Costa Rica March 16, 2020 Americas , Arenal , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , Central America , Cocos Island , colony , Costa Rica , Golfito , Gulf of Nicoya , Hispanic America , hispanité , Isthmus of Panama , Latin America , Limón , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , poverty , Puerto Limón , Puntarenas , Ring of Fire , San José , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish language , tourism , volcano , volcano Arenal Official name Republic of Costa Rica Name in local language República de Costa Rica (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent Central America Population (ranking: 126e ) 5,003,402 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.09 % / year Area 51,100 km² Density 97.91 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 82e )60.126 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 12,027 $USD (2018) GDP growth 2.70 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 80.19 years (2018) Birth rate 14.50 ‰ (2018) Fertility rate 1.70 children / woman (2018) Death rate (ranking ) 4.50 ‰ (2018) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.00 ‰ (2018) Literacy rate 99.13 % (2011) Official languages Spanish Currency Costa Rican colón (CRC) HDI (ranking: 94e )0.794 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )67.85 (2018) Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic Head of State President Carlos Alvarado Quesada National Day 15 September (independence of 1821) ISO Codes CR, CRI Demonym Costa Rican Tourists (ranking ) 2,960,000 people (2017)
Central American Switzerland Costa Rica is a Central American country located on the Central American Isthmus, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south. It is bordered on the north by Nicaragua and on the south-east by Panama . It also owns Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean, more than 500 kilometers from the coast of the country.
Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica Landscape of Costa Rica San José, capital of Costa Rica San José by night, Costa Rica Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population San José 2,579,036 inhabitants Puntarenas 132,440 inhabitants San Ramón 128,743 inhabitants San Isidro de El General 101,559 inhabitants Limón 98,459 inhabitants Liberia 71,528 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Alajuela 975,023 inhabitants 9,758 km² Cartago 525,724 inhabitants 3,125 km² Guanacaste 371,375 inhabitants 10,141 km² Heredia 497,805 inhabitants 2,657 km² Limón 439,013 inhabitants 9,189 km² Puntarenas 474,262 inhabitants 11,266 km² San José 1,607,170 inhabitants 4,966 km²
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