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Costa Rica      Country: Costa Rica Internet: .cr Continent: Central America / Central America and the Caribbean Government URL: http://www.casapres.go.cr Area: 51100 sq km Population: 4,075,261 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 4398.77 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 2235.762 Population Women: 2163.008 Annual Growth Rate: 1.932 % Birth Rate: 18.32 % Death Rate: 4.36 % Life Expectancy: 77.02 years Infant Mortality Rate: 9.7 % Fertility Rate: 2.24 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.6 % HIV AIDS Living With: 12,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 900 Labor Force: 1,866,000 Unemployment Rate: 6.6 % GDP Per Capita: $12,000 GDP Purchasing Power: $48,770,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 4.7 Industrial Growth: 8.4 Inflation Rate CP: 12.1 % Investment Gross Fixed: 19.4 Public Debt: 53.4 Capital: San Jose / San José Capital Population: 1527300 (metro area) / 337200 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 9 56 N, 84 05 W UTC Offset: -6 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 2 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 730 km Roadways: 35330 km Railways: 278 km Airports: 157 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 1000000 Internet Hosts: 12751 Telephones Mobile: 1,101,000 Telephones Main: 1388500 Debt External: $6,420,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $2,500,000,000 Imports: $10,880,000,000 Exports: $7,931,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$1,176,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 7,574,000,000 Electricity Production: 8,400,000,000 Oil Consumption: 44,000 Oil Production: 0  Map of Costa Rica

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