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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Romania	Costa Rica	Romania
1960	1,327,496	18,406,905	-	-
1961	1,377,920	18,555,250	3.8%	0.81%
1962	1,429,445	18,676,550	3.74%	0.65%
1963	1,481,604	18,797,850	3.65%	0.65%
1964	1,533,960	18,919,126	3.53%	0.65%
1965	1,586,208	19,031,576	3.41%	0.59%
1966	1,638,116	19,215,450	3.27%	0.97%
1967	1,689,523	19,534,242	3.14%	1.66%
1968	1,739,731	19,799,831	2.97%	1.36%
1969	1,789,276	20,009,141	2.85%	1.06%
1970	1,838,949	20,250,398	2.78%	1.21%
1971	1,888,539	20,461,567	2.7%	1.04%
1972	1,938,248	20,657,957	2.63%	0.96%
1973	1,988,343	20,835,681	2.58%	0.86%
1974	2,039,643	21,029,429	2.58%	0.93%
1975	2,092,719	21,293,583	2.6%	1.26%
1976	2,147,774	21,551,634	2.63%	1.21%
1977	2,205,025	21,756,096	2.67%	0.95%
1978	2,264,510	21,951,464	2.7%	0.9%
1979	2,326,490	22,090,488	2.74%	0.63%
1980	2,390,633	22,207,282	2.76%	0.53%
1981	2,456,637	22,353,070	2.76%	0.66%
1982	2,524,806	22,475,741	2.77%	0.55%
1983	2,595,153	22,560,478	2.79%	0.38%
1984	2,667,595	22,640,547	2.79%	0.35%
1985	2,741,894	22,732,999	2.79%	0.41%
1986	2,817,216	22,836,841	2.75%	0.46%
1987	2,892,699	22,949,430	2.68%	0.49%
1988	2,968,103	23,057,662	2.61%	0.47%
1989	3,043,827	23,161,458	2.55%	0.45%
1990	3,121,706	23,201,835	2.56%	0.17%
1991	3,202,176	23,001,155	2.58%	-0.86%
1992	3,284,258	22,794,284	2.56%	-0.9%
1993	3,367,434	22,763,280	2.53%	-0.14%
1994	3,451,122	22,730,211	2.49%	-0.15%
1995	3,535,176	22,684,270	2.44%	-0.2%
1996	3,619,013	22,619,004	2.37%	-0.29%
1997	3,701,711	22,553,978	2.29%	-0.29%
1998	3,782,838	22,507,344	2.19%	-0.21%
1999	3,862,101	22,472,040	2.1%	-0.16%
2000	3,937,739	22,442,971	1.96%	-0.13%
2001	4,008,947	22,131,970	1.81%	-1.39%
2002	4,075,705	21,730,496	1.67%	-1.81%
2003	4,138,784	21,574,326	1.55%	-0.72%
2004	4,200,078	21,451,748	1.48%	-0.57%
2005	4,261,240	21,319,685	1.46%	-0.62%
2006	4,321,340	21,193,760	1.41%	-0.59%
2007	4,380,248	20,882,982	1.36%	-1.47%
2008	4,440,056	20,537,875	1.37%	-1.65%
2009	4,499,791	20,367,487	1.35%	-0.83%
2010	4,555,962	20,246,871	1.25%	-0.59%
2011	4,609,833	20,147,528	1.18%	-0.49%
2012	4,663,934	20,058,035	1.17%	-0.44%
2013	4,716,147	19,983,693	1.12%	-0.37%
2014	4,767,119	19,908,979	1.08%	-0.37%
2015	4,818,038	19,815,616	1.07%	-0.47%
2016	4,866,998	19,702,267	1.02%	-0.57%
2017	4,913,177	19,588,715	0.95%	-0.58%
2018	4,957,818	19,473,970	0.91%	-0.59%
2019	4,999,553	19,371,648	0.84%	-0.53%
2020	5,034,320	19,265,250	0.7%	-0.55%
2021	5,059,988	19,122,059	0.51%	-0.74%
2022	5,081,765	19,048,502	0.43%	-0.38%
2023	5,105,525	19,061,062	0.47%	0.07%
2024	5,129,910	19,051,804	0.48%	-0.05%
2025	5,152,946	18,945,157	0.45%	-0.56%
2026	5,174,780	18,836,893	0.42%	-0.57%
2027	5,195,555	18,727,645	0.4%	-0.58%
2028	5,215,247	18,617,757	0.38%	-0.59%
2029	5,233,877	18,506,702	0.36%	-0.6%
2030	5,251,495	18,394,947	0.34%	-0.6%
2031	5,268,137	18,282,991	0.32%	-0.61%
2032	5,283,807	18,170,681	0.3%	-0.61%
2033	5,298,514	18,057,661	0.28%	-0.62%
2034	5,312,162	17,943,814	0.26%	-0.63%
2035	5,324,698	17,828,772	0.24%	-0.64%
2036	5,336,133	17,712,177	0.21%	-0.65%
2037	5,346,408	17,595,189	0.19%	-0.66%
2038	5,355,519	17,477,597	0.17%	-0.67%
2039	5,363,363	17,360,012	0.15%	-0.67%
2040	5,369,806	17,242,939	0.12%	-0.67%
2041	5,374,934	17,124,773	0.1%	-0.69%
2042	5,378,670	17,006,515	0.07%	-0.69%
2043	5,380,915	16,888,882	0.04%	-0.69%
2044	5,381,720	16,770,593	0.01%	-0.7%
2045	5,381,014	16,652,406	-0.01%	-0.7%
2046	5,378,757	16,534,847	-0.04%	-0.71%
2047	5,374,945	16,416,456	-0.07%	-0.72%
2048	5,369,577	16,297,099	-0.1%	-0.73%
2049	5,362,651	16,177,534	-0.13%	-0.73%
2050	5,354,148	16,058,209	-0.16%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.