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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Seychelles	Costa Rica	Seychelles
1960	1,327,496	41,700	-	-
1961	1,377,920	42,889	3.8%	2.85%
1962	1,429,445	44,042	3.74%	2.69%
1963	1,481,604	45,176	3.65%	2.57%
1964	1,533,960	46,322	3.53%	2.54%
1965	1,586,208	47,500	3.41%	2.54%
1966	1,638,116	48,699	3.27%	2.52%
1967	1,689,523	49,911	3.14%	2.49%
1968	1,739,731	51,134	2.97%	2.45%
1969	1,789,276	52,365	2.85%	2.41%
1970	1,838,949	53,600	2.78%	2.36%
1971	1,888,539	54,695	2.7%	2.04%
1972	1,938,248	56,029	2.63%	2.44%
1973	1,988,343	56,892	2.58%	1.54%
1974	2,039,643	57,937	2.58%	1.84%
1975	2,092,719	59,292	2.6%	2.34%
1976	2,147,774	60,504	2.63%	2.04%
1977	2,205,025	61,786	2.67%	2.12%
1978	2,264,510	62,150	2.7%	0.59%
1979	2,326,490	62,686	2.74%	0.86%
1980	2,390,633	63,261	2.76%	0.92%
1981	2,456,637	64,035	2.76%	1.22%
1982	2,524,806	64,413	2.77%	0.59%
1983	2,595,153	64,335	2.79%	-0.12%
1984	2,667,595	64,717	2.79%	0.59%
1985	2,741,894	65,244	2.79%	0.81%
1986	2,817,216	65,652	2.75%	0.63%
1987	2,892,699	68,499	2.68%	4.34%
1988	2,968,103	68,755	2.61%	0.37%
1989	3,043,827	69,167	2.55%	0.6%
1990	3,121,706	69,507	2.56%	0.49%
1991	3,202,176	70,439	2.58%	1.34%
1992	3,284,258	70,763	2.56%	0.46%
1993	3,367,434	72,253	2.53%	2.11%
1994	3,451,122	74,205	2.49%	2.7%
1995	3,535,176	75,304	2.44%	1.48%
1996	3,619,013	76,417	2.37%	1.48%
1997	3,701,711	77,319	2.29%	1.18%
1998	3,782,838	78,846	2.19%	1.97%
1999	3,862,101	80,410	2.1%	1.98%
2000	3,937,739	81,131	1.96%	0.9%
2001	4,008,947	81,202	1.81%	0.09%
2002	4,075,705	83,723	1.67%	3.1%
2003	4,138,784	82,781	1.55%	-1.13%
2004	4,200,078	82,475	1.48%	-0.37%
2005	4,261,240	82,858	1.46%	0.46%
2006	4,321,340	84,600	1.41%	2.1%
2007	4,380,248	85,033	1.36%	0.51%
2008	4,440,056	86,956	1.37%	2.26%
2009	4,499,791	87,298	1.35%	0.39%
2010	4,555,962	89,770	1.25%	2.83%
2011	4,609,833	87,441	1.18%	-2.59%
2012	4,663,934	88,303	1.17%	0.99%
2013	4,716,147	89,949	1.12%	1.86%
2014	4,767,119	91,359	1.08%	1.57%
2015	4,818,038	93,419	1.07%	2.25%
2016	4,866,998	94,677	1.02%	1.35%
2017	4,913,177	95,843	0.95%	1.23%
2018	4,957,818	96,762	0.91%	0.96%
2019	4,999,553	97,625	0.84%	0.89%
2020	5,034,320	98,462	0.7%	0.86%
2021	5,059,988	99,258	0.51%	0.81%
2022	5,081,765	119,878	0.43%	20.8%
2023	5,105,525	119,773	0.47%	-0.09%
2024	5,129,910	121,354	0.48%	1.32%
2025	5,152,946	123,549	0.45%	1.81%
2026	5,174,780	125,581	0.42%	1.64%
2027	5,195,555	127,380	0.4%	1.43%
2028	5,215,247	128,883	0.38%	1.18%
2029	5,233,877	130,011	0.36%	0.87%
2030	5,251,495	130,635	0.34%	0.48%
2031	5,268,137	130,989	0.32%	0.27%
2032	5,283,807	131,305	0.3%	0.24%
2033	5,298,514	131,578	0.28%	0.21%
2034	5,312,162	131,816	0.26%	0.18%
2035	5,324,698	132,027	0.24%	0.16%
2036	5,336,133	132,202	0.21%	0.13%
2037	5,346,408	132,348	0.19%	0.11%
2038	5,355,519	132,467	0.17%	0.09%
2039	5,363,363	132,552	0.15%	0.06%
2040	5,369,806	132,631	0.12%	0.06%
2041	5,374,934	132,681	0.1%	0.04%
2042	5,378,670	132,700	0.07%	0.01%
2043	5,380,915	132,698	0.04%	-0.001%
2044	5,381,720	132,665	0.01%	-0.03%
2045	5,381,014	132,613	-0.01%	-0.04%
2046	5,378,757	132,531	-0.04%	-0.06%
2047	5,374,945	132,415	-0.07%	-0.09%
2048	5,369,577	132,264	-0.1%	-0.11%
2049	5,362,651	132,085	-0.13%	-0.14%
2050	5,354,148	131,885	-0.16%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.