Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a country in Central America. Its capital is San José. About 5.3 million people live there (2024). It covers 51,180 square kilometres.
- Capital
- San José
- People (2024)
- 5.3 million
- Area
- 51,180 km²
- Currency
- Costa Rican colón
Costa Rica at a glance
- Official name
- Republic of Costa Rica
- In its own language
- República de Costa Rica
- Status
- Sovereign country
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- San José
- Population
- 5,265,575 (2024)
- Area
- 51,180 km² (19,761 mi²)
- People are called
- Costa Rican, Costa Ricans
- Official languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Costa Rican colón
- GDP (nominal)
- US$68 billion (2022)
- Life expectancy
- 77 years (2022)
- Human Development Index
- 0.809 (2021)
- Gini coefficient
- 49.3 (2020)
- Unemployment
- 8% (2014)
- Head of state
- Laura Fernández Delgado (since 2026)
- Head of government
- Laura Fernández Delgado (since 2026)
- Country codes
- CR, CRI
- Calling code
- +506
- Internet domain
- .cr
- Drives on the
- right
- Time zones
- UTC−06:00, America/Costa_Rica
- Coordinates
- 10°, -84°
Costa Rica and its neighbours
Costa Rica borders Panama and Nicaragua. Click a neighbour on the map to open its page.
- Costa Rica
- Neighbours
Divisions of Costa Rica
- Alajuela Province
- Cartago Province
- Guanacaste Province
- Heredia Province
- Limón Province
- Puntarenas Province
- San José Province
Member of
- United Nations
- World Trade Organization
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Development Association
- International Finance Corporation
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- Central American Common Market
- Interpol
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- UNESCO
- Group on Earth Observations
- Universal Postal Union
and 8 more organisations.
How far are you from Costa Rica?
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Questions
What is the capital of Costa Rica?
The capital of Costa Rica is San José.
What is the population of Costa Rica?
Costa Rica has about 5,265,575 people, as recorded in 2024.
How big is Costa Rica?
Costa Rica covers 51,180 square kilometres (19,761 square miles).
What currency does Costa Rica use?
The Costa Rican colón.
What language is spoken in Costa Rica?
The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish.
Which countries border Costa Rica?
Costa Rica shares a border with Panama and Nicaragua.
Data from Wikidata (CC0), retrieved October 9, 2026. Each figure carries the year it was recorded; a statistic with no recorded date is not shown as current. More on Wikipedia.