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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Madagascar	Costa Rica	Madagascar
1960	1,327,496	5,111,029	-	-
1961	1,377,920	5,246,158	3.8%	2.64%
1962	1,429,445	5,384,150	3.74%	2.63%
1963	1,481,604	5,525,185	3.65%	2.62%
1964	1,533,960	5,669,863	3.53%	2.62%
1965	1,586,208	5,819,116	3.41%	2.63%
1966	1,638,116	5,974,279	3.27%	2.67%
1967	1,689,523	6,136,486	3.14%	2.72%
1968	1,739,731	6,306,493	2.97%	2.77%
1969	1,789,276	6,484,716	2.85%	2.83%
1970	1,838,949	6,672,003	2.78%	2.89%
1971	1,888,539	6,868,868	2.7%	2.95%
1972	1,938,248	7,074,398	2.63%	2.99%
1973	1,988,343	7,288,048	2.58%	3.02%
1974	2,039,643	7,509,726	2.58%	3.04%
1975	2,092,719	7,739,336	2.6%	3.06%
1976	2,147,774	7,976,831	2.63%	3.07%
1977	2,205,025	8,222,240	2.67%	3.08%
1978	2,264,510	8,475,864	2.7%	3.08%
1979	2,326,490	8,737,581	2.74%	3.09%
1980	2,390,633	9,006,032	2.76%	3.07%
1981	2,456,637	9,279,011	2.76%	3.03%
1982	2,524,806	9,557,671	2.77%	3%
1983	2,595,153	9,843,044	2.79%	2.99%
1984	2,667,595	10,134,550	2.79%	2.96%
1985	2,741,894	10,433,142	2.79%	2.95%
1986	2,817,216	10,736,857	2.75%	2.91%
1987	2,892,699	11,047,291	2.68%	2.89%
1988	2,968,103	11,369,462	2.61%	2.92%
1989	3,043,827	11,704,998	2.55%	2.95%
1990	3,121,706	12,055,639	2.56%	3%
1991	3,202,176	12,421,412	2.58%	3.03%
1992	3,284,258	12,800,870	2.56%	3.05%
1993	3,367,434	13,197,345	2.53%	3.1%
1994	3,451,122	13,613,850	2.49%	3.16%
1995	3,535,176	14,051,275	2.44%	3.21%
1996	3,619,013	14,510,711	2.37%	3.27%
1997	3,701,711	14,990,814	2.29%	3.31%
1998	3,782,838	15,489,364	2.19%	3.33%
1999	3,862,101	16,000,506	2.1%	3.3%
2000	3,937,739	16,516,338	1.96%	3.22%
2001	4,008,947	17,032,939	1.81%	3.13%
2002	4,075,705	17,549,913	1.67%	3.04%
2003	4,138,784	18,071,854	1.55%	2.97%
2004	4,200,078	18,606,608	1.48%	2.96%
2005	4,261,240	19,159,707	1.46%	2.97%
2006	4,321,340	19,730,909	1.41%	2.98%
2007	4,380,248	20,318,583	1.36%	2.98%
2008	4,440,056	20,923,840	1.37%	2.98%
2009	4,499,791	21,547,280	1.35%	2.98%
2010	4,555,962	22,183,340	1.25%	2.95%
2011	4,609,833	22,822,300	1.18%	2.88%
2012	4,663,934	23,462,438	1.17%	2.8%
2013	4,716,147	24,109,290	1.12%	2.76%
2014	4,767,119	24,764,348	1.08%	2.72%
2015	4,818,038	25,426,702	1.07%	2.67%
2016	4,866,998	26,099,952	1.02%	2.65%
2017	4,913,177	26,788,375	0.95%	2.64%
2018	4,957,818	27,494,926	0.91%	2.64%
2019	4,999,553	28,219,554	0.84%	2.64%
2020	5,034,320	28,953,556	0.7%	2.6%
2021	5,059,988	29,691,083	0.51%	2.55%
2022	5,081,765	30,437,261	0.43%	2.51%
2023	5,105,525	31,195,932	0.47%	2.49%
2024	5,129,910	31,964,956	0.48%	2.47%
2025	5,152,946	32,740,675	0.45%	2.43%
2026	5,174,780	33,522,048	0.42%	2.39%
2027	5,195,555	34,308,785	0.4%	2.35%
2028	5,215,247	35,099,853	0.38%	2.31%
2029	5,233,877	35,894,674	0.36%	2.26%
2030	5,251,495	36,693,182	0.34%	2.22%
2031	5,268,137	37,495,701	0.32%	2.19%
2032	5,283,807	38,301,308	0.3%	2.15%
2033	5,298,514	39,109,380	0.28%	2.11%
2034	5,312,162	39,919,948	0.26%	2.07%
2035	5,324,698	40,733,841	0.24%	2.04%
2036	5,336,133	41,551,309	0.21%	2.01%
2037	5,346,408	42,371,330	0.19%	1.97%
2038	5,355,519	43,194,142	0.17%	1.94%
2039	5,363,363	44,019,285	0.15%	1.91%
2040	5,369,806	44,846,889	0.12%	1.88%
2041	5,374,934	45,676,973	0.1%	1.85%
2042	5,378,670	46,508,810	0.07%	1.82%
2043	5,380,915	47,342,285	0.04%	1.79%
2044	5,381,720	48,176,594	0.01%	1.76%
2045	5,381,014	49,011,270	-0.01%	1.73%
2046	5,378,757	49,846,522	-0.04%	1.7%
2047	5,374,945	50,682,055	-0.07%	1.68%
2048	5,369,577	51,517,342	-0.1%	1.65%
2049	5,362,651	52,351,981	-0.13%	1.62%
2050	5,354,148	53,185,464	-0.16%	1.59%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2005 and ranked 49th 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 Madagascar will increase by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.