Demographics of Costa Rica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	10 May 2024

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There are 2.62 million males and 2.63 million females in Costa Rica. The percentage of the male population is 49.97%, compared to 50.03% of the female population. Costa Rica has 3,462 more females than males. The sex ratio in Costa Rica in 2024 will be 99.868 males per 100 females. Costa Rica is in the 150th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Costa Rica population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	948,487	3.20
1955	1,123,982	3.53
1960	1,346,302	3.65
1965	1,602,736	3.25
1970	1,855,697	2.67
1975	2,111,850	2.58
1980	2,414,303	2.73
1985	2,771,463	2.74
1990	3,158,253	2.55
1995	3,572,856	2.34
2000	3,979,193	1.92
2005	4,315,887	1.45
2010	4,622,252	1.25
2015	4,895,242	1.03
2020	5,123,105	0.69
2021	5,153,957	0.51
2022	5,180,829	0.53
2023	5,212,173	0.68
2024	5,246,714	0.65

Population
Growth

Costa Rica death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	13,023	42,685	13.734	45.017
1955	13,151	51,615	11.704	45.933
1960	13,770	61,420	10.232	45.636
1965	13,817	64,271	8.626	40.121
1970	12,877	60,536	6.943	32.640
1975	11,402	62,852	5.402	29.778
1980	10,768	72,930	4.462	30.223
1985	11,121	83,520	4.014	30.147
1990	11,854	84,326	3.758	26.734
1995	14,461	81,426	4.057	22.845
2000	15,868	78,601	3.995	19.788
2005	17,584	73,269	4.078	16.990
2010	21,026	74,096	4.552	16.040
2015	24,629	71,053	5.034	14.522
2020	28,817	62,230	5.627	12.152
2021	37,055	61,176	7.192	11.873
2022	36,834	60,517	7.113	11.686
2023	28,739	60,145	5.516	11.544
2024	29,346	59,635	5.595	11.371

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Costa Rica
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	321,509	637,986	33.508
1955	379,324	740,293	33.880
1960	456,615	876,425	34.254
1965	568,941	1,020,680	35.791
1970	717,853	1,131,013	38.827
1975	867,261	1,230,146	41.349
1980	1,029,757	1,359,553	43.099
1985	1,240,768	1,489,465	45.445
1990	1,548,102	1,547,893	50.003
1995	1,915,604	1,595,322	54.561
2000	2,318,040	1,607,403	59.052
2005	2,789,638	1,458,203	65.672
2010	3,260,590	1,284,690	71.736
2015	3,695,430	1,112,422	76.862
2020	4,074,214	969,965	80.771
2021	4,142,550	944,993	81.425
2022	4,208,353	921,163	82.042
2023	4,271,646	898,466	82.622
2024	4,332,482	876,892	83.167

Population
Urbanization

Costa Rica population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	155,753	149,287	305,040	5.81	104.331
05-09	176,485	169,201	345,686	6.59	104.305
10-14	186,494	178,593	365,087	6.96	104.424
15-19	189,124	181,326	370,450	7.06	104.301
20-24	194,886	186,911	381,796	7.28	104.267
25-29	206,999	199,661	406,660	7.75	103.675
30-34	215,589	208,273	423,861	8.08	103.513
35-39	216,530	210,193	426,723	8.13	103.015
40-44	196,667	193,346	390,014	7.43	101.718
45-49	170,458	170,695	341,152	6.50	99.861
50-54	151,157	155,218	306,375	5.84	97.384
55-59	145,982	151,957	297,938	5.68	96.068
60-64	133,636	140,722	274,358	5.23	94.965
65-69	103,984	113,103	217,088	4.14	91.937
70-74	75,395	85,465	160,861	3.07	88.217
75-79	53,215	61,612	114,828	2.19	86.371
80-84	31,035	39,243	70,278	1.34	79.084
85-89	13,780	21,006	34,786	0.66	65.600
90-94	3,821	7,560	11,380	0.22	50.542
95-99	596	1,570	2,166	0.04	37.962
100+	42	147	189	0.00	28.571
Total	2,621,628	2,625,089	5,246,716		99.868

Population pyramid
Gender ratio