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Costa Rica - Population Density 1962

Name: Costa Rica Population Density 1962
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

28.0 +1.0 from 1961 Global rank: 86th

Costa Rica's population density was 28.0 in 1962, increased +1.0 from 27.0 in 1961. This was the 86th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1962▾

Population Density by Country - 1962
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	3.9%
2nd	Mongolia	0.7	3.2%
3rd	Namibia	0.7	2.1%
4th	Mauritania	0.8	2.7%
5th	Libya	0.9	4.3%
6th	Botswana	1.0	2.3%
7th	Saudi Arabia	1.2	3.7%
8th	Australia	1.4	2.5%
9th	Suriname	1.8	4.1%
10th	Oman	1.8	1.9%
11th	Iceland	1.8	1.9%
12th	Gabon	2.0	1.2%
13th	United Arab Emirates	2.0	5.0%
14th	Canada	2.1	1.9%
15th	Chad	2.5	2.0%
16th	Central African Republic	2.8	1.9%
17th	Niger	2.9	2.9%
18th	Guyana	3.0	2.2%
19th	Congo, Republic of	3.3	2.7%
20th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3.6	2.1%
21st	Qatar	3.8	12.5%
22nd	Djibouti	4.0	4.4%
23rd	Belize	4.2	2.6%
24th	Angola	4.3	1.0%
25th	Zambia	4.5	3.2%
26th	Mali	4.6	1.5%
27th	Papua New Guinea	4.6	2.3%
28th	New Caledonia	4.7	3.4%
29th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	4.8	2.6%
30th	Algeria	5.0	1.5%
31st	Paraguay	5.0	2.4%
32nd	Bhutan	5.1	3.1%
33rd	Solomon Islands	5.2	2.3%
34th	Vanuatu	5.6	2.9%
35th	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.9	0.2%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	7.1	2.6%
37th	Argentina	7.7	1.7%
38th	Peru	8.4	3.0%
39th	Mozambique	8.9	2.0%
40th	Brazil	9.2	3.0%
41st	Madagascar	9.3	2.6%
42nd	New Zealand	9.4	2.6%
43rd	Lao PDR	9.6	2.3%
44th	Norway	10.0	0.8%
45th	Equatorial Guinea	10.0	2.0%
46th	Zimbabwe	10.5	3.2%
47th	Jordan	10.7	4.8%
48th	Yemen, Republic of	11.0	2.2%
49th	Cameroon	11.3	1.9%
50th	Chile	11.4	2.1%
51st	Tanzania	11.8	2.9%
52nd	Liberia	12.4	2.5%
53rd	Côte d'Ivoire	12.4	3.9%
54th	Bahamas, The	12.8	5.2%
55th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.0	3.1%
56th	South Africa	14.4	3.0%
57th	Afghanistan	14.4	2.1%
58th	Kenya	14.6	3.9%
59th	Finland	14.7	0.7%
60th	Uruguay	14.8	1.2%
61st	Colombia	15.0	3.1%
62nd	Guinea	15.0	1.8%
63rd	Nicaragua	15.7	3.0%
64th	Panama	16.1	3.1%
65th	Iraq	17.0	3.0%
66th	Ecuador	17.6	2.9%
67th	Burkina Faso	18.0	1.5%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	18.4	4.5%
69th	Senegal	18.4	2.9%
70th	Sweden	18.6	0.6%
71st	Honduras	19.5	2.9%
72nd	Mexico	20.1	3.3%
73rd	United States	20.4	1.5%
74th	Guinea-Bissau	21.0	1.2%
75th	Eswatini	21.0	2.3%
76th	Kuwait	21.6	11.3%
77th	Benin	23.1	1.8%
78th	Fiji	23.6	3.1%
79th	Andorra	23.6	7.8%
80th	French Polynesia	23.8	2.1%
81st	Faroe Islands	25.0	1.2%
82nd	Malaysia	25.5	2.6%
83rd	Lesotho	25.8	3.0%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	27.0	3.0%
85th	Morocco	27.5	2.7%
86th	Costa Rica	28.0	3.7%
87th	Tunisia	28.1	1.2%
88th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	28.5	2.7%
89th	Togo	31.9	1.8%
90th	Ghana	32.2	2.4%
91st	Cambodia	32.3	2.3%
92nd	Sierra Leone	32.5	1.6%
93rd	Timor-Leste	32.5	1.6%
94th	Myanmar	34.7	2.2%
95th	Cayman Islands	36.6	2.1%
96th	Türkiye	38.9	2.7%
97th	Guatemala	40.2	3.0%
98th	Malawi	40.4	2.4%
99th	Uganda	40.5	2.9%
100th	Ireland	41.2	0.4%
101st	Gambia, The	41.5	2.7%
102nd	Samoa	41.9	2.7%
103rd	Indonesia	51.5	2.8%
104th	Nigeria	51.6	2.1%
105th	British Virgin Islands	53.8	0.4%
106th	Cabo Verde	55.1	3.2%
107th	Thailand	55.7	3.0%
108th	Kiribati	61.2	2.5%
109th	Spain	62.1	0.9%
110th	Albania	62.5	3.1%
111th	Pakistan	62.5	2.6%
112th	Cyprus	65.1	1.0%
113th	Greece	65.5	0.6%
114th	Cuba	70.2	2.1%
115th	China	70.9	0.8%
116th	Dominican Republic	72.0	3.2%
117th	São Tomé and Principe	72.3	1.0%
118th	Bulgaria	72.4	0.9%
119th	Nepal	73.6	2.0%
120th	Romania	81.1	0.7%
121st	Dominica	81.3	1.2%
122nd	Isle of Man	85.4	0.5%
123rd	Austria	86.4	0.6%
124th	France	89.8	1.0%
125th	Seychelles	95.7	2.7%
126th	Tonga	97.1	2.8%
127th	Portugal	98.3	0.7%
128th	Poland	99.0	1.1%
129th	Philippines	99.7	3.2%
130th	Virgin Islands (US)	100.0	2.0%
131st	European Union	101.2	0.8%
132nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	101.8	2.3%
133rd	Viet Nam	105.3	2.6%
134th	Israel	106.0	4.9%
135th	American Samoa	106.5	3.1%
136th	Liechtenstein	109.0	3.4%
137th	Comoros	110.0	1.7%
138th	Hungary	111.8	0.4%
139th	Burundi	113.2	2.6%
140th	Denmark	116.2	0.8%
141st	Rwanda	129.1	2.6%
142nd	Antigua and Barbuda	130.3	1.4%
143rd	Guam	135.5	2.6%
144th	Switzerland	141.0	2.6%
145th	El Salvador	141.4	2.8%
146th	Haiti	145.2	1.8%
147th	India	153.8	2.4%
148th	St. Lucia	154.9	1.1%
149th	St. Kitts and Nevis	155.6	-1.6%
150th	Jamaica	156.7	1.4%
151st	Sri Lanka	161.8	2.5%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	171.6	2.0%
153rd	Italy	173.0	0.7%
154th	Lebanon	186.7	3.2%
155th	Tuvalu	190.0	0.9%
156th	Germany	212.0	0.9%
157th	United Kingdom	220.1	0.9%
158th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	223.7	1.6%
159th	Nauru	249.0	4.3%
160th	Japan	258.9	0.9%
161st	Bahrain	259.9	4.1%
162nd	San Marino	269.7	2.4%
163rd	Korea	274.9	2.9%
164th	Puerto Rico (US)	276.2	2.1%
165th	Grenada	283.5	1.1%
166th	Aruba	312.9	1.3%
167th	Maldives	319.3	2.5%
168th	Mauritius	345.0	2.9%
169th	Netherlands	349.7	1.4%
170th	Bangladesh	421.6	2.9%
171st	Barbados	547.0	0.9%
172nd	Channel Islands	570.5	1.0%
173rd	Bermuda	819.2	2.6%
174th	Malta	1,012.2	-0.4%
175th	Gibraltar	2,219.7	1.5%
176th	Singapore	2,612.2	2.8%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	3,240.4	4.3%
178th	Macao SAR, China	8,890.5	2.6%
179th	Monaco	10,892.0	0.8%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's population density in 1962?▾

Costa Rica's population density in 1962 was 28.0. This ranked 86th globally.

How did Costa Rica's population density change in 1962?▾

Costa Rica's population density increased by 3.7% in 1962 compared to 1961.

Which country had the highest population density in 1962?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1962 at 10,892.0.

What is the population density of Costa Rica in 1962?▾

The population density of Costa Rica in 1962 was 28.0. This ranked 86th globally.

How does 1962 compare to 1961 for Costa Rica's population density?▾

Costa Rica's population density went from 27.0 in 1961 to 28.0 in 1962, a 3.7% increase.

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