Population in Costa Rica compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	South Africa	Costa Rica	South Africa
1960	1,327,496	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,377,920	16,908,035	3.8%	2.85%
1962	1,429,445	17,418,522	3.74%	3.02%
1963	1,481,604	17,954,564	3.65%	3.08%
1964	1,533,960	18,511,361	3.53%	3.1%
1965	1,586,208	19,089,380	3.41%	3.12%
1966	1,638,116	19,690,087	3.27%	3.15%
1967	1,689,523	20,314,066	3.14%	3.17%
1968	1,739,731	20,957,287	2.97%	3.17%
1969	1,789,276	21,614,676	2.85%	3.14%
1970	1,838,949	22,279,984	2.78%	3.08%
1971	1,888,539	22,942,143	2.7%	2.97%
1972	1,938,248	23,609,456	2.63%	2.91%
1973	1,988,343	24,294,263	2.58%	2.9%
1974	2,039,643	24,989,108	2.58%	2.86%
1975	2,092,719	25,690,940	2.6%	2.81%
1976	2,147,774	26,395,450	2.63%	2.74%
1977	2,205,025	27,118,952	2.67%	2.74%
1978	2,264,510	27,869,507	2.7%	2.77%
1979	2,326,490	28,634,162	2.74%	2.74%
1980	2,390,633	29,518,857	2.76%	3.09%
1981	2,456,637	30,541,044	2.76%	3.46%
1982	2,524,806	31,615,339	2.77%	3.52%
1983	2,595,153	32,739,304	2.79%	3.56%
1984	2,667,595	33,892,788	2.79%	3.52%
1985	2,741,894	35,042,093	2.79%	3.39%
1986	2,817,216	36,180,515	2.75%	3.25%
1987	2,892,699	37,326,190	2.68%	3.17%
1988	2,968,103	38,480,649	2.61%	3.09%
1989	3,043,827	39,628,575	2.55%	2.98%
1990	3,121,706	40,746,268	2.56%	2.82%
1991	3,202,176	41,687,898	2.58%	2.31%
1992	3,284,258	42,443,509	2.56%	1.81%
1993	3,367,434	43,297,156	2.53%	2.01%
1994	3,451,122	44,004,139	2.49%	1.63%
1995	3,535,176	44,541,554	2.44%	1.22%
1996	3,619,013	45,123,018	2.37%	1.31%
1997	3,701,711	45,666,838	2.29%	1.21%
1998	3,782,838	46,223,880	2.19%	1.22%
1999	3,862,101	46,730,335	2.1%	1.1%
2000	3,937,739	47,159,719	1.96%	0.92%
2001	4,008,947	47,566,800	1.81%	0.86%
2002	4,075,705	48,019,415	1.67%	0.95%
2003	4,138,784	48,500,348	1.55%	1%
2004	4,200,078	48,991,421	1.48%	1.01%
2005	4,261,240	49,490,033	1.46%	1.02%
2006	4,321,340	49,998,277	1.41%	1.03%
2007	4,380,248	50,528,584	1.36%	1.06%
2008	4,440,056	51,114,599	1.37%	1.16%
2009	4,499,791	51,728,516	1.35%	1.2%
2010	4,555,962	52,344,051	1.25%	1.19%
2011	4,609,833	52,995,205	1.18%	1.24%
2012	4,663,934	53,782,567	1.17%	1.49%
2013	4,716,147	54,678,791	1.12%	1.67%
2014	4,767,119	55,594,838	1.08%	1.68%
2015	4,818,038	56,723,537	1.07%	2.03%
2016	4,866,998	57,259,551	1.02%	0.94%
2017	4,913,177	57,635,162	0.95%	0.66%
2018	4,957,818	58,613,001	0.91%	1.7%
2019	4,999,553	59,587,885	0.84%	1.66%
2020	5,034,320	60,562,381	0.7%	1.64%
2021	5,059,988	61,502,603	0.51%	1.55%
2022	5,081,765	62,378,410	0.43%	1.42%
2023	5,105,525	63,212,384	0.47%	1.34%
2024	5,129,910	64,007,187	0.48%	1.26%
2025	5,152,946	64,747,317	0.45%	1.16%
2026	5,174,780	65,453,086	0.42%	1.09%
2027	5,195,555	66,143,018	0.4%	1.05%
2028	5,215,247	66,830,384	0.38%	1.04%
2029	5,233,877	67,506,850	0.36%	1.01%
2030	5,251,495	68,161,357	0.34%	0.97%
2031	5,268,137	68,798,574	0.32%	0.93%
2032	5,283,807	69,426,441	0.3%	0.91%
2033	5,298,514	70,040,484	0.28%	0.88%
2034	5,312,162	70,641,572	0.26%	0.86%
2035	5,324,698	71,234,749	0.24%	0.84%
2036	5,336,133	71,816,372	0.21%	0.82%
2037	5,346,408	72,387,807	0.19%	0.8%
2038	5,355,519	72,949,611	0.17%	0.78%
2039	5,363,363	73,496,152	0.15%	0.75%
2040	5,369,806	74,035,615	0.12%	0.73%
2041	5,374,934	74,575,444	0.1%	0.73%
2042	5,378,670	75,111,899	0.07%	0.72%
2043	5,380,915	75,641,512	0.04%	0.71%
2044	5,381,720	76,164,461	0.01%	0.69%
2045	5,381,014	76,681,448	-0.01%	0.68%
2046	5,378,757	77,199,542	-0.04%	0.68%
2047	5,374,945	77,716,650	-0.07%	0.67%
2048	5,369,577	78,215,323	-0.1%	0.64%
2049	5,362,651	78,699,584	-0.13%	0.62%
2050	5,354,148	79,177,329	-0.16%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.