| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 10 May 2024 |
There are 2.62 million males and 2.63 million females in Costa Rica. The percentage of the male population is 49.97%, compared to 50.03% of the female population. Costa Rica has 3,462 more females than males. The sex ratio in Costa Rica in 2024 will be 99.868 males per 100 females. Costa Rica is in the 150th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 948,487 | 3.20 |
| 1955 | 1,123,982 | 3.53 |
| 1960 | 1,346,302 | 3.65 |
| 1965 | 1,602,736 | 3.25 |
| 1970 | 1,855,697 | 2.67 |
| 1975 | 2,111,850 | 2.58 |
| 1980 | 2,414,303 | 2.73 |
| 1985 | 2,771,463 | 2.74 |
| 1990 | 3,158,253 | 2.55 |
| 1995 | 3,572,856 | 2.34 |
| 2000 | 3,979,193 | 1.92 |
| 2005 | 4,315,887 | 1.45 |
| 2010 | 4,622,252 | 1.25 |
| 2015 | 4,895,242 | 1.03 |
| 2020 | 5,123,105 | 0.69 |
| 2021 | 5,153,957 | 0.51 |
| 2022 | 5,180,829 | 0.53 |
| 2023 | 5,212,173 | 0.68 |
| 2024 | 5,246,714 | 0.65 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 13,023 | 42,685 | 13.734 | 45.017 |
| 1955 | 13,151 | 51,615 | 11.704 | 45.933 |
| 1960 | 13,770 | 61,420 | 10.232 | 45.636 |
| 1965 | 13,817 | 64,271 | 8.626 | 40.121 |
| 1970 | 12,877 | 60,536 | 6.943 | 32.640 |
| 1975 | 11,402 | 62,852 | 5.402 | 29.778 |
| 1980 | 10,768 | 72,930 | 4.462 | 30.223 |
| 1985 | 11,121 | 83,520 | 4.014 | 30.147 |
| 1990 | 11,854 | 84,326 | 3.758 | 26.734 |
| 1995 | 14,461 | 81,426 | 4.057 | 22.845 |
| 2000 | 15,868 | 78,601 | 3.995 | 19.788 |
| 2005 | 17,584 | 73,269 | 4.078 | 16.990 |
| 2010 | 21,026 | 74,096 | 4.552 | 16.040 |
| 2015 | 24,629 | 71,053 | 5.034 | 14.522 |
| 2020 | 28,817 | 62,230 | 5.627 | 12.152 |
| 2021 | 37,055 | 61,176 | 7.192 | 11.873 |
| 2022 | 36,834 | 60,517 | 7.113 | 11.686 |
| 2023 | 28,739 | 60,145 | 5.516 | 11.544 |
| 2024 | 29,346 | 59,635 | 5.595 | 11.371 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 321,509 | 637,986 | 33.508 |
| 1955 | 379,324 | 740,293 | 33.880 |
| 1960 | 456,615 | 876,425 | 34.254 |
| 1965 | 568,941 | 1,020,680 | 35.791 |
| 1970 | 717,853 | 1,131,013 | 38.827 |
| 1975 | 867,261 | 1,230,146 | 41.349 |
| 1980 | 1,029,757 | 1,359,553 | 43.099 |
| 1985 | 1,240,768 | 1,489,465 | 45.445 |
| 1990 | 1,548,102 | 1,547,893 | 50.003 |
| 1995 | 1,915,604 | 1,595,322 | 54.561 |
| 2000 | 2,318,040 | 1,607,403 | 59.052 |
| 2005 | 2,789,638 | 1,458,203 | 65.672 |
| 2010 | 3,260,590 | 1,284,690 | 71.736 |
| 2015 | 3,695,430 | 1,112,422 | 76.862 |
| 2020 | 4,074,214 | 969,965 | 80.771 |
| 2021 | 4,142,550 | 944,993 | 81.425 |
| 2022 | 4,208,353 | 921,163 | 82.042 |
| 2023 | 4,271,646 | 898,466 | 82.622 |
| 2024 | 4,332,482 | 876,892 | 83.167 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 155,753 | 149,287 | 305,040 | 5.81 | 104.331 |
| 05-09 | 176,485 | 169,201 | 345,686 | 6.59 | 104.305 |
| 10-14 | 186,494 | 178,593 | 365,087 | 6.96 | 104.424 |
| 15-19 | 189,124 | 181,326 | 370,450 | 7.06 | 104.301 |
| 20-24 | 194,886 | 186,911 | 381,796 | 7.28 | 104.267 |
| 25-29 | 206,999 | 199,661 | 406,660 | 7.75 | 103.675 |
| 30-34 | 215,589 | 208,273 | 423,861 | 8.08 | 103.513 |
| 35-39 | 216,530 | 210,193 | 426,723 | 8.13 | 103.015 |
| 40-44 | 196,667 | 193,346 | 390,014 | 7.43 | 101.718 |
| 45-49 | 170,458 | 170,695 | 341,152 | 6.50 | 99.861 |
| 50-54 | 151,157 | 155,218 | 306,375 | 5.84 | 97.384 |
| 55-59 | 145,982 | 151,957 | 297,938 | 5.68 | 96.068 |
| 60-64 | 133,636 | 140,722 | 274,358 | 5.23 | 94.965 |
| 65-69 | 103,984 | 113,103 | 217,088 | 4.14 | 91.937 |
| 70-74 | 75,395 | 85,465 | 160,861 | 3.07 | 88.217 |
| 75-79 | 53,215 | 61,612 | 114,828 | 2.19 | 86.371 |
| 80-84 | 31,035 | 39,243 | 70,278 | 1.34 | 79.084 |
| 85-89 | 13,780 | 21,006 | 34,786 | 0.66 | 65.600 |
| 90-94 | 3,821 | 7,560 | 11,380 | 0.22 | 50.542 |
| 95-99 | 596 | 1,570 | 2,166 | 0.04 | 37.962 |
| 100+ | 42 | 147 | 189 | 0.00 | 28.571 |
| Total | 2,621,628 | 2,625,089 | 5,246,716 | 99.868 | |