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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Turkey	Costa Rica	Turkey
1960	1,327,496	28,329,898	-	-
1961	1,377,920	29,119,238	3.8%	2.79%
1962	1,429,445	29,916,147	3.74%	2.74%
1963	1,481,604	30,726,841	3.65%	2.71%
1964	1,533,960	31,543,072	3.53%	2.66%
1965	1,586,208	32,345,220	3.41%	2.54%
1966	1,638,116	33,177,672	3.27%	2.57%
1967	1,689,523	34,050,421	3.14%	2.63%
1968	1,739,731	34,921,684	2.97%	2.56%
1969	1,789,276	35,787,774	2.85%	2.48%
1970	1,838,949	36,638,465	2.78%	2.38%
1971	1,888,539	37,518,611	2.7%	2.4%
1972	1,938,248	38,430,221	2.63%	2.43%
1973	1,988,343	39,329,533	2.58%	2.34%
1974	2,039,643	40,210,234	2.58%	2.24%
1975	2,092,719	41,053,126	2.6%	2.1%
1976	2,147,774	41,899,984	2.63%	2.06%
1977	2,205,025	42,773,298	2.67%	2.08%
1978	2,264,510	43,645,306	2.7%	2.04%
1979	2,326,490	44,510,429	2.74%	1.98%
1980	2,390,633	45,408,815	2.76%	2.02%
1981	2,456,637	46,321,190	2.76%	2.01%
1982	2,524,806	47,322,096	2.77%	2.16%
1983	2,595,153	48,447,410	2.79%	2.38%
1984	2,667,595	49,574,069	2.79%	2.33%
1985	2,741,894	50,687,115	2.79%	2.25%
1986	2,817,216	51,777,772	2.75%	2.15%
1987	2,892,699	52,843,670	2.68%	2.06%
1988	2,968,103	53,909,626	2.61%	2.02%
1989	3,043,827	54,976,723	2.55%	1.98%
1990	3,121,706	56,015,628	2.56%	1.89%
1991	3,202,176	57,009,887	2.58%	1.77%
1992	3,284,258	57,990,118	2.56%	1.72%
1993	3,367,434	58,999,167	2.53%	1.74%
1994	3,451,122	60,033,836	2.49%	1.75%
1995	3,535,176	61,024,503	2.44%	1.65%
1996	3,619,013	61,951,134	2.37%	1.52%
1997	3,701,711	62,852,966	2.29%	1.46%
1998	3,782,838	63,734,383	2.19%	1.4%
1999	3,862,101	64,591,923	2.1%	1.35%
2000	3,937,739	65,425,961	1.96%	1.29%
2001	4,008,947	66,245,128	1.81%	1.25%
2002	4,075,705	67,048,795	1.67%	1.21%
2003	4,138,784	67,831,730	1.55%	1.17%
2004	4,200,078	68,592,617	1.48%	1.12%
2005	4,261,240	69,329,557	1.46%	1.07%
2006	4,321,340	70,045,349	1.41%	1.03%
2007	4,380,248	70,158,112	1.36%	0.16%
2008	4,440,056	71,051,678	1.37%	1.27%
2009	4,499,791	72,039,206	1.35%	1.39%
2010	4,555,962	73,142,150	1.25%	1.53%
2011	4,609,833	74,223,629	1.18%	1.48%
2012	4,663,934	75,175,827	1.17%	1.28%
2013	4,716,147	76,147,624	1.12%	1.29%
2014	4,767,119	77,181,884	1.08%	1.36%
2015	4,818,038	78,218,479	1.07%	1.34%
2016	4,866,998	79,277,962	1.02%	1.35%
2017	4,913,177	80,312,698	0.95%	1.31%
2018	4,957,818	81,407,204	0.91%	1.36%
2019	4,999,553	82,579,440	0.84%	1.44%
2020	5,034,320	83,384,680	0.7%	0.98%
2021	5,059,988	84,147,318	0.51%	0.91%
2022	5,081,765	84,979,913	0.43%	0.99%
2023	5,105,525	85,325,965	0.47%	0.41%
2024	5,129,910	85,518,661	0.48%	0.23%
2025	5,152,946	85,725,557	0.45%	0.24%
2026	5,174,780	85,960,835	0.42%	0.27%
2027	5,195,555	86,227,115	0.4%	0.31%
2028	5,215,247	86,502,744	0.38%	0.32%
2029	5,233,877	86,771,652	0.36%	0.31%
2030	5,251,495	87,037,680	0.34%	0.31%
2031	5,268,137	87,297,191	0.32%	0.3%
2032	5,283,807	87,537,075	0.3%	0.27%
2033	5,298,514	87,762,403	0.28%	0.26%
2034	5,312,162	87,974,138	0.26%	0.24%
2035	5,324,698	88,172,739	0.24%	0.23%
2036	5,336,133	88,364,318	0.21%	0.22%
2037	5,346,408	88,545,669	0.19%	0.21%
2038	5,355,519	88,707,268	0.17%	0.18%
2039	5,363,363	88,849,956	0.15%	0.16%
2040	5,369,806	88,975,510	0.12%	0.14%
2041	5,374,934	89,083,304	0.1%	0.12%
2042	5,378,670	89,177,769	0.07%	0.11%
2043	5,380,915	89,254,147	0.04%	0.09%
2044	5,381,720	89,311,458	0.01%	0.06%
2045	5,381,014	89,349,806	-0.01%	0.04%
2046	5,378,757	89,375,429	-0.04%	0.03%
2047	5,374,945	89,383,765	-0.07%	0.009%
2048	5,369,577	89,361,174	-0.1%	-0.03%
2049	5,362,651	89,306,566	-0.13%	-0.06%
2050	5,354,148	89,218,346	-0.16%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.