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
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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About this data
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.