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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Moldova	Costa Rica	Moldova
1960	1,327,496	2,058,020	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,103,327	3.8%	2.2%
1962	1,429,445	2,147,227	3.74%	2.09%
1963	1,481,604	2,188,895	3.65%	1.94%
1964	1,533,960	2,228,000	3.53%	1.79%
1965	1,586,208	2,265,287	3.41%	1.67%
1966	1,638,116	2,301,871	3.27%	1.61%
1967	1,689,523	2,337,695	3.14%	1.56%
1968	1,739,731	2,373,073	2.97%	1.51%
1969	1,789,276	2,408,469	2.85%	1.49%
1970	1,838,949	2,437,590	2.78%	1.21%
1971	1,888,539	2,460,611	2.7%	0.94%
1972	1,938,248	2,484,742	2.63%	0.98%
1973	1,988,343	2,510,584	2.58%	1.04%
1974	2,039,643	2,538,164	2.58%	1.1%
1975	2,092,719	2,566,998	2.6%	1.14%
1976	2,147,774	2,596,491	2.63%	1.15%
1977	2,205,025	2,626,298	2.67%	1.15%
1978	2,264,510	2,656,211	2.7%	1.14%
1979	2,326,490	2,683,035	2.74%	1.01%
1980	2,390,633	2,708,675	2.76%	0.96%
1981	2,456,637	2,735,987	2.76%	1.01%
1982	2,524,806	2,763,101	2.77%	0.99%
1983	2,595,153	2,791,207	2.79%	1.02%
1984	2,667,595	2,820,518	2.79%	1.05%
1985	2,741,894	2,850,787	2.79%	1.07%
1986	2,817,216	2,883,057	2.75%	1.13%
1987	2,892,699	2,916,306	2.68%	1.15%
1988	2,968,103	2,948,891	2.61%	1.12%
1989	3,043,827	2,970,039	2.55%	0.72%
1990	3,121,706	2,977,912	2.56%	0.27%
1991	3,202,176	2,981,566	2.58%	0.12%
1992	3,284,258	2,980,965	2.56%	-0.02%
1993	3,367,434	2,975,966	2.53%	-0.17%
1994	3,451,122	2,966,745	2.49%	-0.31%
1995	3,535,176	2,953,200	2.44%	-0.46%
1996	3,619,013	2,947,293	2.37%	-0.2%
1997	3,701,711	2,936,413	2.29%	-0.37%
1998	3,782,838	2,935,227	2.19%	-0.04%
1999	3,862,101	2,930,622	2.1%	-0.16%
2000	3,937,739	2,924,668	1.96%	-0.2%
2001	4,008,947	2,918,135	1.81%	-0.22%
2002	4,075,705	2,911,385	1.67%	-0.23%
2003	4,138,784	2,903,198	1.55%	-0.28%
2004	4,200,078	2,896,023	1.48%	-0.25%
2005	4,261,240	2,888,985	1.46%	-0.24%
2006	4,321,340	2,880,967	1.41%	-0.28%
2007	4,380,248	2,874,299	1.36%	-0.23%
2008	4,440,056	2,868,833	1.37%	-0.19%
2009	4,499,791	2,865,213	1.35%	-0.13%
2010	4,555,962	2,862,354	1.25%	-0.1%
2011	4,609,833	2,860,699	1.18%	-0.06%
2012	4,663,934	2,860,324	1.17%	-0.01%
2013	4,716,147	2,859,558	1.12%	-0.03%
2014	4,767,119	2,857,815	1.08%	-0.06%
2015	4,818,038	2,835,978	1.07%	-0.76%
2016	4,866,998	2,803,186	1.02%	-1.16%
2017	4,913,177	2,755,189	0.95%	-1.71%
2018	4,957,818	2,707,203	0.91%	-1.74%
2019	4,999,553	2,664,224	0.84%	-1.59%
2020	5,034,320	2,635,130	0.7%	-1.09%
2021	5,059,988	2,595,809	0.51%	-1.49%
2022	5,081,765	2,528,654	0.43%	-2.59%
2023	5,105,525	2,457,783	0.47%	-2.8%
2024	5,129,910	2,402,306	0.48%	-2.26%
2025	5,152,946	2,371,543	0.45%	-1.28%
2026	5,174,780	2,343,963	0.42%	-1.16%
2027	5,195,555	2,321,110	0.4%	-0.97%
2028	5,215,247	2,298,239	0.38%	-0.99%
2029	5,233,877	2,275,251	0.36%	-1%
2030	5,251,495	2,252,131	0.34%	-1.02%
2031	5,268,137	2,229,191	0.32%	-1.02%
2032	5,283,807	2,206,559	0.3%	-1.02%
2033	5,298,514	2,183,929	0.28%	-1.03%
2034	5,312,162	2,161,282	0.26%	-1.04%
2035	5,324,698	2,138,754	0.24%	-1.04%
2036	5,336,133	2,116,659	0.21%	-1.03%
2037	5,346,408	2,095,127	0.19%	-1.02%
2038	5,355,519	2,074,054	0.17%	-1.01%
2039	5,363,363	2,053,352	0.15%	-1%
2040	5,369,806	2,033,323	0.12%	-0.98%
2041	5,374,934	2,014,222	0.1%	-0.94%
2042	5,378,670	1,995,750	0.07%	-0.92%
2043	5,380,915	1,977,688	0.04%	-0.9%
2044	5,381,720	1,960,241	0.01%	-0.88%
2045	5,381,014	1,943,187	-0.01%	-0.87%
2046	5,378,757	1,926,432	-0.04%	-0.86%
2047	5,374,945	1,910,142	-0.07%	-0.85%
2048	5,369,577	1,894,069	-0.1%	-0.84%
2049	5,362,651	1,877,822	-0.13%	-0.86%
2050	5,354,148	1,861,554	-0.16%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.