| Name | Costa Rica |
| Long name | Republic of Costa Rica |
| Population (people) | 4,586,353 (2011) |
| Population (source) | census |
| Constitutional form | Republic |
| Drives on | Right |
| Head of state authority | Executive |
| Main continent | Americas |
| Number of airports | 153 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 41 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | 112 |
| Area (m²) | 51,100 |
| Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 16 |
| Calling code | |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | |
| Current Account Balance (US$) | -2,200,000,000 |
| Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 4 |
| Debt - external (Billion US$) | 10 |
| Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
| Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 8 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 1,795 |
| Electricity exports (million kWh) | 166 |
| Electricity imports (million kWh) | 70 |
| Electricity production (billion kWh) | 9 |
| Exports (Billion $) | 10 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 12,100 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 56 |
| GDP real growth rate (%) | 4 |
| Gross national income (US$) | 51 |
| Human Development Index | 1 |
| Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 11 |
| Heliports | |
| HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 0 |
| HIV AIDS deaths | 500 |
| HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 9,800 |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | 1 |
| Capital city | San José, Costa Rica |
| Currency | Costa Rican colón |
| Imports (Billion $) | 16 |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 3 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 9 |
| Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 5 |
| Internet hosts | 146,164 |
| Internet tld | .cr |
| Internet users | 1,485,000 |
| Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 20 |
| Iso 3166 code | CR |
| ISO CODE | CRI |
| Labor force | 2,155,000 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 78 |
| Literacy (%) | 95 |
| Manpower available for military service | 1,255,798 |
| Manpower fit for military service | 1,058,419 |
| Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 42,201 |
| Is democracy | Yes |
| Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | 1,443,000,064 |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 40 |
| Merchant marine | 1 |
| Military expenditures percent of GDP | |
| Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 0 |
| Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | 1 |
| Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
| Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 47,000 |
| Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 10 |
| Oil exports (bbl/day) | 2,087 |
| Oil imports (bbl/day) | 44,110 |
| Oil production (bbl/day) | 263 |
| Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 0 |
| Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 1 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 24 |
| Population census (people) | 4,586,353 (2011) |
| Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 91 |
| Population estimate (people) | |
| Population growth rate (%) | 1 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | 45 |
| Railways (km) | 278 |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 4,755,999,744 |
| Roadways (km) | 38,049 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | 144,700,000 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | 15,550,000,128 |
| Telephones main lines in use | 1,491,000 |
| Telephones main lines in use per capita | 33 |
| Telephones mobile cellular | 4,358,000 |
| Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 95 |
| Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 2 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 7 |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | 11 |
| Waterways (km) | 730 |
| Valley | Costa Rican Central Valley |
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| Crater | |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
| Continent | Americas |
| Border | Costa Rica–Nicaragua border, Costa Rica–Panama border |
| Plateau | |
| Marsh | Maquenque National Wildlife Refuge, Zapandí Riverine Wetlands |
| Demonym | costa rican, tico/tica |
