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 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 234 countries.

Indicator: Population density
Unit: people per km²
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024); UN FAO (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 68,610 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.