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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Mauritania	Costa Rica	Mauritania
1960	1,327,496	824,298	-	-
1961	1,377,920	846,167	3.8%	2.65%
1962	1,429,445	869,184	3.74%	2.72%
1963	1,481,604	893,423	3.65%	2.79%
1964	1,533,960	918,955	3.53%	2.86%
1965	1,586,208	945,838	3.41%	2.93%
1966	1,638,116	974,157	3.27%	2.99%
1967	1,689,523	1,003,843	3.14%	3.05%
1968	1,739,731	1,034,739	2.97%	3.08%
1969	1,789,276	1,066,754	2.85%	3.09%
1970	1,838,949	1,099,806	2.78%	3.1%
1971	1,888,539	1,133,702	2.7%	3.08%
1972	1,938,248	1,168,355	2.63%	3.06%
1973	1,988,343	1,203,838	2.58%	3.04%
1974	2,039,643	1,240,188	2.58%	3.02%
1975	2,092,719	1,277,330	2.6%	2.99%
1976	2,147,774	1,315,336	2.63%	2.98%
1977	2,205,025	1,353,768	2.67%	2.92%
1978	2,264,510	1,392,713	2.7%	2.88%
1979	2,326,490	1,432,758	2.74%	2.88%
1980	2,390,633	1,474,043	2.76%	2.88%
1981	2,456,637	1,516,877	2.76%	2.91%
1982	2,524,806	1,561,176	2.77%	2.92%
1983	2,595,153	1,606,746	2.79%	2.92%
1984	2,667,595	1,653,693	2.79%	2.92%
1985	2,741,894	1,702,107	2.79%	2.93%
1986	2,817,216	1,751,835	2.75%	2.92%
1987	2,892,699	1,803,014	2.68%	2.92%
1988	2,968,103	1,855,859	2.61%	2.93%
1989	3,043,827	1,903,048	2.55%	2.54%
1990	3,121,706	1,951,878	2.56%	2.57%
1991	3,202,176	2,009,738	2.58%	2.96%
1992	3,284,258	2,088,135	2.56%	3.9%
1993	3,367,434	2,174,328	2.53%	4.13%
1994	3,451,122	2,249,454	2.49%	3.46%
1995	3,535,176	2,312,017	2.44%	2.78%
1996	3,619,013	2,358,188	2.37%	2%
1997	3,701,711	2,411,306	2.29%	2.25%
1998	3,782,838	2,474,651	2.19%	2.63%
1999	3,862,101	2,541,698	2.1%	2.71%
2000	3,937,739	2,613,441	1.96%	2.82%
2001	4,008,947	2,678,760	1.81%	2.5%
2002	4,075,705	2,738,655	1.67%	2.24%
2003	4,138,784	2,802,046	1.55%	2.31%
2004	4,200,078	2,868,664	1.48%	2.38%
2005	4,261,240	2,939,059	1.46%	2.45%
2006	4,321,340	3,013,660	1.41%	2.54%
2007	4,380,248	3,093,059	1.36%	2.63%
2008	4,440,056	3,183,269	1.37%	2.92%
2009	4,499,791	3,284,448	1.35%	3.18%
2010	4,555,962	3,390,965	1.25%	3.24%
2011	4,609,833	3,502,811	1.18%	3.3%
2012	4,663,934	3,619,034	1.17%	3.32%
2013	4,716,147	3,734,318	1.12%	3.19%
2014	4,767,119	3,848,514	1.08%	3.06%
2015	4,818,038	3,965,959	1.07%	3.05%
2016	4,866,998	4,086,657	1.02%	3.04%
2017	4,913,177	4,210,600	0.95%	3.03%
2018	4,957,818	4,337,685	0.91%	3.02%
2019	4,999,553	4,467,708	0.84%	3%
2020	5,034,320	4,600,131	0.7%	2.96%
2021	5,059,988	4,734,874	0.51%	2.93%
2022	5,081,765	4,875,637	0.43%	2.97%
2023	5,105,525	5,022,441	0.47%	3.01%
2024	5,129,910	5,169,395	0.48%	2.93%
2025	5,152,946	5,315,063	0.45%	2.82%
2026	5,174,780	5,461,313	0.42%	2.75%
2027	5,195,555	5,608,785	0.4%	2.7%
2028	5,215,247	5,757,952	0.38%	2.66%
2029	5,233,877	5,909,186	0.36%	2.63%
2030	5,251,495	6,062,523	0.34%	2.59%
2031	5,268,137	6,217,791	0.32%	2.56%
2032	5,283,807	6,374,839	0.3%	2.53%
2033	5,298,514	6,533,828	0.28%	2.49%
2034	5,312,162	6,694,445	0.26%	2.46%
2035	5,324,698	6,856,314	0.24%	2.42%
2036	5,336,133	7,019,227	0.21%	2.38%
2037	5,346,408	7,183,105	0.19%	2.33%
2038	5,355,519	7,348,357	0.17%	2.3%
2039	5,363,363	7,514,734	0.15%	2.26%
2040	5,369,806	7,681,907	0.12%	2.22%
2041	5,374,934	7,850,210	0.1%	2.19%
2042	5,378,670	8,020,480	0.07%	2.17%
2043	5,380,915	8,192,542	0.04%	2.15%
2044	5,381,720	8,365,171	0.01%	2.11%
2045	5,381,014	8,538,521	-0.01%	2.07%
2046	5,378,757	8,713,247	-0.04%	2.05%
2047	5,374,945	8,888,466	-0.07%	2.01%
2048	5,369,577	9,064,207	-0.1%	1.98%
2049	5,362,651	9,240,169	-0.13%	1.94%
2050	5,354,148	9,415,589	-0.16%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.