Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 5,106 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Costa Rica, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 5,106 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Costa Rica peaked at 5,106 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,556 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Costa Rica 103rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,556 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 4,610 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 4,664 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 4,716 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 4,767 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 4,818 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 4,867 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 4,913 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 4,958 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 5,000 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 5,034 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 5,060 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 5,082 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 5,106 1000 No | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,787 1000 No | 4,556 1000 No | 5,000 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,070 1000 No | 5,034 1000 No | 5,106 1000 No | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Costa Rica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.37 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Costa Rica?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Costa Rica was 5,106 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 5,106 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,556 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Costa Rica rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Costa Rica ranks 103rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.