World Data Atlas
Costa Rica
President:
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
First Vice President:
Epsy Campbell Barr
Capital city:
San José
Languages:
Spanish (official), English
Government
National statistics office
Population, persons:
4,905,769
(2017)
Area, sq km:
51,060
(2017)
GDP per capita, US$:
11,631
(2017)
GDP, billion current US$:
57.1
(2017)
GINI index:
48.7
(2016)
Ease of Doing Business rank:
61
(2017)
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Urbanization
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Population living in slum areas
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World Urbanization Prospects, The 2014 Revision - Urban and Rural Population, June 2015