Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Costa Rica

Population aged 15–64 in Costa Rica in 2025 — 3,552,415 people. Ranked 120 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 429.6%.

2025 3.55M people +0.4% vs 2024
World rank 120of 217
Period maximum 3.55M people2025
Period minimum 670,729 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Costa Rica, 1960–202501M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 670,729 people1962: 718,641 people1964: 771,705 people1966: 829,433 people1968: 892,874 people1970: 962,217 people1972: 1,037,974 people1974: 1,121,225 people1976: 1,211,401 people1978: 1,305,839 people1980: 1,401,729 people1982: 1,496,881 people1984: 1,588,373 people1986: 1,677,670 people1988: 1,765,297 people1990: 1,858,112 people1992: 1,966,143 people1994: 2,086,944 people1996: 2,217,937 people1998: 2,355,561 people2000: 2,492,956 people2002: 2,623,592 people2004: 2,748,636 people2006: 2,868,691 people2008: 2,982,006 people2010: 3,087,990 people2012: 3,182,923 people2014: 3,269,503 people2016: 3,348,714 people2018: 3,411,523 people2020: 3,462,536 people2022: 3,501,250 people2024: 3,538,385 people2025: 3,552,415 people
Change over the period: +2.88M (+429.63%) Average annual rate: 2.6 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 3.55M people
World 5.36B people
Central America computed 124M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.85B people
Population aged 15–64 — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.55M +14,030 +0.4%
2024 3.54M +18,117 +0.51%
2023 3.52M +19,018 +0.54%
2022 3.5M +18,083 +0.52%
2021 3.48M +20,631 +0.6%
2020 3.46M +24,583 +0.72%
2019 3.44M +26,430 +0.77%
2018 3.41M +29,230 +0.86%
2017 3.38M +33,579 +1%
2016 3.35M +38,180 +1.15%
2015 3.31M +41,031 +1.25%
2014 3.27M +42,533 +1.32%
2013 3.23M +44,047 +1.38%
2012 3.18M +46,121 +1.47%
2011 3.14M +48,812 +1.58%
2010 3.09M +51,830 +1.71%
2009 3.04M +54,154 +1.82%
2008 2.98M +55,844 +1.91%
2007 2.93M +57,471 +2%
2006 2.87M +59,263 +2.11%
2005 2.81M +60,792 +2.21%
2004 2.75M +61,939 +2.31%
2003 2.69M +63,105 +2.41%
2002 2.62M +64,521 +2.52%
2001 2.56M +66,115 +2.65%
2000 2.49M +68,020 +2.81%
1999 2.42M +69,375 +2.95%
1998 2.36M +69,291 +3.03%
1997 2.29M +68,333 +3.08%
1996 2.22M +66,543 +3.09%
1995 2.15M +64,450 +3.09%
1994 2.09M +61,878 +3.06%
1993 2.03M +58,923 +3%
1992 1.97M +55,821 +2.92%
1991 1.91M +52,210 +2.81%
1990 1.86M +48,049 +2.65%
1989 1.81M +44,766 +2.54%
1988 1.77M +43,740 +2.54%
1987 1.72M +43,887 +2.62%
1986 1.68M +44,336 +2.71%
1985 1.63M +44,961 +2.83%
1984 1.59M +45,304 +2.94%
1983 1.54M +46,188 +3.09%
1982 1.5M +47,361 +3.27%
1981 1.45M +47,791 +3.41%
1980 1.4M +47,979 +3.54%
1979 1.35M +47,911 +3.67%
1978 1.31M +47,560 +3.78%
1977 1.26M +46,878 +3.87%
1976 1.21M +45,802 +3.93%
1975 1.17M +44,374 +3.96%
1974 1.12M +42,599 +3.95%
1973 1.08M +40,652 +3.92%
1972 1.04M +38,758 +3.88%
1971 999,216 +36,999 +3.85%
1970 962,217 +35,422 +3.82%
1969 926,795 +33,921 +3.8%
1968 892,874 +32,454 +3.77%
1967 860,420 +30,987 +3.74%
1966 829,433 +29,496 +3.69%
1965 799,937 +28,232 +3.66%
1964 771,705 +27,181 +3.65%
1963 744,524 +25,883 +3.6%
1962 718,641 +24,571 +3.54%
1961 694,070 +23,341 +3.48%
1960 670,729

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.