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Costa Rica - Population Density 1998

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

74.1 +1.6 from 1997 Global rank: 103rd

Costa Rica's population density was 74.1 in 1998, increased +1.6 from 72.5 in 1997. This was the 103rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Population Density by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.2%
2nd	Mongolia	1.5	1.4%
3rd	Namibia	2.1	2.6%
4th	Mauritania	2.4	2.6%
5th	Australia	2.4	1.0%
6th	Iceland	2.7	1.1%
7th	Botswana	2.8	2.2%
8th	Suriname	2.8	2.1%
9th	Libya	2.9	1.5%
10th	Canada	3.4	0.8%
11th	Guyana	3.9	0.2%
12th	Gabon	4.7	2.6%
13th	Kazakhstan	5.8	-2.5%
14th	Central African Republic	5.8	2.8%
15th	Chad	6.3	3.5%
16th	Saudi Arabia	6.9	3.8%
17th	Oman	7.2	1.5%
18th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	7.7	1.8%
19th	Niger	8.5	3.4%
20th	Congo, Republic of	8.6	2.2%
21st	Mali	8.9	2.6%
22nd	Russian Federation	9.0	-0.2%
23rd	Turkmenistan	9.4	1.7%
24th	Belize	9.9	3.6%
25th	Papua New Guinea	11.4	3.6%
26th	New Caledonia	11.7	2.1%
27th	Norway	12.1	0.6%
28th	Angola	12.2	3.4%
29th	Paraguay	12.3	2.2%
30th	Algeria	12.6	1.6%
31st	Zambia	12.8	2.7%
32nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	13.0	4.2%
33rd	Argentina	13.3	1.2%
34th	Bhutan	14.3	1.9%
35th	New Zealand	14.5	0.9%
36th	Vanuatu	14.6	2.1%
37th	Solomon Islands	15.0	2.8%
38th	Finland	16.9	0.3%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	18.1	4.4%
40th	Uruguay	18.5	0.5%
41st	Peru	20.1	1.8%
42nd	Brazil	20.2	1.5%
43rd	Chile	20.3	1.3%
44th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	20.9	2.8%
45th	Eritrea	21.6	1.3%
46th	Sweden	21.7	0.1%
47th	Mozambique	22.1	2.3%
48th	Lao PDR	22.7	1.9%
49th	Equatorial Guinea	22.9	4.0%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.9	1.5%
51st	Madagascar	26.6	3.3%
52nd	Liberia	27.7	10.7%
53rd	Afghanistan	29.4	3.8%
54th	Cameroon	29.9	2.7%
55th	Zimbabwe	30.0	2.0%
56th	United States	30.1	1.2%
57th	Djibouti	30.2	4.1%
58th	Bahamas, The	31.5	1.4%
59th	Faroe Islands	32.0	1.2%
60th	Estonia	32.7	-1.0%
61st	Guinea	32.9	1.9%
62nd	Colombia	34.1	1.8%
63rd	Yemen, Republic of	34.9	3.2%
64th	Tanzania	36.6	2.7%
65th	South Africa	38.1	1.2%
66th	Latvia	38.7	-0.9%
67th	Panama	38.9	2.0%
68th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	39.6	1.4%
69th	Palau	40.3	2.3%
70th	Nicaragua	40.6	1.5%
71st	Burkina Faso	41.1	2.8%
72nd	Guinea-Bissau	42.2	1.9%
73rd	United Arab Emirates	42.8	7.9%
74th	Tajikistan	44.1	0.6%
75th	Fiji	45.0	1.2%
76th	Mexico	49.2	1.7%
77th	Ecuador	49.3	13.5%
78th	Senegal	49.4	2.4%
79th	Belarus	49.7	-0.4%
80th	Qatar	50.0	5.5%
81st	Kenya	50.8	2.8%
82nd	Iraq	52.3	3.2%
83rd	Côte d'Ivoire	52.4	3.8%
84th	Ireland	53.9	1.0%
85th	Honduras	55.7	2.7%
86th	Lithuania	56.6	-0.7%
87th	Uzbekistan	56.7	1.6%
88th	Jordan	58.5	2.3%
89th	Brunei Darussalam	59.3	2.3%
90th	Eswatini	59.3	1.3%
91st	Sierra Leone	59.5	1.0%
92nd	Benin	60.2	3.1%
93rd	Tunisia	61.4	1.3%
94th	Morocco	61.9	1.5%
95th	Samoa	63.2	0.8%
96th	Timor-Leste	63.4	2.8%
97th	French Polynesia	63.6	1.6%
98th	Lesotho	65.8	0.5%
99th	Malaysia	66.7	2.5%
100th	Myanmar	67.7	1.3%
101st	Cambodia	68.3	4.2%
102nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	70.3	2.2%
103rd	Costa Rica	74.1	2.2%
104th	Georgia	74.2	-2.4%
105th	Bulgaria	74.6	-0.7%
106th	North Macedonia	78.9	0.5%
107th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.9	1.8%
108th	Spain	80.5	0.4%
109th	Croatia	81.1	0.1%
110th	Ghana	82.1	2.5%
111th	Türkiye	82.8	1.4%
112th	Greece	83.2	0.6%
113th	Syrian Arab Republic	86.1	2.6%
114th	Ukraine	87.0	-0.8%
115th	Togo	89.4	2.9%
116th	Dominica	92.2	-0.3%
117th	Azerbaijan	95.2	1.1%
118th	Austria	96.7	0.1%
119th	Romania	98.0	-0.2%
120th	Slovenia	98.4	-0.2%
121st	Cyprus	99.0	1.9%
122nd	Moldova	102.1	0.0%
123rd	Cuba	102.7	0.3%
124th	Kuwait	103.5	3.2%
125th	Guatemala	103.9	2.6%
126th	Kiribati	105.7	1.8%
127th	European Union	108.1	0.1%
128th	Cabo Verde	109.1	1.6%
129th	Portugal	111.0	0.5%
130th	France	111.7	0.4%
131st	Slovak Republic	112.1	0.1%
132nd	Uganda	112.7	3.0%
133rd	Armenia	112.7	-1.2%
134th	Albania	114.2	-0.6%
135th	Hungary	114.3	-0.2%
136th	Malawi	114.5	2.2%
137th	Indonesia	115.8	1.6%
138th	Thailand	120.4	1.3%
139th	Poland	126.2	0.0%
140th	British Virgin Islands	128.3	2.6%
141st	Isle of Man	129.6	1.3%
142nd	Nigeria	131.6	2.6%
143rd	China	132.3	1.0%
144th	Denmark	132.6	0.4%
145th	Czechia	133.2	-0.1%
146th	Northern Mariana Islands	133.3	8.4%
147th	Gambia, The	136.1	2.8%
148th	Andorra	139.1	1.1%
149th	Tonga	140.8	0.7%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	146.6	1.3%
151st	Cayman Islands	153.8	3.9%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	159.1	0.3%
153rd	Antigua and Barbuda	164.6	1.9%
154th	Nepal	165.6	2.0%
155th	St. Kitts and Nevis	169.2	1.3%
156th	Seychelles	171.4	2.0%
157th	Dominican Republic	172.0	1.7%
158th	Switzerland	179.9	0.3%
159th	Pakistan	190.1	2.8%
160th	Italy	193.5	0.0%
161st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	193.6	0.9%
162nd	Liechtenstein	197.9	1.4%
163rd	Viet Nam	231.3	1.4%
164th	Germany	235.1	0.0%
165th	Jamaica	237.3	0.9%
166th	Burundi	240.9	1.9%
167th	United Kingdom	241.8	0.3%
168th	St. Lucia	253.6	1.4%
169th	Philippines	254.2	2.5%
170th	Trinidad and Tobago	255.4	0.3%
171st	Israel	275.9	2.3%
172nd	Marshall Islands	276.2	0.9%
173rd	American Samoa	276.7	1.8%
174th	Comoros	277.6	1.7%
175th	El Salvador	283.8	0.6%
176th	Guam	289.3	1.3%
177th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	290.2	0.0%
178th	Haiti	290.4	1.9%
179th	Sri Lanka	296.5	1.9%
180th	Virgin Islands (US)	310.1	0.2%
181st	Grenada	311.8	0.7%
182nd	Tuvalu	315.0	0.5%
183rd	Rwanda	327.6	4.2%
184th	India	342.6	2.0%
185th	Japan	346.8	0.3%
186th	Lebanon	408.7	1.8%
187th	Puerto Rico (US)	426.3	0.6%
188th	San Marino	435.4	1.3%
189th	West Bank and Gaza	461.2	2.6%
190th	Netherlands	465.3	0.6%
191st	Korea	479.9	0.7%
192nd	Aruba	491.4	2.5%
193rd	Nauru	509.9	0.0%
194th	Mauritius	571.6	1.1%
195th	Barbados	610.3	0.0%
196th	Channel Islands	741.9	0.5%
197th	Bahrain	851.9	2.7%
198th	Maldives	909.1	1.9%
199th	Bangladesh	995.8	1.9%
200th	Bermuda	1,122.9	0.8%
201st	Malta	1,204.0	0.7%
202nd	Gibraltar	2,765.0	0.2%
203rd	Singapore	5,861.5	3.5%
204th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,232.1	0.8%
205th	Monaco	15,918.6	0.6%
206th	Macao SAR, China	21,115.0	1.2%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's population density in 1998?▾

Costa Rica's population density in 1998 was 74.1. This ranked 103rd globally.

How did Costa Rica's population density change in 1998?▾

Costa Rica's population density increased by 2.2% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest population density in 1998?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 1998 at 21,115.0.

What is the population density of Costa Rica in 1998?▾

The population density of Costa Rica in 1998 was 74.1. This ranked 103rd globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Costa Rica's population density?▾

Costa Rica's population density went from 72.5 in 1997 to 74.1 in 1998, a 2.2% increase.

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