Costa Rica vs Niger: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Costa Rica

597,663 people

in 2023

Niger

672,581 people

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

97th

Niger rank

94th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Niger currently reports 672,581 people against 597,663 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 74,918 people.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 97th and Niger ranks 94th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.