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Costa Rica — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2031 · 232 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

Costa Rica's population reading was 5.35M people in 2025. The period change from 5.31M people in 2024 was +0.87%.

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Latest observations

2000–2031

PeriodValue
20315.50M people
20305.46M people
20295.44M people
20285.43M people
20275.41M people
15 earlier values
20265.37M people
20255.35M people
20245.31M people
20235.26M people
20225.21M people
20215.16M people
20205.11M people
20195.06M people
20185.00M people
20174.94M people
20164.89M people
20154.83M people
20144.77M people
20134.71M people
20124.65M people

Values before 2012, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.