Alajuela, Costa Rica Metro Area Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Alajuela, Costa Rica metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Alajuela in 2020 is 366,000, a 5.17% increase from 2019.
- The metro area population of Alajuela in 2019 was 348,000, a 5.45% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Alajuela in 2018 was 330,000, a 5.77% increase from 2017.
- The metro area population of Alajuela in 2017 was 312,000, a 5.41% increase from 2016.
| Alajuela - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 2020 | 366,000 | 5.17% |
| 2019 | 348,000 | 5.45% |
| 2018 | 330,000 | 5.77% |
| 2017 | 312,000 | 5.41% |
| 2016 | 296,000 | 5.71% |
| 2015 | 280,000 | 5.66% |
| 2014 | 265,000 | 5.58% |
| 2013 | 251,000 | 5.46% |
| 2012 | 238,000 | 5.78% |
| 2011 | 225,000 | 5.63% |
| 2010 | 213,000 | 5.45% |
| 2009 | 202,000 | 5.76% |
| 2008 | 191,000 | 5.52% |
| 2007 | 181,000 | 5.85% |
| 2006 | 171,000 | 5.56% |
| 2005 | 162,000 | 5.19% |
| 2004 | 154,000 | 5.48% |
| 2003 | 146,000 | 5.80% |
| 2002 | 138,000 | 6.15% |
| 2001 | 130,000 | 4.84% |
| 2000 | 124,000 | 6.90% |
| 1999 | 116,000 | 7.41% |
| 1998 | 108,000 | 6.93% |
| 1997 | 101,000 | 6.32% |
| 1996 | 95,000 | 6.74% |
| 1995 | 89,000 | 7.23% |
| 1994 | 83,000 | 6.41% |
| 1993 | 78,000 | 6.85% |
| 1992 | 73,000 | 7.35% |
| 1991 | 68,000 | 6.25% |
| 1990 | 64,000 | 6.67% |
| 1989 | 60,000 | 7.14% |
| 1988 | 56,000 | 7.69% |
| 1987 | 52,000 | 6.12% |
| 1986 | 49,000 | 6.52% |
| 1985 | 46,000 | 6.98% |
| 1984 | 43,000 | 2.38% |
| 1983 | 42,000 | 2.44% |
| 1982 | 41,000 | 2.50% |
| 1981 | 40,000 | 0.00% |
| 1980 | 40,000 | 2.56% |
| 1979 | 39,000 | 2.63% |
| 1978 | 38,000 | 2.70% |
| 1977 | 37,000 | 0.00% |
| 1976 | 37,000 | 2.78% |
| 1975 | 36,000 | 2.86% |
| 1974 | 35,000 | 2.94% |
| 1973 | 34,000 | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 33,000 | 6.45% |
| 1971 | 31,000 | 6.90% |
| 1970 | 29,000 | 3.57% |
| 1969 | 28,000 | 7.69% |
| 1968 | 26,000 | 4.00% |
| 1967 | 25,000 | 8.70% |
| 1966 | 23,000 | 4.55% |
| 1965 | 22,000 | 4.76% |
| 1964 | 21,000 | 5.00% |
| 1963 | 20,000 | 5.26% |
| 1962 | 19,000 | 0.00% |
| 1961 | 19,000 | 5.56% |
| 1960 | 18,000 | 0.00% |
| 1959 | 18,000 | 5.88% |
| 1958 | 17,000 | 0.00% |
| 1957 | 17,000 | 6.25% |
| 1956 | 16,000 | 0.00% |
| 1955 | 16,000 | 0.00% |
| 1954 | 16,000 | 6.67% |
| 1953 | 15,000 | 0.00% |
| 1952 | 15,000 | 7.14% |
| 1951 | 14,000 | 0.00% |
| 1950 | 14,000 | 0.00% |
