Belize vs Costa Rica: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate
Belize
0.9389 % change on previous year
in 2025
Costa Rica
0.976 % change on previous year
in 2025
Belize rank
131st
Costa Rica rank
128th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate over time
- Belize
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.976 % change on previous year against 0.9389 % change on previous year in Belize, a difference of 0.0371 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Belize ranks 131st and Costa Rica ranks 128th of 234 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.65 % change on previous year | 3.81 % change on previous year | 1.16 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 2.93 % change on previous year | 4.59 % change on previous year | 1.65 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.41 % change on previous year | 3.83 % change on previous year | 2.42 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.47 % change on previous year | 3.89 % change on previous year | 2.43 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 2.7 % change on previous year | 4.42 % change on previous year | 1.73 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.49 % change on previous year | 3.49 % change on previous year | 1 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.54 % change on previous year | 2.01 % change on previous year | 0.4748 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1 % change on previous year | 1.08 % change on previous year | 0.0756 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate, Belize or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.976 % change on previous year against 0.9389 % change on previous year in Belize as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate between Belize and Costa Rica?
- 0.0371 % change on previous year, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Costa Rica?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Costa Rica rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate?
- Belize ranks 131st and Costa Rica ranks 128th of 234 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.