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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Mexico	Costa Rica	Mexico
1960	1,327,496	36,724,615	-	-
1961	1,377,920	37,890,118	3.8%	3.17%
1962	1,429,445	39,129,200	3.74%	3.27%
1963	1,481,604	40,424,065	3.65%	3.31%
1964	1,533,960	41,772,049	3.53%	3.33%
1965	1,586,208	43,174,477	3.41%	3.36%
1966	1,638,116	44,629,106	3.27%	3.37%
1967	1,689,523	46,129,608	3.14%	3.36%
1968	1,739,731	47,668,303	2.97%	3.34%
1969	1,789,276	49,233,194	2.85%	3.28%
1970	1,838,949	50,814,953	2.78%	3.21%
1971	1,888,539	52,412,558	2.7%	3.14%
1972	1,938,248	54,030,168	2.63%	3.09%
1973	1,988,343	55,667,284	2.58%	3.03%
1974	2,039,643	57,320,149	2.58%	2.97%
1975	2,092,719	58,982,400	2.6%	2.9%
1976	2,147,774	60,645,512	2.63%	2.82%
1977	2,205,025	62,308,493	2.67%	2.74%
1978	2,264,510	63,979,046	2.7%	2.68%
1979	2,326,490	65,648,865	2.74%	2.61%
1980	2,390,633	67,300,334	2.76%	2.52%
1981	2,456,637	68,892,108	2.76%	2.37%
1982	2,524,806	70,433,260	2.77%	2.24%
1983	2,595,153	71,971,240	2.79%	2.18%
1984	2,667,595	73,506,846	2.79%	2.13%
1985	2,741,894	75,043,414	2.79%	2.09%
1986	2,817,216	76,585,637	2.75%	2.06%
1987	2,892,699	78,136,651	2.68%	2.03%
1988	2,968,103	79,695,531	2.61%	2%
1989	3,043,827	81,247,182	2.55%	1.95%
1990	3,121,706	82,820,170	2.56%	1.94%
1991	3,202,176	84,430,572	2.58%	1.94%
1992	3,284,258	86,044,809	2.56%	1.91%
1993	3,367,434	87,653,807	2.53%	1.87%
1994	3,451,122	89,259,205	2.49%	1.83%
1995	3,535,176	90,862,455	2.44%	1.8%
1996	3,619,013	92,452,702	2.37%	1.75%
1997	3,701,711	94,021,207	2.29%	1.7%
1998	3,782,838	95,575,245	2.19%	1.65%
1999	3,862,101	97,115,707	2.1%	1.61%
2000	3,937,739	98,625,552	1.96%	1.55%
2001	4,008,947	100,099,099	1.81%	1.49%
2002	4,075,705	101,548,624	1.67%	1.45%
2003	4,138,784	102,978,515	1.55%	1.41%
2004	4,200,078	104,394,131	1.48%	1.37%
2005	4,261,240	105,811,504	1.46%	1.36%
2006	4,321,340	107,253,666	1.41%	1.36%
2007	4,380,248	108,774,360	1.36%	1.42%
2008	4,440,056	110,374,288	1.37%	1.47%
2009	4,499,791	111,999,721	1.35%	1.47%
2010	4,555,962	113,623,895	1.25%	1.45%
2011	4,609,833	115,243,504	1.18%	1.43%
2012	4,663,934	116,818,208	1.17%	1.37%
2013	4,716,147	118,343,573	1.12%	1.31%
2014	4,767,119	119,784,261	1.08%	1.22%
2015	4,818,038	121,072,306	1.07%	1.08%
2016	4,866,998	122,251,351	1.02%	0.97%
2017	4,913,177	123,400,057	0.95%	0.94%
2018	4,957,818	124,573,711	0.91%	0.95%
2019	4,999,553	125,762,982	0.84%	0.95%
2020	5,034,320	126,799,054	0.7%	0.82%
2021	5,059,988	127,648,148	0.51%	0.67%
2022	5,081,765	128,613,117	0.43%	0.76%
2023	5,105,525	129,739,759	0.47%	0.88%
2024	5,129,910	130,861,007	0.48%	0.86%
2025	5,152,946	131,946,905	0.45%	0.83%
2026	5,174,780	132,997,664	0.42%	0.8%
2027	5,195,555	134,017,711	0.4%	0.77%
2028	5,215,247	135,008,697	0.38%	0.74%
2029	5,233,877	135,970,893	0.36%	0.71%
2030	5,251,495	136,904,747	0.34%	0.69%
2031	5,268,137	137,811,068	0.32%	0.66%
2032	5,283,807	138,690,189	0.3%	0.64%
2033	5,298,514	139,542,087	0.28%	0.61%
2034	5,312,162	140,362,026	0.26%	0.59%
2035	5,324,698	141,150,818	0.24%	0.56%
2036	5,336,133	141,909,168	0.21%	0.54%
2037	5,346,408	142,637,546	0.19%	0.51%
2038	5,355,519	143,336,222	0.17%	0.49%
2039	5,363,363	143,998,296	0.15%	0.46%
2040	5,369,806	144,624,328	0.12%	0.43%
2041	5,374,934	145,217,780	0.1%	0.41%
2042	5,378,670	145,777,459	0.07%	0.39%
2043	5,380,915	146,300,011	0.04%	0.36%
2044	5,381,720	146,787,722	0.01%	0.33%
2045	5,381,014	147,240,096	-0.01%	0.31%
2046	5,378,757	147,654,160	-0.04%	0.28%
2047	5,374,945	148,030,153	-0.07%	0.25%
2048	5,369,577	148,372,233	-0.1%	0.23%
2049	5,362,651	148,677,894	-0.13%	0.21%
2050	5,354,148	148,946,272	-0.16%	0.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.