My World Factbook
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People
4,516,220 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
122
0-14 years: 26.7% (male 581,916/female 555,216)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,443,606/female 1,411,168)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 120,969/female 141,002) (2010 est.)
total: 28.4 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 28.9 years (2010 est.)
1.347% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
16.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
4.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 206
1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
urban population: 63% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 9.72 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 154
male: 10.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 77.54 years
country comparison to the world: 55
male: 74.93 years
female: 80.28 years (2010 est.)
1.93 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
0.4% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
9,700 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
fewer than 200 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever (2009)
noun: Costa Rican(s)
adjective: Costa Rican
white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1%
Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah’s Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
Spanish (official), English
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.9%
male: 94.7%
female: 95.1% (2000 census)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2005)
5% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 66
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