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🇨🇷 Costa Rica

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CRI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CR
UN M49 numeric188
IOC codeCRC
Official nameRepublic of Costa Rica
Native name(s)spa: official: República de Costa Rica; common: Costa Rica
Alt spellingsCR, Republic of Costa Rica, República de Costa Rica
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCentral America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalSan José
Area (km²)51,100
Lat / Lng10.0000, -84.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)NIC, PAN
Top-level domain.cr
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 06

Demographics

Population (World Bank)5,152,950 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)80.996 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Costa Rican; m: Costa Rican; fra: f: Costaricaine; m: Costaricain
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)102,904,921,157.478 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)19,970.099 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)6.843 (2025)
CurrenciesCRC: name: Costa Rican colón; symbol: ₡

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950926,758
1951958,409
1952991,793
19531,027,005
19541,064,119
19551,103,049
19561,143,847
19571,186,633
19581,231,551
19591,278,588
19601,327,496
19611,377,920
19621,429,445
19631,481,604
19641,533,960
19651,586,208
19661,638,116
19671,689,523
19681,739,731
19691,789,276
19701,838,949
19711,888,539
19721,938,248
19731,988,343
19742,039,643
19752,092,719
19762,147,774
19772,205,025
19782,264,510
19792,326,490
19802,390,633
19812,456,637
19822,524,806
19832,595,153
19842,667,595
19852,741,894
19862,817,216
19872,892,699
19882,968,103
19893,043,827
19903,121,706
19913,202,176
19923,284,258
19933,367,434
19943,451,122
19953,535,176
19963,619,013
19973,701,711
19983,782,838
19993,862,101
20003,937,739
20014,008,947
20024,075,705
20034,138,784
20044,200,078
20054,261,240
20064,321,340
20074,380,248
20084,440,056
20094,499,791
20104,555,962
20114,609,833
20124,663,934
20134,716,147
20144,767,119
20154,818,038
20164,866,998
20174,913,177
20184,957,818
20194,999,553
20205,034,320
20215,059,988
20225,081,765
20235,105,525

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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      },
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      },
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      },
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      },
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