Costa Ricans

Costa Ricans
Costarricenses

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Total population
Costa Rica          5.13 million
Regions with significant populations
United States	96,903[1]
Nicaragua	11,281[1]
Panama	9,320[1]
Spain	4,505[1]
Canada	4,252[1]
Mexico	3,430[1]
Germany	2,097[1]
Colombia	1,828[1]
Italy	1,658; 523 (2022)[1]
Guatemala	1,248[1]
Switzerland	1,097[1]
Venezuela	1,061[1]
Ecuador	1,027[1]
Netherlands	978[1]
El Salvador	889[1]
Honduras	879[1]
France	858[1]
United Kingdom	712[1]
Peru	638[1]
Australia	580[1]
Brazil	490[1]
Sweden	483[1]
Belgium	349[1]
Norway	320[1]
Dominican Republic	320[1]
Haiti	267[1]
Austria	220[1]
Denmark	196[1]
Bolivia	162[1]
Czech Republic	158[1]
Languages
Spanish Limonese Bribri Ngäbere other indigenous languages
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic,;[2] Protestant, Buddhist and other religious minorities exist
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards Nicaraguans • Costa Rican Americans Italians Chorotega Afro-Costa Rican Amerindians Chinese Mulatto

Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses, colloquially known as Ticos) are the citizens of Costa Rica, a multiethnic,^[3] Spanish-speaking nation in Central America. Costa Ricans are predominantly Mestizos, other ethnic groups people of Indigenous, European, African, and Asian (predominantly Chinese) descent.^[4]

By 2018, Costa Rica has a population of 5,000,000 people. The population growth rate between 2005 and 2010 was estimated to be 1.5% annually, with a birth rate of 17.8 live births per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 4.1 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants. By 2016, the population had increased to about 4.9 million.^[5]

Costa Rica was the point where the Mesoamerican and South American native cultures met. The northwest of the country, the Nicoya peninsula, was the southernmost point of Nahuatl cultural influence when the Spanish conquerors (conquistadores) came in the 16th century. The central and southern portions of the country had Chibcha influences. The Atlantic coast, meanwhile, was populated with Jamaican immigrant workers during the 19th century. The country has received immigration from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas etc. Historically, the largest immigrant diaspora in Costa Rica are people from Nicaragua and Central America's Northern Triangle.