Costa Rica - Urban Population 2002
61.28%
+1.14% from 2001
Costa Rica's urban population was 61.28% in 2002, increased +1.14% from 60.14% in 2001. This was the 121st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Burundi | 8.45% | 2.5% |
| 2nd | Uganda | 12.20% | 2.5% |
| 3rd | Papua New Guinea | 13.15% | -0.3% |
| 4th | Sri Lanka | 14.61% | 0.3% |
| 5th | Liechtenstein | 14.81% | -0.6% |
| 6th | Malawi | 14.87% | 0.6% |
| 7th | Niger | 16.27% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Solomon Islands | 16.40% | 2.1% |
| 9th | South Sudan | 16.45% | 1.2% |
| 10th | Rwanda | 16.88% | 2.0% |
| 11th | Cambodia | 18.80% | 0.5% |
| 12th | Afghanistan | 18.94% | 1.1% |
| 13th | Mali | 19.68% | 1.9% |
| 14th | Burkina Faso | 19.73% | 4.6% |
| 15th | Lesotho | 20.49% | 3.0% |
| 16th | Chad | 21.70% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Kenya | 21.86% | 6.9% |
| 18th | Samoa | 21.94% | -0.1% |
| 19th | Vanuatu | 22.20% | 1.2% |
| 20th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.33% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Eswatini | 22.57% | -0.6% |
| 22nd | Tanzania | 23.03% | 1.9% |
| 23rd | Tonga | 23.07% | 0.1% |
| 24th | Bangladesh | 24.11% | 1.7% |
| 25th | Lao PDR | 24.52% | 4.9% |
| 26th | Timor-Leste | 24.85% | 1.6% |
| 27th | Viet Nam | 25.55% | 2.4% |
| 28th | Madagascar | 25.60% | 1.2% |
| 29th | Tajikistan | 26.53% | 0.0% |
| 30th | St. Lucia | 26.94% | -2.1% |
| 31st | Yemen, Republic of | 27.58% | 1.8% |
| 32nd | Myanmar | 27.88% | 0.6% |
| 33rd | Comoros | 27.96% | -0.1% |
| 34th | India | 28.18% | 1.0% |
| 35th | Guyana | 28.48% | -0.5% |
| 36th | Bhutan | 28.96% | 2.4% |
| 37th | Mozambique | 29.57% | 0.5% |
| 38th | Maldives | 29.89% | 4.7% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 30.58% | 0.3% |
| 40th | Antigua and Barbuda | 31.23% | -1.7% |
| 41st | Guinea | 31.51% | 0.9% |
| 42nd | Sudan | 32.40% | 0.1% |
| 43rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 32.44% | -0.5% |
| 44th | Zimbabwe | 32.56% | 0.2% |
| 45th | Pakistan | 33.39% | 0.6% |
| 46th | Namibia | 33.65% | 2.4% |
| 47th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 33.99% | 1.4% |
| 48th | Togo | 34.00% | 1.3% |
| 49th | Thailand | 34.07% | 4.1% |
| 50th | Eritrea | 34.54% | 0.6% |
| 51st | Nepal | 35.04% | 6.8% |
| 52nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.31% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Grenada | 35.92% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Faroe Islands | 35.94% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 35.94% | 1.5% |
| 56th | Sierra Leone | 36.01% | 0.7% |
| 57th | Zambia | 36.07% | 0.5% |
| 58th | Guinea-Bissau | 37.47% | 0.8% |
| 59th | Kosovo | 37.53% | 0.1% |
| 60th | Central African Republic | 37.82% | 0.2% |
| 61st | Mauritania | 38.39% | 0.7% |
| 62nd | Benin | 39.00% | 1.0% |
| 63rd | China | 39.09% | 3.8% |
| 64th | Equatorial Guinea | 39.20% | 0.9% |
| 65th | Moldova | 39.62% | -0.1% |
| 66th | Philippines | 39.96% | 1.1% |
| 67th | Haiti | 39.97% | 4.1% |
| 68th | Senegal | 41.11% | 0.6% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 41.70% | -0.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 42.44% | 1.0% |
| 71st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.83% | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Seychelles | 43.09% | -0.3% |
| 73rd | Albania | 43.15% | 1.9% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.20% | 0.7% |
| 75th | Kiribati | 43.50% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Indonesia | 43.78% | 2.1% |
| 77th | Côte d'Ivoire | 43.86% | 0.9% |
| 78th | Liberia | 44.57% | 0.9% |
| 79th | Nigeria | 44.98% | 1.9% |
| 80th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.12% | 0.3% |
| 81st | Ghana | 45.35% | 1.6% |
| 82nd | Guatemala | 45.78% | 2.5% |
| 83rd | Honduras | 46.42% | 1.2% |
| 84th | Turkmenistan | 46.59% | 0.5% |
| 85th | Tuvalu | 46.74% | 1.4% |
| 86th | Cameroon | 47.26% | 1.1% |
| 87th | Belize | 47.49% | -0.3% |
| 88th | Fiji | 48.78% | 0.7% |
| 89th | Uzbekistan | 49.26% | 1.6% |
| 90th | Gambia, The | 49.57% | 2.5% |
| 91st | Slovenia | 50.77% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 51.21% | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Isle of Man | 51.73% | -0.2% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 52.15% | 0.4% |
| 95th | Georgia | 52.41% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Syrian Arab Republic | 52.70% | 0.8% |
| 97th | Romania | 52.75% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Angola | 52.89% | 2.3% |
| 99th | Morocco | 54.22% | 0.6% |
| 100th | Botswana | 55.01% | 1.8% |
| 101st | São Tomé and Principe | 55.09% | 2.1% |
| 102nd | Nicaragua | 55.49% | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | 55.50% | -0.5% |
| 104th | Cabo Verde | 55.57% | 1.4% |
| 105th | Croatia | 55.67% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Portugal | 55.79% | 1.3% |
| 107th | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.83% | -0.1% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 55.86% | -0.1% |
| 109th | Slovak Republic | 55.88% | -0.2% |
| 110th | Serbia | 56.46% | 0.7% |
| 111th | South Africa | 57.67% | 1.2% |
| 112th | North Macedonia | 57.87% | -0.4% |
| 113th | Mongolia | 58.13% | 1.6% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 58.31% | 0.6% |
| 115th | El Salvador | 58.35% | 1.6% |
| 116th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 59.54% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Ireland | 59.64% | 0.4% |
| 118th | Congo, Republic of | 59.97% | 0.9% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 60.74% | 1.4% |
| 120th | Montenegro | 61.03% | 1.5% |
| 121st | Costa Rica | 61.28% | 1.9% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | 61.29% | 0.5% |
| 123rd | Algeria | 61.38% | 1.3% |
| 124th | Poland | 61.76% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Barbados | 61.97% | -0.5% |
| 126th | New Caledonia | 62.41% | 0.7% |
| 127th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 62.82% | 0.8% |
| 128th | Panama | 63.03% | 0.6% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 63.29% | 1.6% |
| 130th | Malaysia | 64.06% | 1.6% |
| 131st | Tunisia | 64.28% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Armenia | 64.74% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Hungary | 65.04% | 0.6% |
| 134th | Aruba | 65.28% | -0.1% |
| 135th | Dominica | 65.52% | 0.2% |
| 136th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 65.93% | 1.1% |
| 137th | Suriname | 66.73% | 0.0% |
| 138th | Lithuania | 66.89% | -0.1% |
| 139th | Austria | 66.89% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Ukraine | 67.27% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Italy | 67.35% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Estonia | 67.41% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Finland | 67.80% | 0.4% |
| 144th | Iraq | 67.89% | 0.2% |
| 145th | Latvia | 67.98% | -0.1% |
| 146th | Cyprus | 68.79% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Marshall Islands | 69.04% | 0.6% |
| 148th | Bulgaria | 69.49% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Belarus | 70.88% | 0.8% |
| 150th | Oman | 71.50% | 0.0% |
| 151st | European Union | 71.94% | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Brunei Darussalam | 72.10% | 0.6% |
| 153rd | Palau | 72.38% | 2.6% |
| 154th | Djibouti | 72.45% | -0.6% |
| 155th | Greece | 73.10% | 0.3% |
| 156th | Russian Federation | 73.29% | 0.1% |
| 157th | Switzerland | 73.42% | 0.1% |
| 158th | Peru | 73.55% | 0.5% |
| 159th | Czechia | 73.84% | -0.1% |
| 160th | Colombia | 75.19% | 0.5% |
| 161st | West Bank and Gaza | 75.50% | 2.4% |
| 162nd | Mexico | 75.68% | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Cuba | 75.85% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Spain | 76.49% | 0.2% |
| 165th | Norway | 76.80% | 0.5% |
| 166th | France | 77.25% | 0.5% |
| 167th | Jordan | 78.30% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Canada | 79.10% | 0.3% |
| 169th | United States | 79.55% | 0.3% |
| 170th | United Kingdom | 80.11% | 0.2% |
| 171st | Germany | 80.12% | 0.0% |
| 172nd | United Arab Emirates | 80.27% | 0.7% |
| 173rd | Korea | 80.28% | 0.5% |
| 174th | Saudi Arabia | 80.34% | 0.2% |
| 175th | Japan | 80.55% | 1.8% |
| 176th | Netherlands | 80.81% | 0.8% |
| 177th | Gabon | 81.22% | 1.0% |
| 178th | Bahamas, The | 81.31% | 0.2% |
| 179th | Brazil | 81.99% | 0.5% |
| 180th | Greenland | 82.08% | 0.3% |
| 181st | Belgium | 82.65% | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Sweden | 84.13% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Luxembourg | 85.20% | 0.5% |
| 184th | Australia | 85.28% | 0.2% |
| 185th | Denmark | 85.30% | 0.1% |
| 186th | New Zealand | 85.81% | 0.1% |
| 187th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 86.01% | 0.8% |
| 188th | Lebanon | 86.29% | 0.2% |
| 189th | Chile | 86.61% | 0.1% |
| 190th | Libya | 87.63% | 0.4% |
| 191st | Bahrain | 88.14% | 0.3% |
| 192nd | American Samoa | 88.43% | -0.1% |
| 193rd | Argentina | 89.56% | 0.2% |
| 194th | Northern Mariana Islands | 90.34% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Curaçao | 91.10% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Israel | 91.44% | 0.1% |
| 197th | Andorra | 91.46% | -0.5% |
| 198th | Uruguay | 91.49% | 0.1% |
| 199th | Iceland | 92.17% | 0.1% |
| 200th | Virgin Islands (US) | 93.22% | 0.3% |
| 201st | Guam | 93.42% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Malta | 93.44% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 93.95% | 0.1% |
| 204th | Puerto Rico (US) | 94.32% | -0.1% |
| 205th | Qatar | 96.64% | 0.2% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 99.51% | 0.3% |
| 207th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 211th | Macao SAR, China | 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 2002?▾
Costa Rica's urban population in 2002 was 61.28%. This ranked 121st globally.
How did Costa Rica's urban population change in 2002?▾
Costa Rica's urban population increased by 1.9% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2002?▾
Bermuda had the highest urban population in 2002 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Costa Rica in 2002?▾
The urban population of Costa Rica in 2002 was 61.28%. This ranked 121st globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Costa Rica's urban population?▾
Costa Rica's urban population went from 60.14% in 2001 to 61.28% in 2002, a 1.9% increase.
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