Costa Rica - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Costa Rica was 4,659,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,659,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 1,334,004 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 1,334,004
1961 1,381,414
1962 1,430,880
1963 1,481,575
1964 1,532,386
1965 1,582,482
1966 1,631,723
1967 1,680,257
1968 1,727,922
1969 1,774,614
1970 1,820,379
1971 1,865,039
1972 1,908,913
1973 1,953,184
1974 1,999,429
1975 2,048,812
1976 2,101,762
1977 2,158,073
1978 2,217,457
1979 2,279,362
1980 2,343,345
1981 2,409,385
1982 2,477,549
1983 2,547,555
1984 2,619,058
1985 2,691,778
1986 2,765,657
1987 2,840,660
1988 2,916,566
1989 2,993,136
1990 3,070,240
1991 3,147,451
1992 3,224,849
1993 3,303,412
1994 3,384,498
1995 3,468,918
1996 3,557,095
1997 3,648,263
1998 3,740,578
1999 3,831,504
2000 3,919,180
2001 4,002,946
2002 4,083,197
2003 4,160,438
2004 4,235,605
2005 4,309,413
2006 4,381,820
2007 4,452,608
2008 4,522,124
2009 4,590,790
2010 4,659,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Costa Rica was 49.23 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 49.35 in 1974, while its lowest value was 49.02 in 1981.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 49.12
1961 49.13
1962 49.14
1963 49.15
1964 49.16
1965 49.17
1966 49.18
1967 49.19
1968 49.20
1969 49.22
1970 49.24
1971 49.27
1972 49.31
1973 49.34
1974 49.35
1975 49.33
1976 49.28
1977 49.22
1978 49.14
1979 49.08
1980 49.04
1981 49.02
1982 49.03
1983 49.05
1984 49.07
1985 49.09
1986 49.11
1987 49.12
1988 49.13
1989 49.14
1990 49.15
1991 49.15
1992 49.16
1993 49.16
1994 49.16
1995 49.17
1996 49.17
1997 49.17
1998 49.18
1999 49.18
2000 49.18
2001 49.19
2002 49.19
2003 49.19
2004 49.20
2005 49.20
2006 49.20
2007 49.21
2008 49.22
2009 49.22
2010 49.23

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population