Costa Rica vs Thailand: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
78.87 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Thailand
85.52 people per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
81st
Thailand rank
78th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 85.52 people per square kilometre against 78.87 people per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 6.65 people per square kilometre.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 81st and Thailand ranks 78th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.09 people per square kilometre | 7.65 people per square kilometre | 3.44 people per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 16.7 people per square kilometre | 11.94 people per square kilometre | 4.76 people per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 23.89 people per square kilometre | 17.34 people per square kilometre | 6.55 people per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 36.49 people per square kilometre | 27.51 people per square kilometre | 8.99 people per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 53.43 people per square kilometre | 48.15 people per square kilometre | 5.29 people per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 70.02 people per square kilometre | 66.19 people per square kilometre | 3.83 people per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 77.66 people per square kilometre | 82.95 people per square kilometre | 5.29 people per square kilometre | Thailand |
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, Costa Rica or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 85.52 people per square kilometre against 78.87 people per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Thailand?
- 6.65 people per square kilometre, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Thailand?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Thailand rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 81st and Thailand ranks 78th 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.