Costa Rica - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Costa Rica was 1,420,533 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,420,533 in 2021 and a minimum value of 229,792 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 229,792
1961 240,155
1962 251,001
1963 262,364
1964 274,348
1965 286,844
1966 299,928
1967 313,608
1968 327,933
1969 342,870
1970 358,509
1971 374,861
1972 391,984
1973 409,364
1974 424,290
1975 439,760
1976 455,817
1977 472,413
1978 489,638
1979 507,491
1980 526,020
1981 545,173
1982 565,050
1983 585,653
1984 606,945
1985 627,401
1986 648,576
1987 670,465
1988 693,125
1989 716,486
1990 740,667
1991 765,665
1992 791,543
1993 818,220
1994 845,835
1995 874,383
1996 903,935
1997 934,400
1998 965,936
1999 998,537
2000 1,032,032
2001 1,047,860
2002 1,063,952
2003 1,080,292
2004 1,096,906
2005 1,113,729
2006 1,130,833
2007 1,148,200
2008 1,165,858
2009 1,183,738
2010 1,201,918
2011 1,220,377
2012 1,239,145
2013 1,258,149
2014 1,277,471
2015 1,297,091
2016 1,317,039
2017 1,337,237
2018 1,357,745
2019 1,378,546
2020 1,399,629
2021 1,420,533

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Costa Rica was 27.64 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 27.64 in 2021, while its lowest value was 17.27 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 17.27
1961 17.39
1962 17.51
1963 17.65
1964 17.82
1965 18.01
1966 18.23
1967 18.48
1968 18.76
1969 19.07
1970 19.41
1971 19.77
1972 20.16
1973 20.55
1974 20.78
1975 21.00
1976 21.21
1977 21.42
1978 21.62
1979 21.81
1980 22.01
1981 22.20
1982 22.39
1983 22.59
1984 22.78
1985 22.93
1986 23.08
1987 23.24
1988 23.41
1989 23.58
1990 23.74
1991 23.91
1992 24.08
1993 24.26
1994 24.45
1995 24.66
1996 24.89
1997 25.13
1998 25.39
1999 25.70
2000 26.05
2001 25.98
2002 25.94
2003 25.94
2004 25.96
2005 25.99
2006 26.02
2007 26.07
2008 26.12
2009 26.18
2010 26.26
2011 26.34
2012 26.43
2013 26.53
2014 26.64
2015 26.76
2016 26.88
2017 27.02
2018 27.16
2019 27.31
2020 27.48
2021 27.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization