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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Poland	Costa Rica	Poland
1960	1,327,496	29,637,450	-	-
1961	1,377,920	29,964,000	3.8%	1.1%
1962	1,429,445	30,308,500	3.74%	1.15%
1963	1,481,604	30,712,000	3.65%	1.33%
1964	1,533,960	31,139,450	3.53%	1.39%
1965	1,586,208	31,444,950	3.41%	0.98%
1966	1,638,116	31,681,000	3.27%	0.75%
1967	1,689,523	31,987,155	3.14%	0.97%
1968	1,739,731	32,294,655	2.97%	0.96%
1969	1,789,276	32,548,300	2.85%	0.79%
1970	1,838,949	32,664,300	2.78%	0.36%
1971	1,888,539	32,783,500	2.7%	0.36%
1972	1,938,248	33,055,650	2.63%	0.83%
1973	1,988,343	33,357,200	2.58%	0.91%
1974	2,039,643	33,678,899	2.58%	0.96%
1975	2,092,719	34,015,199	2.6%	1%
1976	2,147,774	34,356,300	2.63%	1%
1977	2,205,025	34,689,050	2.67%	0.97%
1978	2,264,510	34,965,600	2.7%	0.8%
1979	2,326,490	35,247,217	2.74%	0.81%
1980	2,390,633	35,574,150	2.76%	0.93%
1981	2,456,637	35,898,587	2.76%	0.91%
1982	2,524,806	36,230,481	2.77%	0.92%
1983	2,595,153	36,571,808	2.79%	0.94%
1984	2,667,595	36,904,134	2.79%	0.91%
1985	2,741,894	37,201,885	2.79%	0.81%
1986	2,817,216	37,456,119	2.75%	0.68%
1987	2,892,699	37,668,045	2.68%	0.57%
1988	2,968,103	37,824,487	2.61%	0.42%
1989	3,043,827	37,961,529	2.55%	0.36%
1990	3,121,706	38,110,782	2.56%	0.39%
1991	3,202,176	38,246,193	2.58%	0.36%
1992	3,284,258	38,363,667	2.56%	0.31%
1993	3,367,434	38,461,408	2.53%	0.25%
1994	3,451,122	38,542,652	2.49%	0.21%
1995	3,535,176	38,594,998	2.44%	0.14%
1996	3,619,013	38,624,370	2.37%	0.08%
1997	3,701,711	38,649,660	2.29%	0.07%
1998	3,782,838	38,663,481	2.19%	0.04%
1999	3,862,101	38,660,271	2.1%	-0.008%
2000	3,937,739	38,258,629	1.96%	-1.04%
2001	4,008,947	38,248,076	1.81%	-0.03%
2002	4,075,705	38,230,364	1.67%	-0.05%
2003	4,138,784	38,204,570	1.55%	-0.07%
2004	4,200,078	38,182,222	1.48%	-0.06%
2005	4,261,240	38,165,445	1.46%	-0.04%
2006	4,321,340	38,141,267	1.41%	-0.06%
2007	4,380,248	38,120,560	1.36%	-0.05%
2008	4,440,056	38,125,759	1.37%	0.01%
2009	4,499,791	38,151,603	1.35%	0.07%
2010	4,555,962	38,042,794	1.25%	-0.29%
2011	4,609,833	38,063,255	1.18%	0.05%
2012	4,663,934	38,063,164	1.17%	-0%
2013	4,716,147	38,040,196	1.12%	-0.06%
2014	4,767,119	38,011,735	1.08%	-0.07%
2015	4,818,038	37,986,412	1.07%	-0.07%
2016	4,866,998	37,970,087	1.02%	-0.04%
2017	4,913,177	37,974,826	0.95%	0.01%
2018	4,957,818	37,974,750	0.91%	-0%
2019	4,999,553	37,965,475	0.84%	-0.02%
2020	5,034,320	37,515,748	0.7%	-1.18%
2021	5,059,988	36,981,559	0.51%	-1.42%
2022	5,081,765	36,821,749	0.43%	-0.43%
2023	5,105,525	36,687,353	0.47%	-0.36%
2024	5,129,910	36,554,707	0.48%	-0.36%
2025	5,152,946	36,176,920	0.45%	-1.03%
2026	5,174,780	35,894,534	0.42%	-0.78%
2027	5,195,555	35,753,988	0.4%	-0.39%
2028	5,215,247	35,605,295	0.38%	-0.42%
2029	5,233,877	35,447,860	0.36%	-0.44%
2030	5,251,495	35,283,068	0.34%	-0.46%
2031	5,268,137	35,111,838	0.32%	-0.49%
2032	5,283,807	34,934,626	0.3%	-0.5%
2033	5,298,514	34,753,118	0.28%	-0.52%
2034	5,312,162	34,567,292	0.26%	-0.53%
2035	5,324,698	34,377,478	0.24%	-0.55%
2036	5,336,133	34,183,187	0.21%	-0.57%
2037	5,346,408	33,984,777	0.19%	-0.58%
2038	5,355,519	33,782,992	0.17%	-0.59%
2039	5,363,363	33,577,269	0.15%	-0.61%
2040	5,369,806	33,368,049	0.12%	-0.62%
2041	5,374,934	33,156,329	0.1%	-0.63%
2042	5,378,670	32,941,367	0.07%	-0.65%
2043	5,380,915	32,722,775	0.04%	-0.66%
2044	5,381,720	32,501,991	0.01%	-0.67%
2045	5,381,014	32,278,695	-0.01%	-0.69%
2046	5,378,757	32,052,771	-0.04%	-0.7%
2047	5,374,945	31,824,481	-0.07%	-0.71%
2048	5,369,577	31,593,911	-0.1%	-0.72%
2049	5,362,651	31,360,713	-0.13%	-0.74%
2050	5,354,148	31,124,396	-0.16%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.