Cape Verde vs Costa Rica: Population growth rate

Cape Verde

0.5%

in 2023

Costa Rica

0.5%

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

148th

Costa Rica rank

147th

Population growth rate over time

Costa Rica currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Cape Verde ranks 148th and Costa Rica ranks 147th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
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: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.