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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Taiwan	Costa Rica	Taiwan
1960	1,327,496	-	-	-
1961	1,377,920	11,030,385	3.8%	-
1962	1,429,445	11,392,513	3.74%	3.28%
1963	1,481,604	11,762,101	3.65%	3.24%
1964	1,533,960	12,137,143	3.53%	3.19%
1965	1,586,208	12,511,863	3.41%	3.09%
1966	1,638,116	12,874,153	3.27%	2.9%
1967	1,689,523	13,210,344	3.14%	2.61%
1968	1,739,731	13,548,537	2.97%	2.56%
1969	1,789,276	14,068,984	2.85%	3.84%
1970	1,838,949	14,582,944	2.78%	3.65%
1971	1,888,539	14,913,564	2.7%	2.27%
1972	1,938,248	15,220,495	2.63%	2.06%
1973	1,988,343	15,505,121	2.58%	1.87%
1974	2,039,643	15,784,817	2.58%	1.8%
1975	2,092,719	16,075,128	2.6%	1.84%
1976	2,147,774	16,401,413	2.63%	2.03%
1977	2,205,025	16,730,895	2.67%	2.01%
1978	2,264,510	17,042,272	2.7%	1.86%
1979	2,326,490	17,372,779	2.74%	1.94%
1980	2,390,633	17,704,538	2.76%	1.91%
1981	2,456,637	18,029,982	2.76%	1.84%
1982	2,524,806	18,354,855	2.77%	1.8%
1983	2,595,153	18,653,146	2.79%	1.63%
1984	2,667,595	18,929,866	2.79%	1.48%
1985	2,741,894	19,191,510	2.79%	1.38%
1986	2,817,216	19,411,454	2.75%	1.15%
1987	2,892,699	19,617,046	2.68%	1.06%
1988	2,968,103	19,839,704	2.61%	1.14%
1989	3,043,827	20,055,492	2.55%	1.09%
1990	3,121,706	20,278,946	2.56%	1.11%
1991	3,202,176	20,503,568	2.58%	1.11%
1992	3,284,258	20,704,227	2.56%	0.98%
1993	3,367,434	20,899,019	2.53%	0.94%
1994	3,451,122	21,086,645	2.49%	0.9%
1995	3,535,176	21,267,653	2.44%	0.86%
1996	3,619,013	21,441,432	2.37%	0.82%
1997	3,701,711	21,634,124	2.29%	0.9%
1998	3,782,838	21,835,703	2.19%	0.93%
1999	3,862,101	22,010,489	2.1%	0.8%
2000	3,937,739	22,184,530	1.96%	0.79%
2001	4,008,947	22,341,120	1.81%	0.71%
2002	4,075,705	22,463,172	1.67%	0.55%
2003	4,138,784	22,562,663	1.55%	0.44%
2004	4,200,078	22,646,836	1.48%	0.37%
2005	4,261,240	22,729,753	1.46%	0.37%
2006	4,321,340	22,823,455	1.41%	0.41%
2007	4,380,248	22,917,444	1.36%	0.41%
2008	4,440,056	22,997,696	1.37%	0.35%
2009	4,499,791	23,078,402	1.35%	0.35%
2010	4,555,962	23,140,948	1.25%	0.27%
2011	4,609,833	23,193,518	1.18%	0.23%
2012	4,663,934	23,270,367	1.17%	0.33%
2013	4,716,147	23,344,670	1.12%	0.32%
2014	4,767,119	23,403,635	1.08%	0.25%
2015	4,818,038	23,462,914	1.07%	0.25%
2016	4,866,998	23,515,945	1.02%	0.23%
2017	4,913,177	23,555,522	0.95%	0.17%
2018	4,957,818	23,580,080	0.91%	0.1%
2019	4,999,553	23,596,027	0.84%	0.07%
2020	5,034,320	23,582,179	0.7%	-0.06%
2021	5,059,988	23,468,275	0.51%	-0.48%
2022	5,081,765	23,319,977	0.43%	-0.63%
2023	5,105,525	23,342,541	0.47%	0.1%
2024	5,129,910	23,410,331	0.48%	0.29%
2025	5,152,946	23,308,308	0.45%	-0.44%
2026	5,174,780	23,205,944	0.42%	-0.44%
2027	5,195,555	23,102,120	0.4%	-0.45%
2028	5,215,247	22,996,693	0.38%	-0.46%
2029	5,233,877	22,890,335	0.36%	-0.46%
2030	5,251,495	22,781,040	0.34%	-0.48%
2031	5,268,137	22,667,327	0.32%	-0.5%
2032	5,283,807	22,549,689	0.3%	-0.52%
2033	5,298,514	22,428,721	0.28%	-0.54%
2034	5,312,162	22,302,402	0.26%	-0.56%
2035	5,324,698	22,170,689	0.24%	-0.59%
2036	5,336,133	22,034,775	0.21%	-0.61%
2037	5,346,408	21,893,029	0.19%	-0.64%
2038	5,355,519	21,746,001	0.17%	-0.67%
2039	5,363,363	21,594,236	0.15%	-0.7%
2040	5,369,806	21,436,947	0.12%	-0.73%
2041	5,374,934	21,274,187	0.1%	-0.76%
2042	5,378,670	21,105,682	0.07%	-0.79%
2043	5,380,915	20,932,105	0.04%	-0.82%
2044	5,381,720	20,754,623	0.01%	-0.85%
2045	5,381,014	20,571,741	-0.01%	-0.88%
2046	5,378,757	20,384,903	-0.04%	-0.91%
2047	5,374,945	20,194,425	-0.07%	-0.93%
2048	5,369,577	19,999,753	-0.1%	-0.96%
2049	5,362,651	19,801,293	-0.13%	-0.99%
2050	5,354,148	19,598,997	-0.16%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.