Costa Rica vs Oman: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Costa Rica
79.7%
in 2025
Oman
79.5%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
71st
Oman rank
73rd
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Costa Rica
- Oman
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 79.7% against 79.5% in Oman, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 71st and Oman ranks 73rd of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 34 and Oman in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Oman | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1500s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Costa Rica |
| 1600s | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.8% | Costa Rica |
| 1700s | 3.4% | 0.9% | 2.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1710s | 3.8% | 1.0% | 2.8% | Costa Rica |
| 1720s | 4.2% | 1.1% | 3.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1730s | 4.6% | 1.2% | 3.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1740s | 5.0% | 1.3% | 3.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1750s | 5.5% | 1.4% | 4.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1760s | 6.0% | 1.5% | 4.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1770s | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1780s | 7.2% | 1.8% | 5.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1790s | 7.9% | 2.0% | 5.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1800s | 8.6% | 2.2% | 6.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1810s | 9.4% | 2.4% | 7.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1820s | 10.3% | 2.6% | 7.7% | Costa Rica |
| 1830s | 11.3% | 2.9% | 8.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1840s | 12.4% | 3.2% | 9.2% | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 13.6% | 3.5% | 10.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 14.9% | 3.8% | 11.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 16.3% | 4.2% | 12.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 17.8% | 4.5% | 13.3% | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 19.5% | 5.0% | 14.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 21.4% | 5.5% | 15.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 23.4% | 6.0% | 17.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 25.7% | 6.5% | 19.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 28.1% | 7.2% | 21.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 30.8% | 7.9% | 22.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 33.7% | 11.8% | 21.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 35.5% | 23.0% | 12.5% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 41.0% | 43.2% | 2.2% | Oman |
| 1980s | 44.9% | 63.2% | 18.3% | Oman |
| 1990s | 53.1% | 71.4% | 18.3% | Oman |
| 2000s | 64.4% | 72.3% | 7.9% | Oman |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 77.2% | 2.6% | Oman |
| 2020s | 78.6% | 79.8% | 1.1% | Oman |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Costa Rica or Oman?
- Costa Rica, at 79.7% against 79.5% in Oman as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Costa Rica and Oman?
- 0.2%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Oman?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Oman rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Costa Rica ranks 71st and Oman ranks 73rd of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modeled historical data.