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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Uruguay	Costa Rica	Uruguay
1960	1,327,496	2,529,957	-	-
1961	1,377,920	2,562,044	3.8%	1.27%
1962	1,429,445	2,593,298	3.74%	1.22%
1963	1,481,604	2,623,766	3.65%	1.17%
1964	1,533,960	2,653,180	3.53%	1.12%
1965	1,586,208	2,681,169	3.41%	1.05%
1966	1,638,116	2,707,646	3.27%	0.99%
1967	1,689,523	2,732,277	3.14%	0.91%
1968	1,739,731	2,754,606	2.97%	0.82%
1969	1,789,276	2,773,974	2.85%	0.7%
1970	1,838,949	2,790,807	2.78%	0.61%
1971	1,888,539	2,806,462	2.7%	0.56%
1972	1,938,248	2,821,644	2.63%	0.54%
1973	1,988,343	2,837,133	2.58%	0.55%
1974	2,039,643	2,853,944	2.58%	0.59%
1975	2,092,719	2,872,320	2.6%	0.64%
1976	2,147,774	2,891,392	2.63%	0.66%
1977	2,205,025	2,909,461	2.67%	0.62%
1978	2,264,510	2,925,715	2.7%	0.56%
1979	2,326,490	2,939,903	2.74%	0.48%
1980	2,390,633	2,951,953	2.76%	0.41%
1981	2,456,637	2,963,246	2.76%	0.38%
1982	2,524,806	2,975,492	2.77%	0.41%
1983	2,595,153	2,988,778	2.79%	0.45%
1984	2,667,595	3,002,488	2.79%	0.46%
1985	2,741,894	3,017,037	2.79%	0.48%
1986	2,817,216	3,032,845	2.75%	0.52%
1987	2,892,699	3,049,896	2.68%	0.56%
1988	2,968,103	3,067,961	2.61%	0.59%
1989	3,043,827	3,086,255	2.55%	0.6%
1990	3,121,706	3,104,403	2.56%	0.59%
1991	3,202,176	3,122,354	2.58%	0.58%
1992	3,284,258	3,139,702	2.56%	0.56%
1993	3,367,434	3,156,345	2.53%	0.53%
1994	3,451,122	3,172,834	2.49%	0.52%
1995	3,535,176	3,189,440	2.44%	0.52%
1996	3,619,013	3,206,324	2.37%	0.53%
1997	3,701,711	3,223,345	2.29%	0.53%
1998	3,782,838	3,239,280	2.19%	0.49%
1999	3,862,101	3,254,015	2.1%	0.45%
2000	3,937,739	3,266,206	1.96%	0.37%
2001	4,008,947	3,274,251	1.81%	0.25%
2002	4,075,705	3,278,867	1.67%	0.14%
2003	4,138,784	3,281,186	1.55%	0.07%
2004	4,200,078	3,283,148	1.48%	0.06%
2005	4,261,240	3,285,771	1.46%	0.08%
2006	4,321,340	3,289,506	1.41%	0.11%
2007	4,380,248	3,295,153	1.36%	0.17%
2008	4,440,056	3,302,177	1.37%	0.21%
2009	4,499,791	3,310,091	1.35%	0.24%
2010	4,555,962	3,318,580	1.25%	0.26%
2011	4,609,833	3,326,825	1.18%	0.25%
2012	4,663,934	3,335,401	1.17%	0.26%
2013	4,716,147	3,345,337	1.12%	0.3%
2014	4,767,119	3,356,334	1.08%	0.33%
2015	4,818,038	3,368,017	1.07%	0.35%
2016	4,866,998	3,379,283	1.02%	0.33%
2017	4,913,177	3,388,438	0.95%	0.27%
2018	4,957,818	3,394,534	0.91%	0.18%
2019	4,999,553	3,397,206	0.84%	0.08%
2020	5,034,320	3,398,968	0.7%	0.05%
2021	5,059,988	3,396,695	0.51%	-0.07%
2022	5,081,765	3,390,913	0.43%	-0.17%
2023	5,105,525	3,388,081	0.47%	-0.08%
2024	5,129,910	3,386,588	0.48%	-0.04%
2025	5,152,946	3,384,690	0.45%	-0.06%
2026	5,174,780	3,382,543	0.42%	-0.06%
2027	5,195,555	3,380,245	0.4%	-0.07%
2028	5,215,247	3,377,893	0.38%	-0.07%
2029	5,233,877	3,375,428	0.36%	-0.07%
2030	5,251,495	3,372,892	0.34%	-0.08%
2031	5,268,137	3,370,285	0.32%	-0.08%
2032	5,283,807	3,367,544	0.3%	-0.08%
2033	5,298,514	3,364,654	0.28%	-0.09%
2034	5,312,162	3,361,591	0.26%	-0.09%
2035	5,324,698	3,358,284	0.24%	-0.1%
2036	5,336,133	3,354,682	0.21%	-0.11%
2037	5,346,408	3,350,735	0.19%	-0.12%
2038	5,355,519	3,346,431	0.17%	-0.13%
2039	5,363,363	3,341,676	0.15%	-0.14%
2040	5,369,806	3,336,469	0.12%	-0.16%
2041	5,374,934	3,330,804	0.1%	-0.17%
2042	5,378,670	3,324,643	0.07%	-0.18%
2043	5,380,915	3,317,939	0.04%	-0.2%
2044	5,381,720	3,310,611	0.01%	-0.22%
2045	5,381,014	3,302,680	-0.01%	-0.24%
2046	5,378,757	3,294,196	-0.04%	-0.26%
2047	5,374,945	3,285,160	-0.07%	-0.27%
2048	5,369,577	3,275,507	-0.1%	-0.29%
2049	5,362,651	3,265,260	-0.13%	-0.31%
2050	5,354,148	3,254,361	-0.16%	-0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.