Population of Costa Rica (2025)

Costa Rica population

4,822,879

Births this year: 0 Births today 0
Deaths this year 49,664 Deaths today 5

Costa Rica Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Roman Catholic 76.3% 3,717,750 people
Evangelical 13.7% 667,538 people
other 10% 487,254 people

Costa Rica Population by Ethnic groups (2011 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
white or mestizo 83.6% 4,073,446 people
mulato 6.7% 326,460 people
indigenous 2.4% 116,941 people
black of African descent 1.1% 53,598 people
other 1.1% 53,598 people
none 2.9% 141,304 people
unspecified 2.2% 107,196 people

Costa Rica population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 5,245,853 2,620,769 2,625,084 100 100 100 99.8
00-04 326,058 166,870 159,188 6.2 6.4 6.1 104.8
05-09 340,324 174,018 166,306 6.5 6.6 6.3 104.6
10-14 350,641 179,297 171,344 6.7 6.8 6.5 104.6
15-19 362,137 185,155 176,982 6.9 7.1 6.7 104.6
20-24 363,645 185,623 178,022 6.9 7.1 6.8 104.3
25-29 398,619 202,933 195,686 7.6 7.7 7.5 103.7
30-34 413,604 209,839 203,765 7.9 8 7.8 103
35-39 413,895 209,145 204,750 7.9 8 7.8 102.1
40-44 388,816 195,520 193,296 7.4 7.5 7.4 101.2
45-49 343,230 171,342 171,888 6.5 6.5 6.5 99.7
50-54 299,720 147,490 152,230 5.7 5.6 5.8 96.9
55-59 302,445 147,816 154,629 5.8 5.6 5.9 95.6
60-64 283,219 137,951 145,268 5.4 5.3 5.5 95
65-69 227,196 109,687 117,509 4.3 4.2 4.5 93.3
70-74 162,756 77,319 85,437 3.1 3 3.3 90.5
75-79 124,735 58,272 66,463 2.4 2.2 2.5 87.7
80-84 76,457 34,418 42,039 1.5 1.3 1.6 81.9
85-89 42,686 18,199 24,487 0.8 0.7 0.9 74.3
90-94 18,973 7,508 11,465 0.4 0.3 0.4 65.5
95-99 5,771 2,079 3,692 0.1 0.1 0.1 56.3
100+ 926 288 638 0 0 0 45.1

Costa Rica Age structure and Population pyramid

Costa Rica Age structure and Population pyramid

Costa Rica Sex ratio

Costa Rica Sex ratio

Costa Rica Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change		 Yearly
Change		 Sex ratio Density
(P/Km²)
2024 5,208,197 0.76 39,032 99.86 102.00
2023 5,169,165 0.79 40,422 99.88 101.24
2022 5,128,743 0.82 41,828 99.91 100.45
2021 5,086,915 0.86 43,232 99.94 99.63
2020 5,043,683 0.89 44,665 99.97 98.78
2019 4,999,018 0.93 46,064 100.00 97.90
2018 4,952,954 0.96 47,328 100.03 97.00
2017 4,905,626 1.00 48,408 100.06 96.08
2016 4,857,218 1.03 49,368 100.10 95.13
2015 4,807,850 1.06 50,244 100.13 94.16
2014 4,757,606 1.09 51,173 100.18 93.18
2013 4,706,433 1.12 52,285 100.23 92.17
2012 4,654,148 1.17 53,661 100.28 91.15
2011 4,600,487 1.21 55,214 100.32 90.10
2010 4,545,273 1.27 57,012 100.37 89.02
2005 4,247,843 8.21 322,393 100.56 83.19
2000 3,925,450 11.81 414,525 100.78 76.88
1995 3,510,925 13.40 414,931 101.20 68.76
1990 3,095,994 13.40 365,763 101.62 60.63
1985 2,730,231 14.27 340,922 101.92 53.47
1980 2,389,309 13.92 291,899 102.32 46.79
1975 2,097,410 13.44 248,537 102.69 41.08
1970 1,848,873 16.31 259,248 103.01 36.21
1965 1,589,625 19.25 256,583 103.29 31.13
1960 1,333,042 19.06 213,423 103.48 26.11
1955 1,119,619 16.69 160,130 103.79 21.93
1950 959,489 104.16 18.79
Chart population Costa Rica Population (1950 - 2025)