Population in Costa Rica

Nearby in the ranking

121. Ireland 5.2 million
122. New Zealand 5.17 million
123. Central African Rep. 5.15 million
124. Costa Rica 5.11 million
125. Oman 5.05 million
126. Mauritania 5.02 million
127. Kuwait 4.84 million

More about Costa Rica

• Population growth
• Births per woman
• Typical age
• Living in cities
• Human Development Index
• Women’s vs men’s development
• People per household
• People over 65
• Children under 15
• Women’s age at first marriage
• Mothers’ age at first birth
• All figures for Costa Rica

About the data

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.

Unit

people

Years

1800–2023

Data as of

2026-09-28

Source

Our World in Data

License

CC BY 4.0

Credit

Our World in Data; HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0