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Costa Rica - Population Density 2012

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

91.3 +1.1 from 2011 Global rank: 111th

Costa Rica's population density was 91.3 in 2012, increased +1.1 from 90.3 in 2011. This was the 111th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Population Density by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	-0.1%
2nd	Mongolia	1.8	1.9%
3rd	Namibia	2.7	2.3%
4th	Australia	3.0	1.8%
5th	Iceland	3.2	0.5%
6th	Suriname	3.5	1.1%
7th	Mauritania	3.5	3.3%
8th	Libya	3.5	-2.6%
9th	Botswana	3.7	1.7%
10th	Guyana	3.8	0.0%
11th	Canada	3.9	1.1%
12th	Kazakhstan	6.4	1.4%
13th	Gabon	7.2	3.6%
14th	Central African Republic	7.4	1.0%
15th	Russian Federation	8.8	0.3%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	9.7	1.6%
17th	Chad	10.5	3.6%
18th	Oman	11.5	15.3%
19th	Saudi Arabia	12.2	4.3%
20th	Turkmenistan	12.4	2.2%
21st	Norway	13.7	1.3%
22nd	Congo, Republic of	13.9	2.8%
23rd	Mali	13.9	3.0%
24th	Niger	14.1	3.8%
25th	Belize	14.7	2.2%
26th	Paraguay	14.8	1.4%
27th	New Caledonia	14.9	1.9%
28th	Argentina	15.4	1.0%
29th	Algeria	15.8	2.0%
30th	New Zealand	16.7	0.5%
31st	South Sudan	17.0	-
32nd	Finland	17.8	0.5%
33rd	Papua New Guinea	17.8	2.8%
34th	Bhutan	18.8	1.1%
35th	Uruguay	19.1	0.3%
36th	Sudan	19.8	-
37th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	19.9	0.9%
38th	Zambia	20.1	3.3%
39th	Angola	20.2	4.0%
40th	Vanuatu	20.4	2.2%
41st	Solomon Islands	20.5	3.7%
42nd	Peru	23.1	0.8%
43rd	Sweden	23.4	0.7%
44th	Brazil	23.6	0.8%
45th	Chile	23.6	1.0%
46th	Eritrea	25.1	1.3%
47th	Lao PDR	28.2	1.4%
48th	Kyrgyz Republic	29.5	1.9%
49th	Mozambique	30.9	2.9%
50th	Estonia	31.2	-0.4%
51st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	32.3	3.4%
52nd	Latvia	32.7	-1.2%
53rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	33.8	4.2%
54th	United States	34.4	0.8%
55th	Faroe Islands	34.6	-0.5%
56th	Zimbabwe	35.7	1.6%
57th	Bahamas, The	37.5	1.0%
58th	Palau	38.6	-1.7%
59th	Madagascar	40.3	2.8%
60th	Colombia	41.2	1.0%
61st	Djibouti	41.7	1.9%
62nd	Cameroon	44.0	2.9%
63rd	South Africa	44.3	1.5%
64th	Guinea	44.4	2.5%
65th	Liberia	45.4	3.6%
66th	Equatorial Guinea	46.1	4.2%
67th	Montenegro	46.2	0.2%
68th	Belarus	46.6	-0.2%
69th	Afghanistan	46.9	4.1%
70th	Lithuania	47.7	-1.3%
71st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	48.7	1.3%
72nd	Nicaragua	49.0	1.4%
73rd	Fiji	50.1	0.2%
74th	Panama	50.6	1.8%
75th	Tanzania	53.5	2.9%
76th	Yemen, Republic of	53.9	3.1%
77th	Tajikistan	57.3	2.4%
78th	Guinea-Bissau	58.7	2.7%
79th	Mexico	60.1	1.4%
80th	Ecuador	62.7	1.6%
81st	Burkina Faso	62.8	3.1%
82nd	Georgia	65.2	-0.7%
83rd	Eswatini	65.3	0.5%
84th	Ireland	66.8	0.4%
85th	Lesotho	67.0	1.0%
86th	Uzbekistan	67.1	1.5%
87th	Bulgaria	67.3	-0.6%
88th	Senegal	69.1	2.7%
89th	Samoa	69.4	0.9%
90th	Tunisia	70.9	1.1%
91st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71.7	-1.9%
92nd	Côte d'Ivoire	73.8	2.1%
93rd	Morocco	74.7	1.3%
94th	Croatia	76.1	-0.5%
95th	Myanmar	76.3	0.9%
96th	Timor-Leste	76.3	2.2%
97th	North Macedonia	76.5	-0.4%
98th	Brunei Darussalam	77.0	1.5%
99th	Kenya	77.1	2.6%
100th	Iraq	77.5	4.6%
101st	Honduras	77.9	2.0%
102nd	French Polynesia	78.7	0.5%
103rd	Ukraine	79.8	-0.2%
104th	Serbia	82.3	-0.5%
105th	Cambodia	84.7	1.5%
106th	Jordan	85.5	1.4%
107th	Greece	85.7	-0.5%
108th	Romania	87.2	-0.4%
109th	Malaysia	90.3	1.7%
110th	Sierra Leone	90.8	2.6%
111th	Costa Rica	91.3	1.2%
112th	Dominica	92.2	0.1%
113th	Benin	92.2	3.0%
114th	Spain	93.5	0.0%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	93.6	2.3%
116th	Türkiye	97.7	1.3%
117th	Moldova	99.7	0.0%
118th	Slovenia	102.1	0.2%
119th	Austria	102.2	0.5%
120th	United Arab Emirates	104.1	4.0%
121st	Albania	104.4	-1.5%
122nd	Cuba	106.0	0.2%
123rd	Armenia	106.2	-0.1%
124th	Hungary	109.6	-0.5%
125th	European Union	110.6	0.1%
126th	Slovak Republic	112.5	0.2%
127th	Azerbaijan	112.5	1.3%
128th	Portugal	114.8	-0.4%
129th	Northern Mariana Islands	115.7	-0.7%
130th	Ghana	117.5	2.4%
131st	France	121.8	0.5%
132nd	Syrian Arab Republic	123.9	-0.5%
133rd	Poland	124.3	0.0%
134th	Cyprus	126.1	1.6%
135th	Cabo Verde	127.0	0.1%
136th	Togo	130.6	2.7%
137th	Indonesia	134.6	1.3%
138th	Thailand	135.9	0.6%
139th	Czechia	136.1	0.1%
140th	Kiribati	138.6	1.5%
141st	Denmark	139.8	0.4%
142nd	Guatemala	140.8	2.0%
143rd	China	144.2	0.7%
144th	Isle of Man	148.0	-0.1%
145th	Qatar	148.4	6.0%
146th	Tonga	149.3	-0.1%
147th	Micronesia, Federated States of	154.1	0.2%
148th	Andorra	163.5	-1.2%
149th	Malawi	166.6	2.9%
150th	Uganda	171.2	2.9%
151st	St. Kitts and Nevis	180.9	0.3%
152nd	Kuwait	187.3	6.5%
153rd	Seychelles	192.0	1.0%
154th	Nepal	192.1	0.3%
155th	Nigeria	193.5	2.8%
156th	São Tomé and Principe	197.3	2.0%
157th	Antigua and Barbuda	198.3	1.1%
158th	Gambia, The	201.9	3.0%
159th	British Virgin Islands	202.3	5.7%
160th	Switzerland	202.4	1.1%
161st	Italy	203.5	0.3%
162nd	Luxembourg	206.2	2.4%
163rd	Dominican Republic	208.5	1.3%
164th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	209.4	0.5%
165th	Liechtenstein	229.1	1.0%
166th	Germany	230.8	0.2%
167th	Cayman Islands	238.1	2.8%
168th	Jamaica	256.0	0.4%
169th	Trinidad and Tobago	260.3	0.5%
170th	United Kingdom	263.3	0.7%
171st	Pakistan	269.4	1.9%
172nd	American Samoa	272.4	-0.7%
173rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	278.8	-0.6%
174th	St. Lucia	282.9	0.5%
175th	Viet Nam	285.6	1.1%
176th	Marshall Islands	285.7	-0.9%
177th	El Salvador	295.1	0.4%
178th	Guam	308.0	-0.1%
179th	Virgin Islands (US)	309.1	-0.1%
180th	Grenada	331.7	0.6%
181st	Philippines	336.0	2.0%
182nd	Sri Lanka	337.6	0.8%
183rd	Curaçao	342.5	0.8%
184th	Japan	350.1	-0.2%
185th	Tuvalu	364.5	1.4%
186th	Haiti	365.4	1.6%
187th	Israel	365.5	1.9%
188th	Belgium	366.2	0.6%
189th	Comoros	366.3	2.0%
190th	Burundi	392.2	3.6%
191st	Puerto Rico (US)	412.7	-0.9%
192nd	India	430.1	1.4%
193rd	Rwanda	439.0	2.4%
194th	Netherlands	496.9	0.4%
195th	Lebanon	511.8	2.7%
196th	Nauru	513.4	1.7%
197th	Korea	515.9	0.4%
198th	San Marino	557.8	2.6%
199th	Aruba	578.4	1.5%
200th	Mauritius	628.9	0.3%
201st	Barbados	644.0	0.3%
202nd	West Bank and Gaza	661.1	2.5%
203rd	St. Martin (French part)	745.5	0.6%
204th	Channel Islands	812.0	0.7%
205th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,030.1	2.2%
206th	Bermuda	1,178.6	-0.1%
207th	Bangladesh	1,191.3	1.0%
208th	Maldives	1,289.4	3.5%
209th	Malta	1,312.6	0.9%
210th	Bahrain	1,570.1	0.8%
211th	Gibraltar	3,202.9	1.2%
212th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,809.6	1.1%
213th	Singapore	7,524.7	2.2%
214th	Monaco	17,124.3	2.3%
215th	Macao SAR, China	18,993.3	3.3%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's population density in 2012?▾

Costa Rica's population density in 2012 was 91.3. This ranked 111th globally.

How did Costa Rica's population density change in 2012?▾

Costa Rica's population density increased by 1.2% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest population density in 2012?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2012 at 18,993.3.

What is the population density of Costa Rica in 2012?▾

The population density of Costa Rica in 2012 was 91.3. This ranked 111th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Costa Rica's population density?▾

Costa Rica's population density went from 90.3 in 2011 to 91.3 in 2012, a 1.2% increase.

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