Population ages 15-64, female in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Population ages 15-64, female was 1.79 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population ages 15-64, female in Costa Rica, 1960–2025
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1.79 million for population ages 15-64, female in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population ages 15-64, female in Costa Rica peaked at 1.79 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 336,259, in 1960.
Costa Rica ranks 117th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 395,756 | 336,259 | 463,172 | 10 |
| 1970s | 574,530 | 480,808 | 677,044 | 10 |
| 1980s | 804,864 | 701,137 | 905,739 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.07 million | 930,232 | 1.23 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.40 million | 1.26 million | 1.54 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.66 million | 1.56 million | 1.73 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.77 million | 1.74 million | 1.79 million | 6 |
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More health data for Costa Rica
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 34,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 36,631 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 35,098 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 35,884 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 34,389 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 35,574 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 34,070 (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
- Population, female 50.6% (2025)
- Population, male 2.55 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population ages 15-64, female in Costa Rica?
- Population ages 15-64, female in Costa Rica was 1.79 million in 2025, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest population ages 15-64, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest population ages 15-64, female recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 336,259 in 1960.
- How does Costa Rica rank for population ages 15-64, female?
- Costa Rica ranks 117th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population ages 15-64, female rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Population ages 15-64, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Female population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.