Population in Costa Rica compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	New Zealand	Costa Rica	New Zealand
1960	1,327,496	2,371,800	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,419,700	3.8%	2.02%
1962	1,429,445	2,482,000	3.74%	2.57%
1963	1,481,604	2,531,800	3.65%	2.01%
1964	1,533,960	2,585,400	3.53%	2.12%
1965	1,586,208	2,628,400	3.41%	1.66%
1966	1,638,116	2,675,900	3.27%	1.81%
1967	1,689,523	2,724,100	3.14%	1.8%
1968	1,739,731	2,748,100	2.97%	0.88%
1969	1,789,276	2,772,800	2.85%	0.9%
1970	1,838,949	2,810,700	2.78%	1.37%
1971	1,888,539	2,853,000	2.7%	1.5%
1972	1,938,248	2,903,900	2.63%	1.78%
1973	1,988,343	2,961,300	2.58%	1.98%
1974	2,039,643	3,023,700	2.58%	2.11%
1975	2,092,719	3,083,100	2.6%	1.96%
1976	2,147,774	3,110,500	2.63%	0.89%
1977	2,205,025	3,120,200	2.67%	0.31%
1978	2,264,510	3,121,200	2.7%	0.03%
1979	2,326,490	3,109,000	2.74%	-0.39%
1980	2,390,633	3,112,900	2.76%	0.13%
1981	2,456,637	3,124,900	2.76%	0.39%
1982	2,524,806	3,156,100	2.77%	1%
1983	2,595,153	3,199,300	2.79%	1.37%
1984	2,667,595	3,227,100	2.79%	0.87%
1985	2,741,894	3,247,100	2.79%	0.62%
1986	2,817,216	3,246,300	2.75%	-0.02%
1987	2,892,699	3,274,400	2.68%	0.87%
1988	2,968,103	3,283,400	2.61%	0.27%
1989	3,043,827	3,299,200	2.55%	0.48%
1990	3,121,706	3,329,800	2.56%	0.93%
1991	3,202,176	3,495,100	2.58%	4.96%
1992	3,284,258	3,531,700	2.56%	1.05%
1993	3,367,434	3,572,200	2.53%	1.15%
1994	3,451,122	3,620,000	2.49%	1.34%
1995	3,535,176	3,673,400	2.44%	1.48%
1996	3,619,013	3,732,000	2.37%	1.6%
1997	3,701,711	3,781,300	2.29%	1.32%
1998	3,782,838	3,815,000	2.19%	0.89%
1999	3,862,101	3,835,100	2.1%	0.53%
2000	3,937,739	3,857,700	1.96%	0.59%
2001	4,008,947	3,880,500	1.81%	0.59%
2002	4,075,705	3,948,500	1.67%	1.75%
2003	4,138,784	4,027,200	1.55%	1.99%
2004	4,200,078	4,087,500	1.48%	1.5%
2005	4,261,240	4,133,900	1.46%	1.14%
2006	4,321,340	4,184,600	1.41%	1.23%
2007	4,380,248	4,223,800	1.36%	0.94%
2008	4,440,056	4,259,800	1.37%	0.85%
2009	4,499,791	4,302,600	1.35%	1%
2010	4,555,962	4,350,700	1.25%	1.12%
2011	4,609,833	4,384,000	1.18%	0.77%
2012	4,663,934	4,408,100	1.17%	0.55%
2013	4,716,147	4,442,100	1.12%	0.77%
2014	4,767,119	4,516,500	1.08%	1.67%
2015	4,818,038	4,609,400	1.07%	2.06%
2016	4,866,998	4,714,100	1.02%	2.27%
2017	4,913,177	4,813,600	0.95%	2.11%
2018	4,957,818	4,900,600	0.91%	1.81%
2019	4,999,553	4,970,300	0.84%	1.42%
2020	5,034,320	5,072,400	0.7%	2.05%
2021	5,059,988	5,084,600	0.51%	0.24%
2022	5,081,765	5,081,700	0.43%	-0.06%
2023	5,105,525	5,200,000	0.47%	2.33%
2024	5,129,910	5,287,500	0.48%	1.68%
2025	5,152,946	5,325,989	0.45%	0.73%
2026	5,174,780	5,362,071	0.42%	0.68%
2027	5,195,555	5,395,933	0.4%	0.63%
2028	5,215,247	5,427,327	0.38%	0.58%
2029	5,233,877	5,456,502	0.36%	0.54%
2030	5,251,495	5,483,630	0.34%	0.5%
2031	5,268,137	5,509,118	0.32%	0.46%
2032	5,283,807	5,533,087	0.3%	0.44%
2033	5,298,514	5,555,912	0.28%	0.41%
2034	5,312,162	5,577,658	0.26%	0.39%
2035	5,324,698	5,598,481	0.24%	0.37%
2036	5,336,133	5,618,949	0.21%	0.37%
2037	5,346,408	5,638,796	0.19%	0.35%
2038	5,355,519	5,658,606	0.17%	0.35%
2039	5,363,363	5,677,983	0.15%	0.34%
2040	5,369,806	5,696,537	0.12%	0.33%
2041	5,374,934	5,715,286	0.1%	0.33%
2042	5,378,670	5,733,881	0.07%	0.33%
2043	5,380,915	5,750,997	0.04%	0.3%
2044	5,381,720	5,766,545	0.01%	0.27%
2045	5,381,014	5,780,970	-0.01%	0.25%
2046	5,378,757	5,794,046	-0.04%	0.23%
2047	5,374,945	5,805,663	-0.07%	0.2%
2048	5,369,577	5,816,692	-0.1%	0.19%
2049	5,362,651	5,826,512	-0.13%	0.17%
2050	5,354,148	5,836,471	-0.16%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.