Population in Costa Rica compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	North Korea	Costa Rica	North Korea
1960	1,327,496	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,377,920	11,990,713	3.8%	2.28%
1962	1,429,445	12,262,882	3.74%	2.27%
1963	1,481,604	12,567,057	3.65%	2.48%
1964	1,533,960	12,889,770	3.53%	2.57%
1965	1,586,208	13,219,369	3.41%	2.56%
1966	1,638,116	13,569,094	3.27%	2.65%
1967	1,689,523	13,958,350	3.14%	2.87%
1968	1,739,731	14,365,596	2.97%	2.92%
1969	1,789,276	14,767,615	2.85%	2.8%
1970	1,838,949	15,172,775	2.78%	2.74%
1971	1,888,539	15,572,457	2.7%	2.63%
1972	1,938,248	15,975,069	2.63%	2.59%
1973	1,988,343	16,350,367	2.58%	2.35%
1974	2,039,643	16,673,121	2.58%	1.97%
1975	2,092,719	16,971,055	2.6%	1.79%
1976	2,147,774	17,243,450	2.63%	1.61%
1977	2,205,025	17,492,798	2.67%	1.45%
1978	2,264,510	17,735,995	2.7%	1.39%
1979	2,326,490	17,983,470	2.74%	1.4%
1980	2,390,633	18,236,786	2.76%	1.41%
1981	2,456,637	18,501,295	2.76%	1.45%
1982	2,524,806	18,776,357	2.77%	1.49%
1983	2,595,153	19,054,034	2.79%	1.48%
1984	2,667,595	19,335,043	2.79%	1.47%
1985	2,741,894	19,620,388	2.79%	1.48%
1986	2,817,216	19,910,855	2.75%	1.48%
1987	2,892,699	20,205,483	2.68%	1.48%
1988	2,968,103	20,503,161	2.61%	1.47%
1989	3,043,827	20,804,367	2.55%	1.47%
1990	3,121,706	21,112,137	2.56%	1.48%
1991	3,202,176	21,428,638	2.58%	1.5%
1992	3,284,258	21,750,911	2.56%	1.5%
1993	3,367,434	22,073,352	2.53%	1.48%
1994	3,451,122	22,393,975	2.49%	1.45%
1995	3,535,176	22,669,304	2.44%	1.23%
1996	3,619,013	22,895,746	2.37%	1%
1997	3,701,711	23,110,830	2.29%	0.94%
1998	3,782,838	23,311,564	2.19%	0.87%
1999	3,862,101	23,497,599	2.1%	0.8%
2000	3,937,739	23,665,910	1.96%	0.72%
2001	4,008,947	23,815,358	1.81%	0.63%
2002	4,075,705	23,943,973	1.67%	0.54%
2003	4,138,784	24,090,380	1.55%	0.61%
2004	4,200,078	24,254,943	1.48%	0.68%
2005	4,261,240	24,396,433	1.46%	0.58%
2006	4,321,340	24,524,507	1.41%	0.52%
2007	4,380,248	24,646,383	1.36%	0.5%
2008	4,440,056	24,764,618	1.37%	0.48%
2009	4,499,791	24,878,332	1.35%	0.46%
2010	4,555,962	24,987,258	1.25%	0.44%
2011	4,609,833	25,097,874	1.18%	0.44%
2012	4,663,934	25,211,728	1.17%	0.45%
2013	4,716,147	25,329,451	1.12%	0.47%
2014	4,767,119	25,451,262	1.08%	0.48%
2015	4,818,038	25,575,350	1.07%	0.49%
2016	4,866,998	25,698,326	1.02%	0.48%
2017	4,913,177	25,817,709	0.95%	0.46%
2018	4,957,818	25,931,147	0.91%	0.44%
2019	4,999,553	26,037,632	0.84%	0.41%
2020	5,034,320	26,136,312	0.7%	0.38%
2021	5,059,988	26,232,534	0.51%	0.37%
2022	5,081,765	26,328,845	0.43%	0.37%
2023	5,105,525	26,418,204	0.47%	0.34%
2024	5,129,910	26,498,823	0.48%	0.31%
2025	5,152,946	26,571,033	0.45%	0.27%
2026	5,174,780	26,633,682	0.42%	0.24%
2027	5,195,555	26,686,492	0.4%	0.2%
2028	5,215,247	26,729,261	0.38%	0.16%
2029	5,233,877	26,762,008	0.36%	0.12%
2030	5,251,495	26,784,894	0.34%	0.09%
2031	5,268,137	26,797,946	0.32%	0.05%
2032	5,283,807	26,801,071	0.3%	0.01%
2033	5,298,514	26,795,061	0.28%	-0.02%
2034	5,312,162	26,780,481	0.26%	-0.05%
2035	5,324,698	26,757,705	0.24%	-0.09%
2036	5,336,133	26,727,309	0.21%	-0.11%
2037	5,346,408	26,689,907	0.19%	-0.14%
2038	5,355,519	26,646,323	0.17%	-0.16%
2039	5,363,363	26,596,967	0.15%	-0.19%
2040	5,369,806	26,542,417	0.12%	-0.21%
2041	5,374,934	26,483,475	0.1%	-0.22%
2042	5,378,670	26,420,812	0.07%	-0.24%
2043	5,380,915	26,354,324	0.04%	-0.25%
2044	5,381,720	26,284,000	0.01%	-0.27%
2045	5,381,014	26,210,196	-0.01%	-0.28%
2046	5,378,757	26,132,922	-0.04%	-0.29%
2047	5,374,945	26,052,086	-0.07%	-0.31%
2048	5,369,577	25,967,581	-0.1%	-0.32%
2049	5,362,651	25,879,244	-0.13%	-0.34%
2050	5,354,148	25,787,120	-0.16%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.