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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	United States	Costa Rica	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,327,496	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,377,920	183,691,481	3.8%	1.67%
1962	1,429,445	186,537,737	3.74%	1.55%
1963	1,481,604	189,241,798	3.65%	1.45%
1964	1,533,960	191,888,791	3.53%	1.4%
1965	1,586,208	194,302,963	3.41%	1.26%
1966	1,638,116	196,560,338	3.27%	1.16%
1967	1,689,523	198,712,056	3.14%	1.09%
1968	1,739,731	200,706,052	2.97%	1%
1969	1,789,276	202,676,946	2.85%	0.98%
1970	1,838,949	205,052,174	2.78%	1.17%
1971	1,888,539	207,660,677	2.7%	1.27%
1972	1,938,248	209,896,021	2.63%	1.08%
1973	1,988,343	211,908,788	2.58%	0.96%
1974	2,039,643	213,853,928	2.58%	0.92%
1975	2,092,719	215,973,199	2.6%	0.99%
1976	2,147,774	218,035,164	2.63%	0.95%
1977	2,205,025	220,239,425	2.67%	1.01%
1978	2,264,510	222,584,545	2.7%	1.06%
1979	2,326,490	225,055,487	2.74%	1.11%
1980	2,390,633	226,542,250	2.76%	0.66%
1981	2,456,637	229,465,744	2.76%	1.29%
1982	2,524,806	231,664,432	2.77%	0.96%
1983	2,595,153	233,792,014	2.79%	0.92%
1984	2,667,595	235,824,908	2.79%	0.87%
1985	2,741,894	237,923,734	2.79%	0.89%
1986	2,817,216	240,132,831	2.75%	0.93%
1987	2,892,699	242,288,936	2.68%	0.9%
1988	2,968,103	244,499,004	2.61%	0.91%
1989	3,043,827	246,819,222	2.55%	0.95%
1990	3,121,706	250,131,894	2.56%	1.34%
1991	3,202,176	253,492,503	2.58%	1.34%
1992	3,284,258	256,894,189	2.56%	1.34%
1993	3,367,434	260,255,352	2.53%	1.31%
1994	3,451,122	263,435,673	2.49%	1.22%
1995	3,535,176	266,557,091	2.44%	1.18%
1996	3,619,013	269,667,391	2.37%	1.17%
1997	3,701,711	272,911,760	2.29%	1.2%
1998	3,782,838	276,115,288	2.19%	1.17%
1999	3,862,101	279,294,713	2.1%	1.15%
2000	3,937,739	282,162,411	1.96%	1.03%
2001	4,008,947	284,968,955	1.81%	0.99%
2002	4,075,705	287,625,193	1.67%	0.93%
2003	4,138,784	290,107,933	1.55%	0.86%
2004	4,200,078	292,805,298	1.48%	0.93%
2005	4,261,240	295,516,599	1.46%	0.93%
2006	4,321,340	298,379,912	1.41%	0.97%
2007	4,380,248	301,231,207	1.36%	0.96%
2008	4,440,056	304,093,966	1.37%	0.95%
2009	4,499,791	306,771,529	1.35%	0.88%
2010	4,555,962	309,327,143	1.25%	0.83%
2011	4,609,833	311,583,481	1.18%	0.73%
2012	4,663,934	313,877,662	1.17%	0.74%
2013	4,716,147	316,059,947	1.12%	0.7%
2014	4,767,119	318,386,329	1.08%	0.74%
2015	4,818,038	320,738,994	1.07%	0.74%
2016	4,866,998	323,071,755	1.02%	0.73%
2017	4,913,177	325,122,128	0.95%	0.63%
2018	4,957,818	326,838,199	0.91%	0.53%
2019	4,999,553	328,329,953	0.84%	0.46%
2020	5,034,320	331,526,933	0.7%	0.97%
2021	5,059,988	331,893,745	0.51%	0.11%
2022	5,081,765	333,271,411	0.43%	0.42%
2023	5,105,525	334,914,895	0.47%	0.49%
2024	5,129,910	340,110,988	0.48%	1.55%
2025	5,152,946	341,931,772	0.45%	0.54%
2026	5,174,780	343,664,369	0.42%	0.51%
2027	5,195,555	345,331,185	0.4%	0.49%
2028	5,215,247	346,981,137	0.38%	0.48%
2029	5,233,877	348,601,982	0.36%	0.47%
2030	5,251,495	350,176,974	0.34%	0.45%
2031	5,268,137	351,725,612	0.32%	0.44%
2032	5,283,807	353,249,060	0.3%	0.43%
2033	5,298,514	354,749,644	0.28%	0.42%
2034	5,312,162	356,234,239	0.26%	0.42%
2035	5,324,698	357,694,316	0.24%	0.41%
2036	5,336,133	359,119,002	0.21%	0.4%
2037	5,346,408	360,517,853	0.19%	0.39%
2038	5,355,519	361,895,407	0.17%	0.38%
2039	5,363,363	363,229,908	0.15%	0.37%
2040	5,369,806	364,512,364	0.12%	0.35%
2041	5,374,934	365,753,139	0.1%	0.34%
2042	5,378,670	366,969,419	0.07%	0.33%
2043	5,380,915	368,146,925	0.04%	0.32%
2044	5,381,720	369,258,123	0.01%	0.3%
2045	5,381,014	370,318,770	-0.01%	0.29%
2046	5,378,757	371,328,255	-0.04%	0.27%
2047	5,374,945	372,299,116	-0.07%	0.26%
2048	5,369,577	373,230,539	-0.1%	0.25%
2049	5,362,651	374,119,803	-0.13%	0.24%
2050	5,354,148	374,986,259	-0.16%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.