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 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.