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Costa Rica - Population Density 1974

Name: Costa Rica Population Density 1974
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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

39.9 +1.0 from 1973 Global rank: 88th

Costa Rica's population density was 39.9 in 1974, increased +1.0 from 38.9 in 1973. This was the 88th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1974▾

Population Density by Country - 1974
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	1.0%
2nd	Mongolia	0.9	2.9%
3rd	Namibia	1.0	3.1%
4th	Mauritania	1.2	3.0%
5th	Botswana	1.2	5.1%
6th	Libya	1.4	5.1%
7th	Australia	1.8	2.6%
8th	Saudi Arabia	2.0	5.3%
9th	Iceland	2.1	1.4%
10th	Oman	2.4	3.6%
11th	Suriname	2.5	-0.5%
12th	Gabon	2.5	2.2%
13th	Canada	2.5	1.4%
14th	Chad	3.2	2.4%
15th	Central African Republic	3.6	1.9%
16th	Guyana	3.8	1.1%
17th	Niger	4.1	2.7%
18th	Congo, Republic of	4.6	3.2%
19th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	4.6	2.3%
20th	Angola	5.3	3.5%
21st	Mali	5.5	1.8%
22nd	Belize	5.6	1.4%
23rd	Papua New Guinea	6.1	2.3%
24th	Algeria	6.4	2.5%
25th	Zambia	6.5	3.0%
26th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.6	3.0%
27th	Paraguay	6.6	2.5%
28th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.6	2.6%
29th	United Arab Emirates	6.9	12.1%
30th	Solomon Islands	7.0	2.8%
31st	New Caledonia	7.2	4.7%
32nd	Bhutan	7.6	3.5%
33rd	Vanuatu	8.0	3.1%
34th	Djibouti	8.3	7.9%
35th	Argentina	9.3	1.7%
36th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	9.9	2.7%
37th	Equatorial Guinea	10.5	-2.4%
38th	Norway	10.9	0.6%
39th	New Zealand	11.5	2.1%
40th	Peru	11.7	2.6%
41st	Mozambique	11.7	3.1%
42nd	Brazil	12.6	2.4%
43rd	Lao PDR	12.7	2.4%
44th	Madagascar	12.9	3.0%
45th	Chile	14.1	1.6%
46th	Yemen, Republic of	15.0	2.9%
47th	Cameroon	15.2	2.8%
48th	Zimbabwe	15.3	3.3%
49th	Qatar	15.3	9.6%
50th	Finland	15.4	0.5%
51st	Uruguay	16.3	0.6%
52nd	Liberia	16.9	2.7%
53rd	Tanzania	17.6	3.7%
54th	Guinea	18.6	1.6%
55th	Afghanistan	19.1	2.6%
56th	Sweden	20.0	0.3%
57th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	20.1	3.0%
58th	Côte d'Ivoire	20.4	4.7%
59th	Bahamas, The	20.5	2.3%
60th	Colombia	20.6	2.3%
61st	South Africa	20.6	2.9%
62nd	Jordan	20.8	3.4%
63rd	Guinea-Bissau	21.8	3.5%
64th	Burkina Faso	22.0	1.9%
65th	Nicaragua	22.7	3.1%
66th	Panama	22.7	2.7%
67th	Kenya	23.0	3.4%
68th	United States	23.3	0.9%
69th	Ecuador	25.0	2.9%
70th	Iraq	25.5	3.4%
71st	Senegal	26.1	3.0%
72nd	Honduras	27.7	2.9%
73rd	Eswatini	28.7	2.9%
74th	Faroe Islands	28.7	1.2%
75th	Brunei Darussalam	29.0	3.6%
76th	Mexico	29.5	3.0%
77th	Benin	29.8	2.4%
78th	Fiji	31.1	1.5%
79th	Malaysia	34.1	2.4%
80th	French Polynesia	35.5	3.2%
81st	Tunisia	36.6	2.7%
82nd	Morocco	37.5	2.5%
83rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	38.1	2.3%
84th	Cambodia	38.4	0.6%
85th	Lesotho	38.6	3.5%
86th	Timor-Leste	39.7	1.4%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	39.7	3.4%
88th	Costa Rica	39.9	2.6%
89th	Sierra Leone	40.5	1.9%
90th	Ghana	44.0	2.9%
91st	Myanmar	45.3	2.0%
92nd	Ireland	45.5	1.7%
93rd	Togo	46.2	2.6%
94th	Türkiye	52.2	2.2%
95th	Samoa	52.8	2.0%
96th	Malawi	54.5	2.7%
97th	Cayman Islands	54.6	5.4%
98th	Andorra	55.6	6.6%
99th	Guatemala	55.8	2.6%
100th	Uganda	57.2	2.5%
101st	Gambia, The	58.2	3.0%
102nd	Kuwait	58.3	6.2%
103rd	Nigeria	67.7	2.7%
104th	Greece	69.5	0.4%
105th	British Virgin Islands	70.0	1.2%
106th	Spain	70.8	1.1%
107th	Indonesia	71.0	2.6%
108th	Cyprus	71.8	-0.4%
109th	Cabo Verde	75.1	0.9%
110th	Kiribati	75.6	0.6%
111th	Thailand	78.2	2.6%
112th	Bulgaria	78.4	0.7%
113th	Albania	85.8	2.3%
114th	Cuba	87.3	1.3%
115th	Pakistan	87.5	3.0%
116th	São Tomé and Principe	88.2	2.3%
117th	Romania	91.3	0.9%
118th	Austria	92.1	0.2%
119th	Dominica	94.8	0.7%
120th	Nepal	94.9	2.2%
121st	Portugal	95.7	1.4%
122nd	China	95.9	2.1%
123rd	France	99.7	0.7%
124th	Dominican Republic	101.7	2.8%
125th	Isle of Man	103.8	1.5%
126th	Poland	110.0	1.0%
127th	European Union	110.2	0.6%
128th	Hungary	116.5	0.4%
129th	St. Kitts and Nevis	125.0	-0.3%
130th	Tonga	125.9	2.1%
131st	Seychelles	126.0	1.8%
132nd	Denmark	126.1	0.5%
133rd	Philippines	138.1	2.2%
134th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	138.5	2.0%
135th	Viet Nam	139.5	2.3%
136th	Burundi	144.2	2.5%
137th	American Samoa	144.4	1.5%
138th	Antigua and Barbuda	145.6	-0.4%
139th	Liechtenstein	146.6	2.9%
140th	Comoros	149.4	3.4%
141st	Israel	156.1	3.0%
142nd	Switzerland	160.4	0.5%
143rd	St. Lucia	178.8	1.5%
144th	Guam	179.5	2.3%
145th	Rwanda	181.4	3.0%
146th	Haiti	181.5	1.9%
147th	Jamaica	183.8	1.5%
148th	Italy	187.4	0.7%
149th	El Salvador	193.3	2.3%
150th	Tuvalu	194.1	2.5%
151st	India	200.8	2.3%
152nd	Trinidad and Tobago	202.9	1.3%
153rd	Sri Lanka	212.2	1.9%
154th	Germany	226.2	0.0%
155th	United Kingdom	232.4	0.1%
156th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	255.3	0.9%
157th	Virgin Islands (US)	257.0	6.9%
158th	Lebanon	257.6	2.4%
159th	Grenada	289.7	-0.2%
160th	Japan	300.5	1.3%
161st	San Marino	317.2	0.2%
162nd	Aruba	324.2	0.1%
163rd	Puerto Rico (US)	331.4	2.1%
164th	Nauru	346.2	0.8%
165th	Korea	359.7	1.7%
166th	Bahrain	389.9	5.4%
167th	Netherlands	401.2	0.8%
168th	Mauritius	432.5	1.5%
169th	Maldives	463.3	3.0%
170th	Bangladesh	582.6	2.9%
171st	Barbados	583.2	0.2%
172nd	Channel Islands	645.9	0.8%
173rd	Malta	943.7	-0.1%
174th	Bermuda	982.5	0.2%
175th	Gibraltar	2,775.5	0.8%
176th	Singapore	3,328.1	1.7%
177th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4,292.0	3.2%
178th	Macao SAR, China	12,027.5	-0.9%
179th	Monaco	12,449.4	0.7%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's population density in 1974?▾

Costa Rica's population density in 1974 was 39.9. This ranked 88th globally.

How did Costa Rica's population density change in 1974?▾

Costa Rica's population density increased by 2.6% in 1974 compared to 1973.

Which country had the highest population density in 1974?▾

Monaco had the highest population density in 1974 at 12,449.4.

What is the population density of Costa Rica in 1974?▾

The population density of Costa Rica in 1974 was 39.9. This ranked 88th globally.

How does 1974 compare to 1973 for Costa Rica's population density?▾

Costa Rica's population density went from 38.9 in 1973 to 39.9 in 1974, a 2.6% increase.

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