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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Libya	Costa Rica	Libya
1960	1,327,496	1,492,890	-	-
1961	1,377,920	1,555,699	3.8%	4.21%
1962	1,429,445	1,621,960	3.74%	4.26%
1963	1,481,604	1,690,457	3.65%	4.22%
1964	1,533,960	1,753,691	3.53%	3.74%
1965	1,586,208	1,804,015	3.41%	2.87%
1966	1,638,116	1,849,063	3.27%	2.5%
1967	1,689,523	1,898,199	3.14%	2.66%
1968	1,739,731	1,952,781	2.97%	2.88%
1969	1,789,276	2,014,293	2.85%	3.15%
1970	1,838,949	2,082,589	2.78%	3.39%
1971	1,888,539	2,153,534	2.7%	3.41%
1972	1,938,248	2,226,091	2.63%	3.37%
1973	1,988,343	2,314,193	2.58%	3.96%
1974	2,039,643	2,432,211	2.58%	5.1%
1975	2,092,719	2,571,556	2.6%	5.73%
1976	2,147,774	2,721,237	2.63%	5.82%
1977	2,205,025	2,881,533	2.67%	5.89%
1978	2,264,510	3,052,526	2.7%	5.93%
1979	2,326,490	3,233,846	2.74%	5.94%
1980	2,390,633	3,424,378	2.76%	5.89%
1981	2,456,637	3,621,486	2.76%	5.76%
1982	2,524,806	3,724,765	2.77%	2.85%
1983	2,595,153	3,718,961	2.79%	-0.16%
1984	2,667,595	3,773,633	2.79%	1.47%
1985	2,741,894	3,898,745	2.79%	3.32%
1986	2,817,216	4,017,403	2.75%	3.04%
1987	2,892,699	4,129,739	2.68%	2.8%
1988	2,968,103	4,237,755	2.61%	2.62%
1989	3,043,827	4,342,920	2.55%	2.48%
1990	3,121,706	4,445,239	2.56%	2.36%
1991	3,202,176	4,544,400	2.58%	2.23%
1992	3,284,258	4,640,352	2.56%	2.11%
1993	3,367,434	4,733,045	2.53%	2%
1994	3,451,122	4,822,037	2.49%	1.88%
1995	3,535,176	4,906,843	2.44%	1.76%
1996	3,619,013	4,987,393	2.37%	1.64%
1997	3,701,711	5,064,639	2.29%	1.55%
1998	3,782,838	5,140,704	2.19%	1.5%
1999	3,862,101	5,218,038	2.1%	1.5%
2000	3,937,739	5,305,021	1.96%	1.67%
2001	4,008,947	5,403,639	1.81%	1.86%
2002	4,075,705	5,508,410	1.67%	1.94%
2003	4,138,784	5,619,398	1.55%	2.01%
2004	4,200,078	5,736,693	1.48%	2.09%
2005	4,261,240	5,858,798	1.46%	2.13%
2006	4,321,340	5,980,211	1.41%	2.07%
2007	4,380,248	6,104,380	1.36%	2.08%
2008	4,440,056	6,235,430	1.37%	2.15%
2009	4,499,791	6,366,686	1.35%	2.11%
2010	4,555,962	6,497,839	1.25%	2.06%
2011	4,609,833	6,343,203	1.18%	-2.38%
2012	4,663,934	6,179,328	1.17%	-2.58%
2013	4,716,147	6,304,628	1.12%	2.03%
2014	4,767,119	6,427,252	1.08%	1.94%
2015	4,818,038	6,531,819	1.07%	1.63%
2016	4,866,998	6,632,126	1.02%	1.54%
2017	4,913,177	6,738,770	0.95%	1.61%
2018	4,957,818	6,849,055	0.91%	1.64%
2019	4,999,553	6,951,033	0.84%	1.49%
2020	5,034,320	7,045,399	0.7%	1.36%
2021	5,059,988	7,135,175	0.51%	1.27%
2022	5,081,765	7,223,805	0.43%	1.24%
2023	5,105,525	7,305,659	0.47%	1.13%
2024	5,129,910	7,381,023	0.48%	1.03%
2025	5,152,946	7,458,547	0.45%	1.05%
2026	5,174,780	7,539,842	0.42%	1.09%
2027	5,195,555	7,627,487	0.4%	1.16%
2028	5,215,247	7,716,839	0.38%	1.17%
2029	5,233,877	7,802,209	0.36%	1.11%
2030	5,251,495	7,885,801	0.34%	1.07%
2031	5,268,137	7,969,103	0.32%	1.06%
2032	5,283,807	8,048,491	0.3%	1%
2033	5,298,514	8,126,634	0.28%	0.97%
2034	5,312,162	8,206,611	0.26%	0.98%
2035	5,324,698	8,283,950	0.24%	0.94%
2036	5,336,133	8,357,480	0.21%	0.89%
2037	5,346,408	8,431,722	0.19%	0.89%
2038	5,355,519	8,506,595	0.17%	0.89%
2039	5,363,363	8,579,849	0.15%	0.86%
2040	5,369,806	8,651,409	0.12%	0.83%
2041	5,374,934	8,719,609	0.1%	0.79%
2042	5,378,670	8,786,619	0.07%	0.77%
2043	5,380,915	8,854,384	0.04%	0.77%
2044	5,381,720	8,920,015	0.01%	0.74%
2045	5,381,014	8,983,943	-0.01%	0.72%
2046	5,378,757	9,043,667	-0.04%	0.66%
2047	5,374,945	9,098,399	-0.07%	0.61%
2048	5,369,577	9,154,058	-0.1%	0.61%
2049	5,362,651	9,208,602	-0.13%	0.6%
2050	5,354,148	9,260,603	-0.16%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.