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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Spain	Costa Rica	Spain
1960	1,327,496	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,377,920	30,739,250	3.8%	0.93%
1962	1,429,445	31,023,366	3.74%	0.92%
1963	1,481,604	31,296,651	3.65%	0.88%
1964	1,533,960	31,609,195	3.53%	1%
1965	1,586,208	31,954,292	3.41%	1.09%
1966	1,638,116	32,283,194	3.27%	1.03%
1967	1,689,523	32,682,947	3.14%	1.24%
1968	1,739,731	33,113,134	2.97%	1.32%
1969	1,789,276	33,441,054	2.85%	0.99%
1970	1,838,949	33,814,531	2.78%	1.12%
1971	1,888,539	34,224,490	2.7%	1.21%
1972	1,938,248	34,604,469	2.63%	1.11%
1973	1,988,343	34,988,947	2.58%	1.11%
1974	2,039,643	35,373,335	2.58%	1.1%
1975	2,092,719	35,757,900	2.6%	1.09%
1976	2,147,774	36,137,812	2.63%	1.06%
1977	2,205,025	36,511,638	2.67%	1.03%
1978	2,264,510	36,864,898	2.7%	0.97%
1979	2,326,490	37,191,330	2.74%	0.89%
1980	2,390,633	37,491,165	2.76%	0.81%
1981	2,456,637	37,758,631	2.76%	0.71%
1982	2,524,806	37,986,012	2.77%	0.6%
1983	2,595,153	38,171,525	2.79%	0.49%
1984	2,667,595	38,330,364	2.79%	0.42%
1985	2,741,894	38,469,512	2.79%	0.36%
1986	2,817,216	38,584,624	2.75%	0.3%
1987	2,892,699	38,684,815	2.68%	0.26%
1988	2,968,103	38,766,939	2.61%	0.21%
1989	3,043,827	38,827,764	2.55%	0.16%
1990	3,121,706	38,867,322	2.56%	0.1%
1991	3,202,176	38,966,376	2.58%	0.25%
1992	3,284,258	39,157,685	2.56%	0.49%
1993	3,367,434	39,361,262	2.53%	0.52%
1994	3,451,122	39,549,108	2.49%	0.48%
1995	3,535,176	39,724,050	2.44%	0.44%
1996	3,619,013	39,889,852	2.37%	0.42%
1997	3,701,711	40,057,389	2.29%	0.42%
1998	3,782,838	40,223,509	2.19%	0.41%
1999	3,862,101	40,386,875	2.1%	0.41%
2000	3,937,739	40,567,864	1.96%	0.45%
2001	4,008,947	40,850,412	1.81%	0.7%
2002	4,075,705	41,431,558	1.67%	1.42%
2003	4,138,784	42,187,645	1.55%	1.82%
2004	4,200,078	42,921,895	1.48%	1.74%
2005	4,261,240	43,653,155	1.46%	1.7%
2006	4,321,340	44,397,319	1.41%	1.7%
2007	4,380,248	45,226,803	1.36%	1.87%
2008	4,440,056	45,954,106	1.37%	1.61%
2009	4,499,791	46,362,946	1.35%	0.89%
2010	4,555,962	46,576,897	1.25%	0.46%
2011	4,609,833	46,742,697	1.18%	0.36%
2012	4,663,934	46,773,055	1.17%	0.06%
2013	4,716,147	46,604,197	1.12%	-0.36%
2014	4,767,119	46,460,733	1.08%	-0.31%
2015	4,818,038	46,422,303	1.07%	-0.08%
2016	4,866,998	46,458,139	1.02%	0.08%
2017	4,913,177	46,571,232	0.95%	0.24%
2018	4,957,818	46,782,011	0.91%	0.45%
2019	4,999,553	47,118,501	0.84%	0.72%
2020	5,034,320	47,359,424	0.7%	0.51%
2021	5,059,988	47,443,821	0.51%	0.18%
2022	5,081,765	47,786,102	0.43%	0.72%
2023	5,105,525	48,347,910	0.47%	1.18%
2024	5,129,910	48,807,137	0.48%	0.95%
2025	5,152,946	48,786,181	0.45%	-0.04%
2026	5,174,780	48,746,279	0.42%	-0.08%
2027	5,195,555	48,696,847	0.4%	-0.1%
2028	5,215,247	48,642,132	0.38%	-0.11%
2029	5,233,877	48,578,166	0.36%	-0.13%
2030	5,251,495	48,501,513	0.34%	-0.16%
2031	5,268,137	48,412,854	0.32%	-0.18%
2032	5,283,807	48,321,195	0.3%	-0.19%
2033	5,298,514	48,230,054	0.28%	-0.19%
2034	5,312,162	48,136,421	0.26%	-0.19%
2035	5,324,698	48,036,650	0.24%	-0.21%
2036	5,336,133	47,929,957	0.21%	-0.22%
2037	5,346,408	47,819,257	0.19%	-0.23%
2038	5,355,519	47,706,580	0.17%	-0.24%
2039	5,363,363	47,588,878	0.15%	-0.25%
2040	5,369,806	47,463,597	0.12%	-0.26%
2041	5,374,934	47,332,618	0.1%	-0.28%
2042	5,378,670	47,194,588	0.07%	-0.29%
2043	5,380,915	47,052,293	0.04%	-0.3%
2044	5,381,720	46,902,636	0.01%	-0.32%
2045	5,381,014	46,738,565	-0.01%	-0.35%
2046	5,378,757	46,564,383	-0.04%	-0.37%
2047	5,374,945	46,381,681	-0.07%	-0.39%
2048	5,369,577	46,190,642	-0.1%	-0.41%
2049	5,362,651	45,985,428	-0.13%	-0.44%
2050	5,354,148	45,769,362	-0.16%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.