Costa Rica People:
Population:
4,016,173 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.9% (male:593,540; female:566,361)
15-64 years: 65.5% (male:1,330,481; female:1,300,664)
65 years and over: 5.6% (male:104,564; female:120,563) (2005)
Median age:
total: 26.03 years
male: 25.59 years
female: 26.5 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.48% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
18.6 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
4.33 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.5 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 9.95 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 10.85 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 9 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 76.84 years (2005 est.)
male: 74.26 years
female: 79.55 years
Total fertility rate:
2.28 children born/woman (2005 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 94% (including mestizo), 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)
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