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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Tonga	Costa Rica	Tonga
1960	1,327,496	66,170	-	-
1961	1,377,920	68,037	3.8%	2.82%
1962	1,429,445	69,940	3.74%	2.8%
1963	1,481,604	71,885	3.65%	2.78%
1964	1,533,960	73,879	3.53%	2.77%
1965	1,586,208	75,924	3.41%	2.77%
1966	1,638,116	78,002	3.27%	2.74%
1967	1,689,523	79,814	3.14%	2.32%
1968	1,739,731	81,353	2.97%	1.93%
1969	1,789,276	82,885	2.85%	1.88%
1970	1,838,949	84,401	2.78%	1.83%
1971	1,888,539	85,896	2.7%	1.77%
1972	1,938,248	87,356	2.63%	1.7%
1973	1,988,343	88,805	2.58%	1.66%
1974	2,039,643	90,683	2.58%	2.11%
1975	2,092,719	93,017	2.6%	2.57%
1976	2,147,774	95,325	2.63%	2.48%
1977	2,205,025	96,725	2.67%	1.47%
1978	2,264,510	97,204	2.7%	0.5%
1979	2,326,490	97,544	2.74%	0.35%
1980	2,390,633	97,769	2.76%	0.23%
1981	2,456,637	97,909	2.76%	0.14%
1982	2,524,806	97,980	2.77%	0.07%
1983	2,595,153	97,998	2.79%	0.02%
1984	2,667,595	97,990	2.79%	-0.008%
1985	2,741,894	97,984	2.79%	-0.006%
1986	2,817,216	98,010	2.75%	0.03%
1987	2,892,699	98,376	2.68%	0.37%
1988	2,968,103	98,969	2.61%	0.6%
1989	3,043,827	99,403	2.55%	0.44%
1990	3,121,706	99,700	2.56%	0.3%
1991	3,202,176	99,895	2.58%	0.2%
1992	3,284,258	100,022	2.56%	0.13%
1993	3,367,434	100,103	2.53%	0.08%
1994	3,451,122	100,166	2.49%	0.06%
1995	3,535,176	100,225	2.44%	0.06%
1996	3,619,013	100,275	2.37%	0.05%
1997	3,701,711	100,674	2.29%	0.4%
1998	3,782,838	101,388	2.19%	0.71%
1999	3,862,101	102,046	2.1%	0.65%
2000	3,937,739	102,677	1.96%	0.62%
2001	4,008,947	103,288	1.81%	0.6%
2002	4,075,705	103,874	1.67%	0.57%
2003	4,138,784	104,464	1.55%	0.57%
2004	4,200,078	105,071	1.48%	0.58%
2005	4,261,240	105,671	1.46%	0.57%
2006	4,321,340	106,253	1.41%	0.55%
2007	4,380,248	106,726	1.36%	0.45%
2008	4,440,056	107,020	1.37%	0.28%
2009	4,499,791	107,203	1.35%	0.17%
2010	4,555,962	107,400	1.25%	0.18%
2011	4,609,833	107,570	1.18%	0.16%
2012	4,663,934	107,460	1.17%	-0.1%
2013	4,716,147	107,078	1.12%	-0.36%
2014	4,767,119	106,609	1.08%	-0.44%
2015	4,818,038	106,095	1.07%	-0.48%
2016	4,866,998	105,524	1.02%	-0.54%
2017	4,913,177	105,356	0.95%	-0.16%
2018	4,957,818	105,567	0.91%	0.2%
2019	4,999,553	105,669	0.84%	0.1%
2020	5,034,320	105,704	0.7%	0.03%
2021	5,059,988	105,490	0.51%	-0.2%
2022	5,081,765	105,042	0.43%	-0.42%
2023	5,105,525	104,597	0.47%	-0.42%
2024	5,129,910	104,175	0.48%	-0.4%
2025	5,152,946	103,744	0.45%	-0.41%
2026	5,174,780	103,290	0.42%	-0.44%
2027	5,195,555	102,899	0.4%	-0.38%
2028	5,215,247	102,568	0.38%	-0.32%
2029	5,233,877	102,280	0.36%	-0.28%
2030	5,251,495	102,069	0.34%	-0.21%
2031	5,268,137	101,927	0.32%	-0.14%
2032	5,283,807	101,837	0.3%	-0.09%
2033	5,298,514	101,807	0.28%	-0.03%
2034	5,312,162	101,806	0.26%	-0.001%
2035	5,324,698	101,833	0.24%	0.03%
2036	5,336,133	101,895	0.21%	0.06%
2037	5,346,408	101,993	0.19%	0.1%
2038	5,355,519	102,173	0.17%	0.18%
2039	5,363,363	102,367	0.15%	0.19%
2040	5,369,806	102,568	0.12%	0.2%
2041	5,374,934	102,805	0.1%	0.23%
2042	5,378,670	103,038	0.07%	0.23%
2043	5,380,915	103,306	0.04%	0.26%
2044	5,381,720	103,612	0.01%	0.3%
2045	5,381,014	103,928	-0.01%	0.3%
2046	5,378,757	104,232	-0.04%	0.29%
2047	5,374,945	104,502	-0.07%	0.26%
2048	5,369,577	104,744	-0.1%	0.23%
2049	5,362,651	104,975	-0.13%	0.22%
2050	5,354,148	105,193	-0.16%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.