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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Panama	Costa Rica	Panama
1960	1,327,496	1,126,005	-	-
1961	1,377,920	1,159,870	3.8%	3.01%
1962	1,429,445	1,195,301	3.74%	3.05%
1963	1,481,604	1,232,124	3.65%	3.08%
1964	1,533,960	1,270,065	3.53%	3.08%
1965	1,586,208	1,308,835	3.41%	3.05%
1966	1,638,116	1,348,388	3.27%	3.02%
1967	1,689,523	1,388,628	3.14%	2.98%
1968	1,739,731	1,429,447	2.97%	2.94%
1969	1,789,276	1,470,886	2.85%	2.9%
1970	1,838,949	1,513,070	2.78%	2.87%
1971	1,888,539	1,556,081	2.7%	2.84%
1972	1,938,248	1,599,723	2.63%	2.8%
1973	1,988,343	1,643,690	2.58%	2.75%
1974	2,039,643	1,687,926	2.58%	2.69%
1975	2,092,719	1,732,389	2.6%	2.63%
1976	2,147,774	1,776,935	2.63%	2.57%
1977	2,205,025	1,821,543	2.67%	2.51%
1978	2,264,510	1,866,311	2.7%	2.46%
1979	2,326,490	1,911,552	2.74%	2.42%
1980	2,390,633	1,957,534	2.76%	2.41%
1981	2,456,637	2,004,418	2.76%	2.4%
1982	2,524,806	2,052,271	2.77%	2.39%
1983	2,595,153	2,101,106	2.79%	2.38%
1984	2,667,595	2,150,782	2.79%	2.36%
1985	2,741,894	2,200,915	2.79%	2.33%
1986	2,817,216	2,251,325	2.75%	2.29%
1987	2,892,699	2,301,970	2.68%	2.25%
1988	2,968,103	2,352,848	2.61%	2.21%
1989	3,043,827	2,403,820	2.55%	2.17%
1990	3,121,706	2,455,583	2.56%	2.15%
1991	3,202,176	2,508,265	2.58%	2.15%
1992	3,284,258	2,561,336	2.56%	2.12%
1993	3,367,434	2,615,099	2.53%	2.1%
1994	3,451,122	2,669,546	2.49%	2.08%
1995	3,535,176	2,724,557	2.44%	2.06%
1996	3,619,013	2,780,227	2.37%	2.04%
1997	3,701,711	2,836,695	2.29%	2.03%
1998	3,782,838	2,893,914	2.19%	2.02%
1999	3,862,101	2,951,822	2.1%	2%
2000	3,937,739	3,010,369	1.96%	1.98%
2001	4,008,947	3,069,537	1.81%	1.97%
2002	4,075,705	3,129,344	1.67%	1.95%
2003	4,138,784	3,189,807	1.55%	1.93%
2004	4,200,078	3,251,155	1.48%	1.92%
2005	4,261,240	3,313,026	1.46%	1.9%
2006	4,321,340	3,375,024	1.41%	1.87%
2007	4,380,248	3,437,490	1.36%	1.85%
2008	4,440,056	3,500,648	1.37%	1.84%
2009	4,499,791	3,564,381	1.35%	1.82%
2010	4,555,962	3,628,535	1.25%	1.8%
2011	4,609,833	3,693,505	1.18%	1.79%
2012	4,663,934	3,759,256	1.17%	1.78%
2013	4,716,147	3,825,329	1.12%	1.76%
2014	4,767,119	3,892,101	1.08%	1.75%
2015	4,818,038	3,960,035	1.07%	1.75%
2016	4,866,998	4,029,086	1.02%	1.74%
2017	4,913,177	4,098,707	0.95%	1.73%
2018	4,957,818	4,167,860	0.91%	1.69%
2019	4,999,553	4,234,700	0.84%	1.6%
2020	5,034,320	4,293,261	0.7%	1.38%
2021	5,059,988	4,345,405	0.51%	1.21%
2022	5,081,765	4,400,773	0.43%	1.27%
2023	5,105,525	4,458,759	0.47%	1.32%
2024	5,129,910	4,515,577	0.48%	1.27%
2025	5,152,946	4,571,195	0.45%	1.23%
2026	5,174,780	4,625,720	0.42%	1.19%
2027	5,195,555	4,679,241	0.4%	1.16%
2028	5,215,247	4,731,818	0.38%	1.12%
2029	5,233,877	4,783,378	0.36%	1.09%
2030	5,251,495	4,833,856	0.34%	1.06%
2031	5,268,137	4,883,390	0.32%	1.02%
2032	5,283,807	4,932,075	0.3%	1%
2033	5,298,514	4,979,812	0.28%	0.97%
2034	5,312,162	5,026,494	0.26%	0.94%
2035	5,324,698	5,072,267	0.24%	0.91%
2036	5,336,133	5,117,124	0.21%	0.88%
2037	5,346,408	5,161,085	0.19%	0.86%
2038	5,355,519	5,204,053	0.17%	0.83%
2039	5,363,363	5,245,902	0.15%	0.8%
2040	5,369,806	5,286,595	0.12%	0.78%
2041	5,374,934	5,326,183	0.1%	0.75%
2042	5,378,670	5,364,671	0.07%	0.72%
2043	5,380,915	5,402,037	0.04%	0.7%
2044	5,381,720	5,438,259	0.01%	0.67%
2045	5,381,014	5,473,283	-0.01%	0.64%
2046	5,378,757	5,507,148	-0.04%	0.62%
2047	5,374,945	5,539,873	-0.07%	0.59%
2048	5,369,577	5,571,404	-0.1%	0.57%
2049	5,362,651	5,601,670	-0.13%	0.54%
2050	5,354,148	5,630,681	-0.16%	0.52%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Panama gained 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Panama's population increased by 597,218 (a 14.8% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Panama was ranked 128th in 2006 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.