The latest officially reported population of Costa Rica was 5,129,910 in 2024 vs 10,590,927 people in Tajikistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Costa Rica's population is 5,170,484 people compared to 10,940,854 in Tajikistan.
Population statistics:
- Tajikistan's population is 2.12 times bigger than Costa Rica's.
- Costa Rica is ranked the 126th most populous country in the world, while Tajikistan is the 88th.
- The countries together account for 0.19% of the world: 0.06% for Costa Rica vs 0.13% for Tajikistan.
- For the last 10 years, Costa Rica has had an average growth rate of +0.77% per year vs +2.33% in Tajikistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Costa Rica has increased from 4.26M people to 5.17M (21.3% growth), while Tajikistan has grown from 6.92M to 10.9M (58% growth).
- Costa Rica is projected to reach its peak in 2044 at 5.38M people compared to the peak of 20.2M people in 2100 for Tajikistan.
Costa Rica vs Tajikistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
5170484
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10940854
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| Population rank | 126/197 | 88/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
21.6 minutes
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2.61 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.1 minutes
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
18.9 minutes
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11 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
9.06 hours
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24.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +967 | -21,236 |
| Daily growth/decline | +67 | +551 |
| Annual growth/decline | +24,385 | +201,128 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.48% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 138/197 | 57/197 |
Costa Rica and Tajikistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,327,496 | 2,112,131 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,377,920 | 2,181,805 | 3.8% | 3.3% |
| 1962 | 1,429,445 | 2,255,026 | 3.74% | 3.36% |
| 1963 | 1,481,604 | 2,331,736 | 3.65% | 3.4% |
| 1964 | 1,533,960 | 2,411,260 | 3.53% | 3.41% |
| 1965 | 1,586,208 | 2,492,998 | 3.41% | 3.39% |
| 1966 | 1,638,116 | 2,577,184 | 3.27% | 3.38% |
| 1967 | 1,689,523 | 2,664,130 | 3.14% | 3.37% |
| 1968 | 1,739,731 | 2,753,848 | 2.97% | 3.37% |
| 1969 | 1,789,276 | 2,845,273 | 2.85% | 3.32% |
| 1970 | 1,838,949 | 2,936,779 | 2.78% | 3.22% |
| 1971 | 1,888,539 | 3,028,837 | 2.7% | 3.13% |
| 1972 | 1,938,248 | 3,123,691 | 2.63% | 3.13% |
| 1973 | 1,988,343 | 3,222,290 | 2.58% | 3.16% |
| 1974 | 2,039,643 | 3,324,499 | 2.58% | 3.17% |
| 1975 | 2,092,719 | 3,430,425 | 2.6% | 3.19% |
| 1976 | 2,147,774 | 3,540,076 | 2.63% | 3.2% |
| 1977 | 2,205,025 | 3,653,265 | 2.67% | 3.2% |
| 1978 | 2,264,510 | 3,768,508 | 2.7% | 3.15% |
| 1979 | 2,326,490 | 3,882,691 | 2.74% | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 2,390,633 | 3,995,256 | 2.76% | 2.9% |
| 1981 | 2,456,637 | 4,109,022 | 2.76% | 2.85% |
| 1982 | 2,524,806 | 4,227,171 | 2.77% | 2.88% |
| 1983 | 2,595,153 | 4,350,874 | 2.79% | 2.93% |
| 1984 | 2,667,595 | 4,480,026 | 2.79% | 2.97% |
| 1985 | 2,741,894 | 4,619,003 | 2.79% | 3.1% |
| 1986 | 2,817,216 | 4,772,139 | 2.75% | 3.32% |
| 1987 | 2,892,699 | 4,939,059 | 2.68% | 3.5% |
| 1988 | 2,968,103 | 5,114,989 | 2.61% | 3.56% |
| 1989 | 3,043,827 | 5,267,249 | 2.55% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 3,121,706 | 5,398,768 | 2.56% | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 3,202,176 | 5,541,205 | 2.58% | 2.64% |
| 1992 | 3,284,258 | 5,649,400 | 2.56% | 1.95% |
| 1993 | 3,367,434 | 5,724,993 | 2.53% | 1.34% |
| 1994 | 3,451,122 | 5,825,368 | 2.49% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 3,535,176 | 5,948,584 | 2.44% | 2.12% |
| 1996 | 3,619,013 | 6,066,523 | 2.37% | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 3,701,711 | 6,139,829 | 2.29% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 3,782,838 | 6,176,397 | 2.19% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 3,862,101 | 6,208,370 | 2.1% | 0.52% |
| 2000 | 3,937,739 | 6,284,735 | 1.96% | 1.23% |
| 2001 | 4,008,947 | 6,407,377 | 1.81% | 1.95% |
| 2002 | 4,075,705 | 6,531,669 | 1.67% | 1.94% |
| 2003 | 4,138,784 | 6,658,575 | 1.55% | 1.94% |
| 2004 | 4,200,078 | 6,790,547 | 1.48% | 1.98% |
| 2005 | 4,261,240 | 6,924,720 | 1.46% | 1.98% |
| 2006 | 4,321,340 | 7,057,566 | 1.41% | 1.92% |
| 2007 | 4,380,248 | 7,194,477 | 1.36% | 1.94% |
| 2008 | 4,440,056 | 7,338,403 | 1.37% | 2% |
| 2009 | 4,499,791 | 7,490,230 | 1.35% | 2.07% |
| 2010 | 4,555,962 | 7,652,141 | 1.25% | 2.16% |
| 2011 | 4,609,833 | 7,824,785 | 1.18% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 4,663,934 | 8,014,084 | 1.17% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 4,716,147 | 8,216,724 | 1.12% | 2.53% |
| 2014 | 4,767,119 | 8,425,552 | 1.08% | 2.54% |
| 2015 | 4,818,038 | 8,643,840 | 1.07% | 2.59% |
| 2016 | 4,866,998 | 8,865,631 | 1.02% | 2.57% |
| 2017 | 4,913,177 | 9,085,946 | 0.95% | 2.49% |
| 2018 | 4,957,818 | 9,307,333 | 0.91% | 2.44% |
| 2019 | 4,999,553 | 9,529,966 | 0.84% | 2.39% |
| 2020 | 5,034,320 | 9,749,310 | 0.7% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 5,059,988 | 9,966,908 | 0.51% | 2.23% |
| 2022 | 5,081,765 | 10,182,222 | 0.43% | 2.16% |
| 2023 | 5,105,525 | 10,389,799 | 0.47% | 2.04% |
| 2024 | 5,129,910 | 10,590,927 | 0.48% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 5,152,946 | 10,786,735 | 0.45% | 1.85% |
| 2026 | 5,174,780 | 10,978,598 | 0.42% | 1.78% |
| 2027 | 5,195,555 | 11,168,387 | 0.4% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 5,215,247 | 11,356,920 | 0.38% | 1.69% |
| 2029 | 5,233,877 | 11,545,276 | 0.36% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 5,251,495 | 11,733,066 | 0.34% | 1.63% |
| 2031 | 5,268,137 | 11,920,472 | 0.32% | 1.6% |
| 2032 | 5,283,807 | 12,110,150 | 0.3% | 1.59% |
| 2033 | 5,298,514 | 12,302,290 | 0.28% | 1.59% |
| 2034 | 5,312,162 | 12,496,888 | 0.26% | 1.58% |
| 2035 | 5,324,698 | 12,695,586 | 0.24% | 1.59% |
| 2036 | 5,336,133 | 12,899,096 | 0.21% | 1.6% |
| 2037 | 5,346,408 | 13,104,339 | 0.19% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 5,355,519 | 13,308,237 | 0.17% | 1.56% |
| 2039 | 5,363,363 | 13,511,372 | 0.15% | 1.53% |
| 2040 | 5,369,806 | 13,713,948 | 0.12% | 1.5% |
| 2041 | 5,374,934 | 13,915,192 | 0.1% | 1.47% |
| 2042 | 5,378,670 | 14,115,137 | 0.07% | 1.44% |
| 2043 | 5,380,915 | 14,311,598 | 0.04% | 1.39% |
| 2044 | 5,381,720 | 14,504,865 | 0.01% | 1.35% |
| 2045 | 5,381,014 | 14,694,858 | -0.01% | 1.31% |
| 2046 | 5,378,757 | 14,879,388 | -0.04% | 1.26% |
| 2047 | 5,374,945 | 15,059,869 | -0.07% | 1.21% |
| 2048 | 5,369,577 | 15,236,594 | -0.1% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 5,362,651 | 15,408,032 | -0.13% | 1.13% |
| 2050 | 5,354,148 | 15,574,643 | -0.16% | 1.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).
Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| San Jose | 342K |
| Limon | 71.5K |
| Liberia | 65.9K |
| Alajuela | 44.4K |
| Puntarenas | 41.5K |
| Cartago | 22.8K |
| Heredia | 16.7K |
| Tamarindo | 7.13K |
| Santa Teresa | 3K |
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| City | Population |
| Dushanbe | 863K |
| Khujand | 199K |
| Qurghonteppa | 127K |
| Istaravshan | 64.3K |
| Konibodom | 54.4K |
| Tursunzoda | 46.7K |
| Panjakent | 33K |
| Buston | 29.8K |
| Ghafurov | 18.4K |
| Istiklol | 14.2K |
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Population differences between Costa Rica and Tajikistan
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| Life expectancy | 81.2 years | 72.1 years |
| Average age | 37 years | 26.3 years |
| Median age | 35.6 years | 23 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.33 births per woman | 3.07 births per woman |
| Population density | 260.2 ppl/mi² | 197.6 ppl/mi² |
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