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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea	Costa Rica	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,327,496	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,046,127	3.8%	2.56%
1962	1,429,445	2,093,919	3.74%	2.34%
1963	1,481,604	2,141,376	3.65%	2.27%
1964	1,533,960	2,188,325	3.53%	2.19%
1965	1,586,208	2,235,820	3.41%	2.17%
1966	1,638,116	2,285,774	3.27%	2.23%
1967	1,689,523	2,337,532	3.14%	2.26%
1968	1,739,731	2,390,803	2.97%	2.28%
1969	1,789,276	2,446,927	2.85%	2.35%
1970	1,838,949	2,505,628	2.78%	2.4%
1971	1,888,539	2,566,421	2.7%	2.43%
1972	1,938,248	2,628,432	2.63%	2.42%
1973	1,988,343	2,690,629	2.58%	2.37%
1974	2,039,643	2,752,671	2.58%	2.31%
1975	2,092,719	2,814,820	2.6%	2.26%
1976	2,147,774	2,877,327	2.63%	2.22%
1977	2,205,025	2,940,327	2.67%	2.19%
1978	2,264,510	3,003,714	2.7%	2.16%
1979	2,326,490	3,067,341	2.74%	2.12%
1980	2,390,633	3,131,512	2.76%	2.09%
1981	2,456,637	3,197,019	2.76%	2.09%
1982	2,524,806	3,264,291	2.77%	2.1%
1983	2,595,153	3,333,633	2.79%	2.12%
1984	2,667,595	3,405,198	2.79%	2.15%
1985	2,741,894	3,478,936	2.79%	2.17%
1986	2,817,216	3,554,793	2.75%	2.18%
1987	2,892,699	3,632,543	2.68%	2.19%
1988	2,968,103	3,711,880	2.61%	2.18%
1989	3,043,827	3,796,078	2.55%	2.27%
1990	3,121,706	3,896,481	2.56%	2.64%
1991	3,202,176	4,021,837	2.58%	3.22%
1992	3,284,258	4,166,699	2.56%	3.6%
1993	3,367,434	4,320,872	2.53%	3.7%
1994	3,451,122	4,480,208	2.49%	3.69%
1995	3,535,176	4,644,278	2.44%	3.66%
1996	3,619,013	4,813,361	2.37%	3.64%
1997	3,701,711	4,987,883	2.29%	3.63%
1998	3,782,838	5,166,390	2.19%	3.58%
1999	3,862,101	5,349,333	2.1%	3.54%
2000	3,937,739	5,537,064	1.96%	3.51%
2001	4,008,947	5,728,435	1.81%	3.46%
2002	4,075,705	5,924,003	1.67%	3.41%
2003	4,138,784	6,123,997	1.55%	3.38%
2004	4,200,078	6,328,041	1.48%	3.33%
2005	4,261,240	6,535,905	1.46%	3.28%
2006	4,321,340	6,747,720	1.41%	3.24%
2007	4,380,248	6,963,345	1.36%	3.2%
2008	4,440,056	7,183,002	1.37%	3.15%
2009	4,499,791	7,406,438	1.35%	3.11%
2010	4,555,962	7,633,523	1.25%	3.07%
2011	4,609,833	7,859,346	1.18%	2.96%
2012	4,663,934	8,081,390	1.17%	2.83%
2013	4,716,147	8,302,698	1.12%	2.74%
2014	4,767,119	8,523,441	1.08%	2.66%
2015	4,818,038	8,743,246	1.07%	2.58%
2016	4,866,998	8,961,718	1.02%	2.5%
2017	4,913,177	9,178,714	0.95%	2.42%
2018	4,957,818	9,394,513	0.91%	2.35%
2019	4,999,553	9,609,010	0.84%	2.28%
2020	5,034,320	9,815,746	0.7%	2.15%
2021	5,059,988	10,012,896	0.51%	2.01%
2022	5,081,765	10,203,169	0.43%	1.9%
2023	5,105,525	10,389,635	0.47%	1.83%
2024	5,129,910	10,576,502	0.48%	1.8%
2025	5,152,946	10,762,813	0.45%	1.76%
2026	5,174,780	10,947,845	0.42%	1.72%
2027	5,195,555	11,131,268	0.4%	1.68%
2028	5,215,247	11,312,895	0.38%	1.63%
2029	5,233,877	11,492,799	0.36%	1.59%
2030	5,251,495	11,671,420	0.34%	1.55%
2031	5,268,137	11,848,221	0.32%	1.51%
2032	5,283,807	12,023,121	0.3%	1.48%
2033	5,298,514	12,196,639	0.28%	1.44%
2034	5,312,162	12,369,248	0.26%	1.42%
2035	5,324,698	12,540,596	0.24%	1.39%
2036	5,336,133	12,710,682	0.21%	1.36%
2037	5,346,408	12,879,737	0.19%	1.33%
2038	5,355,519	13,047,122	0.17%	1.3%
2039	5,363,363	13,212,668	0.15%	1.27%
2040	5,369,806	13,376,156	0.12%	1.24%
2041	5,374,934	13,537,361	0.1%	1.21%
2042	5,378,670	13,696,139	0.07%	1.17%
2043	5,380,915	13,853,410	0.04%	1.15%
2044	5,381,720	14,009,926	0.01%	1.13%
2045	5,381,014	14,165,578	-0.01%	1.11%
2046	5,378,757	14,318,889	-0.04%	1.08%
2047	5,374,945	14,469,210	-0.07%	1.05%
2048	5,369,577	14,617,364	-0.1%	1.02%
2049	5,362,651	14,763,600	-0.13%	1%
2050	5,354,148	14,906,584	-0.16%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.