| Costa Rica : Geographic coordinates |
10 00 N, 84 00 |
| Costa Rica : Population growth rate |
1.347% (2010 est.) |
| Costa Rica : Birth rate |
16.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Costa Rica : Death rate |
4.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Costa Rica : People living with HIV/AIDS |
9,700 (2007 est.) |
| Costa Rica : Independence |
15 September 1821 |
| Costa Rica : National holiday |
15 September 1821 |
| Costa Rica : Constitution |
7 November 1949 |
| Costa Rica : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $48.63 billion (2009 est.) |
| Costa Rica : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity - $10,900 (2009 est.) |
| Costa Rica : Electricity - consumption |
8.064 billion kWh (2007 est.) |
| Costa Rica : Exports |
$6.1 billion coffee, bananas, sugar; pineapples; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment |
| Costa Rica : Imports |
$5.9 billion raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum |
| Costa Rica : Telephones |
1.438 million (2008) |
| Costa Rica : Mobile cellular |
1.887 million (2008) |
| Costa Rica : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002) |
| Costa Rica : Radios |
980,000 |
| Costa Rica : Television broadcast stations |
20 (plus 43 repeaters) (2002) |
| Costa Rica : Televisions |
525,000 |
| Costa Rica : Internet country code |
.cr |
| Costa Rica : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
34,066 (2009) |
| Costa Rica : Internet users |
1.46 million (2008) |
| Costa Rica : Railways |
278 km |
| Costa Rica : Highways |
35,330 km |
| Costa Rica : Waterways |
730 km (seasonally navigable by small craft) (2008) |
| Costa Rica : Pipelines |
refined products 796 km (2009) |
| Costa Rica : Ports and harbors |
Caldera, Puerto Limon |
| Costa Rica : Merchant marine |
1 ship |
| Costa Rica : Airports |
151 |
| Costa Rica : Heliports |
N/A |
| Costa Rica : Military branches |
no regular military forces; Ministry of Public Security, Government, and Police (2010) |
| Costa Rica : Military expenditures |
0.6% of GDP (2009) |
