Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0177 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
119th
Papua New Guinea rank
118th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0177 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 119th and Papua New Guinea ranks 118th of 190 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0199 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0047 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0152 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.024 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0056 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0184 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.0287 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0216 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.0311 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0092 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0219 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0288 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.012 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0222 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0151 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0071 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0183 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0172 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0011 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0177 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0176 1000 No per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0001 1000 No per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 119th and Papua New Guinea ranks 118th of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.