- Population
- Age structure
- 0-14 years: 28.3% (male 590,261/female 563,196)
- 15-64 years: 66% (male 1,359,750/female 1,329,346)
- 65 years and over: 5.7% (male 108,041/female 124,667) (2006 est.)
- Median age
- Total: 26.4 years
- Male: 26 years
- Female: 26.9 years (2006 est.)
- Population growth rate
- Birth rate
- 18.32 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
- Death rate
- 4.36 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
- Net migration rate
- 0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
- Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
- Total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
- Infant mortality rate
- Total: 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 10.58 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 77.02 years
- Male: 74.43 years
- Female: 79.74 years (2006 est.)
- Total fertility rate
- 2.24 children born/woman (2006 est.)
| - Economics
- Gross Domestic Product: $71 Billion USD.
- GDP Per Capita is $12,861 USD.
- Top five major industries
- Fruit Exports (largest exporter of bananas, pineapples, and melons in the world)
- Technology (Intel, HP, IBM, Cisco, Apple)
- Tourism (over 1,000 hotels, and resorts)
- Online wagering (59% of the world market
- Coffee (rated best coffee in the world by Cigar Aficionado magazine 7 years in a row)
- Languages
- Spanish (official), English
- Literacy - Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 96%
- Male: 95.9%
- Female: 96.1% (2003 est.)
- Nationality
- Noun: Costa Rican(s)
- Adjective: Costa Rican
- Ethnic groups
- whites/mestizos 94%
- black 3%
- Amerindian 1%
- Chinese 1%
- other 1%
- Religions
- Roman Catholic 76.3%
- Evangelical 13.7%
- Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%
- other Protestant 0.7%
- other 4.8%
- none 3.2%
- HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: 0.6% (2003 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (2003 est.)
- Deaths: 900 (2003 est.)
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