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
See also
