46%	1.56%
2006	4,321,340	4,751,136	1.41%	1.71%
2007	4,380,248	4,844,118	1.36%	1.96%
2008	4,440,056	4,925,354	1.37%	1.68%
2009	4,499,791	4,992,287	1.35%	1.36%
2010	4,555,962	5,041,288	1.25%	0.98%
2011	4,609,833	5,096,020	1.18%	1.09%
2012	4,663,934	5,235,742	1.17%	2.74%
2013	4,716,147	5,743,436	1.12%	9.7%
2014	4,767,119	6,346,990	1.08%	10.5%
2015	4,818,038	6,472,469	1.07%	1.98%
2016	4,866,998	6,323,060	1.02%	-2.31%
2017	4,913,177	6,160,128	0.95%	-2.58%
2018	4,957,818	5,984,119	0.91%	-2.86%
2019	4,999,553	5,794,594	0.84%	-3.17%
2020	5,034,320	5,702,398	0.7%	-1.59%
2021	5,059,988	5,718,122	0.51%	0.28%
2022	5,081,765	5,744,489	0.43%	0.46%
2023	5,105,525	5,773,493	0.47%	0.5%
2024	5,129,910	5,805,962	0.48%	0.56%
2025	5,152,946	5,849,420	0.45%	0.75%
2026	5,174,780	5,897,459	0.42%	0.82%
2027	5,195,555	5,947,070	0.4%	0.84%
2028	5,215,247	5,997,844	0.38%	0.85%
2029	5,233,877	6,050,384	0.36%	0.88%
2030	5,251,495	6,103,809	0.34%	0.88%
2031	5,268,137	6,158,003	0.32%	0.89%
2032	5,283,807	6,210,753	0.3%	0.86%
2033	5,298,514	6,259,744	0.28%	0.79%
2034	5,312,162	6,308,826	0.26%	0.78%
2035	5,324,698	6,357,723	0.24%	0.78%
2036	5,336,133	6,407,678	0.21%	0.79%
2037	5,346,408	6,461,872	0.19%	0.85%
2038	5,355,519	6,516,253	0.17%	0.84%
2039	5,363,363	6,569,272	0.15%	0.81%
2040	5,369,806	6,620,323	0.12%	0.78%
2041	5,374,934	6,669,091	0.1%	0.74%
2042	5,378,670	6,714,435	0.07%	0.68%
2043	5,380,915	6,754,071	0.04%	0.59%
2044	5,381,720	6,794,014	0.01%	0.59%
2045	5,381,014	6,834,985	-0.01%	0.6%
2046	5,378,757	6,871,777	-0.04%	0.54%
2047	5,374,945	6,909,022	-0.07%	0.54%
2048	5,369,577	6,944,194	-0.1%	0.51%
2049	5,362,651	6,972,877	-0.13%	0.41%
2050	5,354,148	6,999,259	-0.16%	0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,801,367 people (a 38.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -584,461 (a 9.03% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Lebanon was ranked 114th in 2005 and ranked 115th 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 Lebanon will increase by 18.9% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.