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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Mozambique	Costa Rica	Mozambique
1960	1,327,496	6,713,695	-	-
1961	1,377,920	6,834,936	3.8%	1.81%
1962	1,429,445	6,969,364	3.74%	1.97%
1963	1,481,604	7,109,828	3.65%	2.02%
1964	1,533,960	7,255,061	3.53%	2.04%
1965	1,586,208	7,406,421	3.41%	2.09%
1966	1,638,116	7,562,990	3.27%	2.11%
1967	1,689,523	7,724,550	3.14%	2.14%
1968	1,739,731	7,892,613	2.97%	2.18%
1969	1,789,276	8,066,951	2.85%	2.21%
1970	1,838,949	8,250,506	2.78%	2.28%
1971	1,888,539	8,456,317	2.7%	2.49%
1972	1,938,248	8,692,935	2.63%	2.8%
1973	1,988,343	8,954,242	2.58%	3.01%
1974	2,039,643	9,236,093	2.58%	3.15%
1975	2,092,719	9,540,817	2.6%	3.3%
1976	2,147,774	9,867,209	2.63%	3.42%
1977	2,205,025	10,224,975	2.67%	3.63%
1978	2,264,510	10,618,250	2.7%	3.85%
1979	2,326,490	11,028,809	2.74%	3.87%
1980	2,390,633	11,336,221	2.76%	2.79%
1981	2,456,637	11,568,127	2.76%	2.05%
1982	2,524,806	11,824,370	2.77%	2.22%
1983	2,595,153	12,073,822	2.79%	2.11%
1984	2,667,595	12,315,954	2.79%	2.01%
1985	2,741,894	12,548,949	2.79%	1.89%
1986	2,817,216	12,770,578	2.75%	1.77%
1987	2,892,699	12,822,574	2.68%	0.41%
1988	2,968,103	12,800,558	2.61%	-0.17%
1989	3,043,827	12,906,842	2.55%	0.83%
1990	3,121,706	13,094,537	2.56%	1.45%
1991	3,202,176	13,352,090	2.58%	1.97%
1992	3,284,258	13,613,316	2.56%	1.96%
1993	3,367,434	14,051,192	2.53%	3.22%
1994	3,451,122	15,033,853	2.49%	6.99%
1995	3,535,176	15,960,530	2.44%	6.16%
1996	3,619,013	16,492,480	2.37%	3.33%
1997	3,701,711	16,949,982	2.29%	2.77%
1998	3,782,838	17,340,464	2.19%	2.3%
1999	3,862,101	17,734,506	2.1%	2.27%
2000	3,937,739	18,129,653	1.96%	2.23%
2001	4,008,947	18,537,729	1.81%	2.25%
2002	4,075,705	18,958,338	1.67%	2.27%
2003	4,138,784	19,392,475	1.55%	2.29%
2004	4,200,078	19,840,313	1.48%	2.31%
2005	4,261,240	20,304,569	1.46%	2.34%
2006	4,321,340	20,787,087	1.41%	2.38%
2007	4,380,248	21,287,635	1.36%	2.41%
2008	4,440,056	21,819,036	1.37%	2.5%
2009	4,499,791	22,391,745	1.35%	2.62%
2010	4,555,962	22,999,235	1.25%	2.71%
2011	4,609,833	23,649,039	1.18%	2.83%
2012	4,663,934	24,337,846	1.17%	2.91%
2013	4,716,147	25,051,611	1.12%	2.93%
2014	4,767,119	25,788,475	1.08%	2.94%
2015	4,818,038	26,547,572	1.07%	2.94%
2016	4,866,998	27,337,105	1.02%	2.97%
2017	4,913,177	28,166,393	0.95%	3.03%
2018	4,957,818	29,018,644	0.91%	3.03%
2019	4,999,553	29,884,380	0.84%	2.98%
2020	5,034,320	30,783,688	0.7%	3.01%
2021	5,059,988	31,707,800	0.51%	3%
2022	5,081,765	32,656,246	0.43%	2.99%
2023	5,105,525	33,635,160	0.47%	3%
2024	5,129,910	34,631,766	0.48%	2.96%
2025	5,152,946	35,631,656	0.45%	2.89%
2026	5,174,780	36,639,853	0.42%	2.83%
2027	5,195,555	37,668,656	0.4%	2.81%
2028	5,215,247	38,714,097	0.38%	2.78%
2029	5,233,877	39,774,947	0.36%	2.74%
2030	5,251,495	40,846,749	0.34%	2.69%
2031	5,268,137	41,931,250	0.32%	2.66%
2032	5,283,807	43,032,887	0.3%	2.63%
2033	5,298,514	44,144,533	0.28%	2.58%
2034	5,312,162	45,273,522	0.26%	2.56%
2035	5,324,698	46,411,774	0.24%	2.51%
2036	5,336,133	47,548,671	0.21%	2.45%
2037	5,346,408	48,684,563	0.19%	2.39%
2038	5,355,519	49,822,039	0.17%	2.34%
2039	5,363,363	50,971,124	0.15%	2.31%
2040	5,369,806	52,124,215	0.12%	2.26%
2041	5,374,934	53,271,004	0.1%	2.2%
2042	5,378,670	54,423,407	0.07%	2.16%
2043	5,380,915	55,574,711	0.04%	2.12%
2044	5,381,720	56,716,585	0.01%	2.05%
2045	5,381,014	57,851,787	-0.01%	2%
2046	5,378,757	58,981,102	-0.04%	1.95%
2047	5,374,945	60,117,587	-0.07%	1.93%
2048	5,369,577	61,254,584	-0.1%	1.89%
2049	5,362,651	62,397,018	-0.13%	1.87%
2050	5,354,148	63,530,955	-0.16%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.