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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Somalia	Costa Rica	Somalia
1960	1,327,496	2,876,331	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,952,054	3.8%	2.63%
1962	1,429,445	3,030,091	3.74%	2.64%
1963	1,481,604	3,110,361	3.65%	2.65%
1964	1,533,960	3,192,796	3.53%	2.65%
1965	1,586,208	3,277,874	3.41%	2.66%
1966	1,638,116	3,365,106	3.27%	2.66%
1967	1,689,523	3,454,537	3.14%	2.66%
1968	1,739,731	3,546,590	2.97%	2.66%
1969	1,789,276	3,641,015	2.85%	2.66%
1970	1,838,949	3,738,448	2.78%	2.68%
1971	1,888,539	3,837,691	2.7%	2.65%
1972	1,938,248	3,939,436	2.63%	2.65%
1973	1,988,343	4,045,592	2.58%	2.69%
1974	2,039,643	4,151,842	2.58%	2.63%
1975	2,092,719	4,257,535	2.6%	2.55%
1976	2,147,774	4,365,812	2.63%	2.54%
1977	2,205,025	4,484,050	2.67%	2.71%
1978	2,264,510	4,814,892	2.7%	7.38%
1979	2,326,490	5,449,117	2.74%	13.2%
1980	2,390,633	5,936,154	2.76%	8.94%
1981	2,456,637	5,982,849	2.76%	0.79%
1982	2,524,806	6,003,840	2.77%	0.35%
1983	2,595,153	6,198,430	2.79%	3.24%
1984	2,667,595	6,428,389	2.79%	3.71%
1985	2,741,894	6,693,289	2.79%	4.12%
1986	2,817,216	6,974,788	2.75%	4.21%
1987	2,892,699	7,228,302	2.68%	3.63%
1988	2,968,103	7,235,360	2.61%	0.1%
1989	3,043,827	7,114,817	2.55%	-1.67%
1990	3,121,706	7,082,811	2.56%	-0.45%
1991	3,202,176	6,813,760	2.58%	-3.8%
1992	3,284,258	6,495,107	2.56%	-4.68%
1993	3,367,434	6,681,399	2.53%	2.87%
1994	3,451,122	7,026,797	2.49%	5.17%
1995	3,535,176	7,285,007	2.44%	3.67%
1996	3,619,013	7,554,474	2.37%	3.7%
1997	3,701,711	7,824,525	2.29%	3.57%
1998	3,782,838	8,155,417	2.19%	4.23%
1999	3,862,101	8,492,059	2.1%	4.13%
2000	3,937,739	8,838,713	1.96%	4.08%
2001	4,008,947	9,198,493	1.81%	4.07%
2002	4,075,705	9,550,063	1.67%	3.82%
2003	4,138,784	9,909,157	1.55%	3.76%
2004	4,200,078	10,280,998	1.48%	3.75%
2005	4,261,240	10,644,228	1.46%	3.53%
2006	4,321,340	10,975,502	1.41%	3.11%
2007	4,380,248	11,322,582	1.36%	3.16%
2008	4,440,056	11,663,084	1.37%	3.01%
2009	4,499,791	11,961,201	1.35%	2.56%
2010	4,555,962	12,261,756	1.25%	2.51%
2011	4,609,833	12,348,830	1.18%	0.71%
2012	4,663,934	12,461,160	1.17%	0.91%
2013	4,716,147	12,869,594	1.12%	3.28%
2014	4,767,119	13,339,491	1.08%	3.65%
2015	4,818,038	13,806,963	1.07%	3.5%
2016	4,866,998	14,348,740	1.02%	3.92%
2017	4,913,177	14,916,629	0.95%	3.96%
2018	4,957,818	15,452,487	0.91%	3.59%
2019	4,999,553	16,030,971	0.84%	3.74%
2020	5,034,320	16,651,191	0.7%	3.87%
2021	5,059,988	17,271,431	0.51%	3.72%
2022	5,081,765	17,801,897	0.43%	3.07%
2023	5,105,525	18,358,615	0.47%	3.13%
2024	5,129,910	19,009,151	0.48%	3.54%
2025	5,152,946	19,654,737	0.45%	3.4%
2026	5,174,780	20,305,905	0.42%	3.31%
2027	5,195,555	20,959,056	0.4%	3.22%
2028	5,215,247	21,601,810	0.38%	3.07%
2029	5,233,877	22,247,714	0.36%	2.99%
2030	5,251,495	22,915,042	0.34%	3%
2031	5,268,137	23,589,793	0.32%	2.94%
2032	5,283,807	24,258,789	0.3%	2.84%
2033	5,298,514	24,921,830	0.28%	2.73%
2034	5,312,162	25,593,666	0.26%	2.7%
2035	5,324,698	26,294,943	0.24%	2.74%
2036	5,336,133	27,009,199	0.21%	2.72%
2037	5,346,408	27,731,170	0.19%	2.67%
2038	5,355,519	28,455,755	0.17%	2.61%
2039	5,363,363	29,167,897	0.15%	2.5%
2040	5,369,806	29,896,286	0.12%	2.5%
2041	5,374,934	30,635,956	0.1%	2.47%
2042	5,378,670	31,350,028	0.07%	2.33%
2043	5,380,915	32,057,980	0.04%	2.26%
2044	5,381,720	32,780,417	0.01%	2.25%
2045	5,381,014	33,510,163	-0.01%	2.23%
2046	5,378,757	34,248,030	-0.04%	2.2%
2047	5,374,945	34,996,366	-0.07%	2.19%
2048	5,369,577	35,743,960	-0.1%	2.14%
2049	5,362,651	36,474,683	-0.13%	2.04%
2050	5,354,148	37,206,497	-0.16%	2.01%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.