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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Syria	Costa Rica	Syria
1960	1,327,496	4,673,500	-	-
1961	1,377,920	4,815,466	3.8%	3.04%
1962	1,429,445	4,959,340	3.74%	2.99%
1963	1,481,604	5,110,467	3.65%	3.05%
1964	1,533,960	5,269,087	3.53%	3.1%
1965	1,586,208	5,435,267	3.41%	3.15%
1966	1,638,116	5,609,047	3.27%	3.2%
1967	1,689,523	5,790,198	3.14%	3.23%
1968	1,739,731	5,978,742	2.97%	3.26%
1969	1,789,276	6,175,166	2.85%	3.29%
1970	1,838,949	6,380,609	2.78%	3.33%
1971	1,888,539	6,598,094	2.7%	3.41%
1972	1,938,248	6,826,024	2.63%	3.45%
1973	1,988,343	7,060,321	2.58%	3.43%
1974	2,039,643	7,302,160	2.58%	3.43%
1975	2,092,719	7,554,364	2.6%	3.45%
1976	2,147,774	7,817,320	2.63%	3.48%
1977	2,205,025	8,090,501	2.67%	3.49%
1978	2,264,510	8,372,759	2.7%	3.49%
1979	2,326,490	8,661,909	2.74%	3.45%
1980	2,390,633	8,957,663	2.76%	3.41%
1981	2,456,637	9,260,189	2.76%	3.38%
1982	2,524,806	9,572,511	2.77%	3.37%
1983	2,595,153	9,904,809	2.79%	3.47%
1984	2,667,595	10,258,398	2.79%	3.57%
1985	2,741,894	10,625,672	2.79%	3.58%
1986	2,817,216	11,002,844	2.75%	3.55%
1987	2,892,699	11,388,923	2.68%	3.51%
1988	2,968,103	11,782,264	2.61%	3.45%
1989	3,043,827	12,179,060	2.55%	3.37%
1990	3,121,706	12,579,208	2.56%	3.29%
1991	3,202,176	12,980,821	2.58%	3.19%
1992	3,284,258	13,385,571	2.56%	3.12%
1993	3,367,434	13,795,686	2.53%	3.06%
1994	3,451,122	14,208,583	2.49%	2.99%
1995	3,535,176	14,616,801	2.44%	2.87%
1996	3,619,013	15,018,104	2.37%	2.75%
1997	3,701,711	15,417,542	2.29%	2.66%
1998	3,782,838	15,820,413	2.19%	2.61%
1999	3,862,101	16,228,061	2.1%	2.58%
2000	3,937,739	16,637,888	1.96%	2.53%
2001	4,008,947	17,051,338	1.81%	2.48%
2002	4,075,705	17,468,332	1.67%	2.45%
2003	4,138,784	17,889,296	1.55%	2.41%
2004	4,200,078	18,336,875	1.48%	2.5%
2005	4,261,240	18,814,091	1.46%	2.6%
2006	4,321,340	19,637,022	1.41%	4.37%
2007	4,380,248	20,884,125	1.36%	6.35%
2008	4,440,056	21,636,564	1.37%	3.6%
2009	4,499,791	21,976,969	1.35%	1.57%
2010	4,555,962	22,482,421	1.25%	2.3%
2011	4,609,833	22,878,098	1.18%	1.76%
2012	4,663,934	22,759,763	1.17%	-0.52%
2013	4,716,147	21,666,917	1.12%	-4.8%
2014	4,767,119	20,273,659	1.08%	-6.43%
2015	4,818,038	19,424,618	1.07%	-4.19%
2016	4,866,998	19,193,834	1.02%	-1.19%
2017	4,913,177	19,224,668	0.95%	0.16%
2018	4,957,818	19,577,845	0.91%	1.84%
2019	4,999,553	20,353,534	0.84%	3.96%
2020	5,034,320	21,049,429	0.7%	3.42%
2021	5,059,988	21,628,839	0.51%	2.75%
2022	5,081,765	22,462,173	0.43%	3.85%
2023	5,105,525	23,594,623	0.47%	5.04%
2024	5,129,910	24,672,760	0.48%	4.57%
2025	5,152,946	25,620,422	0.45%	3.84%
2026	5,174,780	26,472,499	0.42%	3.33%
2027	5,195,555	27,261,544	0.4%	2.98%
2028	5,215,247	28,006,558	0.38%	2.73%
2029	5,233,877	28,719,309	0.36%	2.54%
2030	5,251,495	29,395,545	0.34%	2.35%
2031	5,268,137	30,029,824	0.32%	2.16%
2032	5,283,807	30,633,661	0.3%	2.01%
2033	5,298,514	31,212,478	0.28%	1.89%
2034	5,312,162	31,768,138	0.26%	1.78%
2035	5,324,698	32,294,792	0.24%	1.66%
2036	5,336,133	32,788,153	0.21%	1.53%
2037	5,346,408	33,258,407	0.19%	1.43%
2038	5,355,519	33,710,718	0.17%	1.36%
2039	5,363,363	34,131,238	0.15%	1.25%
2040	5,369,806	34,533,185	0.12%	1.18%
2041	5,374,934	34,916,936	0.1%	1.11%
2042	5,378,670	35,279,863	0.07%	1.04%
2043	5,380,915	35,623,325	0.04%	0.97%
2044	5,381,720	35,944,394	0.01%	0.9%
2045	5,381,014	36,265,295	-0.01%	0.89%
2046	5,378,757	36,583,260	-0.04%	0.88%
2047	5,374,945	36,878,640	-0.07%	0.81%
2048	5,369,577	37,171,029	-0.1%	0.79%
2049	5,362,651	37,477,690	-0.13%	0.83%
2050	5,354,148	37,793,378	-0.16%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.