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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Nigeria	Costa Rica	Nigeria
1960	1,327,496	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,377,920	45,989,310	3.8%	2.08%
1962	1,429,445	46,965,292	3.74%	2.12%
1963	1,481,604	47,973,575	3.65%	2.15%
1964	1,533,960	49,012,016	3.53%	2.16%
1965	1,586,208	50,086,764	3.41%	2.19%
1966	1,638,116	51,188,234	3.27%	2.2%
1967	1,689,523	52,293,065	3.14%	2.16%
1968	1,739,731	53,432,783	2.97%	2.18%
1969	1,789,276	54,631,914	2.85%	2.24%
1970	1,838,949	55,893,838	2.78%	2.31%
1971	1,888,539	57,214,684	2.7%	2.36%
1972	1,938,248	58,601,748	2.63%	2.42%
1973	1,988,343	60,082,139	2.58%	2.53%
1974	2,039,643	61,679,144	2.58%	2.66%
1975	2,092,719	63,410,815	2.6%	2.81%
1976	2,147,774	65,258,009	2.63%	2.91%
1977	2,205,025	67,234,590	2.67%	3.03%
1978	2,264,510	69,326,532	2.7%	3.11%
1979	2,326,490	71,498,242	2.74%	3.13%
1980	2,390,633	73,764,641	2.76%	3.17%
1981	2,456,637	76,068,103	2.76%	3.12%
1982	2,524,806	78,378,701	2.77%	3.04%
1983	2,595,153	80,438,260	2.79%	2.63%
1984	2,667,595	82,526,443	2.79%	2.6%
1985	2,741,894	84,897,973	2.79%	2.87%
1986	2,817,216	87,235,953	2.75%	2.75%
1987	2,892,699	89,591,716	2.68%	2.7%
1988	2,968,103	92,020,090	2.61%	2.71%
1989	3,043,827	94,531,014	2.55%	2.73%
1990	3,121,706	97,120,925	2.56%	2.74%
1991	3,202,176	99,720,162	2.58%	2.68%
1992	3,284,258	102,372,770	2.56%	2.66%
1993	3,367,434	105,122,069	2.53%	2.69%
1994	3,451,122	107,935,714	2.49%	2.68%
1995	3,535,176	110,819,428	2.44%	2.67%
1996	3,619,013	113,754,779	2.37%	2.65%
1997	3,701,711	116,754,792	2.29%	2.64%
1998	3,782,838	119,846,254	2.19%	2.65%
1999	3,862,101	123,047,320	2.1%	2.67%
2000	3,937,739	126,382,494	1.96%	2.71%
2001	4,008,947	129,862,595	1.81%	2.75%
2002	4,075,705	133,471,989	1.67%	2.78%
2003	4,138,784	137,202,644	1.55%	2.8%
2004	4,200,078	141,057,045	1.48%	2.81%
2005	4,261,240	145,017,253	1.46%	2.81%
2006	4,321,340	149,077,334	1.41%	2.8%
2007	4,380,248	153,267,261	1.36%	2.81%
2008	4,440,056	157,595,014	1.37%	2.82%
2009	4,499,791	162,049,464	1.35%	2.83%
2010	4,555,962	166,642,886	1.25%	2.83%
2011	4,609,833	171,379,598	1.18%	2.84%
2012	4,663,934	176,200,625	1.17%	2.81%
2013	4,716,147	181,049,443	1.12%	2.75%
2014	4,767,119	185,896,915	1.08%	2.68%
2015	4,818,038	190,671,878	1.07%	2.57%
2016	4,866,998	195,443,700	1.02%	2.5%
2017	4,913,177	200,254,579	0.95%	2.46%
2018	4,957,818	204,938,755	0.91%	2.34%
2019	4,999,553	209,485,641	0.84%	2.22%
2020	5,034,320	213,996,181	0.7%	2.15%
2021	5,059,988	218,529,286	0.51%	2.12%
2022	5,081,765	223,150,896	0.43%	2.11%
2023	5,105,525	227,882,945	0.47%	2.12%
2024	5,129,910	232,679,478	0.48%	2.1%
2025	5,152,946	237,527,783	0.45%	2.08%
2026	5,174,780	242,431,830	0.42%	2.06%
2027	5,195,555	247,374,258	0.4%	2.04%
2028	5,215,247	252,346,128	0.38%	2.01%
2029	5,233,877	257,352,638	0.36%	1.98%
2030	5,251,495	262,380,975	0.34%	1.95%
2031	5,268,137	267,421,079	0.32%	1.92%
2032	5,283,807	272,483,635	0.3%	1.89%
2033	5,298,514	277,555,116	0.28%	1.86%
2034	5,312,162	282,622,388	0.26%	1.83%
2035	5,324,698	287,685,757	0.24%	1.79%
2036	5,336,133	292,739,390	0.21%	1.76%
2037	5,346,408	297,773,236	0.19%	1.72%
2038	5,355,519	302,782,350	0.17%	1.68%
2039	5,363,363	307,764,754	0.15%	1.65%
2040	5,369,806	312,710,403	0.12%	1.61%
2041	5,374,934	317,607,237	0.1%	1.57%
2042	5,378,670	322,450,302	0.07%	1.52%
2043	5,380,915	327,243,941	0.04%	1.49%
2044	5,381,720	331,983,354	0.01%	1.45%
2045	5,381,014	336,662,502	-0.01%	1.41%
2046	5,378,757	341,281,757	-0.04%	1.37%
2047	5,374,945	345,844,004	-0.07%	1.34%
2048	5,369,577	350,347,757	-0.1%	1.3%
2049	5,362,651	354,792,418	-0.13%	1.27%
2050	5,354,148	359,185,550	-0.16%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.