Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Population density
Costa Rica
73.96 people per km²
in 2100
Ecuador
76.87 people per km²
in 2100
Costa Rica rank
144th
Ecuador rank
141st
Population density over time
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 76.87 people per km² against 73.96 people per km² in Costa Rica, a difference of 2.91 people per km².
The two have swapped places 3 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 144th and Ecuador ranks 141st of 235 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 26 and Ecuador in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 5.7 people per km² | 1.61 people per km² | 4.09 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1100s | 6.22 people per km² | 1.77 people per km² | 4.45 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1200s | 6.79 people per km² | 1.93 people per km² | 4.86 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1300s | 7.41 people per km² | 2.09 people per km² | 5.31 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1400s | 8.08 people per km² | 2.25 people per km² | 5.82 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1500s | 8.81 people per km² | 2.42 people per km² | 6.4 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1600s | 0.1567 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.86 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1700s | 0.4454 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.57 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1710s | 0.4819 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.53 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1720s | 0.5214 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.49 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1730s | 0.5641 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.45 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1740s | 0.6104 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.4 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1750s | 0.6604 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.35 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1760s | 0.7145 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.3 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1770s | 0.7731 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.24 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1780s | 0.8365 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.18 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1790s | 0.9051 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 1.11 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1800s | 1.08 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 0.9337 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1810s | 1.18 people per km² | 2.01 people per km² | 0.8365 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1820s | 1.36 people per km² | 2.17 people per km² | 0.8096 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1830s | 1.66 people per km² | 2.55 people per km² | 0.8908 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1840s | 1.9 people per km² | 3.01 people per km² | 1.11 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1850s | 2.16 people per km² | 3.46 people per km² | 1.31 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 2.55 people per km² | 3.88 people per km² | 1.34 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 3.17 people per km² | 4.36 people per km² | 1.19 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 4.27 people per km² | 4.89 people per km² | 0.617 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 5.53 people per km² | 5.48 people per km² | 0.0538 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 6.85 people per km² | 6.25 people per km² | 0.6038 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 8.26 people per km² | 7.12 people per km² | 1.14 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 9.72 people per km² | 7.83 people per km² | 1.9 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 11.8 people per km² | 9.15 people per km² | 2.65 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 15.5 people per km² | 12.02 people per km² | 3.49 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 21.37 people per km² | 15.98 people per km² | 5.39 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 30.54 people per km² | 21.14 people per km² | 9.4 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 40.6 people per km² | 28.31 people per km² | 12.29 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 53.07 people per km² | 37.03 people per km² | 16.04 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 68.4 people per km² | 46.22 people per km² | 22.19 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 82.77 people per km² | 55.32 people per km² | 27.46 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 93.75 people per km² | 65.12 people per km² | 28.63 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 100.63 people per km² | 73.35 people per km² | 27.28 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2030s | 104.07 people per km² | 79.38 people per km² | 24.69 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2040s | 105.27 people per km² | 84.09 people per km² | 21.19 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2050s | 103.62 people per km² | 86.77 people per km² | 16.85 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2060s | 99.4 people per km² | 87.44 people per km² | 11.96 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2070s | 93.44 people per km² | 86.22 people per km² | 7.22 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2080s | 86.06 people per km² | 83.3 people per km² | 2.76 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2090s | 78.17 people per km² | 79.29 people per km² | 1.12 people per km² | Ecuador |
| 2100s | 73.96 people per km² | 76.87 people per km² | 2.91 people per km² | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population density, Costa Rica or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 76.87 people per km² against 73.96 people per km² in Costa Rica as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population density between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 2.91 people per km², with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for population density?
- Costa Rica ranks 144th and Ecuador ranks 141st of 235 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population density. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.