Austria vs Costa Rica: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre

Austria
76.6 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica
78.87 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Austria rank
84th
Costa Rica rank
81st

Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time

  • Austria
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 78.87 people per square kilometre against 76.6 people per square kilometre in Austria, a difference of 2.27 people per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 84th and Costa Rica ranks 81st of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Costa Rica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1960s 44.64 people per square kilometre 11.09 people per square kilometre 33.55 people per square kilometre Austria
1970s 48.35 people per square kilometre 16.7 people per square kilometre 31.66 people per square kilometre Austria
1980s 53.79 people per square kilometre 23.89 people per square kilometre 29.9 people per square kilometre Austria
1990s 62.79 people per square kilometre 36.49 people per square kilometre 26.3 people per square kilometre Austria
2000s 66.45 people per square kilometre 53.43 people per square kilometre 13.01 people per square kilometre Austria
2010s 70.54 people per square kilometre 70.02 people per square kilometre 0.5179 people per square kilometre Austria
2020s 75.31 people per square kilometre 77.66 people per square kilometre 2.36 people per square kilometre 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, per square kilometre, Austria or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 78.87 people per square kilometre against 76.6 people per square kilometre in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Austria and Costa Rica?
2.27 people per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Costa Rica?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Austria and Costa Rica rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
Austria ranks 84th and Costa Rica ranks 81st of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Unit
people per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 12,288 data points, 1961–2023
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.