Costa Rica - Population Density 2006
84.6
+1.2 from 2005
Costa Rica's population density was 84.6 in 2006, increased +1.2 from 83.5 in 2005. This was the 110th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | -0.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.6 | 1.0% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.4 | 1.3% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.7 | 1.4% |
| 5th | Mauritania | 2.9 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Iceland | 3.0 | 2.4% |
| 7th | Suriname | 3.3 | 1.1% |
| 8th | Botswana | 3.3 | 1.9% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.4 | 2.1% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.6 | 1.0% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.9 | -0.3% |
| 12th | Gabon | 5.9 | 3.1% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | 6.0 | 0.8% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 7.0 | 2.1% |
| 15th | Oman | 8.1 | 2.2% |
| 16th | Chad | 8.5 | 3.7% |
| 17th | Russian Federation | 8.7 | -0.3% |
| 18th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.8 | 1.7% |
| 19th | Saudi Arabia | 10.0 | 4.4% |
| 20th | Turkmenistan | 11.0 | 1.9% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 11.2 | 3.8% |
| 22nd | Niger | 11.3 | 3.7% |
| 23rd | Mali | 11.5 | 3.3% |
| 24th | Belize | 12.6 | 2.9% |
| 25th | Norway | 12.8 | 0.8% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 13.5 | 1.3% |
| 27th | Paraguay | 13.9 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Algeria | 14.1 | 1.6% |
| 29th | Argentina | 14.5 | 1.0% |
| 30th | Papua New Guinea | 14.9 | 3.2% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 15.9 | 1.2% |
| 32nd | Angola | 16.1 | 3.8% |
| 33rd | Zambia | 16.3 | 3.5% |
| 34th | Finland | 17.3 | 0.5% |
| 35th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.5 | 3.1% |
| 36th | Solomon Islands | 17.6 | 1.8% |
| 37th | Bhutan | 17.6 | 1.3% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | 17.7 | 2.4% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 18.8 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Peru | 22.1 | 0.8% |
| 41st | Chile | 22.2 | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Sweden | 22.3 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Brazil | 22.3 | 1.1% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 22.3 | 1.6% |
| 45th | Lao PDR | 25.8 | 1.6% |
| 46th | Mozambique | 26.4 | 2.4% |
| 47th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 26.4 | 4.7% |
| 48th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 26.7 | 3.1% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 27.2 | 1.1% |
| 50th | Estonia | 31.8 | -0.6% |
| 51st | United States | 32.6 | 1.0% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 32.7 | 1.2% |
| 53rd | Madagascar | 33.9 | 3.0% |
| 54th | Faroe Islands | 34.6 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Bahamas, The | 34.8 | 1.3% |
| 56th | Equatorial Guinea | 35.3 | 4.5% |
| 57th | Latvia | 35.6 | -0.9% |
| 58th | Liberia | 36.2 | 5.7% |
| 59th | Djibouti | 36.9 | 2.0% |
| 60th | Cameroon | 37.1 | 2.8% |
| 61st | Guinea | 38.4 | 2.1% |
| 62nd | Colombia | 38.5 | 1.3% |
| 63rd | Afghanistan | 39.0 | 4.2% |
| 64th | South Africa | 41.2 | 1.0% |
| 65th | Palau | 42.6 | -1.1% |
| 66th | Yemen, Republic of | 44.6 | 3.3% |
| 67th | Nicaragua | 45.0 | 1.4% |
| 68th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 45.1 | 2.2% |
| 69th | Panama | 45.4 | 1.9% |
| 70th | Tanzania | 45.5 | 2.8% |
| 71st | Montenegro | 45.7 | - |
| 72nd | Belarus | 47.3 | -0.6% |
| 73rd | Fiji | 48.7 | 0.9% |
| 74th | Guinea-Bissau | 50.3 | 2.4% |
| 75th | Tajikistan | 50.4 | 1.9% |
| 76th | Lithuania | 52.2 | -1.6% |
| 77th | Burkina Faso | 52.5 | 3.2% |
| 78th | Mexico | 55.2 | 1.4% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 56.7 | 1.7% |
| 80th | Senegal | 59.7 | 2.4% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | 61.3 | 1.3% |
| 82nd | Ireland | 62.0 | 2.7% |
| 83rd | Eswatini | 63.0 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Lesotho | 64.1 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.6 | 2.4% |
| 86th | Kenya | 64.8 | 3.1% |
| 87th | Iraq | 65.4 | 0.7% |
| 88th | Timor-Leste | 65.7 | 3.0% |
| 89th | Samoa | 66.3 | 0.4% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 66.6 | 0.9% |
| 91st | Georgia | 67.9 | -0.6% |
| 92nd | Honduras | 68.4 | 2.4% |
| 93rd | Morocco | 68.9 | 1.4% |
| 94th | Brunei Darussalam | 69.2 | 1.6% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | 70.0 | -0.7% |
| 96th | United Arab Emirates | 70.5 | 7.4% |
| 97th | Jordan | 72.8 | 6.6% |
| 98th | Myanmar | 73.1 | 0.7% |
| 99th | French Polynesia | 75.8 | 1.4% |
| 100th | Croatia | 77.0 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Benin | 77.1 | 3.2% |
| 102nd | Cambodia | 77.3 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Sierra Leone | 77.9 | 2.2% |
| 104th | North Macedonia | 78.4 | -0.6% |
| 105th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.4 | -0.8% |
| 106th | Malaysia | 80.4 | 2.3% |
| 107th | Ukraine | 81.6 | -0.6% |
| 108th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 83.1 | 2.0% |
| 109th | Qatar | 83.8 | 17.9% |
| 110th | Costa Rica | 84.6 | 1.4% |
| 111th | Serbia | 84.7 | - |
| 112th | Greece | 85.5 | 0.3% |
| 113th | Spain | 89.0 | 1.7% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 91.0 | 1.0% |
| 115th | Dominica | 91.7 | 0.1% |
| 116th | Romania | 92.2 | -0.6% |
| 117th | Slovenia | 99.6 | 0.3% |
| 118th | Austria | 100.2 | 0.5% |
| 119th | Moldova | 100.3 | -0.3% |
| 120th | Ghana | 101.3 | 2.6% |
| 121st | Azerbaijan | 102.7 | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Cuba | 106.0 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 106.9 | 4.3% |
| 124th | Albania | 109.2 | -0.6% |
| 125th | European Union | 109.5 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Armenia | 109.8 | -0.6% |
| 127th | Togo | 110.5 | 2.8% |
| 128th | Slovak Republic | 111.7 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Hungary | 112.4 | -0.2% |
| 130th | Cyprus | 114.1 | 1.8% |
| 131st | Portugal | 115.0 | 0.2% |
| 132nd | France | 118.0 | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Cabo Verde | 121.8 | 1.2% |
| 134th | Kiribati | 123.5 | 2.0% |
| 135th | Poland | 124.5 | -0.1% |
| 136th | Indonesia | 124.6 | 1.3% |
| 137th | Guatemala | 124.7 | 2.1% |
| 138th | Thailand | 130.3 | 0.8% |
| 139th | Northern Mariana Islands | 131.9 | -2.7% |
| 140th | Czechia | 132.5 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Kuwait | 132.7 | 5.7% |
| 142nd | Denmark | 135.9 | 0.3% |
| 143rd | China | 139.6 | 0.6% |
| 144th | Malawi | 140.0 | 2.8% |
| 145th | Isle of Man | 140.9 | 1.0% |
| 146th | Uganda | 144.1 | 3.0% |
| 147th | Tonga | 147.6 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 158.2 | -0.6% |
| 149th | British Virgin Islands | 163.3 | 3.5% |
| 150th | Nigeria | 163.7 | 2.8% |
| 151st | Andorra | 169.3 | 2.8% |
| 152nd | Gambia, The | 169.5 | 2.9% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | 172.5 | 2.5% |
| 154th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 179.1 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Antigua and Barbuda | 183.2 | 1.2% |
| 156th | Luxembourg | 183.6 | 1.6% |
| 157th | Seychelles | 183.9 | 2.1% |
| 158th | Nepal | 185.3 | 1.0% |
| 159th | Switzerland | 189.4 | 0.6% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 193.4 | 1.3% |
| 161st | Italy | 197.5 | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Cayman Islands | 201.0 | 3.1% |
| 163rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 203.7 | 0.5% |
| 164th | Liechtenstein | 219.0 | 0.8% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 233.1 | 2.4% |
| 166th | Germany | 236.2 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Jamaica | 249.4 | 0.5% |
| 168th | United Kingdom | 251.5 | 0.7% |
| 169th | Trinidad and Tobago | 253.0 | 0.3% |
| 170th | Viet Nam | 262.7 | 1.3% |
| 171st | St. Lucia | 273.2 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 281.9 | -0.4% |
| 173rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 287.2 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Marshall Islands | 288.8 | 0.2% |
| 175th | El Salvador | 289.7 | -0.1% |
| 176th | Philippines | 300.2 | 1.7% |
| 177th | Guam | 305.3 | 0.3% |
| 178th | Burundi | 306.3 | 3.7% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 309.6 | -0.1% |
| 180th | Grenada | 323.9 | 0.4% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 324.5 | 0.7% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 325.0 | 2.0% |
| 183rd | Israel | 326.0 | 1.8% |
| 184th | Haiti | 334.4 | 1.7% |
| 185th | Tuvalu | 335.2 | 1.2% |
| 186th | Belgium | 347.7 | 0.7% |
| 187th | Japan | 350.8 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Rwanda | 376.9 | 2.7% |
| 189th | India | 394.5 | 1.6% |
| 190th | Puerto Rico (US) | 429.0 | -0.4% |
| 191st | Lebanon | 464.4 | 1.7% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | 484.2 | 0.2% |
| 193rd | Korea | 500.0 | 0.5% |
| 194th | Nauru | 501.7 | -0.1% |
| 195th | San Marino | 503.1 | 1.2% |
| 196th | Aruba | 552.3 | 1.8% |
| 197th | West Bank and Gaza | 565.8 | 2.6% |
| 198th | Mauritius | 607.9 | 0.5% |
| 199th | Barbados | 627.9 | 0.5% |
| 200th | Channel Islands | 778.9 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Maldives | 1,046.2 | 2.4% |
| 202nd | Bangladesh | 1,124.7 | 1.2% |
| 203rd | Bermuda | 1,163.6 | 0.2% |
| 204th | Malta | 1,266.6 | 0.4% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 1,297.9 | 8.1% |
| 206th | Gibraltar | 2,959.4 | 1.5% |
| 207th | Singapore | 6,342.0 | 2.4% |
| 208th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,530.6 | 0.6% |
| 209th | Monaco | 15,815.0 | -0.5% |
| 210th | Macao SAR, China | 17,444.1 | 3.2% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's population density in 2006?▾
Costa Rica's population density in 2006 was 84.6. This ranked 110th globally.
How did Costa Rica's population density change in 2006?▾
Costa Rica's population density increased by 1.4% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest population density in 2006?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2006 at 17,444.1.
What is the population density of Costa Rica in 2006?▾
The population density of Costa Rica in 2006 was 84.6. This ranked 110th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Costa Rica's population density?▾
Costa Rica's population density went from 83.5 in 2005 to 84.6 in 2006, a 1.4% increase.
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