Costa Rica vs Vanuatu: Population density

Costa Rica
73.96 people per km²
in 2100
Vanuatu
71.82 people per km²
in 2100
Costa Rica rank
144th
Vanuatu rank
146th

Population density over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Vanuatu
0255075100100015502100

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 73.96 people per km² against 71.82 people per km² in Vanuatu, a difference of 2.14 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 Vanuatu ranks 146th of 235 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 29 and Vanuatu in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1000s 5.7 people per km² 0.0758 people per km² 5.63 people per km² Costa Rica
1100s 6.22 people per km² 0.1137 people per km² 6.11 people per km² Costa Rica
1200s 6.79 people per km² 0.1706 people per km² 6.62 people per km² Costa Rica
1300s 7.41 people per km² 0.2559 people per km² 7.15 people per km² Costa Rica
1400s 8.08 people per km² 0.3838 people per km² 7.69 people per km² Costa Rica
1500s 8.81 people per km² 0.5757 people per km² 8.24 people per km² Costa Rica
1600s 0.1567 people per km² 0.8637 people per km² 0.707 people per km² Vanuatu
1700s 0.4454 people per km² 1.3 people per km² 0.8501 people per km² Vanuatu
1710s 0.4819 people per km² 1.36 people per km² 0.8818 people per km² Vanuatu
1720s 0.5214 people per km² 1.44 people per km² 0.914 people per km² Vanuatu
1730s 0.5641 people per km² 1.51 people per km² 0.9469 people per km² Vanuatu
1740s 0.6104 people per km² 1.59 people per km² 0.9801 people per km² Vanuatu
1750s 0.6604 people per km² 1.67 people per km² 1.01 people per km² Vanuatu
1760s 0.7145 people per km² 1.76 people per km² 1.05 people per km² Vanuatu
1770s 0.7731 people per km² 1.86 people per km² 1.08 people per km² Vanuatu
1780s 0.8365 people per km² 1.95 people per km² 1.12 people per km² Vanuatu
1790s 0.9051 people per km² 2.06 people per km² 1.15 people per km² Vanuatu
1800s 1.08 people per km² 2.28 people per km² 1.2 people per km² Vanuatu
1810s 1.18 people per km² 2.28 people per km² 1.1 people per km² Vanuatu
1820s 1.36 people per km² 2.39 people per km² 1.02 people per km² Vanuatu
1830s 1.66 people per km² 2.63 people per km² 0.9647 people per km² Vanuatu
1840s 1.9 people per km² 2.9 people per km² 0.9977 people per km² Vanuatu
1850s 2.16 people per km² 3.19 people per km² 1.04 people per km² Vanuatu
1860s 2.55 people per km² 3.51 people per km² 0.9624 people per km² Vanuatu
1870s 3.17 people per km² 3.86 people per km² 0.6898 people per km² Vanuatu
1880s 4.27 people per km² 4.24 people per km² 0.0277 people per km² Costa Rica
1890s 5.53 people per km² 4.66 people per km² 0.8705 people per km² Costa Rica
1900s 6.85 people per km² 5.12 people per km² 1.73 people per km² Costa Rica
1910s 8.26 people per km² 5.12 people per km² 3.14 people per km² Costa Rica
1920s 9.72 people per km² 4.82 people per km² 4.9 people per km² Costa Rica
1930s 11.8 people per km² 4.44 people per km² 7.36 people per km² Costa Rica
1940s 15.5 people per km² 4.1 people per km² 11.41 people per km² Costa Rica
1950s 21.37 people per km² 4.63 people per km² 16.74 people per km² Costa Rica
1960s 30.54 people per km² 6.04 people per km² 24.5 people per km² Costa Rica
1970s 40.6 people per km² 8.14 people per km² 32.46 people per km² Costa Rica
1980s 53.07 people per km² 10.6 people per km² 42.47 people per km² Costa Rica
1990s 68.4 people per km² 13.55 people per km² 54.86 people per km² Costa Rica
2000s 82.77 people per km² 17.12 people per km² 65.65 people per km² Costa Rica
2010s 93.75 people per km² 21.65 people per km² 72.1 people per km² Costa Rica
2020s 100.63 people per km² 27.2 people per km² 73.43 people per km² Costa Rica
2030s 104.07 people per km² 33.42 people per km² 70.65 people per km² Costa Rica
2040s 105.27 people per km² 40.1 people per km² 65.17 people per km² Costa Rica
2050s 103.62 people per km² 46.83 people per km² 56.79 people per km² Costa Rica
2060s 99.4 people per km² 53.31 people per km² 46.09 people per km² Costa Rica
2070s 93.44 people per km² 59.45 people per km² 33.98 people per km² Costa Rica
2080s 86.06 people per km² 64.94 people per km² 21.12 people per km² Costa Rica
2090s 78.17 people per km² 69.61 people per km² 8.56 people per km² Costa Rica
2100s 73.96 people per km² 71.82 people per km² 2.14 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 Vanuatu?
Costa Rica, at 73.96 people per km² against 71.82 people per km² in Vanuatu as of 2100.
What is the difference in population density between Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
2.14 people per km², with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Vanuatu?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Costa Rica and Vanuatu rank globally for population density?
Costa Rica ranks 144th and Vanuatu ranks 146th 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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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
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Population per square kilometer by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.