# Population in Costa Rica

Population in Costa Rica was 5.15 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `cr`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/costa-rica
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/costa-rica.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=cr

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 5,152,950 |
| 2024 | 5,129,910 |
| 2023 | 5,105,525 |
| 2022 | 5,081,765 |
| 2021 | 5,059,988 |
| 2020 | 5,034,320 |
| 2019 | 4,999,553 |
| 2018 | 4,957,818 |
| 2017 | 4,913,177 |
| 2016 | 4,866,998 |
| 2015 | 4,818,038 |
| 2014 | 4,767,119 |
| 2013 | 4,716,147 |
| 2012 | 4,663,934 |
| 2011 | 4,609,833 |
| 2010 | 4,555,962 |
| 2009 | 4,499,791 |
| 2008 | 4,440,056 |
| 2007 | 4,380,248 |
| 2006 | 4,321,340 |
| 2005 | 4,261,240 |
| 2004 | 4,200,078 |
| 2003 | 4,138,784 |
| 2002 | 4,075,705 |
| 2001 | 4,008,947 |
| 2000 | 3,937,739 |
| 1999 | 3,862,101 |
| 1998 | 3,782,838 |
| 1997 | 3,701,711 |
| 1996 | 3,619,013 |
| 1995 | 3,535,176 |
| 1994 | 3,451,122 |
| 1993 | 3,367,434 |
| 1992 | 3,284,258 |
| 1991 | 3,202,176 |
| 1990 | 3,121,706 |
| 1989 | 3,043,827 |
| 1988 | 2,968,103 |
| 1987 | 2,892,699 |
| 1986 | 2,817,216 |
| 1985 | 2,741,894 |
| 1984 | 2,667,595 |
| 1983 | 2,595,153 |
| 1982 | 2,524,806 |
| 1981 | 2,456,637 |
| 1980 | 2,390,633 |
| 1979 | 2,326,490 |
| 1978 | 2,264,510 |
| 1977 | 2,205,025 |
| 1976 | 2,147,774 |
| 1975 | 2,092,719 |
| 1974 | 2,039,643 |
| 1973 | 1,988,343 |
| 1972 | 1,938,248 |
| 1971 | 1,888,539 |
| 1970 | 1,838,949 |
| 1969 | 1,789,276 |
| 1968 | 1,739,731 |
| 1967 | 1,689,523 |
| 1966 | 1,638,116 |
| 1965 | 1,586,208 |
| 1964 | 1,533,960 |
| 1963 | 1,481,604 |
| 1962 | 1,429,445 |
| 1961 | 1,377,920 |
| 1960 | 1,327,496 |