Recognised as Country
Costa Rica
- CR
- North America
- CRC
- .cr
Costa Rica (CR/CRI) is a country in North America with its capital at San Jose. It covers about 51,100 km² with a population of roughly 5,200,000, uses the CRC, dials on +506, owns the .cr internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Costa_Rica. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameCosta Rica
CapitalSan Jose
ContinentNorth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CRI
Internet TLD.cr
Calling code+506
Currency codeCRC
Geography
Latitude9.7489° N
Longitude83.7534° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area51,100 km²19,730 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London8,721 kmto the approximate centre of Costa Rica, not to San Jose. W, bearing 271.2°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Costa_Ricathe IANA zone for San Jose; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-06:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-06:00
Offset in JulyUTC-06:00
Current offsetUTC-06:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 08:26
Hours ahead of UTC-6
Population & scale
Population5,200,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density101.8 per km²≈
Share of world population0.064%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset126 of 196
Population rank in this dataset124 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Nicaragua381 km centre to centre
Panama353 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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