Costa Rica vs Kyrgyzstan: Population by level of education

Costa Rica
2.24 million people
in 2100
Kyrgyzstan
2.45 million people
in 2100
Costa Rica rank
122nd
Kyrgyzstan rank
121st

Population by level of education over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Kyrgyzstan
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M195020252100

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 2.45 million people against 2.24 million people in Costa Rica, a difference of 210,800 people.

That makes Kyrgyzstan's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 122nd and Kyrgyzstan ranks 121st of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 9 and Kyrgyzstan in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Kyrgyzstan Difference Ahead
1950s 19,950 people 16,750 people 3,200 people Costa Rica
1960s 39,700 people 51,900 people 12,200 people Kyrgyzstan
1970s 80,900 people 120,450 people 39,550 people Kyrgyzstan
1980s 159,800 people 216,900 people 57,100 people Kyrgyzstan
1990s 266,600 people 300,000 people 33,400 people Kyrgyzstan
2000s 418,050 people 423,350 people 5,300 people Kyrgyzstan
2010s 629,400 people 482,850 people 146,550 people Costa Rica
2020s 850,900 people 613,350 people 237,550 people Costa Rica
2030s 1.10 million people 775,550 people 328,250 people Costa Rica
2040s 1.36 million people 1.02 million people 340,200 people Costa Rica
2050s 1.58 million people 1.27 million people 309,400 people Costa Rica
2060s 1.78 million people 1.52 million people 260,700 people Costa Rica
2070s 1.97 million people 1.80 million people 167,350 people Costa Rica
2080s 2.10 million people 2.05 million people 54,400 people Costa Rica
2090s 2.20 million people 2.28 million people 84,200 people Kyrgyzstan
2100s 2.24 million people 2.45 million people 210,800 people Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by level of education, Costa Rica or Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, at 2.45 million people against 2.24 million people in Costa Rica as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by level of education between Costa Rica and Kyrgyzstan?
210,800 people, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kyrgyzstan?
31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Costa Rica and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for population by level of education?
Costa Rica ranks 122nd and Kyrgyzstan ranks 121st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by level of education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population by level of education
Unit
people
Source
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 6,005 data points, 1950–2100
Last refreshed

De facto population withpost_secondary education in a country or region.