Official Languages
Languages spoken here
Basque (secondary) · Costa Rican Sign Language (secondary) · Plautdietsch (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
Costa Rica
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rican | 4029000 | Spanish | Christianity |
| Costa Rican, Mestizo | 493000 | Spanish | Christianity |
| Latin American, general | 348000 | Spanish | Christianity |
| Jamaican | 68000 | Jamaican English Creole | Christianity |
| Amerindian, Detribalized | 48000 | Spanish | Christianity |
| Chinese, general | 39000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Christianity |
| Deaf | 15000 | Costa Rican Sign Language | Unknown |
| Chirripo | 14000 | Cabecar | Christianity |
| Bribri | 14000 | Bribri | Christianity |
| Americans, U.S. | 12000 | English | Christianity |
| European, general | 12000 | Language unknown | Christianity |
| Basque | 10000 | Basque | Christianity |
| British | 5600 | English | Christianity |
| Ngabe, Guaymi | 4100 | Ngabere | Christianity |
| Brunka, Boruca | 2700 | Spanish | Christianity |
| Jewish, Spanish-speaking | 2600 | Spanish | Judaism |
| Mennonite | 2400 | Plautdietsch | Christianity |
| Guatuso, Maleku Jaika | 1400 | Maleku Jaika | Christianity |
| Teribe | 1300 | Teribe | Christianity |
Languages
13 languages recorded here.
Basque
Bribri
Cabecar
Chinese, Mandarin
Costa Rican Sign Language
English
Jamaican English Creole
Language unknown
Maleku Jaika
Ngabere
Plautdietsch
Spanish
Teribe
All catalogue fields
150 fields recorded
- rog3
- CS
- iso3
- CRI
- iso2
- CR
- ctry
- Costa Rica
- poplpeoples
- 5122000
- cntpeoples
- 19
- cntpeopleslr
- 2
- poplpeopleslr
- 18000
- jpscalectry
- 5
- rol3officiallanguage
- spa
- officiallang
- Spanish
- rlg3primary
- 1
- religionprimary
- Christianity
- percentchristianity
- 95.392949379323
- percentevangelical
- 18.493952118714
- c_10_40window
- N
- rog2
- NAR
- continent
- North America
- regioncode
- 11
- regionname
- America, Latin
- workersneeded
- 2
- harvest_rog3
- CS
- harvest_iso3
- CRI
- harvest_iso2
- CR
- harvest_owcountrycode
- COST
- harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
- CR
- harvest_countrynumber
- 53
- harvest_ctry
- Costa Rica
- harvest_ctryshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamechinese
- 哥斯达黎加
- harvest_countrynamechineseshort
- 哥斯达黎加
- harvest_countrynamedutch
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamefrench
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamegerman
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamegermanshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynameindonesian
- Kosta Rika
- harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
- Kosta Rika
- harvest_countrynameitalian
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamekorean
- 코스타리카
- harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
- 코스타리카
- harvest_countrynamenorwegian
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynameportuguese
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamerussian
- Коста-Рика
- harvest_countrynamerussianshort
- Коста-Рика
- harvest_countrynamespanish
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamevietnamese
- Costa Rica
- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Costa Rica
- harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
- 在
- harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
- de
- harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
- in
- harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
- di
- harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
- -
- harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
- 의
- harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
- i
- harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
- na
- harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
- B
- harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
- en
- harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
- ở
- harvest_ethnologuemapexists
- Y
- harvest_rog2
- NAR
- harvest_regioncode2414
- 8
- harvest_regioncode
- 11
- harvest_unsr
- 013
- harvest_worldabc
- C
- harvest_capital
- San José
- harvest_population
- 5153000
- harvest_populationsource
- UN Country Population (2025)
- harvest_prayercastvideo
- https://prayercast.com/costa-rica.html
- harvest_waldnerguide
- prayer-guide-cs+nu.pdf
- harvest_unmap
- https://un.org/geospatial/content/costa-rica
- harvest_jpscale
- 5
- harvest_c_10_40window
- N
- harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
- N
- harvest_owpctevang
- 14.8
- harvest_owpctcharismatic
- 21.954165
- harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
- 3.7
- harvest_owcountrypage
- costa-rica
- harvest_literacyrate
- 98
- harvest_literacysource
- Ethnologue
- harvest_percenturbanized
- 79
- harvest_rol3officiallanguage
- spa
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- eng
- harvest_rlg3primary
- 1
- harvest_rlg4primary
- 6
- harvest_pctanimist
- 0.8
- harvest_pctbahai
- 0.28
- harvest_pctbuddhism
- 0.1
- harvest_pctchinese
- 0.53
- harvest_pcthindu
- 0
- harvest_pctislam
- 0
- harvest_pctsikh
- 0
- harvest_pctjudaism
- 0.05
- harvest_pctnonreligious
- 4.17
- harvest_pctother
- 0.13
- harvest_pctchristian
- 93.94
- harvest_pctchristianprotestant
- 12.49
- harvest_pctchristianindependent
- 4.62
- harvest_pctchristiananglican
- 0.02
- harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
- 73.28
- harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianmarginal
- 2.44
- harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
- 3.73
- harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
- -2.639999939652922
- harvest_pctchristianother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianextra
- 0
- harvest_rop1
- A007
- harvest_hdiyear
- 2015
- harvest_hdivalue
- 0.776
- harvest_hdirank
- 66
- harvest_internetusers
- 66
- harvest_flashmapzoom
- 816
- harvest_flashmapzoomx
- -141
- harvest_flashmapzoomy
- -361
- harvest_googlemapzoom
- 7
- harvest_googlemaplat
- 9.5
- harvest_googlemaplng
- -84
- harvest_ctrylatitude
- 9.748917
- harvest_ctrylongitude
- -83.753428
- harvest_securitylevel
- 0
- harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
- https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/costa-rica/
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
- harvest_wcdsubregioncode
- 402
- harvest_poplgrowthrate
- 1.008853201564752
- harvest_godreportsurl
- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=cr&joshua=cs
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-costa-rica
- harvest_internetusage
- 74
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2018
- harvest_biblesocietyurl
- http://crbiblica.com/
- harvest_areasquaremiles
- 19730
- harvest_areasquarekilometers
- 51100
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 195
- harvest_countryphonecode
- 506
- harvest_owpctchristian1986
- 98.2
- harvest_owpctevangelical1986
- 6.5
- harvest_owpctchristian1993
- 91.8
- harvest_owpctevangelical1993
- 9.699999999999999
- harvest_owpctchristian2001
- 94.69999999999999
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 12.4
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .cr
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/costa-rica
- harvest_source
- pjj
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00