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	2,389,275	0.48%	-2.79%
2025	5,152,946	2,358,679	0.45%	-1.28%
2026	5,174,780	2,331,249	0.42%	-1.16%
2027	5,195,555	2,308,519	0.4%	-0.97%
2028	5,215,247	2,285,773	0.38%	-0.99%
2029	5,233,877	2,262,909	0.36%	-1%
2030	5,251,495	2,239,915	0.34%	-1.02%
2031	5,268,137	2,217,099	0.32%	-1.02%
2032	5,283,807	2,194,590	0.3%	-1.02%
2033	5,298,514	2,172,083	0.28%	-1.03%
2034	5,312,162	2,149,558	0.26%	-1.04%
2035	5,324,698	2,127,153	0.24%	-1.04%
2036	5,336,133	2,105,178	0.21%	-1.03%
2037	5,346,408	2,083,762	0.19%	-1.02%
2038	5,355,519	2,062,803	0.17%	-1.01%
2039	5,363,363	2,042,214	0.15%	-1%
2040	5,369,806	2,022,294	0.12%	-0.98%
2041	5,374,934	2,003,296	0.1%	-0.94%
2042	5,378,670	1,984,924	0.07%	-0.92%
2043	5,380,915	1,966,961	0.04%	-0.9%
2044	5,381,720	1,949,608	0.01%	-0.88%
2045	5,381,014	1,932,647	-0.01%	-0.87%
2046	5,378,757	1,915,982	-0.04%	-0.86%
2047	5,374,945	1,899,781	-0.07%	-0.85%
2048	5,369,577	1,883,795	-0.1%	-0.84%
2049	5,362,651	1,867,636	-0.13%	-0.86%
2050	5,354,148	1,851,456	-0.16%	-0.87%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.