Net migration rate in Costa Rica

Net migration rate in Costa Rica: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 0.2 per 1,000 people
Since 1950: −0.2 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023: 92 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2100: 0.2 per 1,000 people; UN projection (medium variant)

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per 1,000 people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -4.2 per 1,000 people and 3.8 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 4.8 per 1,000 people in 1996, the lowest 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

Year	Costa Rica
2023	0.2
2022	0.2
2021	0.2
2020	0.2
2019	0.3
2018	0.3
2017	0.3
2016	0.3
2015	0.3
2014	0.3
2013	0.3
2012	0.3
2011	0.4
2010	0.5
2009	0.8
2008	0.9
2007	0.9
2006	1
2005	1.1
2004	1.2
2003	1.3
2002	1.4
2001	1.8
2000	2.2
1999	3.4
1998	4.1
1997	4.6
1996	4.8
1995	4.7
1994	4.5
1993	4.3
1992	4
1991	3.4
1990	2.5
1989	1.2
1988	0.8
1987	0.8
1986	0.8
1985	0.9
1984	0.9
1983	0.9
1982	1
1981	1
1980	1
1979	1
1978	1
1977	1
1976	1
1975	1
1974	0.9
1973	0.7
1972	0.7
1971	0.7
1970	0.6
1969	0.6
1968	0.5
1967	0.5
1966	0.6
1965	0.6
1964	0.6
1963	0.6
1962	0.7
1961	0.7
1960	0.7
1959	0.7
1958	0.7
1957	0.7
1956	0.7
1955	0.7
1954	0.6
1953	0.6
1952	0.5
1951	0.5
1950	0.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Costa Rica
2024	0.2-0.4–0.8
2025	0.2-0.7–1
2026	0.2-0.9–1.2
2027	0.2-1–1.3
2028	0.2-1.2–1.5
2029	0.2-1.3–1.7
2030	0.2-1.4–1.7
2031	0.2-1.4–1.8
2032	0.2-1.5–1.9
2033	0.2-1.6–2.1
2034	0.2-1.7–2.1
2035	0.2-1.8–2.2
2036	0.2-2–2.2
2037	0.2-2–2.2
2038	0.2-2–2.3
2039	0.2-2.2–2.3
2040	0.2-2.4–2.4
2041	0.2-2.4–2.5
2042	0.2-2.5–2.5
2043	0.2-2.5–2.4
2044	0.2-2.6–2.6
2045	0.2-2.8–2.6
2046	0.2-2.6–2.6
2047	0.2-2.6–2.7
2048	0.2-2.6–2.8
2049	0.2-2.7–2.7
2050	0.2-2.7–2.9
2051	0.2-2.7–2.8
2052	0.2-2.9–2.8
2053	0.2-2.9–3
2054	0.2-2.9–2.9
2055	0.2-2.8–3
2056	0.2-2.9–3
2057	0.2-3–3.1
2058	0.2-3–3.1
2059	0.2-3–3
2060	0.2-3–2.9
2061	0.2-2.9–3.2
2062	0.2-3–3.3
2063	0.2-3.2–3.2
2064	0.2-3.3–3.2
2065	0.2-3.3–3.1
2066	0.2-3.3–3.4
2067	0.2-3.3–3.4
2068	0.2-3.3–3.5
2069	0.2-3.3–3.4
2070	0.2-3.3–3.5
2071	0.2-3.3–3.4
2072	0.2-3.3–3.4
2073	0.2-3.4–3.5
2074	0.2-3.3–3.3
2075	0.2-3.3–3.4
2076	0.2-3.4–3.4
2077	0.2-3.5–3.4
2078	0.2-3.5–3.5
2079	0.2-3.6–3.4
2080	0.2-3.5–3.4
2081	0.2-3.5–3.6
2082	0.2-3.6–3.4
2083	0.2-3.7–3.5
2084	0.2-3.7–3.4
2085	0.2-3.7–3.5
2086	0.2-3.7–3.7
2087	0.2-3.8–3.5
2088	0.2-3.7–3.5
2089	0.2-3.8–3.4
2090	0.2-4–3.5
2091	0.2-3.9–3.7
2092	0.2-4.1–3.5
2093	0.2-4–3.4
2094	0.2-4–3.6
2095	0.2-4.1–3.5
2096	0.2-4.2–3.5
2097	0.2-4–3.5
2098	0.2-4.1–3.5
2099	0.2-4.3–3.5
2100	0.2-4.2–3.8

Good to know

People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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