Population

Mid-year total population per the World Bank, from UN and national census estimates and projections.

Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Unit
people, mid-year estimate (World Bank)
Frequency
annual
Latest figure
2025 · 14 countries reporting

Costa Rica

5.15M

2025· +23,040 vs. previous figure

All data for Costa Rica

Regional comparison

Each country’s latest figure

Map of 17 countries

Costa Rica

5.15M

2025 · +23,040

3.38M132Mno data

Region: population, latest per country

people, mid-year estimate (World Bank)

Includes only observations that pass this series’ declared semantic review.

Source: World Bank, WDI (CC BY 4.0).
044M88M132MMexicoMexico132M · 40.5%Mexico: 132MColombiaColombia53.4M · 16.4%Colombia: 53.4MPeruPeru34.6M · 10.6%Peru: 34.6MGuatemalaGuatemala18.7M · 5.7%Guatemala: 18.7MEcuadorEcuador18.3M · 5.6%Ecuador: 18.3MBoliviaBolivia12.6M · 3.9%Bolivia: 12.6MDominican RepublicDominican Republic11.5M · 3.5%Dominican Republic: 11.5MHondurasHonduras11M · 3.4%Honduras: 11MParaguayParaguay7.01M · 2.2%Paraguay: 7.01MNicaraguaNicaragua7.01M · 2.2%Nicaragua: 7.01MEl SalvadorEl Salvador6.37M · 2%El Salvador: 6.37MCosta RicaCosta Rica5.15M · 1.6%Costa Rica: 5.15MPanamaPanama4.57M · 1.4%Panama: 4.57MUruguayUruguay3.38M · 1%Uruguay: 3.38M
14 results shown14 source records
Query scope
2 filtersIndicator key: population_totalYear: from 2023

Over time

Population since 2001

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5 of 10 series
Source: World Bank, WDI (CC BY 4.0).
015M30M45M60M2001: 8.75M2002: 8.9M2003: 9.05M2004: 9.2M2005: 9.36M2006: 9.52M2007: 9.69M2008: 9.85M2009: 10M2010: 10.2M2011: 10.3M2012: 10.5M2013: 10.7M2014: 10.8M2015: 11M2016: 11.2M2017: 11.3M2018: 11.5M2019: 11.7M2020: 11.8M2021: 11.9M2022: 12.1M2023: 12.2M2024: 12.4M2025: 12.6M2001: 39.7M2002: 40.3M2003: 40.9M2004: 41.5M2005: 42.1M2006: 42.7M2007: 43.2M2008: 43.8M2009: 44.3M2010: 44.8M2011: 45.3M2012: 45.7M2013: 46.2M2014: 46.6M2015: 47M2016: 47.4M2017: 48.1M2018: 49M2019: 49.9M2020: 50.6M2021: 51.2M2022: 51.7M2023: 52.3M2024: 52.9M2025: 53.4M2001: 4.01M2002: 4.08M2003: 4.14M2004: 4.2M2005: 4.26M2006: 4.32M2007: 4.38M2008: 4.44M2009: 4.5M2010: 4.56M2011: 4.61M2012: 4.66M2013: 4.72M2014: 4.77M2015: 4.82M2016: 4.87M2017: 4.91M2018: 4.96M2019: 5M2020: 5.03M2021: 5.06M2022: 5.08M2023: 5.11M2024: 5.13M2025: 5.15M2001: 27M2002: 27.3M2003: 27.6M2004: 27.9M2005: 28.1M2006: 28.3M2007: 28.5M2008: 28.7M2009: 28.9M2010: 29.1M2011: 29.3M2012: 29.6M2013: 29.8M2014: 30.1M2015: 30.5M2016: 30.9M2017: 31.3M2018: 31.9M2019: 32.4M2020: 32.8M2021: 33.2M2022: 33.5M2023: 33.8M2024: 34.2M2025: 34.6M2001: 3.27M2002: 3.28M2003: 3.28M2004: 3.28M2005: 3.29M2006: 3.29M2007: 3.3M2008: 3.3M2009: 3.31M2010: 3.32M2011: 3.33M2012: 3.34M2013: 3.35M2014: 3.36M2015: 3.37M2016: 3.38M2017: 3.39M2018: 3.39M2019: 3.4M2020: 3.4M2021: 3.4M2022: 3.39M2023: 3.39M2024: 3.39M2025: 3.38MColombia · 53.4MPeru · 34.6MBolivia · 12.6MCosta Rica · 5.15MUruguay · 3.38M20012007201320192025
125 results shown125 source records
Query scope
3 filtersIndicator key: population_totalCountry: bolivia, colombia, costa-rica, peru, uruguayYear: from 2001

All countries

Figure, year and recent change

This indicator has no “better” direction; the table is alphabetical.

CountryPopulationYearChange
Bolivia12.6M2025+168,528
Colombia53.4M2025+539,272
Costa Rica5.15M2025+23,040
Dominican Republic11.5M2025+92,930
Ecuador18.3M2025+154,418
El Salvador6.37M2025+27,310
Guatemala18.7M2025+281,522
Honduras11M2025+180,147
Mexico132M2025+1.09M
Nicaragua7.01M2025+91,362
Panama4.57M2025+55,612
Paraguay7.01M2025+83,925
Peru34.6M2025+358,817
Uruguay3.38M2025−1,900

Source and citation

World Development Indicators

World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the VerDat PIDA normalized layer.

World Bank, World Development Indicators, “Population”, retrieved from VerDat PIDA (OEI) on Oct 9, 2026.

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