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Deaths in Costa Rica

Deaths in Costa Rica was 27,861 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 10.2% from 2022. That is the 130th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count27,861 Estimated
Change on 2022-10.2%
Rank130th of 236Countries ranked
Series high33,2292021
Series low10,0301980
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Deaths in Costa Rica, 1950 to 2023

10K15K20K25K30K35K19501961197219831994200520231950: 11,230 count1951: 11,345 count1952: 11,521 count1953: 11,404 count1954: 11,360 count1955: 11,402 count1956: 11,362 count1957: 11,512 count1958: 11,490 count1959: 11,480 count1960: 11,500 count1961: 11,593 count1962: 11,686 count1963: 11,898 count1964: 12,038 count1965: 12,090 count1966: 12,038 count1967: 11,907 count1968: 11,868 count1969: 11,644 count1970: 11,537 count1971: 11,306 count1972: 11,094 count1973: 10,841 count1974: 10,623 count1975: 10,356 count1976: 10,185 count1977: 10,113 count1978: 10,082 count1979: 10,061 count1980: 10,030 count1981: 10,090 count1982: 10,141 count1983: 10,226 count1984: 10,354 count1985: 10,625 count1986: 10,872 count1987: 11,020 count1988: 11,134 count1989: 11,265 count1990: 11,474 count1991: 11,796 count1992: 12,138 count1993: 12,725 count1994: 13,243 count1995: 13,644 count1996: 14,209 count1997: 14,561 count1998: 14,804 count1999: 15,162 count2000: 15,421 count2001: 15,606 count2002: 15,738 count2003: 15,982 count2004: 16,205 count2005: 16,381 count2006: 16,819 count2007: 17,487 count2008: 18,131 count2009: 18,600 count2010: 19,392 count2011: 19,763 count2012: 20,075 count2013: 20,429 count2014: 21,222 count2015: 21,766 count2016: 23,467 count2017: 24,391 count2018: 25,067 count2019: 25,619 count2020: 28,056 count2021: 33,229 count2022: 31,029 count2023: 27,861 count10K20K30K40K19501975200020231950: 11,230 count1951: 11,345 count1952: 11,521 count1953: 11,404 count1954: 11,360 count1955: 11,402 count1956: 11,362 count1957: 11,512 count1958: 11,490 count1959: 11,480 count1960: 11,500 count1961: 11,593 count1962: 11,686 count1963: 11,898 count1964: 12,038 count1965: 12,090 count1966: 12,038 count1967: 11,907 count1968: 11,868 count1969: 11,644 count1970: 11,537 count1971: 11,306 count1972: 11,094 count1973: 10,841 count1974: 10,623 count1975: 10,356 count1976: 10,185 count1977: 10,113 count1978: 10,082 count1979: 10,061 count1980: 10,030 count1981: 10,090 count1982: 10,141 count1983: 10,226 count1984: 10,354 count1985: 10,625 count1986: 10,872 count1987: 11,020 count1988: 11,134 count1989: 11,265 count1990: 11,474 count1991: 11,796 count1992: 12,138 count1993: 12,725 count1994: 13,243 count1995: 13,644 count1996: 14,209 count1997: 14,561 count1998: 14,804 count1999: 15,162 count2000: 15,421 count2001: 15,606 count2002: 15,738 count2003: 15,982 count2004: 16,205 count2005: 16,381 count2006: 16,819 count2007: 17,487 count2008: 18,131 count2009: 18,600 count2010: 19,392 count2011: 19,763 count2012: 20,075 count2013: 20,429 count2014: 21,222 count2015: 21,766 count2016: 23,467 count2017: 24,391 count2018: 25,067 count2019: 25,619 count2020: 28,056 count2021: 33,229 count2022: 31,029 count2023: 27,861 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
202327,861 Estimated
202231,029 Estimated
202133,229 Estimated
202028,056 Estimated
201925,619 Estimated
201825,067 Estimated
201724,391 Estimated
201623,467 Estimated
201521,766 Estimated
201421,222 Estimated
201320,429 Estimated
201220,075 Estimated
201119,763 Estimated
201019,392 Estimated
200918,600 Estimated
200818,131 Estimated
200717,487 Estimated
200616,819 Estimated
200516,381 Estimated
200416,205 Estimated
200315,982 Estimated
200215,738 Estimated
200115,606 Estimated
200015,421 Estimated
199915,162 Estimated
199814,804 Estimated
199714,561 Estimated
199614,209 Estimated
199513,644 Estimated
199413,243 Estimated
199312,725 Estimated
199212,138 Estimated
199111,796 Estimated
199011,474 Estimated
198911,265 Estimated
198811,134 Estimated
198711,020 Estimated
198610,872 Estimated
198510,625 Estimated
198410,354 Estimated
198310,226 Estimated
198210,141 Estimated
198110,090 Estimated
198010,030 Estimated
197910,061 Estimated
197810,082 Estimated
197710,113 Estimated
197610,185 Estimated
197510,356 Estimated
197410,623 Estimated
197310,841 Estimated
197211,094 Estimated
197111,306 Estimated
197011,537 Estimated
196911,644 Estimated
196811,868 Estimated
196711,907 Estimated
196612,038 Estimated
196512,090 Estimated
196412,038 Estimated
196311,898 Estimated
196211,686 Estimated
196111,593 Estimated
196011,500 Estimated
195911,480 Estimated
195811,490 Estimated
195711,512 Estimated
195611,362 Estimated
195511,402 Estimated
195411,360 Estimated
195311,404 Estimated
195211,521 Estimated
195111,345 Estimated
195011,230 Estimated

Costa Rica compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 9,916 countAfghanistan: 240,296 countAntigua and Barbuda: 643 countAlbania: 23,428 countArmenia: 27,579 countAngola: 254,482 countArgentina: 349,195 countAustria: 93,223 countAustralia: 183,924 countAzerbaijan: 67,842 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 42,861 countBangladesh: 859,075 countBelgium: 113,791 countBurkina Faso: 183,375 countBulgaria: 102,980 countBurundi: 91,963 countBenin: 124,132 countBrunei: 2,400 countBolivia: 87,812 countBrazil: 1,494,154 countBahamas: 3,480 countBhutan: 4,805 countBotswana: 14,197 countBelarus: 121,587 countBelize: 2,025 countCanada: 311,824 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 901,851 countCentral African Republic: 48,529 countRepublic of the Congo: 38,880 countSwitzerland: 73,788 countCôte d’Ivoire: 238,741 countChile: 127,691 countCameroon: 202,882 countChina: 11,684,177 countColombia: 282,433 countCosta Rica: 27,861 countCuba: 111,819 countCape Verde: 2,642 countCyprus: 9,499 countCzechia: 113,525 countGermany: 1,034,140 countDjibouti: 8,596 countDenmark: 57,275 countDominican Republic: 70,823 countAlgeria: 214,259 countEcuador: 92,204 countEstonia: 16,693 countEgypt: 625,449 countWestern Sahara: 3,678 countEritrea: 20,984 countSpain: 447,463 countEthiopia: 767,018 countFinland: 59,984 countFiji: 8,553 countFalkland Islands: 27 countFaroe Islands: 564 countFrance: 616,095 countGabon: 15,577 countUnited Kingdom: 653,747 countGeorgia: 45,077 countGhana: 237,869 countGreenland: 551 countGambia: 16,975 countGuinea: 131,455 countEquatorial Guinea: 14,556 countGreece: 127,018 countGuatemala: 87,523 countGuinea-Bissau: 15,181 countGuyana: 6,049 countHong Kong: 57,190 countHonduras: 47,670 countCroatia: 55,029 countHaiti: 90,966 countHungary: 128,063 countIndonesia: 2,117,706 countIreland: 35,550 countIsrael: 51,294 countIsle of Man: 882 countIndia: 9,507,008 countIraq: 186,266 countIran: 423,367 countIceland: 2,612 countItaly: 663,448 countJamaica: 22,933 countJordan: 34,873 countJapan: 1,524,430 countKenya: 399,024 countKyrgyzstan: 42,200 countCambodia: 111,340 countKiribati: 934 countNorth Korea: 255,826 countSouth Korea: 345,502 countKuwait: 8,624 countCayman Islands: 351 countKazakhstan: 136,388 countLaos: 47,682 countLebanon: 34,419 countSri Lanka: 162,453 countLiberia: 44,333 countLesotho: 24,612 countLithuania: 40,940 countLuxembourg: 4,642 countLatvia: 27,614 countLibya: 48,610 countMorocco: 212,624 countMoldova: 41,730 countMontenegro: 7,209 countMadagascar: 234,841 countNorth Macedonia: 19,863 countMali: 205,047 countMyanmar: 495,470 countMongolia: 20,340 countMauritania: 27,725 countMauritius: 11,124 countMalawi: 113,181 countMexico: 799,366 countMalaysia: 181,166 countMozambique: 235,520 countNamibia: 18,279 countNew Caledonia: 1,818 countNiger: 231,746 countNigeria: 2,675,442 countNicaragua: 31,294 countNetherlands: 166,338 countNorway: 44,143 countNepal: 205,841 countNew Zealand: 37,686 countOman: 9,597 countPanama: 21,272 countPeru: 185,861 countFrench Polynesia: 1,026 countPapua New Guinea: 67,700 countPhilippines: 716,490 countPakistan: 1,600,313 countPoland: 412,310 countPuerto Rico: 34,664 countPalestine: 38,937 countPortugal: 115,917 countPalau: 204 countParaguay: 39,034 countQatar: 2,771 countRomania: 257,119 countSerbia: 93,928 countRussia: 1,794,857 countRwanda: 82,826 countSaudi Arabia: 77,837 countSolomon Islands: 4,113 countSudan: 320,491 countSweden: 93,944 countSingapore: 27,728 countSlovenia: 21,581 countSlovakia: 54,167 countSierra Leone: 70,116 countSenegal: 100,882 countSomalia: 180,554 countSuriname: 4,182 countSouth Sudan: 110,339 countEl Salvador: 47,443 countSyria: 118,900 countEswatini: 9,475 countChad: 213,123 countTogo: 71,661 countThailand: 637,306 countTajikistan: 47,595 countTimor-Leste: 10,065 countTurkmenistan: 42,575 countTunisia: 74,071 countTürkiye: 551,598 countTrinidad and Tobago: 12,577 countTaiwan: 205,339 countTanzania: 385,799 countUkraine: 495,421 countUganda: 235,583 countUnited States: 2,975,658 countUruguay: 33,145 countUzbekistan: 221,249 countVenezuela: 213,955 countVietnam: 659,980 countVanuatu: 1,629 countSamoa: 1,334 countYemen: 188,764 countSouth Africa: 584,015 countZambia: 107,917 countZimbabwe: 124,412 count
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Deaths, 2023, count. Costa Rica is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths) (Deaths, Costa Rica, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Costa Rica, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/costa-rica. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Deaths, Costa Rica, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/costa-rica.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Costa Rica, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/costa-rica (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths): Deaths, Costa Rica, 1950 to 2023}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/costa-rica. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the deaths in Costa Rica?

Deaths in Costa Rica was 27,861 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 10.2% from 2022. That is the 130th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest deaths in Costa Rica?

33,229 in 2021, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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