Costa Rica vs Ghana: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0837 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Ghana
0.085 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
64th
Ghana rank
63rd
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.085 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0837 1000 No per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0013 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 64th and Ghana ranks 63rd 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 | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0112 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0088 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0024 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.0167 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0127 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.004 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.0241 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0182 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.006 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.0369 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.029 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0078 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0537 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0442 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0096 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0714 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0646 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0068 1000 No per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0818 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0812 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0005 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. — urban population, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.085 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0837 1000 No per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Ghana?
- 0.0013 1000 No per square kilometre, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Ghana rank globally for population - est. & proj. — urban population, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 64th and Ghana ranks 63rd of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban 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. — Urban 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.