Costa Rica
AmericasSan José
5,129,910People
51,100 km²Area km²
San JoséCapital
Did you know?
- Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America.
- It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, sharing a maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.
- It has a population of around five million in a land area of nearly 51,180 km2 (19,760 sq mi); the capital and largest city is San José, home to around 350,000 residents and two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.