Costa Rica Rural Population 1960-2023

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Costa Rica rural population for 2021 was 957,348, a 2.82% decline from 2020.
  • Costa Rica rural population for 2020 was 985,122, a 2.76% decline from 2019.
  • Costa Rica rural population for 2019 was 1,013,042, a 2.72% decline from 2018.
  • Costa Rica rural population for 2018 was 1,041,416, a 2.73% decline from 2017.
Data Source: World Bank

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Iran 20,798,288
Turkey 19,863,725
South Africa 19,096,392
Iraq 12,572,937
Algeria 11,370,967
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Serbia 2,962,612
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Paraguay 2,514,193
Belarus 1,876,469
Dominican Republic 1,866,357
Bosnia 1,654,279
Bulgaria 1,648,939
Libya 1,280,107
Jamaica 1,225,749
Namibia 1,189,044
Albania 1,041,188
Armenia 1,020,631
Costa Rica 957,348
Jordan 933,557
North Macedonia 851,107
Mauritius 749,824
Botswana 736,148
Lebanon 609,988
Guyana 588,163
Equatorial Guinea 432,136
Fiji 390,740
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Belize 215,213
Suriname 207,072
Montenegro 199,225
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Tonga 81,523
Grenada 78,886
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Dominica 20,713
Marshall Islands 9,183
American Samoa 5,778
Tuvalu 3,945
Nauru 0
Costa Rica Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 957,348 18.58 -2.86%
2020 985,122 19.23 -2.79%
2019 1,013,042 19.92 -2.76%
2018 1,041,416 20.66 -2.77%
2017 1,070,680 21.44 -2.80%
2016 1,101,050 22.27 -2.83%
2015 1,132,661 23.14 -2.86%
2014 1,165,487 24.06 -2.86%
2013 1,199,321 25.03 -2.86%
2012 1,234,072 26.05 -2.85%
2011 1,269,758 27.13 -2.85%
2010 1,306,433 28.26 -2.74%
2009 1,342,700 29.43 -2.60%
2008 1,378,038 30.61 -2.51%
2007 1,413,080 31.83 -2.42%
2006 1,447,643 33.07 -2.32%
2005 1,481,558 34.33 -2.20%
2004 1,514,507 35.61 -2.09%
2003 1,546,435 36.92 -1.94%
2002 1,576,780 38.25 -1.75%
2001 1,604,671 39.59 -1.53%
2000 1,629,400 40.95 -0.19%
1999 1,632,475 41.84 -0.04%
1998 1,633,122 42.74 0.09%
1997 1,631,622 43.63 0.21%
1996 1,628,231 44.53 0.29%
1995 1,623,470 45.44 0.39%
1994 1,617,117 46.35 0.49%
1993 1,609,277 47.26 0.57%
1992 1,600,112 48.17 0.63%
1991 1,590,002 49.08 0.69%
1990 1,579,032 50.00 0.73%
1989 1,567,550 50.91 0.78%
1988 1,555,447 51.82 0.85%
1987 1,542,314 52.74 0.95%
1986 1,527,786 53.65 1.04%
1985 1,511,972 54.56 1.11%
1984 1,495,259 55.46 2.08%
1983 1,464,527 55.84 2.14%
1982 1,433,462 56.20 2.13%
1981 1,403,194 56.55 2.12%
1980 1,373,763 56.90 2.11%
1979 1,345,021 57.25 2.11%
1978 1,316,948 57.60 2.08%
1977 1,289,842 57.95 2.05%
1976 1,263,722 58.30 2.01%
1975 1,238,621 58.65 1.98%
1974 1,214,317 59.00 1.97%
1973 1,190,607 59.35 1.58%
1972 1,171,998 59.93 1.56%
1971 1,153,867 60.56 1.63%
1970 1,135,186 61.17 1.72%
1969 1,115,872 61.79 1.80%
1968 1,095,934 62.40 1.93%
1967 1,074,938 63.01 2.11%
1966 1,052,503 63.61 2.25%
1965 1,029,101 64.21 2.38%
1964 1,004,875 64.80 2.50%
1963 980,025 65.39 3.20%
1962 949,198 65.60 3.47%
1961 916,858 65.67 3.52%
1960 885,140 65.75 %