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 2006 to 2016, the population of Costa Rica increased by 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Costa Rica gained 308,009 (a 6.33% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 119th most populous country in 2006 and is 126th in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Costa Rica's population will grow by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th. The population of Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.