Costa Rica
Urban population in Costa Rica
Urban population in Costa Rica: 33.5% in 1950 and 79.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 79.7%
- Since 1950
- +46.2 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 64 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 85.3%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 85.3% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.7 |
| 2024 | 79.3 |
| 2023 | 78.9 |
| 2022 | 78.4 |
| 2021 | 78 |
| 2020 | 77.5 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2018 | 76.6 |
| 2017 | 76.1 |
| 2016 | 75.5 |
| 2015 | 75 |
| 2014 | 74.5 |
| 2013 | 73.9 |
| 2012 | 73.4 |
| 2011 | 72.8 |
| 2010 | 71.5 |
| 2009 | 70.1 |
| 2008 | 68.8 |
| 2007 | 67.5 |
| 2006 | 66.2 |
| 2005 | 64.9 |
| 2004 | 63.7 |
| 2003 | 62.5 |
| 2002 | 61.3 |
| 2001 | 60.1 |
| 2000 | 59.1 |
| 1999 | 58 |
| 1998 | 56.9 |
| 1997 | 55.8 |
| 1996 | 54.7 |
| 1995 | 53.6 |
| 1994 | 52.5 |
| 1993 | 51.5 |
| 1992 | 50.5 |
| 1991 | 49.5 |
| 1990 | 48.6 |
| 1989 | 47.7 |
| 1988 | 46.9 |
| 1987 | 46.1 |
| 1986 | 45.5 |
| 1985 | 44.9 |
| 1984 | 44.4 |
| 1983 | 43.9 |
| 1982 | 43.5 |
| 1981 | 43.2 |
| 1980 | 42.9 |
| 1979 | 42.6 |
| 1978 | 42.3 |
| 1977 | 42 |
| 1976 | 41.8 |
| 1975 | 41.4 |
| 1974 | 41.1 |
| 1973 | 40.7 |
| 1972 | 40.2 |
| 1971 | 39.5 |
| 1970 | 38.8 |
| 1969 | 38 |
| 1968 | 37.3 |
| 1967 | 36.5 |
| 1966 | 35.8 |
| 1965 | 35.2 |
| 1964 | 34.8 |
| 1963 | 34.5 |
| 1962 | 34.4 |
| 1961 | 34.2 |
| 1960 | 34.1 |
| 1959 | 34 |
| 1958 | 33.9 |
| 1957 | 33.8 |
| 1956 | 33.7 |
| 1955 | 33.7 |
| 1954 | 33.6 |
| 1953 | 33.6 |
| 1952 | 33.5 |
| 1951 | 33.5 |
| 1950 | 33.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Costa Rica |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 80.1 |
| 2027 | 80.5 |
| 2028 | 80.9 |
| 2029 | 81.3 |
| 2030 | 81.6 |
| 2031 | 81.9 |
| 2032 | 82.3 |
| 2033 | 82.6 |
| 2034 | 82.9 |
| 2035 | 83.1 |
| 2036 | 83.4 |
| 2037 | 83.6 |
| 2038 | 83.9 |
| 2039 | 84.1 |
| 2040 | 84.3 |
| 2041 | 84.5 |
| 2042 | 84.6 |
| 2043 | 84.8 |
| 2044 | 84.9 |
| 2045 | 85 |
| 2046 | 85.1 |
| 2047 | 85.2 |
| 2048 | 85.2 |
| 2049 | 85.3 |
| 2050 | 85.3 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$0 in 2025
- Military spending per person$0 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel10,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports8 million TIV in 2019
- Arms exports3 million TIV in 2009