Costa Rica

Area of Costa Rica	51,171.5 km²
Population	4.8 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+129.3%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+22.5%
Timezone	Central Standard Time

COVID-19 Data for Costa Rica

Last Updated: February 28, 2021

204,341
Total Cases

2,800
Total Deaths

177,099
Total Recovered

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases in Costa Rica

Total Coronavirus (COVID-19) Deaths in Costa Rica

Total Cases per 10M population	427,781
Deaths per 10M population	5,862
Total Cases per 1M population	42,778
Deaths per 1M population	586

New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Cases / Deaths in Costa Rica

Date	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths
2/28/21	204,341	0	2,800	0
2/27/21	204,341	0	2,800	0
2/26/21	204,341	+427	2,800	+4
2/25/21	203,914	+418	2,796	+3
2/24/21	203,496	+399	2,793	+8
2/23/21	203,097	+423	2,785	+3
2/22/21	202,674	+996	2,782	+19
2/21/21	201,678	0	2,763	0
2/20/21	201,678	0	2,763	0
2/19/21	201,678	+437	2,763	+7
2/18/21	201,241	+353	2,756	+11
2/17/21	200,888	+434	2,745	+8
2/16/21	200,454	+430	2,737	+7
2/15/21	200,024	+837	2,730	+16
2/14/21	199,187	0	2,714	0
2/13/21	199,187	0	2,714	0
2/12/21	199,187	+431	2,714	+4
2/11/21	198,756	+418	2,710	+9
2/10/21	198,338	+486	2,701	+3
2/9/21	197,852	+417	2,698	+6
2/8/21	197,435	+997	2,692	+20
2/7/21	196,438	0	2,672	0
2/6/21	196,438	0	2,672	0
2/5/21	196,438	+446	2,672	+10
2/4/21	195,992	+455	2,662	+12
2/3/21	195,537	+528	2,650	+9
2/2/21	195,009	+440	2,641	+7
2/1/21	194,569	+1,293	2,634	+30
1/31/21	193,276	0	2,604	0
1/30/21	193,276	0	2,604	0
1/29/21	193,276	+639	2,604	+5
1/28/21	192,637	+571	2,599	+15
1/27/21	192,066	+721	2,584	+17
1/26/21	191,345	+600	2,567	+9
1/25/21	190,745	+1,437	2,558	+40
1/24/21	189,308	0	2,518	0
1/23/21	189,308	0	2,518	0
1/22/21	189,308	+831	2,518	+12
1/21/21	188,477	+765	2,506	+14
1/20/21	187,712	+835	2,492	+15
1/19/21	186,877	+861	2,477	+19
1/18/21	186,016	+1,829	2,458	+42
1/17/21	184,187	0	2,416	0
1/16/21	184,187	0	2,416	0
1/15/21	184,187	+945	2,416	+15
1/14/21	183,242	+1,086	2,401	+17
1/13/21	182,156	+1,063	2,384	+17
1/12/21	181,093	+1,032	2,367	+14
1/11/21	180,061	+2,447	2,353	+48
1/10/21	177,614	0	2,305	0
1/9/21	177,614	0	2,305	0
1/8/21	177,614	+1,207	2,305	+19
1/7/21	176,407	+1,369	2,286	+19
1/6/21	175,038	+1,447	2,267	+19
1/5/21	173,591	+1,155	2,248	+19
1/4/21	172,436	+3,115	2,229	+44
1/3/21	169,321	0	2,185	0
1/2/21	169,321	0	2,185	0
1/1/21	169,321	0	2,185	0
12/31/20	169,321	+1,207	2,185	+14
12/30/20	168,114	+1,315	2,171	+15
12/29/20	166,799	+1,037	2,156	+12
12/28/20	165,762	+2,772	2,144	+58
12/27/20	162,990	0	2,086	0
12/26/20	162,990	0	2,086	0
12/25/20	162,990	0	2,086	0
12/24/20	162,990	+1,048	2,086	+21
12/23/20	161,942	+1,138	2,065	+14
12/22/20	160,804	+911	2,051	+14
12/21/20	159,893	+2,421	2,037	+41
12/20/20	157,472	0	1,996	0
12/19/20	157,472	0	1,996	0
12/18/20	157,472	+1,084	1,996	+16
12/17/20	156,388	+1,125	1,980	+13
12/16/20	155,263	+1,167	1,967	+11
12/15/20	154,096	+927	1,956	+20
12/14/20	153,169	+2,222	1,936	+41
12/13/20	150,947	0	1,895	0
12/12/20	150,947	0	1,895	0
12/11/20	150,947	+1,132	1,895	+13
12/10/20	149,815	+1,127	1,882	+18
12/9/20	148,688	+1,258	1,864	+18
12/8/20	147,430	+1,009	1,846	+21
12/7/20	146,421	+2,736	1,825	+52
12/6/20	143,685	0	1,773	0
12/5/20	143,685	0	1,773	0
12/4/20	143,685	+1,180	1,773	+16
12/3/20	142,505	+1,165	1,757	+18
12/2/20	141,340	+1,168	1,739	+8
12/1/20	140,172	+534	1,731	+5
11/30/20	139,638	+2,545	1,726	+36
11/29/20	137,093	0	1,690	0
11/28/20	137,093	0	1,690	0
11/27/20	137,093	+1,351	1,690	+11
11/26/20	135,742	+1,222	1,679	+5
11/25/20	134,520	+1,330	1,674	+12
11/24/20	133,190	+895	1,662	+21
11/23/20	132,295	+2,877	1,641	+33
11/22/20	129,418	0	1,608	0
11/21/20	129,418	0	1,608	0
11/20/20	129,418	+1,187	1,608	+9
11/19/20	128,231	+1,219	1,599	+11
11/18/20	127,012	+1,422	1,588	+10
11/17/20	125,590	+998	1,578	+12
11/16/20	124,592	+1,369	1,566	+20
11/15/20	123,223	0	1,546	0
11/14/20	123,223	+1,100	1,546	+9
11/13/20	122,123	+1,184	1,537	+10
11/12/20	120,939	+1,171	1,527	+14
11/11/20	119,768	+1,202	1,513	+11
11/10/20	118,566	+979	1,502	+11
11/9/20	117,587	+1,224	1,491	+27
11/8/20	116,363	0	1,464	0
11/7/20	116,363	+946	1,464	+11
11/6/20	115,417	+1,050	1,453	+9
11/5/20	114,367	+1,106	1,444	+13
11/4/20	113,261	+1,141	1,431	+12
11/3/20	112,120	+863	1,419	+15
11/2/20	111,257	+1,286	1,404	+19
11/1/20	109,971	0	1,385	0
10/31/20	109,971	+1,105	1,385	+14
10/30/20	108,866	+1,296	1,371	+14
10/29/20	107,570	+1,017	1,357	+17
10/28/20	106,553	+1,231	1,340	+11
10/27/20	105,322	+862	1,329	+17
10/26/20	104,460	+1,372	1,312	+30
10/25/20	103,088	0	1,282	0
10/24/20	103,088	+1,262	1,282	+17
10/23/20	101,826	+1,210	1,265	+14
10/22/20	100,616	+1,191	1,251	+15
10/21/20	99,425	+1,503	1,236	+14
10/20/20	97,922	+847	1,222	+18
10/19/20	97,075	+1,561	1,204	+21
10/18/20	95,514	0	1,183	0
10/17/20	95,514	+1,166	1,183	+15
10/16/20	94,348	+1,196	1,168	+9
10/15/20	93,152	+1,372	1,159	+25
10/14/20	91,780	+1,542	1,134	+10
10/13/20	90,238	+1,015	1,124	+16
10/12/20	89,223	+1,784	1,108	+32
10/11/20	87,439	0	1,076	0
10/10/20	87,439	+1,386	1,076	+21
10/9/20	86,053	+1,225	1,055	+15
10/8/20	84,828	+1,331	1,040	+16
10/7/20	83,497	+1,355	1,024	+20
10/6/20	82,142	+1,013	1,004	+17
10/5/20	81,129	+1,947	987	+37
10/4/20	79,182	0	950	0
10/3/20	79,182	+1,353	950	+20
10/2/20	77,829	+1,001	930	+13
10/1/20	76,828	+1,068	917	+13
9/30/20	75,760	+1,156	904	+24
9/29/20	74,604	+890	880	+19
9/28/20	73,714	+1,665	861	+33
9/27/20	72,049	0	828	0
9/26/20	72,049	+1,233	828	+16
9/25/20	70,816	+1,357	812	+17
9/24/20	69,459	+1,400	795	+14
9/23/20	68,059	+1,370	781	+21
9/22/20	66,689	+1,087	760	+15
9/21/20	65,602	+1,890	745	+39
9/20/20	63,712	0	706	0
9/19/20	63,712	+1,338	706	+20
9/18/20	62,374	+1,556	686	+20
9/17/20	60,818	+1,302	666	+17
9/16/20	59,516	+1,379	649	+16
9/15/20	58,137	+776	633	+12
9/14/20	57,361	+1,907	621	+31
9/13/20	55,454	0	590	0
9/12/20	55,454	+1,485	590	+7
9/11/20	53,969	+1,420	583	+16
9/10/20	52,549	+1,325	567	+24
9/9/20	51,224	+1,327	543	+12
9/8/20	49,897	+1,117	531	+21
9/7/20	48,780	+1,860	510	+32
9/6/20	46,920	0	478	0
9/5/20	46,920	+1,240	478	+9
9/4/20	45,680	+1,222	469	+9
9/3/20	44,458	+1,153	460	+7
9/2/20	43,305	+1,121	453	+10
9/1/20	42,184	+897	443	+7
8/31/20	41,287	+1,588	436	+18
8/30/20	39,699	0	418	0
8/29/20	39,699	+1,214	418	+11
8/28/20	38,485	+1,193	407	+10
8/27/20	37,292	+985	397	+11
8/26/20	36,307	+1,002	386	+10
8/25/20	35,305	+842	376	+14
8/24/20	34,463	+643	362	+7
8/23/20	33,820	+736	355	+7
8/22/20	33,084	+950	348	+8
8/21/20	32,134	+1,059	340	+7
8/20/20	31,075	+666	333	+12
8/19/20	30,409	+766	321	+7
8/18/20	29,643	+559	314	+10
8/17/20	29,084	+619	304	+10
8/16/20	28,465	+728	294	+3
8/15/20	27,737	+806	291	+10
8/14/20	26,931	+802	281	+9
8/13/20	26,129	+1,072	272	+9
8/12/20	25,057	+549	263	+8
8/11/20	24,508	+636	255	+11
8/10/20	23,872	+586	244	+9
8/9/20	23,286	+484	235	+7
8/8/20	22,802	+721	228	+10
8/7/20	22,081	+1,011	218	+18
8/6/20	21,070	+653	200	+9
8/5/20	20,417	+580	191	+10
8/4/20	19,837	+435	181	+10
8/3/20	19,402	+427	171	+9
8/2/20	18,975	+788	162	+8
8/1/20	18,187	+367	154	+4
7/31/20	17,820	+530	150	+10
7/30/20	17,290	+490	140	+7
7/29/20	16,800	+456	133	+8
7/28/20	16,344	+503	125	+10
7/27/20	15,841	+612	115	+11
7/26/20	15,229	+629	104	+6
7/25/20	14,600	+931	98	+11
7/24/20	13,669	+540	87	+7
7/23/20	13,129	+768	80	+9
7/22/20	12,361	+550	71	+3
7/21/20	11,811	+277	68	+2
7/20/20	11,534	+420	66	+4
7/19/20	11,114	+563	62	+8
7/18/20	10,551	+582	54	+7
7/17/20	9,969	+423	47	+5
7/16/20	9,546	+560	42	+2
7/15/20	8,986	+504	40	+3
7/14/20	8,482	+446	37	+3
7/13/20	8,036	+440	34	+4
7/12/20	7,596	+365	30	+2
7/11/20	7,231	+386	28	+2
7/10/20	6,845	+360	26	+1
7/9/20	6,485	+649	25	0
7/8/20	5,836	+350	25	+2
7/7/20	5,486	+245	23	0
7/6/20	5,241	+245	23	+4
7/5/20	4,996	+375	19	+1
7/4/20	4,621	+310	18	0
7/3/20	4,311	+288	18	0
7/2/20	4,023	+270	18	+1
7/1/20	3,753	+294	17	+1
6/30/20	3,459	+190	16	+1
6/29/20	3,269	+139	15	0
6/28/20	3,130	+151	15	+1
6/27/20	2,979	+143	14	+2
6/26/20	2,836	+152	12	0
6/25/20	2,684	+169	12	0
6/24/20	2,515	+147	12	0
6/23/20	2,368	+91	12	0
6/22/20	2,277	+64	12	0
6/21/20	2,213	+86	12	0
6/20/20	2,127	+69	12	0
6/19/20	2,058	+119	12	0
6/18/20	1,939	+68	12	0
6/17/20	1,871	+75	12	0
6/16/20	1,796	+52	12	0
6/15/20	1,744	+29	12	0
6/14/20	1,715	+53	12	0
6/13/20	1,662	+50	12	0
6/12/20	1,612	+74	12	0
6/11/20	1,538	+77	12	0
6/10/20	1,461	+86	12	+1
6/9/20	1,375	+33	11	0
6/8/20	1,342	+24	11	+1
6/7/20	1,318	+55	10	0
6/6/20	1,263	+35	10	0
6/5/20	1,228	+34	10	0
6/4/20	1,194	+37	10	0
6/3/20	1,157	+52	10	0
6/2/20	1,105	+21	10	0
6/1/20	1,084	+28	10	0
5/31/20	1,056	+9	10	0
5/30/20	1,047	+25	10	0
5/29/20	1,022	+22	10	0
5/28/20	1,000	+16	10	0
5/27/20	984	+28	10	0
5/26/20	956	+5	10	0
5/25/20	951	+21	10	0
5/24/20	930	+12	10	0
5/23/20	918	+7	10	0
5/22/20	911	+8	10	0
5/21/20	903	+6	10	0
5/20/20	897	+15	10	0
5/19/20	882	+16	10	0
5/18/20	866	+3	10	0
5/17/20	863	+10	10	0
5/16/20	853	+10	10	+1
5/15/20	843	+13	9	+1
5/14/20	830	+15	8	0
5/13/20	815	+11	8	+1
5/12/20	804	+3	7	0
5/11/20	801	+9	7	0
5/10/20	792	+12	7	+1
5/9/20	780	+7	6	0
5/8/20	773	+8	6	0
5/7/20	765	+4	6	0
5/6/20	761	+6	6	0
5/5/20	755	+13	6	0
5/4/20	742	+3	6	0
5/3/20	739	+6	6	0
5/2/20	733	+8	6	0
5/1/20	725	+6	6	0
4/30/20	719	+6	6	0
4/29/20	713	+8	6	0
4/28/20	705	+8	6	0
4/27/20	697	+2	6	0
4/26/20	695	+2	6	0
4/25/20	693	+6	6	0
4/24/20	687	+1	6	0
4/23/20	686	+5	6	0
4/22/20	681	+12	6	0
4/21/20	669	+7	6	0
4/20/20	662	+2	6	+1
4/19/20	660	+5	5	+1
4/18/20	655	+6	4	0
4/17/20	649	+7	4	0
4/16/20	642	+16	4	0
4/15/20	626	+8	4	+1
4/14/20	618	+6	3	0
4/13/20	612	+17	3	0
4/12/20	595	+18	3	0
4/11/20	577	+19	3	0
4/10/20	558	+19	3	0
4/9/20	539	+37	3	0
4/8/20	502	+19	3	+1
4/7/20	483	+16	2	0
4/6/20	467	+13	2	0
4/5/20	454	+19	2	0
4/4/20	435	+19	2	0
4/3/20	416	+20	2	0
4/2/20	396	+21	2	0
4/1/20	375	+28	2	0
3/31/20	347	+17	2	0
3/30/20	330	+16	2	0
3/29/20	314	+19	2	0
3/28/20	295	+32	2	0
3/27/20	263	+32	2	0
3/26/20	231	+30	2	0
3/25/20	201	+24	2	0
3/24/20	177	+19	2	0
3/23/20	158	+24	2	0
3/22/20	134	+17	2	0
3/21/20	117	+28	2	+1
3/20/20	89	+20	1	0
3/19/20	69	+19	1	+1
3/18/20	50	+9	0	0
3/17/20	41	+6	0	0
3/16/20	35	+8	0	0
3/15/20	27	+1	0	0
3/14/20	26	+3	0	0
3/13/20	23	+1	0	0
3/12/20	22	+9	0	0
3/11/20	13	+4	0	0
3/10/20	9	0	0	0
3/9/20	9	+4	0	0
3/8/20	5	+4	0	0
3/7/20	1	0	0	0

Costa Rica Population

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,083,026	3,075,771	3,900,765	4,776,765
Population Density	40.7 / km²	60.1 / km²	76.2 / km²	93.3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Costa Rica Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1850 to 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 year growth %	Avg 10 year growth
1900	303,177	n/a	n/a
1910	376,392	24.1%	73,215
1920	463,701	23.2%	87,309
1930	508,002	9.6%	44,301
1940	659,893	29.9%	151,891
1950	968,210	46.7%	308,317
1960	1,335,468	37.9%	367,258
1970	1,820,819	36.3%	485,351
1990	3,075,771	30%	627,476
2000	3,900,765	26.8%	824,994
2020	5,095,873	14.3%	597,554
2030	5,655,077	11%	559,204
2040	6,110,845	8.1%	455,768
2050	6,445,385	5.5%	334,540
2060	6,665,096	3.4%	219,711
2070	6,735,061	1%	69,965
2080	6,651,256	-1.2%	-83,805
2090	6,451,951	-3%	-199,305
2100	6,181,629	-4.2%	-270,322

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Costa Rica Annual Weather Averages

March Historical Weather Data (1976 to 2020)

Average Temp

24.9°C

76.9°F

Average High

31.3°C

88.3°F

Average Low

18.2°C

64.8°F

Record High Temperature

37.1°C

98.8°F

Record Low Temperature

12.0°C

53.6°F

Average Precipitation

38.6 mm

1.5 in

Average Precipitation Days (≥ 0.254 mm)

3.3 days

Sources:
1. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
2. Lawrimore, Jay H.; Ray, Ron; Applequist, Scott; Korzeniewski, Bryant; Menne, Matthew J. (2016): Global Summary of the Month (GSOM), Version 1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QV3JJ5. Accessed Fri, 08 May 2020 06:54:17 GMT.

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Landslide	High (10)
Drought	Medium (3.1)
Flood	High (10)
Volcano	High (9)
Earthquake	High (9.1)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
2. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
3. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BR8Q45.
4. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
5. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
6. Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Top places in Costa Rica

Places in Costa Rica

Place	Area	Population	Population Density
Alajuela	9,768.3 km²	963,540	98.6 / km²
Cartago	3,091.5 km²	547,451	177.1 / km²
Guanacaste	10,202.3 km²	376,254	36.9 / km²
Heredia	2,664.8 km²	497,948	186.9 / km²
Limón	9,192.3 km²	430,780	46.9 / km²
Puntarenas	11,285.2 km²	454,504	40.3 / km²
San José	4,967.1 km²	1.5 million	307.0 / km²

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