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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Tanzania	Costa Rica	Tanzania
1960	1,327,496	9,901,419	-	-
1961	1,377,920	10,187,886	3.8%	2.89%
1962	1,429,445	10,487,756	3.74%	2.94%
1963	1,481,604	10,799,528	3.65%	2.97%
1964	1,533,960	11,127,826	3.53%	3.04%
1965	1,586,208	11,470,728	3.41%	3.08%
1966	1,638,116	11,827,459	3.27%	3.11%
1967	1,689,523	12,200,109	3.14%	3.15%
1968	1,739,731	12,602,076	2.97%	3.29%
1969	1,789,276	13,036,700	2.85%	3.45%
1970	1,838,949	13,492,677	2.78%	3.5%
1971	1,888,539	13,971,451	2.7%	3.55%
1972	1,938,248	14,479,308	2.63%	3.63%
1973	1,988,343	15,010,101	2.58%	3.67%
1974	2,039,643	15,561,630	2.58%	3.67%
1975	2,092,719	16,138,361	2.6%	3.71%
1976	2,147,774	16,736,211	2.63%	3.7%
1977	2,205,025	17,352,929	2.67%	3.68%
1978	2,264,510	17,976,566	2.7%	3.59%
1979	2,326,490	18,592,038	2.74%	3.42%
1980	2,390,633	19,189,769	2.76%	3.21%
1981	2,456,637	19,784,703	2.76%	3.1%
1982	2,524,806	20,398,571	2.77%	3.1%
1983	2,595,153	21,079,874	2.79%	3.34%
1984	2,667,595	21,779,066	2.79%	3.32%
1985	2,741,894	22,501,693	2.79%	3.32%
1986	2,817,216	23,258,959	2.75%	3.37%
1987	2,892,699	24,030,378	2.68%	3.32%
1988	2,968,103	24,769,686	2.61%	3.08%
1989	3,043,827	25,438,759	2.55%	2.7%
1990	3,121,706	26,110,207	2.56%	2.64%
1991	3,202,176	26,780,436	2.58%	2.57%
1992	3,284,258	27,457,588	2.56%	2.53%
1993	3,367,434	28,332,692	2.53%	3.19%
1994	3,451,122	29,442,356	2.49%	3.92%
1995	3,535,176	30,383,497	2.44%	3.2%
1996	3,619,013	30,945,762	2.37%	1.85%
1997	3,701,711	31,578,089	2.29%	2.04%
1998	3,782,838	32,420,458	2.19%	2.67%
1999	3,862,101	33,300,330	2.1%	2.71%
2000	3,937,739	34,260,139	1.96%	2.88%
2001	4,008,947	35,198,299	1.81%	2.74%
2002	4,075,705	36,121,304	1.67%	2.62%
2003	4,138,784	37,089,555	1.55%	2.68%
2004	4,200,078	38,109,668	1.48%	2.75%
2005	4,261,240	39,182,076	1.46%	2.81%
2006	4,321,340	40,294,902	1.41%	2.84%
2007	4,380,248	41,435,512	1.36%	2.83%
2008	4,440,056	42,570,728	1.37%	2.74%
2009	4,499,791	43,633,982	1.35%	2.5%
2010	4,555,962	44,758,488	1.25%	2.58%
2011	4,609,833	46,029,367	1.18%	2.84%
2012	4,663,934	47,374,260	1.17%	2.92%
2013	4,716,147	48,824,128	1.12%	3.06%
2014	4,767,119	50,351,512	1.08%	3.13%
2015	4,818,038	52,020,962	1.07%	3.32%
2016	4,866,998	53,824,013	1.02%	3.47%
2017	4,913,177	55,652,890	0.95%	3.4%
2018	4,957,818	57,437,145	0.91%	3.21%
2019	4,999,553	59,174,891	0.84%	3.03%
2020	5,034,320	60,972,798	0.7%	3.04%
2021	5,059,988	62,830,412	0.51%	3.05%
2022	5,081,765	64,711,821	0.43%	2.99%
2023	5,105,525	66,617,606	0.47%	2.95%
2024	5,129,910	68,560,157	0.48%	2.92%
2025	5,152,946	70,545,858	0.45%	2.9%
2026	5,174,780	72,563,773	0.42%	2.86%
2027	5,195,555	74,604,804	0.4%	2.81%
2028	5,215,247	76,670,483	0.38%	2.77%
2029	5,233,877	78,773,192	0.36%	2.74%
2030	5,251,495	80,913,118	0.34%	2.72%
2031	5,268,137	83,087,927	0.32%	2.69%
2032	5,283,807	85,293,126	0.3%	2.65%
2033	5,298,514	87,520,491	0.28%	2.61%
2034	5,312,162	89,788,673	0.26%	2.59%
2035	5,324,698	92,091,418	0.24%	2.56%
2036	5,336,133	94,420,808	0.21%	2.53%
2037	5,346,408	96,775,766	0.19%	2.49%
2038	5,355,519	99,156,465	0.17%	2.46%
2039	5,363,363	101,567,525	0.15%	2.43%
2040	5,369,806	103,999,350	0.12%	2.39%
2041	5,374,934	106,448,475	0.1%	2.35%
2042	5,378,670	108,926,272	0.07%	2.33%
2043	5,380,915	111,433,788	0.04%	2.3%
2044	5,381,720	113,966,263	0.01%	2.27%
2045	5,381,014	116,525,463	-0.01%	2.25%
2046	5,378,757	119,109,670	-0.04%	2.22%
2047	5,374,945	121,721,018	-0.07%	2.19%
2048	5,369,577	124,351,294	-0.1%	2.16%
2049	5,362,651	126,981,394	-0.13%	2.12%
2050	5,354,148	129,621,083	-0.16%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Costa Rica's population will grow by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th. The population of Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.