Costa Rica

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Facts

Population: 4,133,884 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.8% (male 587,395/female 560,408) 15-64 years: 66.4% (male 1,388,114/female 1,357,157) 65 years and over: 5.8% (male 111,758/female 129,052) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.412% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 18.02 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 4.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.048 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.023 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.866 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 9.45 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.21 years male: 74.61 years female: 79.94 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.21 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.6% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 900 (2003 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%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%.

Languages: Spanish (official), English.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96% male: 95.9% female: 96.1% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $50.89 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 7.9% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $12,500 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 8.6% industry: 31% services: 60.4% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 1.866 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica legally and illegally (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 20% industry: 22% services: 58% (1999 est.).

Population below poverty line: 18% (2004 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.1% highest 10%: 36.8% (2002).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12.1% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 6.6% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $3.134 billion expenditures: $3.475 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar, corn, rice, beans, potatoes; beef; timber.

Industries: microprocessors, food processing, textiles and clothing, construction materials, fertilizer, plastic products.

Industrial production growth rate: 8.4% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 8.4 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 7.574 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 440 million kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 202 million kWh (2004).

Exports: $7.931 billion (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; textiles, electronic components, medical equipment.

Exports - partners: US 42.6%, Hong Kong 6.9%, Netherlands 6.4%, Guatemala 4.2% (2005).

Imports: $10.88 billion (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: raw materials, consumer goods, capital equipment, petroleum.

Imports - partners: US 41.3%, Japan 5.6%, Venezuela 4.8%, Mexico 4.8%, Ireland 4.3%, Brazil 4.2%, China 4.2% (2005).

Debt - external: $6.42 billion (30 June 2006 est.).

Currency (code): Costa Rican colon (CRC).

Exchange rates: Costa Rican colones per US dollar - 511.3 (2006), 477.79 (2005), 437.91 (2004), 398.66 (2003), 359.82 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.