# Urban population share in Costa Rica

Urban population share in Costa Rica was 79.7% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `urban_population_share`
- Place id: `cr`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People living in urban areas, as each national statistical office defines them, as a percentage of total population. World Bank series based on the UN World Urbanization Prospects.
- Note: Countries define urban areas differently, so shares are only roughly comparable between countries.
- Source: World Bank, Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Urban population, % of total population (SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/urban-population/costa-rica
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/urban-population/costa-rica.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=urban_population_share&place=cr

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 79.7 |
| 2024 | 79.3 |
| 2023 | 78.9 |
| 2022 | 78.4 |
| 2021 | 78 |
| 2020 | 77.5 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2018 | 76.6 |
| 2017 | 76.1 |
| 2016 | 75.5 |
| 2015 | 75 |
| 2014 | 74.5 |
| 2013 | 73.9 |
| 2012 | 73.4 |
| 2011 | 72.8 |
| 2010 | 71.5 |
| 2009 | 70.1 |
| 2008 | 68.8 |
| 2007 | 67.5 |
| 2006 | 66.2 |
| 2005 | 64.9 |
| 2004 | 63.7 |
| 2003 | 62.5 |
| 2002 | 61.3 |
| 2001 | 60.1 |
| 2000 | 59 |
| 1999 | 58 |
| 1998 | 56.9 |
| 1997 | 55.8 |
| 1996 | 54.7 |
| 1995 | 53.6 |
| 1994 | 52.5 |
| 1993 | 51.5 |
| 1992 | 50.5 |
| 1991 | 49.5 |
| 1990 | 48.6 |
| 1989 | 47.7 |
| 1988 | 46.9 |
| 1987 | 46.1 |
| 1986 | 45.5 |
| 1985 | 44.9 |
| 1984 | 44.4 |
| 1983 | 43.9 |
| 1982 | 43.5 |
| 1981 | 43.2 |
| 1980 | 42.9 |
| 1979 | 42.6 |
| 1978 | 42.3 |
| 1977 | 42 |
| 1976 | 41.7 |
| 1975 | 41.4 |
| 1974 | 41.1 |
| 1973 | 40.7 |
| 1972 | 40.2 |
| 1971 | 39.5 |
| 1970 | 38.8 |
| 1969 | 38 |
| 1968 | 37.3 |
| 1967 | 36.5 |
| 1966 | 35.8 |
| 1965 | 35.2 |
| 1964 | 34.8 |
| 1963 | 34.5 |
| 1962 | 34.3 |
| 1961 | 34.2 |
| 1960 | 34.1 |