Population in Costa Rica compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Costa Rica and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	United Kingdom	Costa Rica	United Kingdom
1960	1,327,496	52,400,000	-	-
1961	1,377,920	52,800,000	3.8%	0.76%
1962	1,429,445	53,250,000	3.74%	0.85%
1963	1,481,604	53,650,000	3.65%	0.75%
1964	1,533,960	54,000,000	3.53%	0.65%
1965	1,586,208	54,348,050	3.41%	0.64%
1966	1,638,116	54,648,500	3.27%	0.55%
1967	1,689,523	54,943,600	3.14%	0.54%
1968	1,739,731	55,211,700	2.97%	0.49%
1969	1,789,276	55,441,750	2.85%	0.42%
1970	1,838,949	55,663,250	2.78%	0.4%
1971	1,888,539	55,896,223	2.7%	0.42%
1972	1,938,248	56,086,065	2.63%	0.34%
1973	1,988,343	56,194,527	2.58%	0.19%
1974	2,039,643	56,229,974	2.58%	0.06%
1975	2,092,719	56,225,800	2.6%	-0.007%
1976	2,147,774	56,211,968	2.63%	-0.02%
1977	2,205,025	56,193,492	2.67%	-0.03%
1978	2,264,510	56,196,504	2.7%	0.005%
1979	2,326,490	56,246,951	2.74%	0.09%
1980	2,390,633	56,314,216	2.76%	0.12%
1981	2,456,637	56,333,829	2.76%	0.03%
1982	2,524,806	56,313,641	2.77%	-0.04%
1983	2,595,153	56,332,848	2.79%	0.03%
1984	2,667,595	56,422,072	2.79%	0.16%
1985	2,741,894	56,550,268	2.79%	0.23%
1986	2,817,216	56,681,396	2.75%	0.23%
1987	2,892,699	56,802,050	2.68%	0.21%
1988	2,968,103	56,928,327	2.61%	0.22%
1989	3,043,827	57,076,711	2.55%	0.26%
1990	3,121,706	57,247,586	2.56%	0.3%
1991	3,202,176	57,424,897	2.58%	0.31%
1992	3,284,258	57,580,402	2.56%	0.27%
1993	3,367,434	57,718,614	2.53%	0.24%
1994	3,451,122	57,865,745	2.49%	0.25%
1995	3,535,176	58,019,030	2.44%	0.26%
1996	3,619,013	58,166,950	2.37%	0.25%
1997	3,701,711	58,316,954	2.29%	0.26%
1998	3,782,838	58,487,141	2.19%	0.29%
1999	3,862,101	58,682,466	2.1%	0.33%
2000	3,937,739	58,892,514	1.96%	0.36%
2001	4,008,947	59,119,673	1.81%	0.39%
2002	4,075,705	59,370,479	1.67%	0.42%
2003	4,138,784	59,647,577	1.55%	0.47%
2004	4,200,078	59,987,905	1.48%	0.57%
2005	4,261,240	60,401,206	1.46%	0.69%
2006	4,321,340	60,846,820	1.41%	0.74%
2007	4,380,248	61,322,463	1.36%	0.78%
2008	4,440,056	61,806,995	1.37%	0.79%
2009	4,499,791	62,276,270	1.35%	0.76%
2010	4,555,962	62,766,365	1.25%	0.79%
2011	4,609,833	63,258,810	1.18%	0.78%
2012	4,663,934	63,711,000	1.17%	0.71%
2013	4,716,147	64,139,000	1.12%	0.67%
2014	4,767,119	64,620,000	1.08%	0.75%
2015	4,818,038	65,088,000	1.07%	0.72%
2016	4,866,998	65,607,000	1.02%	0.8%
2017	4,913,177	65,966,000	0.95%	0.55%
2018	4,957,818	66,289,000	0.91%	0.49%
2019	4,999,553	66,631,000	0.84%	0.52%
2020	5,034,320	66,744,000	0.7%	0.17%
2021	5,059,988	66,984,000	0.51%	0.36%
2022	5,081,765	67,604,000	0.43%	0.93%
2023	5,105,525	68,492,000	0.47%	1.31%
2024	5,129,910	69,226,000	0.48%	1.07%
2025	5,152,946	69,639,673	0.45%	0.6%
2026	5,174,780	70,020,350	0.42%	0.55%
2027	5,195,555	70,382,853	0.4%	0.52%
2028	5,215,247	70,732,699	0.38%	0.5%
2029	5,233,877	71,061,482	0.36%	0.46%
2030	5,251,495	71,377,535	0.34%	0.44%
2031	5,268,137	71,678,351	0.32%	0.42%
2032	5,283,807	71,959,934	0.3%	0.39%
2033	5,298,514	72,234,509	0.28%	0.38%
2034	5,312,162	72,497,650	0.26%	0.36%
2035	5,324,698	72,749,096	0.24%	0.35%
2036	5,336,133	72,990,847	0.21%	0.33%
2037	5,346,408	73,218,850	0.19%	0.31%
2038	5,355,519	73,441,349	0.17%	0.3%
2039	5,363,363	73,658,392	0.15%	0.3%
2040	5,369,806	73,868,334	0.12%	0.29%
2041	5,374,934	74,074,316	0.1%	0.28%
2042	5,378,670	74,275,779	0.07%	0.27%
2043	5,380,915	74,475,035	0.04%	0.27%
2044	5,381,720	74,667,284	0.01%	0.26%
2045	5,381,014	74,848,605	-0.01%	0.24%
2046	5,378,757	75,020,949	-0.04%	0.23%
2047	5,374,945	75,184,478	-0.07%	0.22%
2048	5,369,577	75,337,543	-0.1%	0.2%
2049	5,362,651	75,476,141	-0.13%	0.18%
2050	5,354,148	75,600,588	-0.16%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.