Costa Rica - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Costa Rica was 4,114,567 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,114,567 in 2020 and a minimum value of 455,848 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. 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 455,848
1961 474,148
1962 493,128
1963 514,437
1964 542,013
1965 570,091
1966 598,643
1967 627,676
1968 657,149
1969 687,010
1970 717,288
1971 747,906
1972 778,990
1973 810,060
1974 837,360
1975 865,925
1976 895,957
1977 927,374
1978 960,245
1979 994,492
1980 1,030,054
1981 1,066,955
1982 1,105,307
1983 1,144,972
1984 1,186,697
1985 1,243,702
1986 1,302,633
1987 1,363,498
1988 1,426,488
1989 1,491,822
1990 1,559,812
1991 1,630,405
1992 1,703,472
1993 1,778,651
1994 1,855,766
1995 1,934,473
1996 2,014,762
1997 2,096,262
1998 2,178,261
1999 2,259,648
2000 2,339,858
2001 2,436,984
2002 2,532,442
2003 2,626,685
2004 2,720,493
2005 2,814,376
2006 2,908,608
2007 3,002,810
2008 3,096,961
2009 3,190,512
2010 3,283,623
2011 3,376,037
2012 3,466,591
2013 3,555,161
2014 3,641,667
2015 3,726,120
2016 3,808,499
2017 3,888,685
2018 3,966,558
2019 4,041,885
2020 4,114,567

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Costa Rica was 80.77 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 80.77 in 2020, while its lowest value was 34.25 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 34.25
1961 34.33
1962 34.40
1963 34.61
1964 35.20
1965 35.79
1966 36.39
1967 36.99
1968 37.60
1969 38.21
1970 38.83
1971 39.45
1972 40.07
1973 40.66
1974 41.00
1975 41.35
1976 41.70
1977 42.05
1978 42.40
1979 42.75
1980 43.10
1981 43.45
1982 43.80
1983 44.16
1984 44.54
1985 45.45
1986 46.35
1987 47.26
1988 48.18
1989 49.09
1990 50.00
1991 50.92
1992 51.83
1993 52.74
1994 53.65
1995 54.56
1996 55.47
1997 56.37
1998 57.26
1999 58.16
2000 59.05
2001 60.41
2002 61.75
2003 63.08
2004 64.39
2005 65.67
2006 66.94
2007 68.17
2008 69.39
2009 70.58
2010 71.74
2011 72.87
2012 73.95
2013 74.97
2014 75.94
2015 76.86
2016 77.74
2017 78.56
2018 79.34
2019 80.08
2020 80.77

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization