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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Venezuela	Costa Rica	Venezuela
1960	1,327,496	8,160,090	-	-
1961	1,377,920	8,455,915	3.8%	3.63%
1962	1,429,445	8,756,870	3.74%	3.56%
1963	1,481,604	9,064,021	3.65%	3.51%
1964	1,533,960	9,377,712	3.53%	3.46%
1965	1,586,208	9,697,790	3.41%	3.41%
1966	1,638,116	10,024,854	3.27%	3.37%
1967	1,689,523	10,358,513	3.14%	3.33%
1968	1,739,731	10,697,530	2.97%	3.27%
1969	1,789,276	11,040,280	2.85%	3.2%
1970	1,838,949	11,387,790	2.78%	3.15%
1971	1,888,539	11,741,008	2.7%	3.1%
1972	1,938,248	12,099,180	2.63%	3.05%
1973	1,988,343	12,463,537	2.58%	3.01%
1974	2,039,643	12,835,351	2.58%	2.98%
1975	2,092,719	13,215,892	2.6%	2.96%
1976	2,147,774	13,606,284	2.63%	2.95%
1977	2,205,025	14,006,812	2.67%	2.94%
1978	2,264,510	14,416,684	2.7%	2.93%
1979	2,326,490	14,834,552	2.74%	2.9%
1980	2,390,633	15,258,218	2.76%	2.86%
1981	2,456,637	15,687,297	2.76%	2.81%
1982	2,524,806	16,121,874	2.77%	2.77%
1983	2,595,153	16,562,205	2.79%	2.73%
1984	2,667,595	17,008,841	2.79%	2.7%
1985	2,741,894	17,461,434	2.79%	2.66%
1986	2,817,216	17,923,536	2.75%	2.65%
1987	2,892,699	18,394,963	2.68%	2.63%
1988	2,968,103	18,871,020	2.61%	2.59%
1989	3,043,827	19,348,921	2.55%	2.53%
1990	3,121,706	19,827,010	2.56%	2.47%
1991	3,202,176	20,304,896	2.58%	2.41%
1992	3,284,258	20,780,948	2.56%	2.34%
1993	3,367,434	21,254,520	2.53%	2.28%
1994	3,451,122	21,725,188	2.49%	2.21%
1995	3,535,176	22,193,821	2.44%	2.16%
1996	3,619,013	22,662,113	2.37%	2.11%
1997	3,701,711	23,131,685	2.29%	2.07%
1998	3,782,838	23,601,337	2.19%	2.03%
1999	3,862,101	24,066,593	2.1%	1.97%
2000	3,937,739	24,526,708	1.96%	1.91%
2001	4,008,947	24,979,922	1.81%	1.85%
2002	4,075,705	25,435,671	1.67%	1.82%
2003	4,138,784	25,892,703	1.55%	1.8%
2004	4,200,078	26,340,838	1.48%	1.73%
2005	4,261,240	26,785,804	1.46%	1.69%
2006	4,321,340	27,224,686	1.41%	1.64%
2007	4,380,248	27,649,363	1.36%	1.56%
2008	4,440,056	28,053,696	1.37%	1.46%
2009	4,499,791	28,438,298	1.35%	1.37%
2010	4,555,962	28,813,101	1.25%	1.32%
2011	4,609,833	29,185,212	1.18%	1.29%
2012	4,663,934	29,553,826	1.17%	1.26%
2013	4,716,147	29,912,198	1.12%	1.21%
2014	4,767,119	30,254,079	1.08%	1.14%
2015	4,818,038	30,573,972	1.07%	1.06%
2016	4,866,998	30,765,720	1.02%	0.63%
2017	4,913,177	30,565,323	0.95%	-0.65%
2018	4,957,818	29,807,592	0.91%	-2.48%
2019	4,999,553	28,938,098	0.84%	-2.92%
2020	5,034,320	28,444,077	0.7%	-1.71%
2021	5,059,988	28,237,826	0.51%	-0.73%
2022	5,081,765	28,213,017	0.43%	-0.09%
2023	5,105,525	28,300,854	0.47%	0.31%
2024	5,129,910	28,405,543	0.48%	0.37%
2025	5,152,946	28,516,898	0.45%	0.39%
2026	5,174,780	28,633,718	0.42%	0.41%
2027	5,195,555	28,758,565	0.4%	0.44%
2028	5,215,247	28,885,166	0.38%	0.44%
2029	5,233,877	29,014,444	0.36%	0.45%
2030	5,251,495	29,151,809	0.34%	0.47%
2031	5,268,137	29,295,744	0.32%	0.49%
2032	5,283,807	29,442,534	0.3%	0.5%
2033	5,298,514	29,587,099	0.28%	0.49%
2034	5,312,162	29,735,159	0.26%	0.5%
2035	5,324,698	29,883,329	0.24%	0.5%
2036	5,336,133	30,020,167	0.21%	0.46%
2037	5,346,408	30,146,546	0.19%	0.42%
2038	5,355,519	30,268,328	0.17%	0.4%
2039	5,363,363	30,386,284	0.15%	0.39%
2040	5,369,806	30,495,445	0.12%	0.36%
2041	5,374,934	30,590,207	0.1%	0.31%
2042	5,378,670	30,674,532	0.07%	0.28%
2043	5,380,915	30,749,671	0.04%	0.24%
2044	5,381,720	30,813,805	0.01%	0.21%
2045	5,381,014	30,871,490	-0.01%	0.19%
2046	5,378,757	30,923,463	-0.04%	0.17%
2047	5,374,945	30,974,366	-0.07%	0.16%
2048	5,369,577	31,021,600	-0.1%	0.15%
2049	5,362,651	31,059,954	-0.13%	0.12%
2050	5,354,148	31,094,884	-0.16%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.