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Costa Rica

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
5,152,950 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 5,265,575in 2024[4]
Land area
50,560 km²[5]
Total area
51,180 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Panama, Nicaragua[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • Costa Rica[11]
  • République du Costa Rica[12]
  • Republic of Costa Rica[13]

Parts of Costa Rica

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020255.2M

1,327,496 in 1960, 5,152,950 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
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
20245,129,910
20255,152,950

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
CR[14]
ISO alpha-3
CRI[15]
ISO numeric
188[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), capital: San José (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Encyclopædia Britannica Online, retrieved 14 May 2025
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), population (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), area (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  7. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), official language: Spanish (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Costa Rica
  8. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), currency: Costa Rican colón (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), continent: North America (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), official name (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), official name (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  13. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), official name (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Official Names of the United Nations Membership
  14. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Costa Rica (Q800), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2564285142) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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