Costa Rica population
4,840,962
Births this year: 117,425
Births today 187
Deaths this year 31,698
Deaths today 50
Population of Costa Rica (2016)
Costa Rica Population by Religions
| Region Name | Percents | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic | 76.3% | 3,628,244 people |
| Evangelical | 13.7% | 651,467 people |
| other | 10% | 475,523 people |
Costa Rica Population by Ethnic groups (2011 est)
| Ethnic groups Name | Percents | Number |
|---|---|---|
| white or mestizo | 83.6% | 3,975,376 people |
| mulato | 6.7% | 318,601 people |
| indigenous | 2.4% | 114,126 people |
| black of African descent | 1.1% | 52,308 people |
| other | 1.1% | 52,308 people |
| none | 2.9% | 137,902 people |
| unspecified | 2.2% | 104,615 people |
Costa Rica population by Age group
| Age | Both Sexes Population | Male Population | Female Population | Both Sexes (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Sex ratio (female/male) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4,755,234 | 2,386,619 | 2,368,615 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100.8 |
| 00-04 | 375,982 | 192,396 | 183,586 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 104.8% |
| 05-09 | 362,656 | 185,441 | 177,215 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 104.6% |
| 10-14 | 376,699 | 192,474 | 184,225 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 104.5% |
| 15-19 | 404,694 | 206,630 | 198,064 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 104.3% |
| 20-24 | 425,981 | 216,710 | 209,271 | 9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 103.6% |
| 25-29 | 433,022 | 219,689 | 213,333 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 9 | 103% |
| 30-34 | 391,026 | 199,750 | 191,276 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 104.4% |
| 35-39 | 344,739 | 174,649 | 170,090 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 102.7% |
| 40-44 | 320,600 | 160,392 | 160,208 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 100.1% |
| 45-49 | 311,599 | 153,929 | 157,670 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 97.6% |
| 50-54 | 279,583 | 136,887 | 142,696 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 6 | 95.9% |
| 55-59 | 224,650 | 109,842 | 114,808 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 95.7% |
| 60-64 | 169,932 | 83,363 | 86,569 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 96.3% |
| 65-69 | 125,059 | 60,918 | 64,141 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 95% |
| 70-74 | 88,063 | 42,471 | 45,592 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 93.2% |
| 75-79 | 59,419 | 27,256 | 32,163 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 84.7% |
| 80-84 | 37,204 | 15,602 | 21,602 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 72.2% |
| 85-89 | 17,449 | 6,347 | 11,102 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 57.2% |
| 90-94 | 5,623 | 1,621 | 4,002 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 40.5% |
| 95-99 | 1,127 | 234 | 893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.2% |
| 100+ | 127 | 18 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5% |
Costa Rica population age chart
Costa Rica sex ratio chart
Working age in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Population by year
- Year
- Population
- 1960
- 1,334,044
- 1965
- 1,583,078
- 1970
- 1,822,106
- 1975
- 2,052,076
- 1980
- 2,348,427
- 1985
- 2,698,616
- 1990
- 3,078,551
- 1995
- 3,478,197
- 2000
- 3,929,588
- 2003
- 4,171,145
- 2004
- 4,246,336
- 2005
- 4,320,130
- 2006
- 4,392,493
- 2007
- 4,463,226
- 2008
- 4,532,711
- 2009
- 4,601,424
- 2010
- 4,669,685
- 2011
- 4,737,680
- 2012
- 4,805,295
- 2013
- 4,872,166
