Americas · Central America
Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica
CapitalSan José
Population5,152,950World Bank 2025
Area51,100 km²
CurrencyCRC — Costa Rican colón
LanguagesSpanish
Calling code+506
Time zones
GDPUSD 102.9B
GDP per capitaUSD 20K
Life expectancy81.0 years
Internet users87.2%
What this means
Costa Rica is in Americas (Central America). About 5.15M people live there, or roughly 100.8 people per km². GDP per capita is around USD 20K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.
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Country facts: world-countries (MIT). Indicators: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).