Population of Costa Rica

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 Jun 2024

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The current population of Costa Rica is 5,134,462 as of September 09, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Costa Rica is projected at 39,107,046, or 39.11 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Costa Rica is projected at 38,781,291, or 38.78 million people, for the year 2023.

Costa Rica ranks 123rd 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	933,321	948,487	30,333	3.198	0.038
1951	963,654	979,749	32,189	3.286	0.039
1952	995,843	1,012,947	34,207	3.377	0.039
1953	1,030,050	1,048,055	36,011	3.436	0.040
1954	1,066,061	1,085,099	38,075	3.509	0.040
1955	1,104,136	1,123,982	39,691	3.532	0.041
1956	1,143,827	1,164,562	41,470	3.561	0.042
1957	1,185,297	1,207,056	43,518	3.606	0.042
1958	1,228,815	1,251,605	45,581	3.642	0.043
1959	1,274,396	1,298,054	47,317	3.646	0.044
1960	1,321,713	1,346,302	49,178	3.653	0.045
1961	1,370,891	1,396,138	50,493	3.617	0.046
1962	1,421,384	1,447,037	51,307	3.546	0.046
1963	1,472,691	1,498,647	51,911	3.464	0.047
1964	1,524,602	1,550,661	52,119	3.361	0.047
1965	1,576,721	1,602,736	52,031	3.247	0.048
1966	1,628,752	1,654,619	51,734	3.127	0.049
1967	1,680,486	1,706,062	51,151	2.998	0.049
1968	1,731,637	1,756,333	49,392	2.812	0.050
1969	1,781,029	1,805,968	49,879	2.762	0.050
1970	1,830,908	1,855,697	49,579	2.672	0.050
1971	1,880,487	1,905,486	49,998	2.624	0.051
1972	1,930,485	1,955,547	50,125	2.563	0.051
1973	1,980,610	2,006,247	51,275	2.556	0.051
1974	2,031,885	2,058,235	52,701	2.561	0.052
1975	2,084,586	2,111,850	54,528	2.582	0.052
1976	2,139,114	2,167,544	56,861	2.623	0.052
1977	2,195,975	2,225,630	59,309	2.665	0.053
1978	2,255,284	2,286,210	61,852	2.706	0.053
1979	2,317,136	2,349,258	64,244	2.735	0.054
1980	2,381,380	2,414,303	65,846	2.727	0.054
1981	2,447,226	2,481,334	68,217	2.749	0.055
1982	2,515,443	2,550,780	70,674	2.771	0.055
1983	2,586,117	2,622,532	72,831	2.777	0.056
1984	2,658,948	2,696,200	74,504	2.763	0.056
1985	2,733,452	2,771,463	76,022	2.743	0.057
1986	2,809,474	2,847,849	76,749	2.695	0.058
1987	2,886,223	2,924,595	76,744	2.624	0.058
1988	2,962,967	3,001,461	76,989	2.565	0.058
1989	3,039,956	3,079,001	78,090	2.536	0.059
1990	3,118,046	3,158,253	80,415	2.546	0.059
1991	3,198,461	3,239,414	81,907	2.529	0.060
1992	3,280,368	3,321,939	83,143	2.503	0.060
1993	3,363,511	3,405,372	83,722	2.459	0.061
1994	3,447,233	3,489,152	83,838	2.403	0.062
1995	3,531,071	3,572,856	83,570	2.339	0.062
1996	3,614,641	3,656,234	83,186	2.275	0.063
1997	3,697,827	3,739,421	83,189	2.225	0.063
1998	3,781,016	3,821,421	80,811	2.115	0.064
1999	3,861,827	3,901,430	79,206	2.030	0.064
2000	3,941,033	3,979,193	76,319	1.918	0.065
2001	4,017,352	4,053,222	71,741	1.770	0.065
2002	4,089,093	4,122,623	67,060	1.627	0.065
2003	4,156,153	4,188,610	64,915	1.550	0.066
2004	4,221,068	4,252,800	63,463	1.492	0.066
2005	4,284,531	4,315,887	62,712	1.453	0.066
2006	4,347,243	4,378,172	61,857	1.413	0.066
2007	4,409,100	4,440,019	61,838	1.393	0.066
2008	4,470,938	4,501,921	61,966	1.376	0.066
2009	4,532,904	4,563,127	60,447	1.325	0.066
2010	4,593,351	4,622,252	57,801	1.251	0.066
2011	4,651,152	4,679,926	57,549	1.230	0.066
2012	4,708,701	4,736,593	55,785	1.178	0.066
2013	4,764,486	4,791,535	54,098	1.129	0.066
2014	4,818,584	4,844,288	51,409	1.061	0.066
2015	4,869,993	4,895,242	50,498	1.032	0.066
2016	4,920,491	4,945,205	49,428	1.000	0.066
2017	4,969,919	4,993,842	47,845	0.958	0.066
2018	5,017,764	5,040,734	45,940	0.911	0.066
2019	5,063,704	5,084,532	41,655	0.819	0.065
2020	5,105,359	5,123,105	35,492	0.693	0.065
2021	5,140,851	5,153,957	26,212	0.509	0.065

Costa Rica population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	5,167,063	5,180,829	27,532	0.531	0.065
2023	5,194,595	5,212,173	35,156	0.675	0.065
2024	5,229,751	5,246,714	33,926	0.647	0.065
2025	5,263,677	5,280,199	33,045	0.626	0.064
2026	5,296,722	5,312,699	31,954	0.601	0.064
2027	5,328,676	5,344,137	30,923	0.579	0.064
2028	5,359,599	5,374,600	30,003	0.558	0.064
2029	5,389,602	5,404,011	28,819	0.533	0.064
2030	5,418,421	5,432,243	27,645	0.509	0.064
2031	5,446,066	5,459,302	26,473	0.485	0.063
2032	5,472,539	5,485,099	25,119	0.458	0.063
2033	5,497,658	5,509,609	23,901	0.434	0.063
2034	5,521,559	5,532,923	22,728	0.411	0.063
2035	5,544,287	5,554,928	21,283	0.383	0.063
2036	5,565,570	5,575,485	19,831	0.356	0.062
2037	5,585,401	5,594,607	18,412	0.329	0.062
2038	5,603,813	5,612,274	16,921	0.302	0.062
2039	5,620,734	5,628,343	15,219	0.270	0.062
2040	5,635,953	5,642,847	13,789	0.244	0.061
2041	5,649,742	5,655,693	11,902	0.210	0.061
2042	5,661,644	5,666,916	10,543	0.186	0.061
2043	5,672,187	5,676,705	9,036	0.159	0.061
2044	5,681,223	5,684,960	7,474	0.131	0.060
2045	5,688,697	5,691,658	5,923	0.104	0.060
2046	5,694,620	5,696,869	4,499	0.079	0.060
2047	5,699,119	5,700,565	2,892	0.051	0.060
2048	5,702,011	5,702,694	1,366	0.024	0.059
2049	5,703,377	5,703,325	-104	-0.002	0.059
2050	5,703,273	5,702,525	-1,497	-0.026	0.059
2051	5,701,776	5,700,313	-2,926	-0.051	0.058
2052	5,698,850	5,696,703	-4,293	-0.075	0.058
2053	5,694,557	5,691,823	-5,469	-0.096	0.058
2054	5,689,088	5,685,689	-6,799	-0.120	0.058
2055	5,682,289	5,678,350	-7,878	-0.139	0.057
2056	5,674,411	5,669,889	-9,044	-0.160	0.057
2057	5,665,367	5,660,388	-9,958	-0.176	0.057
2058	5,655,409	5,649,895	-11,029	-0.195	0.056
2059	5,644,380	5,638,287	-12,187	-0.216	0.056
2060	5,632,193	5,625,591	-13,205	-0.235	0.056
2061	5,618,988	5,611,905	-14,166	-0.252	0.056
2062	5,604,822	5,597,251	-15,142	-0.271	0.055
2063	5,589,680	5,581,708	-15,943	-0.286	0.055
2064	5,573,737	5,565,354	-16,767	-0.301	0.055
2065	5,556,970	5,548,158	-17,625	-0.318	0.054
2066	5,539,345	5,530,112	-18,466	-0.334	0.054
2067	5,520,879	5,511,074	-19,609	-0.356	0.054
2068	5,501,270	5,490,939	-20,663	-0.376	0.054
2069	5,480,607	5,469,788	-21,637	-0.396	0.053
2070	5,458,970	5,447,614	-22,713	-0.417	0.053
2071	5,436,257	5,424,412	-23,691	-0.437	0.053
2072	5,412,566	5,400,141	-24,849	-0.460	0.052
2073	5,387,717	5,374,819	-25,795	-0.480	0.052
2074	5,361,922	5,348,508	-26,828	-0.502	0.052
2075	5,335,094	5,321,240	-27,707	-0.521	0.051
2076	5,307,387	5,293,053	-28,668	-0.542	0.051
2077	5,278,719	5,263,994	-29,450	-0.559	0.051
2078	5,249,269	5,234,228	-30,082	-0.575	0.050
2079	5,219,187	5,203,843	-30,688	-0.590	0.050
2080	5,188,499	5,172,878	-31,241	-0.604	0.050
2081	5,157,258	5,141,346	-31,823	-0.619	0.049
2082	5,125,435	5,109,313	-32,244	-0.631	0.049
2083	5,093,191	5,076,950	-32,481	-0.640	0.049
2084	5,060,710	5,044,432	-32,555	-0.645	0.048
2085	5,028,155	5,011,764	-32,783	-0.654	0.048
2086	4,995,372	4,978,896	-32,952	-0.662	0.048
2087	4,962,420	4,945,975	-32,891	-0.665	0.047
2088	4,929,529	4,913,114	-32,829	-0.668	0.047
2089	4,896,700	4,880,387	-32,625	-0.668	0.047
2090	4,864,075	4,847,843	-32,463	-0.670	0.047
2091	4,831,612	4,815,492	-32,241	-0.670	0.046
2092	4,799,371	4,783,244	-32,253	-0.674	0.046
2093	4,767,118	4,751,182	-31,872	-0.671	0.046
2094	4,735,246	4,719,364	-31,764	-0.673	0.045
2095	4,703,482	4,687,681	-31,601	-0.674	0.045
2096	4,671,881	4,656,267	-31,227	-0.671	0.045
2097	4,640,654	4,625,115	-31,078	-0.672	0.045
2098	4,609,576	4,594,203	-30,746	-0.669	0.044
2099	4,578,830	4,563,480	-30,700	-0.673	0.044
2100	4,548,130	4,533,000	-30,260	-0.668	0.044