Costa Rica

Facts

Population:  3,773,057 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  31.38% (male 605,728; female 578,128) 15-64 years:  63.37% (male 1,209,084; female 1,181,754) 65 years and over:  5.25% (male 92,314; female 106,049) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  1.65% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  20.27 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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 (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  11.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  76.02 years male:  73.49 years female:  78.68 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.47 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.54% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  12,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  750 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Costa Rican(s) adjective:  Costa Rican
Ethnic groups:  white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
Religions:  Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, other Protestant 0.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Languages:  Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  94.8% male:  94.7% female:  95% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $25 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $6,700 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  12.5% industry:  30.7% services:  56.8% (1999)
Population below poverty line:  20.6% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.3% highest 10%:  34.7% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  11% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  1.9 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 20%, industry 22%, services 58% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:  5.2% (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $1.95 billion expenditures:  $2.4 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:  microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products
Industrial production growth rate:  4.3% (2000)
Electricity - production:  5.805 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  2.41% hydro:  83.32% nuclear:  0% other:  14.27% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  5.303 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  165 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  69 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  coffee, pineapples, bananas, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber
Exports:  $6.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment
Exports - partners:  US 54.1%, EU 21.3%, Central America 8.6% (1999)
Imports:  $5.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum
Imports - partners:  US 56.4%, EU 9%, Mexico 5.4%, Japan 4.7%, (1999)
Debt - external:  $4.2 billion (2000 est.)
Currency:  Costa Rican colon (CRC)
Currency code:  CRC
Exchange rates:  Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 318.95 (2001), 308.19 (2000), 285.68 (1999), 257.23 (1998), 232.60 (1997), 207.69 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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