Costa Rica - Population Density 1988
58.1
+1.5 from 1987
Costa Rica's population density was 58.1 in 1988, increased +1.5 from 56.7 in 1987. This was the 89th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.2 | 1.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.3 | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 1.5 | 3.6% |
| 4th | Mauritania | 1.8 | 2.9% |
| 5th | Australia | 2.2 | 1.6% |
| 6th | Botswana | 2.2 | 3.0% |
| 7th | Libya | 2.4 | 2.6% |
| 8th | Iceland | 2.5 | 1.6% |
| 9th | Suriname | 2.5 | 1.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.0 | 1.3% |
| 11th | Gabon | 3.6 | 2.8% |
| 12th | Guyana | 3.9 | -0.6% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 4.4 | 1.7% |
| 14th | Chad | 4.5 | 3.4% |
| 15th | Saudi Arabia | 4.5 | 5.5% |
| 16th | Oman | 5.1 | 5.8% |
| 17th | Niger | 6.2 | 3.1% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.3 | 2.1% |
| 19th | Congo, Republic of | 6.6 | 2.9% |
| 20th | Mali | 7.2 | 1.8% |
| 21st | Belize | 7.7 | 2.2% |
| 22nd | Papua New Guinea | 8.2 | 2.2% |
| 23rd | Angola | 8.7 | 3.5% |
| 24th | New Caledonia | 9.2 | 1.7% |
| 25th | Paraguay | 9.6 | 2.8% |
| 26th | Zambia | 9.9 | 2.8% |
| 27th | Algeria | 10.1 | 2.8% |
| 28th | Solomon Islands | 11.1 | 3.3% |
| 29th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.3 | 4.0% |
| 30th | Norway | 11.5 | 0.5% |
| 31st | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 11.5 | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Vanuatu | 11.5 | 2.6% |
| 33rd | Argentina | 11.6 | 1.6% |
| 34th | Bhutan | 11.9 | 3.0% |
| 35th | New Zealand | 12.5 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 15.2 | 3.3% |
| 37th | Equatorial Guinea | 15.7 | 4.1% |
| 38th | Finland | 16.2 | 0.3% |
| 39th | Mozambique | 16.3 | -0.2% |
| 40th | Peru | 16.4 | 2.3% |
| 41st | Brazil | 17.2 | 1.9% |
| 42nd | Chile | 17.5 | 1.6% |
| 43rd | Uruguay | 17.5 | 0.6% |
| 44th | Lao PDR | 17.6 | 2.9% |
| 45th | Afghanistan | 17.7 | 1.2% |
| 46th | Madagascar | 19.6 | 2.9% |
| 47th | Sweden | 20.7 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Djibouti | 20.9 | 6.6% |
| 49th | Cameroon | 22.6 | 3.0% |
| 50th | United Arab Emirates | 23.7 | 6.8% |
| 51st | Yemen, Republic of | 24.4 | 4.0% |
| 52nd | Guinea | 24.6 | 2.7% |
| 53rd | Zimbabwe | 24.8 | 3.2% |
| 54th | Liberia | 25.4 | 2.9% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 26.6 | 1.7% |
| 56th | United States | 26.7 | 0.9% |
| 57th | Tanzania | 28.0 | 3.1% |
| 58th | Colombia | 28.1 | 2.1% |
| 59th | Panama | 31.6 | 2.2% |
| 60th | South Africa | 31.7 | 3.1% |
| 61st | Burkina Faso | 31.8 | 2.7% |
| 62nd | Nicaragua | 33.0 | 2.3% |
| 63rd | Guinea-Bissau | 33.5 | 1.6% |
| 64th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 33.8 | 3.3% |
| 65th | Faroe Islands | 33.9 | 1.4% |
| 66th | Qatar | 35.4 | 3.6% |
| 67th | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.5 | 3.9% |
| 68th | Ecuador | 36.2 | 2.4% |
| 69th | Jordan | 36.2 | 4.8% |
| 70th | Kenya | 37.5 | 3.6% |
| 71st | Senegal | 37.9 | 2.9% |
| 72nd | Cambodia | 38.6 | 3.9% |
| 73rd | Iraq | 38.7 | 2.3% |
| 74th | Mexico | 41.0 | 2.0% |
| 75th | Fiji | 41.5 | 1.1% |
| 76th | Honduras | 42.1 | 2.9% |
| 77th | Benin | 44.1 | 3.1% |
| 78th | Brunei Darussalam | 45.7 | 3.0% |
| 79th | Eswatini | 46.5 | 4.7% |
| 80th | Timor-Leste | 49.1 | 1.7% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 51.1 | 3.2% |
| 82nd | Ireland | 51.2 | -0.4% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 51.3 | 2.4% |
| 84th | Morocco | 52.7 | 1.9% |
| 85th | French Polynesia | 53.3 | 2.5% |
| 86th | Sierra Leone | 54.5 | 2.7% |
| 87th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 55.4 | 2.8% |
| 88th | Lesotho | 57.3 | 2.1% |
| 89th | Costa Rica | 58.1 | 2.6% |
| 90th | Myanmar | 59.1 | 1.7% |
| 91st | Samoa | 59.5 | 0.4% |
| 92nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 64.1 | 3.5% |
| 93rd | Ghana | 64.3 | 2.4% |
| 94th | Togo | 69.3 | 3.1% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 70.0 | 2.0% |
| 96th | Spain | 77.6 | 0.2% |
| 97th | Greece | 77.9 | 0.4% |
| 98th | Guatemala | 79.6 | 2.8% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | 81.2 | 0.1% |
| 100th | Uganda | 82.4 | 3.2% |
| 101st | Cyprus | 82.9 | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Kiribati | 88.2 | 2.4% |
| 103rd | Cabo Verde | 89.9 | 1.4% |
| 104th | Austria | 91.9 | 0.1% |
| 105th | Malawi | 92.8 | 5.5% |
| 106th | Dominica | 94.1 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Gambia, The | 95.9 | 4.2% |
| 108th | Cuba | 97.1 | 0.9% |
| 109th | Indonesia | 97.6 | 1.9% |
| 110th | British Virgin Islands | 97.9 | 3.4% |
| 111th | Cayman Islands | 99.8 | 3.8% |
| 112th | Romania | 100.1 | 0.5% |
| 113th | Nigeria | 101.0 | 2.7% |
| 114th | Thailand | 103.7 | 1.7% |
| 115th | Andorra | 105.1 | 3.7% |
| 116th | France | 106.9 | 0.6% |
| 117th | Portugal | 109.5 | -0.1% |
| 118th | Albania | 114.7 | 1.9% |
| 119th | European Union | 116.2 | 0.3% |
| 120th | Isle of Man | 117.0 | 1.7% |
| 121st | China | 117.3 | 1.6% |
| 122nd | Hungary | 117.9 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Kuwait | 119.8 | 4.0% |
| 124th | São Tomé and Principe | 121.8 | 2.7% |
| 125th | Poland | 123.5 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Denmark | 128.2 | 0.0% |
| 127th | Nepal | 130.3 | 2.1% |
| 128th | Tonga | 137.5 | 0.6% |
| 129th | Pakistan | 141.0 | 3.4% |
| 130th | Dominican Republic | 141.9 | 2.1% |
| 131st | Antigua and Barbuda | 144.6 | -0.5% |
| 132nd | Seychelles | 149.5 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 157.9 | -0.7% |
| 134th | Switzerland | 166.8 | 0.7% |
| 135th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 170.3 | 1.5% |
| 136th | Liechtenstein | 174.7 | 1.4% |
| 137th | Italy | 192.5 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Viet Nam | 193.1 | 2.0% |
| 139th | Philippines | 200.4 | 2.7% |
| 140th | Israel | 205.3 | 1.7% |
| 141st | Burundi | 208.9 | 2.2% |
| 142nd | Jamaica | 216.6 | 0.7% |
| 143rd | American Samoa | 218.1 | 3.7% |
| 144th | St. Lucia | 221.3 | 1.3% |
| 145th | Germany | 223.8 | 0.4% |
| 146th | Comoros | 226.6 | 2.7% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 235.3 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Haiti | 238.7 | 2.1% |
| 149th | Trinidad and Tobago | 239.8 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Guam | 245.9 | 2.3% |
| 151st | El Salvador | 250.8 | 2.0% |
| 152nd | Sri Lanka | 256.4 | 1.0% |
| 153rd | India | 278.3 | 2.3% |
| 154th | Rwanda | 282.5 | 3.2% |
| 155th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 283.7 | 0.6% |
| 156th | Tuvalu | 283.9 | 1.8% |
| 157th | Virgin Islands (US) | 288.4 | 0.1% |
| 158th | Grenada | 289.1 | 0.8% |
| 159th | Aruba | 329.6 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Japan | 336.2 | 0.4% |
| 161st | Lebanon | 337.7 | 2.0% |
| 162nd | San Marino | 380.7 | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 391.6 | 0.9% |
| 164th | Korea | 435.7 | 1.0% |
| 165th | Netherlands | 437.2 | 0.6% |
| 166th | Nauru | 458.3 | 2.4% |
| 167th | Mauritius | 513.9 | 0.7% |
| 168th | Barbados | 599.4 | 0.2% |
| 169th | Bahrain | 695.5 | 3.7% |
| 170th | Maldives | 703.0 | 3.4% |
| 171st | Channel Islands | 707.5 | 1.0% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | 823.7 | 2.2% |
| 173rd | Bermuda | 1,050.0 | 0.8% |
| 174th | Malta | 1,085.4 | 0.8% |
| 175th | Gibraltar | 2,783.9 | -0.9% |
| 176th | Singapore | 4,247.9 | 2.6% |
| 177th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5,684.4 | 0.8% |
| 178th | Monaco | 14,692.2 | 1.1% |
| 179th | Macao SAR, China | 15,800.0 | 3.0% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's population density in 1988?▾
Costa Rica's population density in 1988 was 58.1. This ranked 89th globally.
How did Costa Rica's population density change in 1988?▾
Costa Rica's population density increased by 2.6% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest population density in 1988?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1988 at 15,800.0.
What is the population density of Costa Rica in 1988?▾
The population density of Costa Rica in 1988 was 58.1. This ranked 89th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Costa Rica's population density?▾
Costa Rica's population density went from 56.7 in 1987 to 58.1 in 1988, a 2.6% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Costa Rica matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1988. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 19.0%. View full analysis →
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