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    Costa Rica is a country located in Central America bordered by Nicaragua, the Caribbean Sea, Panama, and the Pacific Ocean. It has a population of around 5 million people and its capital and largest city is San José, with around 2 million people in the metropolitan area. Spanish is the official language, though English is widely spoken as well due to the country's tourism industry. The main religion is Christianity, with around 72.6% of Costa Ricans identifying as such, mostly Roman Catholic.

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    Costa Rica is a country located in Central America bordered by Nicaragua, the Caribbean Sea, Panama, and the Pacific Ocean. It has a population of around 5 million people and its capital and largest city is San José, with around 2 million people in the metropolitan area. Spanish is the official language, though English is widely spoken as well due to the country's tourism industry. The main religion is Christianity, with around 72.6% of Costa Ricans identifying as such, mostly Roman Catholic.

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    Costa Rica is a country located in Central America bordered by Nicaragua, the Caribbean Sea, Panama, and the Pacific Ocean. It has a population of around 5 million people and its capital and largest city is San José, with around 2 million people in the metropolitan area. Spanish is the official language, though English is widely spoken as well due to the country's tourism industry. The main religion is Christianity, with around 72.6% of Costa Ricans identifying as such, mostly Roman Catholic.

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    Capital San José


    and largest city 9°56′N 84°5′W

    Official languages Spanish
    Recognized Mekatelyu
    regional languages Bribri
    Patois

    Ethnic groups  83.6% White or Mestizo
    (2011 ) [2]
    6.7% Mulatto (mixed Black and White)
    2.4% Indigenous
    1.1% Black
    6.2% Others[1]

    Religion  72.6% Christianity
    (2021) [4]
    —47.5% Roman Catholic (official)[3]
    —22.5% Protestant
    —2.6% Other Christian
    27.0% No religion
    0.4% Others

    Demonym(s) Costa Rican


    Tico(a)

    Government Unitary presidential republic

    • President Carlos Alvarado


    • 1st Vice-President Epsy Campbell Barr
    • 2nd Vice-President Marvin Rodríguez

    Legislature Legislative Assembly

    Independence declared
    • from Spain 15 September 1821
    • from First Mexican 1 July 1823
    Empire
    • from the Federal 14 November 1838
    Republic of
    Central America
    • Recognized by Spain 10 May 1850
    • Constitution 7 November 1949[2]

    Area
    • Total 51,100 km2 (19,700 sq mi) (126th)
    • Water (%) 1.05 (as of 2015)[5]

    Population
    • 2020 estimate 5,094,118[6] (123rd)
    • Density 220/sq mi (84.9/km2) (107th)

    GDP (PPP) 2020 estimate
    • Total $95.791 billion[7]
    • Per capita $18,651[7]

    GDP (nominal) 2020 estimate
    • Total $65.179 billion[7]
    • Per capita $12,690[7]

    Gini (2020)  49.7[8]
    high

    HDI (2019)  0.810[9]
    very high · 62nd

    Currency Costa Rican colón (CRC)

    Time zone UTC−6 (CST)

    Driving side right

    Calling code +506

    ISO 3166 code CR

    Internet TLD .cr


    .co.cr

    Costa Rica (UK: /ˌkɒstə ˈriːkə/, US: /ˌkoʊstə/ ( listen); Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈrika]; literally "Rich Coast"),


    officially the Republic of Costa Rica (Spanish: República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central
    America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the
    southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and maritime border with Ecuador to the south
    of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million [10][11] in a land area of
    51,060 km2 (19,710 sq mi). An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San
    José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. [12]

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