Costa Rica vs Niger: Population density
Costa Rica
73.96 people per km²
in 2100
Niger
71.7 people per km²
in 2100
Costa Rica rank
144th
Niger rank
147th
Population density over time
- Costa Rica
- Niger
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 73.96 people per km² against 71.7 people per km² in Niger, a difference of 2.26 people per km².
The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 144th and Niger ranks 147th of 235 countries.
Across the 48 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 37 and Niger in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 5.7 people per km² | 0.4326 people per km² | 5.27 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1100s | 6.22 people per km² | 0.4651 people per km² | 5.76 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1200s | 6.79 people per km² | 0.4975 people per km² | 6.29 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1300s | 7.41 people per km² | 0.5526 people per km² | 6.85 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1400s | 8.08 people per km² | 0.5921 people per km² | 7.49 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1500s | 8.81 people per km² | 0.6489 people per km² | 8.16 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1600s | 0.1567 people per km² | 0.7571 people per km² | 0.6004 people per km² | Niger |
| 1700s | 0.4454 people per km² | 0.8652 people per km² | 0.4198 people per km² | Niger |
| 1710s | 0.4819 people per km² | 0.9162 people per km² | 0.4343 people per km² | Niger |
| 1720s | 0.5214 people per km² | 0.9239 people per km² | 0.4025 people per km² | Niger |
| 1730s | 0.5641 people per km² | 0.932 people per km² | 0.3679 people per km² | Niger |
| 1740s | 0.6104 people per km² | 0.9406 people per km² | 0.3302 people per km² | Niger |
| 1750s | 0.6604 people per km² | 0.9496 people per km² | 0.2892 people per km² | Niger |
| 1760s | 0.7145 people per km² | 0.9592 people per km² | 0.2447 people per km² | Niger |
| 1770s | 0.7731 people per km² | 0.9694 people per km² | 0.1963 people per km² | Niger |
| 1780s | 0.8365 people per km² | 0.9803 people per km² | 0.1438 people per km² | Niger |
| 1790s | 0.9051 people per km² | 0.992 people per km² | 0.0869 people per km² | Niger |
| 1800s | 1.08 people per km² | 0.6732 people per km² | 0.4063 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1810s | 1.18 people per km² | 0.676 people per km² | 0.5013 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1820s | 1.36 people per km² | 0.6933 people per km² | 0.6693 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1830s | 1.66 people per km² | 0.7268 people per km² | 0.9368 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1840s | 1.9 people per km² | 0.766 people per km² | 1.13 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 2.16 people per km² | 0.8022 people per km² | 1.35 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 2.55 people per km² | 0.8404 people per km² | 1.71 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 3.17 people per km² | 0.889 people per km² | 2.28 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 4.27 people per km² | 0.9451 people per km² | 3.32 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 5.53 people per km² | 1 people per km² | 4.53 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 6.85 people per km² | 1.1 people per km² | 5.75 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 8.26 people per km² | 1.24 people per km² | 7.02 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 9.72 people per km² | 1.38 people per km² | 8.34 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 11.8 people per km² | 1.58 people per km² | 10.22 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 15.5 people per km² | 1.83 people per km² | 13.67 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 21.37 people per km² | 2.36 people per km² | 19.01 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 30.54 people per km² | 3.16 people per km² | 27.38 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 40.6 people per km² | 4.16 people per km² | 36.44 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 53.07 people per km² | 5.56 people per km² | 47.51 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 68.4 people per km² | 7.59 people per km² | 60.81 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 82.77 people per km² | 10.73 people per km² | 72.04 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 93.75 people per km² | 15.51 people per km² | 78.24 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 100.63 people per km² | 21.74 people per km² | 78.89 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2030s | 104.07 people per km² | 29.12 people per km² | 74.95 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2040s | 105.27 people per km² | 37.01 people per km² | 68.27 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2050s | 103.62 people per km² | 45.11 people per km² | 58.51 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2060s | 99.4 people per km² | 52.94 people per km² | 46.46 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2070s | 93.44 people per km² | 59.94 people per km² | 33.5 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2080s | 86.06 people per km² | 65.69 people per km² | 20.37 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2090s | 78.17 people per km² | 69.95 people per km² | 8.22 people per km² | Costa Rica |
| 2100s | 73.96 people per km² | 71.7 people per km² | 2.26 people per km² | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population density, Costa Rica or Niger?
- Costa Rica, at 73.96 people per km² against 71.7 people per km² in Niger as of 2100.
- What is the difference in population density between Costa Rica and Niger?
- 2.26 people per km², with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Niger?
- 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
- How do Costa Rica and Niger rank globally for population density?
- Costa Rica ranks 144th and Niger ranks 147th 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.