Population of Costa Rica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	15 Sep 2024

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The current population of Costa Rica is 5,136,543 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Costa Rica is projected at 5,129,910, or 5.13 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Costa Rica is projected at 5,105,525, or 5.11 million people, for the year 2023.

Costa Rica ranks 127th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Costa Rica is ranked 11th among 41 countries and territories in North America.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Costa Rica population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	911,377	926,758	30,762	3.320	0.037
1951	942,139	958,409	32,540	3.396	0.038
1952	974,679	991,793	34,229	3.452	0.038
1953	1,008,908	1,027,005	36,195	3.525	0.039
1954	1,045,103	1,064,119	38,031	3.574	0.040
1955	1,083,134	1,103,049	39,830	3.611	0.040
1956	1,122,964	1,143,847	41,766	3.652	0.041
1957	1,164,730	1,186,633	43,807	3.692	0.042
1958	1,208,537	1,231,551	46,028	3.738	0.042
1959	1,254,565	1,278,588	48,046	3.758	0.043
1960	1,302,611	1,327,496	49,770	3.750	0.044
1961	1,352,381	1,377,920	51,078	3.707	0.045
1962	1,403,459	1,429,445	51,972	3.636	0.046
1963	1,455,431	1,481,604	52,346	3.533	0.046
1964	1,507,777	1,533,960	52,366	3.414	0.047
1965	1,560,143	1,586,208	52,130	3.287	0.048
1966	1,612,273	1,638,116	51,686	3.155	0.048
1967	1,663,959	1,689,523	51,127	3.026	0.049
1968	1,715,086	1,739,731	49,290	2.833	0.049
1969	1,764,376	1,789,276	49,801	2.783	0.049
1970	1,814,177	1,838,949	49,544	2.694	0.050
1971	1,863,721	1,888,539	49,636	2.628	0.050
1972	1,913,357	1,938,248	49,782	2.569	0.050
1973	1,963,139	1,988,343	50,409	2.535	0.051
1974	2,013,548	2,039,643	52,191	2.559	0.051
1975	2,065,739	2,092,719	53,960	2.579	0.051
1976	2,119,699	2,147,774	56,151	2.615	0.052
1977	2,175,850	2,205,025	58,350	2.646	0.052
1978	2,234,200	2,264,510	60,621	2.677	0.053
1979	2,294,821	2,326,490	63,338	2.723	0.053
1980	2,358,159	2,390,633	64,949	2.717	0.054
1981	2,423,108	2,456,637	67,058	2.730	0.054
1982	2,490,166	2,524,806	69,280	2.744	0.055
1983	2,559,446	2,595,153	71,414	2.752	0.055
1984	2,630,860	2,667,595	73,469	2.754	0.056
1985	2,704,329	2,741,894	75,130	2.740	0.056
1986	2,779,459	2,817,216	75,515	2.681	0.057
1987	2,854,974	2,892,699	75,450	2.608	0.057
1988	2,930,424	2,968,103	75,358	2.539	0.058
1989	3,005,782	3,043,827	76,090	2.500	0.058
1990	3,081,872	3,121,706	79,668	2.552	0.059
1991	3,161,540	3,202,176	81,272	2.538	0.059
1992	3,242,812	3,284,258	82,892	2.524	0.060
1993	3,325,704	3,367,434	83,459	2.479	0.060
1994	3,409,163	3,451,122	83,917	2.432	0.061
1995	3,493,080	3,535,176	84,192	2.382	0.061
1996	3,577,272	3,619,013	83,482	2.307	0.062
1997	3,660,754	3,701,711	81,914	2.213	0.062
1998	3,742,668	3,782,838	80,341	2.124	0.063
1999	3,823,009	3,862,101	78,184	2.024	0.063
2000	3,901,193	3,937,739	73,092	1.856	0.064
2001	3,974,285	4,008,947	69,324	1.729	0.064
2002	4,043,609	4,075,705	64,192	1.575	0.064
2003	4,107,801	4,138,784	61,967	1.497	0.064
2004	4,169,768	4,200,078	60,619	1.443	0.065
2005	4,230,387	4,261,240	61,706	1.448	0.065
2006	4,292,093	4,321,340	58,493	1.354	0.065
2007	4,350,586	4,380,248	59,323	1.354	0.065
2008	4,409,909	4,440,056	60,293	1.358	0.065
2009	4,470,202	4,499,791	59,178	1.315	0.065
2010	4,529,380	4,555,962	53,164	1.167	0.065
2011	4,582,544	4,609,833	54,578	1.184	0.065
2012	4,637,122	4,663,934	53,623	1.150	0.065
2013	4,690,745	4,716,147	50,804	1.077	0.065
2014	4,741,549	4,767,119	51,140	1.073	0.065
2015	4,792,689	4,818,038	50,699	1.052	0.064
2016	4,843,388	4,866,998	47,219	0.970	0.064
2017	4,890,607	4,913,177	45,140	0.919	0.064
2018	4,935,747	4,957,818	44,142	0.890	0.064
2019	4,979,889	4,999,553	39,329	0.787	0.064
2020	5,019,218	5,034,320	30,204	0.600	0.064
2021	5,049,422	5,059,988	21,131	0.418	0.064
2022	5,070,553	5,081,765	22,423	0.441	0.063
2023	5,092,976	5,105,525	25,099	0.492	0.063

Costa Rica population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	5,118,075	5,129,910	23,670	0.461	0.063
2025	5,141,745	5,152,950	22,410	0.435	0.063
2026	5,164,155	5,174,789	21,268	0.411	0.062
2027	5,185,423	5,195,555	20,264	0.390	0.062
2028	5,205,687	5,215,253	19,133	0.367	0.062
2029	5,224,820	5,233,881	18,121	0.346	0.062
2030	5,242,941	5,251,497	17,111	0.326	0.061
2031	5,260,052	5,268,134	16,164	0.307	0.061
2032	5,276,216	5,283,807	15,183	0.287	0.061
2033	5,291,399	5,298,513	14,228	0.269	0.060
2034	5,305,627	5,312,162	13,069	0.246	0.060
2035	5,318,696	5,324,699	12,005	0.225	0.060
2036	5,330,701	5,336,139	10,876	0.204	0.060
2037	5,341,577	5,346,410	9,666	0.181	0.059
2038	5,351,243	5,355,518	8,550	0.160	0.059
2039	5,359,793	5,363,364	7,141	0.133	0.059
2040	5,366,934	5,369,806	5,744	0.107	0.059
2041	5,372,678	5,374,936	4,516	0.084	0.058
2042	5,377,194	5,378,672	2,955	0.055	0.058
2043	5,380,149	5,380,914	1,531	0.028	0.058
2044	5,381,680	5,381,722	85	0.002	0.057
2045	5,381,765	5,381,019	-1,493	-0.028	0.057
2046	5,380,272	5,378,758	-3,028	-0.056	0.057
2047	5,377,244	5,374,951	-4,586	-0.085	0.056
2048	5,372,658	5,369,577	-6,163	-0.115	0.056
2049	5,366,495	5,362,650	-7,689	-0.143	0.056
2050	5,358,806	5,354,150	-9,311	-0.174	0.055
2051	5,349,495	5,344,062	-10,866	-0.203	0.055
2052	5,338,629	5,332,365	-12,528	-0.235	0.055
2053	5,326,101	5,319,061	-14,079	-0.265	0.054
2054	5,312,022	5,304,302	-15,440	-0.291	0.054
2055	5,296,582	5,288,194	-16,777	-0.317	0.054
2056	5,279,805	5,270,741	-18,128	-0.344	0.053
2057	5,261,677	5,252,042	-19,271	-0.367	0.053
2058	5,242,406	5,232,199	-20,415	-0.390	0.053
2059	5,221,991	5,211,257	-21,467	-0.412	0.052
2060	5,200,524	5,189,194	-22,661	-0.437	0.052
2061	5,177,863	5,166,102	-23,521	-0.455	0.052
2062	5,154,342	5,142,201	-24,282	-0.472	0.051
2063	5,130,060	5,117,401	-25,318	-0.495	0.051
2064	5,104,742	5,091,736	-26,012	-0.511	0.051
2065	5,078,730	5,065,285	-26,890	-0.531	0.050
2066	5,051,840	5,038,050	-27,581	-0.547	0.050
2067	5,024,259	5,010,155	-28,207	-0.563	0.049
2068	4,996,052	4,981,496	-29,112	-0.584	0.049
2069	4,966,940	4,951,918	-30,043	-0.607	0.049
2070	4,936,897	4,921,499	-30,796	-0.626	0.048
2071	4,906,101	4,890,279	-31,645	-0.647	0.048
2072	4,874,456	4,858,199	-32,515	-0.669	0.048
2073	4,841,941	4,825,257	-33,369	-0.692	0.047
2074	4,808,572	4,791,445	-34,253	-0.715	0.047
2075	4,774,319	4,756,834	-34,969	-0.735	0.046
2076	4,739,350	4,721,501	-35,699	-0.756	0.046
2077	4,703,651	4,685,397	-36,508	-0.779	0.046
2078	4,667,143	4,648,557	-37,172	-0.800	0.045
2079	4,629,971	4,611,045	-37,852	-0.821	0.045
2080	4,592,119	4,572,927	-38,384	-0.839	0.044
2081	4,553,735	4,534,234	-39,003	-0.860	0.044
2082	4,514,732	4,495,014	-39,436	-0.877	0.044
2083	4,475,296	4,455,405	-39,782	-0.893	0.043
2084	4,435,514	4,415,435	-40,157	-0.909	0.043
2085	4,395,357	4,375,133	-40,448	-0.925	0.043
2086	4,354,909	4,334,579	-40,660	-0.938	0.042
2087	4,314,249	4,293,847	-40,803	-0.950	0.042
2088	4,273,446	4,253,056	-40,781	-0.959	0.041
2089	4,232,665	4,212,260	-40,810	-0.969	0.041
2090	4,191,855	4,171,460	-40,790	-0.978	0.041
2091	4,151,065	4,130,730	-40,671	-0.985	0.040
2092	4,110,394	4,090,166	-40,456	-0.989	0.040
2093	4,069,938	4,049,836	-40,203	-0.993	0.040
2094	4,029,735	4,009,796	-39,877	-0.994	0.039
2095	3,989,858	3,970,038	-39,640	-0.998	0.039
2096	3,950,218	3,930,586	-39,265	-0.999	0.038
2097	3,910,953	3,891,499	-38,907	-1.000	0.038
2098	3,872,046	3,852,802	-38,487	-0.999	0.038
2099	3,833,559	3,814,483	-38,152	-1.000	0.037
2100	3,795,407	3,776,474	-37,867	-1.003	0.037