Costa Rica Rural Population 1960-2024

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 2023 was 905,771, a 2.64% decline from 2022.
  • Costa Rica rural population for 2022 was 930,373, a 2.82% decline from 2021.
  • 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.
Data Source: World Bank

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Mexico 23,658,946
Iran 20,280,562
Turkey 19,229,921
South Africa 18,837,844
Iraq 12,923,750
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Ecuador 6,404,506
Azerbaijan 4,290,049
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Serbia 2,838,273
Paraguay 2,528,540
Cuba 2,516,176
Belarus 1,768,566
Dominican Republic 1,762,730
Bosnia 1,596,786
Bulgaria 1,498,212
Libya 1,267,050
Jamaica 1,204,303
Namibia 1,174,846
Armenia 1,007,320
Albania 971,992
Costa Rica 905,771
Jordan 904,697
Mauritius 745,691
North Macedonia 734,232
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Guyana 592,780
Lebanon 565,803
Equatorial Guinea 438,133
Fiji 386,601
Maldives 302,343
Belize 219,348
Gabon 218,584
Suriname 209,339
Montenegro 194,083
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St. Lucia 145,693
Tonga 82,813
Grenada 79,421
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Dominica 20,447
Marshall Islands 8,875
American Samoa 5,606
Tuvalu 3,847
Costa Rica Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 905,771 17.38 -2.68%
2022 930,373 17.96 -2.86%
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 %