Costa Rica - Urban Population 1970
38.82%
+0.77% from 1969
Costa Rica's urban population was 38.82% in 1970, increased +0.77% from 38.04% in 1969. This was the 103rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1970▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 2.88% | 4.6% |
| 2nd | Bhutan | 3.16% | 5.2% |
| 3rd | Rwanda | 3.24% | 3.0% |
| 4th | Nepal | 3.93% | 1.5% |
| 5th | Malawi | 5.73% | 6.5% |
| 6th | Burkina Faso | 5.91% | 1.6% |
| 7th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.02% | 6.2% |
| 8th | Uganda | 6.17% | 1.4% |
| 9th | Tanzania | 6.26% | 11.5% |
| 10th | Solomon Islands | 7.13% | 7.6% |
| 11th | Mozambique | 7.26% | 7.4% |
| 12th | Bangladesh | 7.38% | 4.4% |
| 13th | South Sudan | 8.52% | -0.1% |
| 14th | Botswana | 9.00% | 13.5% |
| 15th | Niger | 9.06% | 6.8% |
| 16th | Lesotho | 9.22% | 6.3% |
| 17th | Lao PDR | 9.48% | 3.8% |
| 18th | Eswatini | 10.06% | 8.7% |
| 19th | Kenya | 10.14% | 3.2% |
| 20th | Papua New Guinea | 10.24% | 13.1% |
| 21st | Mali | 10.76% | 3.6% |
| 22nd | Vanuatu | 11.04% | 3.3% |
| 23rd | Afghanistan | 11.23% | 3.5% |
| 24th | Chad | 11.31% | 5.7% |
| 25th | Maldives | 11.91% | 2.4% |
| 26th | Timor-Leste | 12.19% | 3.0% |
| 27th | Eritrea | 12.79% | 1.5% |
| 28th | Gambia, The | 13.16% | 7.8% |
| 29th | Thailand | 13.29% | 1.6% |
| 30th | Madagascar | 14.09% | 2.7% |
| 31st | Tuvalu | 14.46% | 0.6% |
| 32nd | Angola | 14.49% | 3.7% |
| 33rd | Guinea-Bissau | 14.96% | 0.8% |
| 34th | Mauritania | 15.10% | 7.5% |
| 35th | British Virgin Islands | 16.51% | 3.2% |
| 36th | Indonesia | 16.80% | 1.6% |
| 37th | Guinea | 17.04% | 5.3% |
| 38th | China | 17.38% | -0.7% |
| 39th | Zimbabwe | 17.41% | 3.0% |
| 40th | Sudan | 17.50% | 2.7% |
| 41st | Cambodia | 17.60% | 25.7% |
| 42nd | Benin | 17.73% | 6.1% |
| 43rd | Liechtenstein | 18.39% | -0.6% |
| 44th | Haiti | 19.27% | 2.3% |
| 45th | Cabo Verde | 19.34% | 5.7% |
| 46th | India | 19.72% | 1.2% |
| 47th | Comoros | 19.77% | 2.0% |
| 48th | Tonga | 20.19% | 0.1% |
| 49th | Nigeria | 20.22% | 3.4% |
| 50th | Cameroon | 20.30% | 4.6% |
| 51st | Samoa | 20.35% | 1.5% |
| 52nd | Viet Nam | 20.69% | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Togo | 21.37% | 2.8% |
| 54th | St. Lucia | 22.09% | 1.1% |
| 55th | Sri Lanka | 22.28% | 1.5% |
| 56th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 23.24% | 2.5% |
| 57th | Myanmar | 23.31% | 1.3% |
| 58th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 24.04% | 1.0% |
| 59th | Sierra Leone | 24.36% | 3.5% |
| 60th | Virgin Islands (US) | 24.42% | -1.9% |
| 61st | Kiribati | 24.53% | 1.4% |
| 62nd | Pakistan | 24.82% | 1.0% |
| 63rd | Namibia | 24.94% | 0.4% |
| 64th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 25.17% | 0.7% |
| 65th | Liberia | 26.09% | 3.3% |
| 66th | Equatorial Guinea | 26.20% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Kosovo | 26.40% | 2.8% |
| 68th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.26% | 3.3% |
| 69th | Central African Republic | 27.62% | 4.3% |
| 70th | Faroe Islands | 27.99% | 2.1% |
| 71st | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.19% | 2.3% |
| 72nd | Honduras | 28.62% | 3.0% |
| 73rd | Ghana | 28.99% | 1.2% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 29.43% | 1.1% |
| 75th | São Tomé and Principe | 29.76% | 3.3% |
| 76th | Guyana | 30.12% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Türkiye | 30.25% | 3.7% |
| 78th | Zambia | 30.65% | 4.2% |
| 79th | Senegal | 31.29% | 2.8% |
| 80th | Albania | 31.62% | 0.4% |
| 81st | Philippines | 31.86% | 0.7% |
| 82nd | Moldova | 31.96% | 2.8% |
| 83rd | Gabon | 32.00% | 7.4% |
| 84th | Grenada | 32.22% | 0.3% |
| 85th | Oman | 33.17% | 6.8% |
| 86th | Montenegro | 33.49% | 2.7% |
| 87th | Antigua and Barbuda | 33.67% | -0.3% |
| 88th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 34.20% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Morocco | 34.49% | 1.7% |
| 90th | Portugal | 35.22% | 1.5% |
| 91st | Fiji | 35.30% | 1.2% |
| 92nd | Channel Islands | 35.36% | -1.2% |
| 93rd | Guatemala | 36.01% | 0.8% |
| 94th | Uzbekistan | 36.65% | 0.2% |
| 95th | Paraguay | 36.97% | 0.5% |
| 96th | Slovenia | 36.97% | 2.6% |
| 97th | Tajikistan | 37.11% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 37.49% | 0.4% |
| 99th | Congo, Republic of | 38.32% | 0.7% |
| 100th | Dominica | 38.54% | 0.3% |
| 101st | Seychelles | 38.71% | 4.0% |
| 102nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.81% | 5.0% |
| 103rd | Costa Rica | 38.82% | 2.0% |
| 104th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.16% | 0.7% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 39.33% | 1.1% |
| 106th | El Salvador | 39.40% | 0.3% |
| 107th | Algeria | 39.60% | 0.3% |
| 108th | Serbia | 39.98% | 2.4% |
| 109th | Cyprus | 40.08% | 1.2% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | 40.25% | 2.7% |
| 111th | Croatia | 40.36% | 2.4% |
| 112th | Korea | 40.71% | 5.2% |
| 113th | Slovak Republic | 41.01% | 2.3% |
| 114th | Jamaica | 41.43% | 2.0% |
| 115th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 41.53% | 2.2% |
| 116th | Romania | 42.03% | 2.3% |
| 117th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.57% | 0.8% |
| 118th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.01% | 0.3% |
| 119th | Syrian Arab Republic | 43.40% | 0.8% |
| 120th | Mauritius | 43.95% | 0.4% |
| 121st | Belarus | 43.97% | 3.0% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | 44.65% | 3.0% |
| 123rd | Mongolia | 44.99% | 1.5% |
| 124th | Barbados | 45.32% | 1.8% |
| 125th | Libya | 45.83% | 11.8% |
| 126th | Nicaragua | 47.28% | 1.6% |
| 127th | North Macedonia | 47.43% | 2.3% |
| 128th | Panama | 47.62% | 0.8% |
| 129th | South Africa | 47.78% | 0.2% |
| 130th | Turkmenistan | 47.90% | 0.0% |
| 131st | Georgia | 47.95% | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Saudi Arabia | 49.17% | 4.4% |
| 133rd | Azerbaijan | 50.20% | 0.4% |
| 134th | Kazakhstan | 50.46% | 0.9% |
| 135th | Lithuania | 50.64% | 2.6% |
| 136th | Jordan | 50.76% | 1.6% |
| 137th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 51.07% | 0.8% |
| 138th | New Caledonia | 51.53% | 2.0% |
| 139th | Austria | 51.65% | 0.4% |
| 140th | Ireland | 51.85% | 1.1% |
| 141st | Poland | 52.07% | 0.8% |
| 142nd | Bulgaria | 52.32% | 3.4% |
| 143rd | Brazil | 53.18% | 1.9% |
| 144th | French Polynesia | 53.25% | 2.1% |
| 145th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 54.20% | 1.8% |
| 146th | Belize | 54.25% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Marshall Islands | 54.30% | 6.5% |
| 148th | American Samoa | 54.60% | 2.5% |
| 149th | Ukraine | 54.85% | 1.4% |
| 150th | West Bank and Gaza | 55.02% | 2.1% |
| 151st | Hungary | 55.30% | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Isle of Man | 55.90% | -0.4% |
| 153rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 56.75% | 2.1% |
| 154th | Iraq | 56.97% | 1.9% |
| 155th | Switzerland | 57.43% | 0.9% |
| 156th | Peru | 57.69% | 2.0% |
| 157th | Colombia | 58.17% | 1.8% |
| 158th | Palau | 58.33% | 1.7% |
| 159th | Mexico | 59.03% | 1.3% |
| 160th | Lebanon | 59.53% | 2.7% |
| 161st | San Marino | 59.80% | 2.5% |
| 162nd | Armenia | 59.87% | 1.9% |
| 163rd | Cuba | 60.26% | 0.5% |
| 164th | Finland | 60.26% | 0.6% |
| 165th | Netherlands | 62.09% | 0.5% |
| 166th | Aruba | 62.41% | 0.8% |
| 167th | Russian Federation | 62.58% | 1.3% |
| 168th | Latvia | 62.73% | 0.9% |
| 169th | Djibouti | 63.12% | 2.1% |
| 170th | Brunei Darussalam | 63.24% | 1.5% |
| 171st | Greece | 64.32% | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Czechia | 64.36% | 0.8% |
| 173rd | Bahamas, The | 64.36% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Italy | 64.46% | 0.6% |
| 175th | European Union | 64.63% | 0.8% |
| 176th | Estonia | 65.17% | 0.8% |
| 177th | Norway | 65.63% | 1.9% |
| 178th | Suriname | 65.92% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Spain | 66.16% | 1.2% |
| 180th | Belgium | 70.63% | 0.7% |
| 181st | France | 71.36% | 0.8% |
| 182nd | Japan | 71.86% | 1.1% |
| 183rd | Greenland | 73.09% | 0.7% |
| 184th | United States | 73.50% | 0.1% |
| 185th | Luxembourg | 74.34% | 0.7% |
| 186th | Chile | 75.26% | 0.9% |
| 187th | Canada | 75.95% | 0.5% |
| 188th | United Kingdom | 76.92% | -0.1% |
| 189th | Qatar | 77.00% | 1.1% |
| 190th | Andorra | 77.65% | 2.6% |
| 191st | Bahrain | 78.31% | -0.8% |
| 192nd | Argentina | 78.76% | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Curaçao | 78.82% | 0.4% |
| 194th | Germany | 79.66% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Denmark | 79.73% | 0.7% |
| 196th | Northern Mariana Islands | 80.07% | -0.2% |
| 197th | New Zealand | 80.45% | 3.3% |
| 198th | Kuwait | 80.49% | 0.6% |
| 199th | United Arab Emirates | 81.22% | 0.9% |
| 200th | Sweden | 81.24% | 0.7% |
| 201st | Uruguay | 81.98% | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Israel | 84.31% | 0.7% |
| 203rd | Iceland | 85.04% | 0.3% |
| 204th | Australia | 85.27% | 0.6% |
| 205th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 87.67% | 0.4% |
| 206th | Guam | 88.73% | 0.1% |
| 207th | Malta | 89.36% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 97.01% | 0.2% |
| 209th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 212th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 213th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 214th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 215th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 216th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
FAQ
What was Costa Rica's urban population in 1970?▾
Costa Rica's urban population in 1970 was 38.82%. This ranked 103rd globally.
How did Costa Rica's urban population change in 1970?▾
Costa Rica's urban population increased by 2.0% in 1970 compared to 1969.
Which country had the highest urban population in 1970?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1970 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Costa Rica in 1970?▾
The urban population of Costa Rica in 1970 was 38.82%. This ranked 103rd globally.
How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Costa Rica's urban population?▾
Costa Rica's urban population went from 38.04% in 1969 to 38.82% in 1970, a 2.0% increase.
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