Costa Rica's population rose from 3.62M in 1996 to 5.15M in 2025.
Costa Rica · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Costa Rica's population growth fell from 2.3 % in 1996 to 0.4 % in 2025.
Costa Rica's population density rose from 67.6 in 1994 to 100.0 in 2023.
Costa Rica's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.1 % in 1996 to 50.6 % in 2025.
Costa Rica's urbanisation rose from 54.7 % in 1996 to 79.7 % in 2025.
Costa Rica's urban population rose from 1.98M in 1996 to 4.11M in 2025.
Costa Rica's rural population fell from 1.64M in 1996 to 1.04M in 2025.
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Fertilitydown −0.9 %189th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.8 %158th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +2.0 %176th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −5.4 %100th of 217
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Median ageup +0.5 yrs88th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts136th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.0 pts38th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.5 pts77th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts180th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts81st of 217
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Net migrationup +3.4 %64th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.9 pts71st of 216
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Refugees hostedup +35.1 %71st of 178
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs47th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs42nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs48th of 217