Costa Rica - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Costa Rica was 979,547 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,625,780 in 1999 and a minimum value of 874,939 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 874,939
1961 907,039
1962 940,218
1963 972,118
1964 997,929
1965 1,022,743
1966 1,046,433
1967 1,069,066
1968 1,090,541
1969 1,110,881
1970 1,130,106
1971 1,148,168
1972 1,165,180
1973 1,182,462
1974 1,204,882
1975 1,228,261
1976 1,252,724
1977 1,278,244
1978 1,304,697
1979 1,331,968
1980 1,359,919
1981 1,388,638
1982 1,418,051
1983 1,448,043
1984 1,477,523
1985 1,493,017
1986 1,507,612
1987 1,521,358
1988 1,534,444
1989 1,547,193
1990 1,559,624
1991 1,571,678
1992 1,583,053
1993 1,593,647
1994 1,603,063
1995 1,611,051
1996 1,617,599
1997 1,622,690
1998 1,625,632
1999 1,625,780
2000 1,622,511
2001 1,597,090
2002 1,568,480
2003 1,537,368
2004 1,504,663
2005 1,471,128
2006 1,436,813
2007 1,401,816
2008 1,366,162
2009 1,330,227
2010 1,293,748
2011 1,257,049
2012 1,221,412
2013 1,186,950
2014 1,153,723
2015 1,121,685
2016 1,090,837
2017 1,061,270
2018 1,032,885
2019 1,005,676
2020 979,547

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Costa Rica was 19.23 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.75 in 1960, while its lowest value was 19.23 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 65.75
1961 65.67
1962 65.60
1963 65.39
1964 64.80
1965 64.21
1966 63.61
1967 63.01
1968 62.40
1969 61.79
1970 61.17
1971 60.56
1972 59.93
1973 59.35
1974 59.00
1975 58.65
1976 58.30
1977 57.95
1978 57.60
1979 57.25
1980 56.90
1981 56.55
1982 56.20
1983 55.84
1984 55.46
1985 54.56
1986 53.65
1987 52.74
1988 51.82
1989 50.91
1990 50.00
1991 49.08
1992 48.17
1993 47.26
1994 46.35
1995 45.44
1996 44.53
1997 43.63
1998 42.74
1999 41.84
2000 40.95
2001 39.59
2002 38.25
2003 36.92
2004 35.61
2005 34.33
2006 33.07
2007 31.83
2008 30.61
2009 29.43
2010 28.26
2011 27.13
2012 26.05
2013 25.03
2014 24.06
2015 23.14
2016 22.27
2017 21.44
2018 20.66
2019 19.92
2020 19.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization