Latin America & Caribbean · capital San Jose
Costa Rica
#126 by population · High income · ISO CRI
Population right now
5,179,771
63.0 net per day · 1 birth every 613.0 s
·anchor 5,152,950 on 1 Jul 2025
·0.062% of the world
👶 Births today
124
0% of the way to the next birth · 0 while you've been here
⚰️ Deaths today
69
0% of the way to the next death · 0 while you've been here
🧳 Net migration / yr
+200
5-yr avg from 2025
📈 Net growth / day
+55
0.45% per year, from births − deaths + migration
Profile
Birth rate
9.99 /1,000
2024
Death rate
5.57 /1,000
2024
Fertility
1.32 births/woman
Life expectancy
81.0 yrs
Aged 0–14
18.3%
Aged 65+
12.8%
Urban
79.7%
Land area
51,100 km²
Density
100.8 /km²
GDP / capita
$19,970
2025
Trend
Population 2015–2025
Same region
Largest neighbours
How these numbers are made. Nobody counts people in real time.
Each figure is recomputed every frame from a World Bank anchor and rate:
pop(now) = 5,152,950 + 0.0007/s × elapsed since 1 Jul 2025
births/day = 141 (crude birth rate 9.99/1,000, 2024)
deaths/day = 79 (crude death rate 5.57/1,000, 2024)
Births and deaths are estimates for a hypothetical average day; they do not reflect
seasonality, and the migration figure is a 5-year average. World Bank's separately
published growth rate is 0.45%/yr; the rate shown above is derived
from the components so it always agrees with the counter. Full method →