Costa Rica: 23,717 statistics available

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Costa Rica is a country in Central America.
Population
Costa Rica has 4,95 million people. With 1,85 births per women Costa Rica has a low fertility rate in the international comparison. According to the current population prospects of the United Nations the population of Costa Rica in the year 2050 will first rise to 5,77 million and in the year 2100 will fall again to 5,03 million. The life expectency in Costa Rica is 79,2 years.

Geography
Costa Rica has an area of 51.100 sq. km and ranks 124th among all countries in the world. The borderline with its neighboring countries totals 639 km. In addition, it has a coastline (length between land and sea including islands) of 1.290 km.

Economy
The gross domestic product in the year 2016 was 57,44 billion US $ and ranks 77th among the world economies. The gross domestic product per capita totals 11.825 US $ and is therefore in the in the middle in the international comparison. With a debt level of 55,0 % of the GDP Costa Rica ranks among the countries with a medium sized debt level. Die unemployment rate in the year 2017 amounts to 8,5 %.

Country Status	Independent State
UN member since	1945
ISO country code	CR
Internet Domain	.cr
License plate	CR

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