Population in Costa Rica compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Philippines	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	1,327,496	27,891,897	-	-
1961	1,377,920	28,792,621	3.8%	3.23%
1962	1,429,445	29,723,536	3.74%	3.23%
1963	1,481,604	30,674,731	3.65%	3.2%
1964	1,533,960	31,643,032	3.53%	3.16%
1965	1,586,208	32,625,316	3.41%	3.1%
1966	1,638,116	33,617,170	3.27%	3.04%
1967	1,689,523	34,621,320	3.14%	2.99%
1968	1,739,731	35,638,342	2.97%	2.94%
1969	1,789,276	36,660,799	2.85%	2.87%
1970	1,838,949	37,622,204	2.78%	2.62%
1971	1,888,539	38,518,659	2.7%	2.38%
1972	1,938,248	39,408,560	2.63%	2.31%
1973	1,988,343	40,294,130	2.58%	2.25%
1974	2,039,643	41,174,341	2.58%	2.18%
1975	2,092,719	42,120,826	2.6%	2.3%
1976	2,147,774	43,201,488	2.63%	2.57%
1977	2,205,025	44,367,962	2.67%	2.7%
1978	2,264,510	45,575,281	2.7%	2.72%
1979	2,326,490	46,807,103	2.74%	2.7%
1980	2,390,633	48,043,740	2.76%	2.64%
1981	2,456,637	49,311,727	2.76%	2.64%
1982	2,524,806	50,695,707	2.77%	2.81%
1983	2,595,153	52,194,620	2.79%	2.96%
1984	2,667,595	53,726,181	2.79%	2.93%
1985	2,741,894	55,213,006	2.79%	2.77%
1986	2,817,216	56,645,077	2.75%	2.59%
1987	2,892,699	58,157,496	2.68%	2.67%
1988	2,968,103	59,739,052	2.61%	2.72%
1989	3,043,827	61,265,260	2.55%	2.55%
1990	3,121,706	62,854,666	2.56%	2.59%
1991	3,202,176	64,382,249	2.58%	2.43%
1992	3,284,258	65,926,125	2.56%	2.4%
1993	3,367,434	67,530,621	2.53%	2.43%
1994	3,451,122	69,019,291	2.49%	2.2%
1995	3,535,176	70,546,246	2.44%	2.21%
1996	3,619,013	72,190,242	2.37%	2.33%
1997	3,701,711	73,908,810	2.29%	2.38%
1998	3,782,838	75,791,024	2.19%	2.55%
1999	3,862,101	77,753,257	2.1%	2.59%
2000	3,937,739	79,625,397	1.96%	2.41%
2001	4,008,947	81,401,488	1.81%	2.23%
2002	4,075,705	83,068,889	1.67%	2.05%
2003	4,138,784	84,731,835	1.55%	2%
2004	4,200,078	86,394,504	1.48%	1.96%
2005	4,261,240	88,015,962	1.46%	1.88%
2006	4,321,340	89,508,986	1.41%	1.7%
2007	4,380,248	91,075,184	1.36%	1.75%
2008	4,440,056	92,699,095	1.37%	1.78%
2009	4,499,791	94,384,250	1.35%	1.82%
2010	4,555,962	96,337,125	1.25%	2.07%
2011	4,609,833	98,248,614	1.18%	1.98%
2012	4,663,934	100,175,512	1.17%	1.96%
2013	4,716,147	102,076,336	1.12%	1.9%
2014	4,767,119	103,767,130	1.08%	1.66%
2015	4,818,038	105,312,992	1.07%	1.49%
2016	4,866,998	106,735,719	1.02%	1.35%
2017	4,913,177	108,119,693	0.95%	1.3%
2018	4,957,818	109,465,287	0.91%	1.24%
2019	4,999,553	110,804,683	0.84%	1.22%
2020	5,034,320	112,081,264	0.7%	1.15%
2021	5,059,988	113,100,950	0.51%	0.91%
2022	5,081,765	113,964,338	0.43%	0.76%
2023	5,105,525	114,891,199	0.47%	0.81%
2024	5,129,910	115,843,670	0.48%	0.83%
2025	5,152,946	116,786,968	0.45%	0.81%
2026	5,174,780	117,724,479	0.42%	0.8%
2027	5,195,555	118,656,426	0.4%	0.79%
2028	5,215,247	119,583,984	0.38%	0.78%
2029	5,233,877	120,502,132	0.36%	0.77%
2030	5,251,495	121,408,897	0.34%	0.75%
2031	5,268,137	122,301,606	0.32%	0.74%
2032	5,283,807	123,180,341	0.3%	0.72%
2033	5,298,514	124,049,036	0.28%	0.71%
2034	5,312,162	124,904,124	0.26%	0.69%
2035	5,324,698	125,740,977	0.24%	0.67%
2036	5,336,133	126,558,232	0.21%	0.65%
2037	5,346,408	127,352,607	0.19%	0.63%
2038	5,355,519	128,118,535	0.17%	0.6%
2039	5,363,363	128,850,047	0.15%	0.57%
2040	5,369,806	129,546,666	0.12%	0.54%
2041	5,374,934	130,209,810	0.1%	0.51%
2042	5,378,670	130,837,005	0.07%	0.48%
2043	5,380,915	131,427,404	0.04%	0.45%
2044	5,381,720	131,979,673	0.01%	0.42%
2045	5,381,014	132,492,038	-0.01%	0.39%
2046	5,378,757	132,962,001	-0.04%	0.35%
2047	5,374,945	133,385,290	-0.07%	0.32%
2048	5,369,577	133,759,436	-0.1%	0.28%
2049	5,362,651	134,089,011	-0.13%	0.25%
2050	5,354,148	134,373,439	-0.16%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.