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Costa Rica population

Costa Rica population now

5,180,004

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 5.2–5.2 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 5,105,526

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 5.17478 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 5.2–5.2 million
Median age: 36.7
Aged 65+: 13.3%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024 peak 2044

male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

CRI · 1950–2100 · in brief

Costa Rica in numbers

5,105,526 people lived in Costa Rica in mid-2023: 0.06% of the world's people, and the 125th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 5.5 times its 1950 population of 927 thousand.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2044 at 5.4 million, then falling to 3.8 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 2.2 million to 5.7 million.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2044 and staying above them from then on.

The median age was 17.8 in 1950 and 35.1 in 2023; the projection has 57.2 in 2100. 11.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 40.5% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2034 at 3.6 million.

By size it is the 125th country in 2023; the projection puts it 128th in 2050 and 134th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Slovakia in 2035, Finland in 2050 and Bulgaria in 2052. It is overtaken by Mauritania in 2024, Oman in 2024 and Kuwait in 2028.

Population, mid-2023: 5,105,526
Rank by population, 2023: 125 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.06%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.47% · +23,762 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 100
Land area, 2023: 51,060 km²
Births, 2023: 51,969
Deaths, 2023: 27,861
Net migration, 2023: +995
Children per woman, 2023: 1.33
Median age, 2023: 35.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 80.8 years
In a city, 2025: 50 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 926,758
Projected, mid-2050: 5,354,150
Projected, mid-2100: 3,776,474

CRI · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Costa Rica, 1950–2100

Costa Rica: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	911,377		41,602	11,230	6.32	57.5
1951	estimate	942,139		43,418	11,345	6.39	57.8
1952	estimate	974,679		45,209	11,521	6.46	58.1
1953	estimate	1,008,908		46,998	11,404	6.51	59.1
1954	estimate	1,045,103		48,718	11,360	6.54	59.9
1955	estimate	1,083,134		50,495	11,402	6.57	60.5
1956	estimate	1,122,964		52,337	11,362	6.60	61.2
1957	estimate	1,164,730		54,506	11,512	6.66	61.6
1958	estimate	1,208,537		56,669	11,490	6.71	62.3
1959	estimate	1,254,565		58,642	11,480	6.73	62.9
1960	estimate	1,302,611		60,357	11,500	6.71	63.5
1961	estimate	1,352,381		61,742	11,593	6.65	63.9
1962	estimate	1,403,459		62,732	11,686	6.54	64.2
1963	estimate	1,455,431		63,302	11,898	6.39	64.3
1964	estimate	1,507,777		63,473	12,038	6.19	64.5
1965	estimate	1,560,143		63,287	12,090	5.96	64.8
1966	estimate	1,612,273		62,794	12,038	5.70	65.1
1967	estimate	1,663,959		62,100	11,907	5.42	65.5
1968	estimate	1,715,086		60,229	11,868	5.03	65.8
1969	estimate	1,764,376		60,432	11,644	4.83	66.4
1970	estimate	1,814,177		59,934	11,537	4.58	66.8
1971	estimate	1,863,721		59,646	11,306	4.36	67.4
1972	estimate	1,913,357		59,513	11,094	4.16	68.0
1973	estimate	1,963,139		59,784	10,841	3.99	68.7
1974	estimate	2,013,548		60,970	10,623	3.89	69.5
1975	estimate	2,065,739		62,334	10,356	3.80	70.3
1976	estimate	2,119,699		64,204	10,185	3.75	71.0
1977	estimate	2,175,850		66,235	10,113	3.70	71.5
1978	estimate	2,234,200		68,408	10,082	3.66	72.0
1979	estimate	2,294,821		71,047	10,061	3.65	72.5
1980	estimate	2,358,159		72,588	10,030	3.58	73.0
1981	estimate	2,423,108		74,720	10,090	3.56	73.4
1982	estimate	2,490,166		76,968	10,141	3.54	73.9
1983	estimate	2,559,446		79,196	10,226	3.52	74.3
1984	estimate	2,630,860		81,415	10,354	3.52	74.6
1985	estimate	2,704,329		83,400	10,625	3.51	74.8
1986	estimate	2,779,459		84,083	10,872	3.45	75.0
1987	estimate	2,854,974		84,209	11,020	3.38	75.2
1988	estimate	2,930,424		84,077	11,134	3.31	75.5
1989	estimate	3,005,782		83,594	11,265	3.24	75.8
1990	estimate	3,081,872		83,202	11,474	3.17	76.1
1991	estimate	3,161,540		82,301	11,796	3.08	76.2
1992	estimate	3,242,812		81,968	12,138	3.00	76.4
1993	estimate	3,325,704		81,741	12,725	2.93	76.3
1994	estimate	3,409,163		81,578	13,243	2.86	76.3
1995	estimate	3,493,080		81,227	13,644	2.78	76.4
1996	estimate	3,577,272		80,302	14,209	2.68	76.4
1997	estimate	3,660,754		79,517	14,561	2.59	76.6
1998	estimate	3,742,668		79,593	14,804	2.53	76.9
1999	estimate	3,823,009		80,086	15,162	2.48	77.1
2000	estimate	3,901,193		79,689	15,421	2.41	77.3
2001	estimate	3,974,285		77,805	15,606	2.31	77.6
2002	estimate	4,043,609		74,128	15,738	2.16	77.9
2003	estimate	4,107,801		72,726	15,982	2.08	78.2
2004	estimate	4,169,768		71,973	16,205	2.03	78.5
2005	estimate	4,230,387		73,520	16,381	2.04	78.9
2006	estimate	4,292,093		70,996	16,819	1.94	79.0
2007	estimate	4,350,586		72,729	17,487	1.95	79.1
2008	estimate	4,409,909		74,620	18,131	1.98	79.2
2009	estimate	4,470,202		74,359	18,600	1.95	79.4
2010	estimate	4,529,380		70,192	19,392	1.83	79.3
2011	estimate	4,582,544		72,648	19,763	1.88	79.6
2012	estimate	4,637,122		72,108	20,075	1.85	79.9
2013	estimate	4,690,745		69,655	20,429	1.78	80.2
2014	estimate	4,741,549		70,781	21,222	1.80	80.2
2015	estimate	4,792,689		70,846	21,766	1.80	80.4
2016	estimate	4,843,388		69,035	23,467	1.75	80.0
2017	estimate	4,890,607		67,859	24,391	1.71	80.0
2018	estimate	4,935,747		67,536	25,067	1.71	80.1
2019	estimate	4,979,889		63,301	25,619	1.60	80.3
2020	estimate	5,019,218		57,220	28,056	1.45	79.7
2021	estimate	5,049,422		53,349	33,229	1.35	78.0
2022	estimate	5,070,553		52,440	31,029	1.33	79.3
2023	estimate	5,092,976		51,969	27,861	1.33	80.8
2024	estimate	5,118,075		51,253	28,551	1.32	81.0
2025	projection	5,141,745	5.1–5.2 million	50,630	29,216	1.31	81.2
2026	projection	5,164,155	5.1–5.2 million	50,203	29,901	1.31	81.4
2027	projection	5,185,423	5.2–5.2 million	49,849	30,605	1.31	81.6
2028	projection	5,205,687	5.2–5.3 million	49,455	31,323	1.30	81.8
2029	projection	5,224,820	5.2–5.3 million	49,193	32,072	1.31	81.9
2030	projection	5,242,941	5.2–5.3 million	48,914	32,830	1.31	82.1
2031	projection	5,260,052	5.2–5.3 million	48,739	33,630	1.31	82.3
2032	projection	5,276,216	5.2–5.4 million	48,589	34,440	1.32	82.5
2033	projection	5,291,399	5.2–5.4 million	48,413	35,268	1.32	82.7
2034	projection	5,305,627	5.2–5.4 million	48,147	36,130	1.32	82.8
2035	projection	5,318,696	5.1–5.5 million	47,899	36,986	1.33	83.0
2036	projection	5,330,701	5.1–5.5 million	47,701	37,892	1.33	83.2
2037	projection	5,341,577	5.1–5.5 million	47,478	38,837	1.34	83.3
2038	projection	5,351,243	5.1–5.6 million	47,206	39,810	1.34	83.5
2039	projection	5,359,793	5.1–5.6 million	46,839	40,767	1.35	83.7
2040	projection	5,366,934	5.1–5.6 million	46,424	41,747	1.35	83.8
2041	projection	5,372,678	5.1–5.6 million	46,081	42,760	1.35	84.0
2042	projection	5,377,194	5.1–5.7 million	45,650	43,747	1.36	84.1
2043	projection	5,380,149	5.0–5.7 million	45,226	44,781	1.36	84.3
2044	projection	5,381,680	5.0–5.7 million	44,697	45,758	1.37	84.4
2045	projection	5,381,765	5.0–5.7 million	44,115	46,727	1.37	84.6
2046	projection	5,380,272	5.0–5.7 million	43,528	47,719	1.37	84.7
2047	projection	5,377,244	5.0–5.8 million	42,898	48,661	1.38	84.8
2048	projection	5,372,658	4.9–5.8 million	42,279	49,608	1.38	85.0
2049	projection	5,366,495	4.9–5.8 million	41,593	50,482	1.38	85.1
2050	projection	5,358,806	4.9–5.8 million	40,860	51,371	1.38	85.3
2051	projection	5,349,495	4.8–5.8 million	40,159	52,231	1.39	85.4
2052	projection	5,338,629	4.8–5.8 million	39,463	53,097	1.39	85.5
2053	projection	5,326,101	4.8–5.8 million	38,718	53,896	1.39	85.7
2054	projection	5,312,022	4.7–5.8 million	38,083	54,624	1.40	85.8
2055	projection	5,296,582	4.7–5.8 million	37,433	55,349	1.40	85.9
2056	projection	5,279,805	4.7–5.9 million	36,800	56,048	1.40	86.1
2057	projection	5,261,677	4.6–5.9 million	36,277	56,703	1.41	86.2
2058	projection	5,242,406	4.6–5.9 million	35,759	57,321	1.41	86.3
2059	projection	5,221,991	4.5–5.9 million	35,298	57,937	1.41	86.5
2060	projection	5,200,524	4.5–5.9 million	34,879	58,562	1.41	86.6
2061	projection	5,177,863	4.5–5.9 million	34,526	59,178	1.42	86.7
2062	projection	5,154,342	4.4–5.9 million	34,279	59,766	1.42	86.8
2063	projection	5,130,060	4.4–5.9 million	34,039	60,354	1.42	87.0
2064	projection	5,104,742	4.3–5.9 million	33,827	60,986	1.42	87.1
2065	projection	5,078,730	4.3–5.9 million	33,607	61,563	1.42	87.2
2066	projection	5,051,840	4.2–5.9 million	33,460	62,151	1.43	87.3
2067	projection	5,024,259	4.2–5.9 million	33,329	62,770	1.43	87.4
2068	projection	4,996,052	4.1–5.9 million	33,138	63,392	1.43	87.6
2069	projection	4,966,940	4.1–5.9 million	32,965	63,996	1.43	87.7
2070	projection	4,936,897	4.0–5.9 million	32,774	64,613	1.44	87.8
2071	projection	4,906,101	4.0–5.9 million	32,551	65,280	1.44	87.9
2072	projection	4,874,456	3.9–5.9 million	32,333	65,888	1.44	88.0
2073	projection	4,841,941	3.8–5.9 million	32,097	66,485	1.44	88.2
2074	projection	4,808,572	3.8–5.9 million	31,834	67,097	1.45	88.3
2075	projection	4,774,319	3.7–5.9 million	31,584	67,615	1.45	88.4
2076	projection	4,739,350	3.7–5.9 million	31,339	68,089	1.45	88.5
2077	projection	4,703,651	3.6–5.9 million	31,018	68,499	1.46	88.6
2078	projection	4,667,143	3.5–5.9 million	30,674	68,834	1.46	88.7
2079	projection	4,629,971	3.5–5.9 million	30,301	69,154	1.46	88.8
2080	projection	4,592,119	3.4–5.9 million	29,941	69,367	1.46	89.0
2081	projection	4,553,735	3.4–5.9 million	29,547	69,556	1.46	89.1
2082	projection	4,514,732	3.3–5.9 million	29,170	69,638	1.47	89.2
2083	projection	4,475,296	3.2–5.9 million	28,822	69,626	1.47	89.3
2084	projection	4,435,514	3.1–5.9 million	28,443	69,602	1.47	89.4
2085	projection	4,395,357	3.1–5.9 million	28,049	69,471	1.47	89.5
2086	projection	4,354,909	3.0–5.8 million	27,705	69,327	1.47	89.6
2087	projection	4,314,249	3.0–5.8 million	27,348	69,121	1.48	89.7
2088	projection	4,273,446	2.9–5.8 million	27,032	68,811	1.48	89.8
2089	projection	4,232,665	2.9–5.8 million	26,687	68,421	1.48	90.0
2090	projection	4,191,855	2.8–5.8 million	26,390	68,070	1.48	90.1
2091	projection	4,151,065	2.7–5.8 million	26,136	67,649	1.48	90.2
2092	projection	4,110,394	2.7–5.8 million	25,870	67,149	1.48	90.3
2093	projection	4,069,938	2.6–5.8 million	25,644	66,718	1.49	90.4
2094	projection	4,029,735	2.6–5.8 million	25,436	66,159	1.49	90.5
2095	projection	3,989,858	2.5–5.8 million	25,214	65,647	1.49	90.6
2096	projection	3,950,218	2.4–5.8 million	25,017	65,171	1.49	90.7
2097	projection	3,910,953	2.4–5.7 million	24,813	64,612	1.49	90.8
2098	projection	3,872,046	2.3–5.7 million	24,654	64,036	1.49	91.0
2099	projection	3,833,559	2.3–5.7 million	24,488	63,504	1.49	91.0
2100	projection	3,795,407	2.2–5.7 million	24,321	62,891	1.49	91.2

Show the numbers: Costa Rica, mid-2026, by single year of age

Costa Rica: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	25,642	24,532
1	25,885	24,774
2	26,216	25,099
3	26,505	25,390
4	26,844	25,726
5	28,040	26,889
6	30,544	29,311
7	33,152	31,815
8	34,316	32,903
9	34,688	33,264
10	35,438	33,976
11	35,886	34,370
12	35,572	34,069
13	35,880	34,387
14	36,625	35,097
15	36,149	34,608
16	36,575	35,026
17	37,685	36,109
18	37,264	35,731
19	36,328	34,886
20	36,508	35,096
21	36,738	35,344
22	36,530	35,160
23	37,092	35,652
24	38,361	36,874
25	39,710	38,260
26	40,269	38,871
27	40,260	38,939
28	40,128	38,921
29	40,326	39,189
30	40,778	39,668
31	41,106	40,031
32	41,232	40,190
33	41,314	40,296
34	41,416	40,422
35	41,652	40,687
36	41,847	40,962
37	41,914	41,127
38	41,922	41,244
39	41,785	41,256
40	41,470	41,104
41	40,730	40,554
42	39,638	39,689
43	38,507	38,806
44	37,392	37,946
45	36,313	37,128
46	35,400	36,476
47	34,359	35,696
48	33,156	34,742
49	32,074	33,888
50	31,040	33,046
51	30,118	32,294
52	29,304	31,642
53	28,706	31,167
54	28,358	30,934
55	28,098	30,775
56	27,907	30,638
57	27,604	30,350
58	27,578	30,330
59	27,727	30,487
60	27,582	30,339
61	27,325	30,076
62	26,926	29,672
63	26,358	29,109
64	25,602	28,368
65	24,662	27,441
66	23,567	26,345
67	22,350	25,123
68	21,056	23,816
69	19,747	22,479
70	18,530	21,220
71	17,426	20,071
72	16,386	18,978
73	15,380	17,912
74	14,388	16,858
75	13,401	15,812
76	12,474	14,838
77	11,614	13,884
78	10,626	12,824
79	9,608	11,794
80	8,654	10,803
81	7,716	9,821
82	6,860	8,920
83	6,070	8,089
84	5,331	7,308
85	4,630	6,560
86	3,983	5,856
87	3,404	5,210
88	2,870	4,592
89	2,356	3,980
90	1,888	3,399
91	1,496	2,875
92	1,164	2,399
93	886	1,969
94	661	1,587
95	480	1,252
96	340	966
97	234	730
98	157	535
99	100	378
100+	147	718

CRI · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Costa Rica, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

CRI · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Costa Rica

On the UN's projection, Costa Rica will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2034: 3,621,180 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 3,520,270.

100 aged 15–64

28 children

17 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 33 years: 2007–2039.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

CRI · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Costa Rica, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Costa Rica gains 1,004 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 180 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 20 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 17,393 (1996), and a loss of 390 (1950).

In 2024, 628,404 people living in Costa Rica had been born in another country, 12 of every 100 people there, against 13 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

CRI · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Costa Rica

Of every 100 babies born in Costa Rica in 2023, 9 had a mother under 20, 74 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 17 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 11 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
11 · 72 · 17

2023
9 · 74 · 17

2050 · projected
3 · 68 · 29

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 51,969
Average age when women have a baby: 28.2 years; 29.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 26; 96 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Costa Rica by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	202	350	593	160	26	4
15–19	4,527	11,117	15,846	4,624	1,165	389
20–24	12,162	19,962	23,223	12,242	5,603	2,705
25–29	10,621	14,897	18,479	14,089	9,431	6,427
30–34	7,262	9,022	12,894	11,977	12,714	8,100
35–39	4,826	5,023	6,758	7,038	9,132	5,194
40–44	1,739	1,712	1,766	1,767	2,680	1,424
45–49	253	243	130	72	109	78
50–54	10	8	0	0	0	0
All babies	41,602	62,334	79,689	51,969	40,860	24,321

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

CRI · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Costa Rica

In Costa Rica, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 67.6 (95% range 66.8–68.4), out of 78.6 in all. That leaves 11.0 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

69.1 in full health, 12.4 not: 81.5 years

Men

66.3 in full health, 9.6 not: 75.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 69.1 healthy years of 81.5. Men: 66.3 of 75.9. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 69.2.

CRI · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Costa Rica

At the end of 2025, Costa Rica was hosting 233,727 people who had crossed a border into it, about 45 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad233,727
Costa Rica nationals abroad2,187

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 5,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Costa Rica living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 29,559 people asked for asylum in Costa Rica for the first time; 650 people from Costa Rica asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Costa Rica whose claims were decided that year, 30 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

CRI · of every 100 people

How people live in Costa Rica

Of every 100 people in Costa Rica in 2025, 50 lived in a city, 24 in a town or suburb and 26 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 12.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

CRI · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Costa Rica went in school

Of every 100 adults in Costa Rica in 2020, 3 never went to school and 40 finished upper secondary or went further.

3 never went to school 12 some primary 35 finished primary 10 finished lower secondary 18 finished upper secondary 22 studied after school

The young went further: 0.9 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 3.7 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 1.2 against 3.9).

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2035; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2065.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

CRI · cities · 2025

Cities in Costa Rica

Costa Rica had 6 cities in 2025, home to 2.6 million people. The largest, San José, holds 42 of every 100 people in Costa Rica.

San José2,171,213
Cartago189,608
Barranca64,109
San Isidro de El General52,722
Limón52,337
Liberia51,320

How to read this: the 6 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Costa Rica are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.