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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Costa Rica	Yemen	Costa Rica	Yemen
1960	1,327,496	5,532,301	-	-
1961	1,377,920	5,655,232	3.8%	2.22%
1962	1,429,445	5,782,221	3.74%	2.25%
1963	1,481,604	5,911,135	3.65%	2.23%
1964	1,533,960	6,048,006	3.53%	2.32%
1965	1,586,208	6,195,593	3.41%	2.44%
1966	1,638,116	6,351,494	3.27%	2.52%
1967	1,689,523	6,516,444	3.14%	2.6%
1968	1,739,731	6,690,524	2.97%	2.67%
1969	1,789,276	6,875,859	2.85%	2.77%
1970	1,838,949	7,065,279	2.78%	2.75%
1971	1,888,539	7,257,462	2.7%	2.72%
1972	1,938,248	7,460,068	2.63%	2.79%
1973	1,988,343	7,672,796	2.58%	2.85%
1974	2,039,643	7,896,783	2.58%	2.92%
1975	2,092,719	8,133,598	2.6%	3%
1976	2,147,774	8,384,113	2.63%	3.08%
1977	2,205,025	8,648,222	2.67%	3.15%
1978	2,264,510	8,926,586	2.7%	3.22%
1979	2,326,490	9,224,194	2.74%	3.33%
1980	2,390,633	9,543,358	2.76%	3.46%
1981	2,456,637	9,882,362	2.76%	3.55%
1982	2,524,806	10,241,006	2.77%	3.63%
1983	2,595,153	10,621,499	2.79%	3.72%
1984	2,667,595	11,025,597	2.79%	3.8%
1985	2,741,894	11,453,825	2.79%	3.88%
1986	2,817,216	11,901,040	2.75%	3.9%
1987	2,892,699	12,369,912	2.68%	3.94%
1988	2,968,103	12,859,708	2.61%	3.96%
1989	3,043,827	13,364,174	2.55%	3.92%
1990	3,121,706	13,887,862	2.56%	3.92%
1991	3,202,176	14,430,201	2.58%	3.91%
1992	3,284,258	14,989,494	2.56%	3.88%
1993	3,367,434	15,563,914	2.53%	3.83%
1994	3,451,122	16,149,147	2.49%	3.76%
1995	3,535,176	16,740,058	2.44%	3.66%
1996	3,619,013	17,313,177	2.37%	3.42%
1997	3,701,711	17,873,936	2.29%	3.24%
1998	3,782,838	18,446,013	2.19%	3.2%
1999	3,862,101	19,029,420	2.1%	3.16%
2000	3,937,739	19,624,141	1.96%	3.13%
2001	4,008,947	20,226,147	1.81%	3.07%
2002	4,075,705	20,835,086	1.67%	3.01%
2003	4,138,784	21,456,379	1.55%	2.98%
2004	4,200,078	22,095,167	1.48%	2.98%
2005	4,261,240	22,790,085	1.46%	3.15%
2006	4,321,340	23,543,083	1.41%	3.3%
2007	4,380,248	24,318,082	1.36%	3.29%
2008	4,440,056	25,111,941	1.37%	3.26%
2009	4,499,791	25,927,724	1.35%	3.25%
2010	4,555,962	26,754,387	1.25%	3.19%
2011	4,609,833	27,582,897	1.18%	3.1%
2012	4,663,934	28,433,647	1.17%	3.08%
2013	4,716,147	29,312,952	1.12%	3.09%
2014	4,767,119	30,226,309	1.08%	3.12%
2015	4,818,038	31,159,379	1.07%	3.09%
2016	4,866,998	32,109,010	1.02%	3.05%
2017	4,913,177	33,090,921	0.95%	3.06%
2018	4,957,818	34,085,182	0.91%	3%
2019	4,999,553	35,111,408	0.84%	3.01%
2020	5,034,320	36,134,863	0.7%	2.91%
2021	5,059,988	37,140,230	0.51%	2.78%
2022	5,081,765	38,222,876	0.43%	2.92%
2023	5,105,525	39,390,799	0.47%	3.06%
2024	5,129,910	40,583,164	0.48%	3.03%
2025	5,152,946	41,773,871	0.45%	2.93%
2026	5,174,780	42,961,650	0.42%	2.84%
2027	5,195,555	44,145,620	0.4%	2.76%
2028	5,215,247	45,323,685	0.38%	2.67%
2029	5,233,877	46,497,573	0.36%	2.59%
2030	5,251,495	47,667,649	0.34%	2.52%
2031	5,268,137	48,827,503	0.32%	2.43%
2032	5,283,807	49,979,089	0.3%	2.36%
2033	5,298,514	51,129,867	0.28%	2.3%
2034	5,312,162	52,279,989	0.26%	2.25%
2035	5,324,698	53,429,308	0.24%	2.2%
2036	5,336,133	54,578,046	0.21%	2.15%
2037	5,346,408	55,724,259	0.19%	2.1%
2038	5,355,519	56,872,152	0.17%	2.06%
2039	5,363,363	58,024,713	0.15%	2.03%
2040	5,369,806	59,181,514	0.12%	1.99%
2041	5,374,934	60,345,667	0.1%	1.97%
2042	5,378,670	61,517,965	0.07%	1.94%
2043	5,380,915	62,696,517	0.04%	1.92%
2044	5,381,720	63,880,172	0.01%	1.89%
2045	5,381,014	65,066,344	-0.01%	1.86%
2046	5,378,757	66,253,578	-0.04%	1.82%
2047	5,374,945	67,438,796	-0.07%	1.79%
2048	5,369,577	68,620,844	-0.1%	1.75%
2049	5,362,651	69,799,794	-0.13%	1.72%
2050	5,354,148	70,976,389	-0.16%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Costa Rica increased by 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Costa Rica gained 352,446 (a 7.32% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Costa Rica was ranked 120th most populous country in 2005 and is 126th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.