Costa Rica - Urban Population 2014
74.49%
+0.54% from 2013
Costa Rica's urban population was 74.49% in 2014, increased +0.54% from 73.94% in 2013. This was the 149th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Papua New Guinea | 13.13% | 0.6% |
| 2nd | Burundi | 13.78% | 6.3% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 14.43% | 0.1% |
| 4th | Malawi | 15.77% | 0.4% |
| 5th | Niger | 16.25% | 0.2% |
| 6th | Rwanda | 17.50% | 2.5% |
| 7th | South Sudan | 18.55% | 1.4% |
| 8th | Sri Lanka | 18.62% | 1.0% |
| 9th | Samoa | 19.31% | -0.4% |
| 10th | St. Lucia | 19.39% | 2.5% |
| 11th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.30% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Chad | 22.53% | 1.0% |
| 13th | Solomon Islands | 22.86% | 3.4% |
| 14th | Eswatini | 23.03% | 0.9% |
| 15th | Tonga | 23.34% | -0.3% |
| 16th | Afghanistan | 24.19% | 1.6% |
| 17th | Uganda | 24.19% | 6.4% |
| 18th | Vanuatu | 24.85% | 0.1% |
| 19th | Antigua and Barbuda | 25.09% | -0.6% |
| 20th | Mali | 25.27% | 2.3% |
| 21st | Burkina Faso | 25.38% | 1.1% |
| 22nd | Guyana | 26.40% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Tajikistan | 26.56% | 0.3% |
| 24th | Cambodia | 27.82% | 8.0% |
| 25th | Madagascar | 28.92% | 0.9% |
| 26th | Bangladesh | 29.19% | 1.2% |
| 27th | Timor-Leste | 29.55% | -0.1% |
| 28th | Myanmar | 29.62% | 0.4% |
| 29th | Comoros | 30.03% | 1.1% |
| 30th | Tanzania | 30.64% | 1.9% |
| 31st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 31.23% | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Kenya | 31.79% | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Yemen, Republic of | 31.86% | 1.3% |
| 34th | Mozambique | 31.90% | 0.7% |
| 35th | Viet Nam | 31.95% | 1.3% |
| 36th | India | 32.23% | 1.0% |
| 37th | Channel Islands | 32.63% | 0.3% |
| 38th | Lesotho | 32.64% | 4.5% |
| 39th | Lao PDR | 32.66% | 1.4% |
| 40th | Zimbabwe | 33.16% | 0.8% |
| 41st | Sudan | 33.76% | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Guinea | 34.82% | 0.7% |
| 43rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 35.15% | -0.1% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 35.64% | -0.1% |
| 45th | Pakistan | 35.66% | 0.6% |
| 46th | Grenada | 35.90% | 0.1% |
| 47th | Bhutan | 36.13% | 1.6% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 37.91% | 0.4% |
| 49th | Maldives | 38.19% | 1.0% |
| 50th | Kosovo | 39.19% | 1.5% |
| 51st | Togo | 39.28% | 1.1% |
| 52nd | Central African Republic | 39.62% | 0.8% |
| 53rd | Moldova | 39.63% | 0.5% |
| 54th | Mauritius | 39.79% | -0.3% |
| 55th | Sierra Leone | 40.33% | 1.1% |
| 56th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 40.96% | 1.0% |
| 57th | Zambia | 41.56% | 1.0% |
| 58th | Guinea-Bissau | 41.73% | 1.0% |
| 59th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 42.35% | 2.6% |
| 60th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.68% | -0.2% |
| 61st | Seychelles | 42.94% | 0.3% |
| 62nd | Belize | 44.19% | -0.6% |
| 63rd | Namibia | 44.82% | 1.6% |
| 64th | Benin | 45.29% | 1.4% |
| 65th | Senegal | 45.60% | 1.2% |
| 66th | Thailand | 46.31% | 1.1% |
| 67th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.56% | 0.3% |
| 68th | Turkmenistan | 47.00% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.13% | 0.9% |
| 70th | Haiti | 48.77% | 1.4% |
| 71st | British Virgin Islands | 48.81% | 1.4% |
| 72nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.02% | 0.9% |
| 73rd | Liberia | 50.22% | 1.1% |
| 74th | Philippines | 50.24% | 2.3% |
| 75th | Kiribati | 50.39% | 0.8% |
| 76th | Mauritania | 50.47% | 2.3% |
| 77th | Uzbekistan | 50.89% | -0.5% |
| 78th | Slovenia | 50.98% | 1.9% |
| 79th | Isle of Man | 52.10% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Cameroon | 52.30% | 0.7% |
| 81st | Indonesia | 52.50% | 1.3% |
| 82nd | Ghana | 53.07% | 1.1% |
| 83rd | Guatemala | 53.15% | 0.7% |
| 84th | Romania | 53.83% | -0.2% |
| 85th | Honduras | 53.88% | 1.0% |
| 86th | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.93% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Slovak Republic | 54.00% | -0.3% |
| 88th | Fiji | 54.08% | 1.0% |
| 89th | Azerbaijan | 54.63% | 0.8% |
| 90th | Albania | 54.73% | 0.8% |
| 91st | Jamaica | 54.87% | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Nigeria | 54.92% | 1.5% |
| 93rd | Croatia | 55.46% | 0.2% |
| 94th | Kazakhstan | 55.55% | 0.9% |
| 95th | China | 55.75% | 2.3% |
| 96th | Georgia | 57.02% | 0.7% |
| 97th | Nicaragua | 57.62% | 0.3% |
| 98th | Tuvalu | 58.30% | 1.2% |
| 99th | Gambia, The | 58.61% | 1.1% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | 58.80% | 0.4% |
| 101st | Barbados | 59.24% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 59.88% | 0.4% |
| 103rd | Morocco | 60.30% | 0.7% |
| 104th | Poland | 60.43% | -0.2% |
| 105th | Paraguay | 60.71% | 0.8% |
| 106th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 61.09% | 0.3% |
| 107th | Portugal | 61.14% | 0.0% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 61.68% | 0.1% |
| 109th | Ireland | 62.54% | 0.2% |
| 110th | Angola | 62.72% | 0.9% |
| 111th | Ecuador | 62.92% | 0.1% |
| 112th | Congo, Republic of | 63.01% | 0.2% |
| 113th | South Africa | 63.14% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Aruba | 63.44% | -0.3% |
| 115th | Armenia | 64.41% | 0.1% |
| 116th | Nepal | 64.56% | 0.7% |
| 117th | Montenegro | 64.72% | 0.2% |
| 118th | Botswana | 65.10% | 0.5% |
| 119th | Panama | 65.45% | 0.1% |
| 120th | Equatorial Guinea | 65.56% | 5.4% |
| 121st | Cabo Verde | 65.81% | 1.6% |
| 122nd | Suriname | 66.22% | -0.1% |
| 123rd | New Caledonia | 66.78% | 0.0% |
| 124th | Cyprus | 67.12% | -0.1% |
| 125th | Lithuania | 67.15% | 0.2% |
| 126th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.26% | 0.2% |
| 127th | Austria | 67.42% | 0.2% |
| 128th | Tunisia | 67.75% | 0.4% |
| 129th | Latvia | 67.87% | 0.0% |
| 130th | Mongolia | 67.99% | 0.0% |
| 131st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.04% | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Estonia | 68.27% | 0.3% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 68.92% | 1.2% |
| 134th | Ukraine | 69.06% | 0.2% |
| 135th | Dominica | 69.49% | 0.5% |
| 136th | Algeria | 69.55% | 0.9% |
| 137th | Italy | 69.58% | 0.4% |
| 138th | Iraq | 69.67% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Hungary | 70.31% | 0.5% |
| 140th | Djibouti | 70.89% | 0.1% |
| 141st | Finland | 70.99% | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 72.83% | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Malaysia | 72.98% | 0.7% |
| 144th | Bulgaria | 73.08% | 0.2% |
| 145th | Czechia | 73.10% | -0.1% |
| 146th | European Union | 73.70% | 0.2% |
| 147th | Russian Federation | 74.18% | 0.1% |
| 148th | Dominican Republic | 74.19% | 0.0% |
| 149th | Costa Rica | 74.49% | 0.7% |
| 150th | Switzerland | 74.74% | 0.8% |
| 151st | Brunei Darussalam | 75.06% | -0.2% |
| 152nd | Marshall Islands | 75.08% | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 76.00% | 4.0% |
| 154th | Belarus | 76.34% | 0.5% |
| 155th | Cuba | 76.84% | 0.0% |
| 156th | Oman | 76.89% | 0.5% |
| 157th | Mexico | 76.97% | 0.2% |
| 158th | Colombia | 77.11% | 0.1% |
| 159th | Greece | 77.31% | 0.3% |
| 160th | France | 77.35% | 0.1% |
| 161st | Spain | 79.12% | 0.2% |
| 162nd | Peru | 79.99% | 0.9% |
| 163rd | Germany | 80.58% | 0.1% |
| 164th | Norway | 80.61% | 0.8% |
| 165th | United States | 80.62% | 0.0% |
| 166th | Palau | 80.73% | -0.4% |
| 167th | Canada | 81.21% | 0.0% |
| 168th | United Kingdom | 81.64% | 0.2% |
| 169th | Korea | 81.73% | -0.1% |
| 170th | Bahamas, The | 82.32% | -0.1% |
| 171st | Saudi Arabia | 82.78% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Türkiye | 83.60% | 6.5% |
| 173rd | United Arab Emirates | 84.14% | 0.2% |
| 174th | American Samoa | 85.04% | -0.4% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 85.04% | 0.3% |
| 176th | Brazil | 85.43% | 0.3% |
| 177th | New Zealand | 85.51% | -0.2% |
| 178th | Greenland | 85.68% | 0.4% |
| 179th | Belgium | 85.98% | 0.3% |
| 180th | Sweden | 86.26% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Australia | 86.72% | 0.2% |
| 182nd | Chile | 87.31% | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Gabon | 87.62% | 0.5% |
| 184th | Denmark | 87.68% | 0.2% |
| 185th | Libya | 88.01% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Jordan | 88.04% | 1.8% |
| 187th | Lebanon | 88.42% | 0.2% |
| 188th | Andorra | 88.54% | 0.0% |
| 189th | Netherlands | 89.84% | 0.7% |
| 190th | Luxembourg | 90.46% | 0.6% |
| 191st | Northern Mariana Islands | 91.25% | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Japan | 91.25% | 0.1% |
| 193rd | Curaçao | 91.31% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Argentina | 91.40% | 0.1% |
| 195th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 91.60% | 0.3% |
| 196th | Israel | 91.72% | 0.0% |
| 197th | Iceland | 93.62% | 0.0% |
| 198th | Puerto Rico (US) | 93.78% | 0.0% |
| 199th | Guam | 94.08% | 0.0% |
| 200th | Malta | 94.41% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Virgin Islands (US) | 94.88% | 0.1% |
| 202nd | Uruguay | 94.99% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 97.10% | 0.0% |
| 204th | Qatar | 98.90% | 0.1% |
| 205th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 207th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Kuwait | 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 2014?▾
Costa Rica's urban population in 2014 was 74.49%. This ranked 149th globally.
How did Costa Rica's urban population change in 2014?▾
Costa Rica's urban population increased by 0.7% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest urban population in 2014?▾
Bahrain had the highest urban population in 2014 at 100.00%.
What is the urban population of Costa Rica in 2014?▾
The urban population of Costa Rica in 2014 was 74.49%. This ranked 149th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Costa Rica's urban population?▾
Costa Rica's urban population went from 73.94% in 2013 to 74.49% in 2014, a 0.7% increase.
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