Chile vs Costa Rica: Census based on population register recently completed

Chile

in 2015

Costa Rica

in 2015

Chile rank

12th

Costa Rica rank

12th

Census based on population register recently completed over time

Chile
Costa Rica

How they compare

Chile currently reports 0 against 0 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.

Across all 266 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Chile ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 12th of 67 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Census based on population register recently completed
Source: Thomas Brambor et al. (2019) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 67 places, 17,822 data points, 1750–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

A modern census is defined as a census that meets four requirements: universality, well-defined territory, simultaneity, and individual enumeration.. Population registers are state agencies that keep detailed and permanently updated records of every person in the territory.