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    Costa Rica is an upper middle income country located in Latin America with a population of 4.6 million as of 2009. Over 60% of Costa Rica's population lives in urban areas, with a population density of around 89 people per square kilometer. Around 10.5% of Costa Rica's population are immigrants, primarily from Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador. Emigration rates are also high, with around 2.7% of Costa Rica's population, or 125,000 people, living abroad, mostly in the United States. Remittances sent to Costa Rica have increased in recent years, reaching $622 million in 2010, providing an important source of income for the country.

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    Costa Rica is an upper middle income country located in Latin America with a population of 4.6 million as of 2009. Over 60% of Costa Rica's population lives in urban areas, with a population density of around 89 people per square kilometer. Around 10.5% of Costa Rica's population are immigrants, primarily from Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador. Emigration rates are also high, with around 2.7% of Costa Rica's population, or 125,000 people, living abroad, mostly in the United States. Remittances sent to Costa Rica have increased in recent years, reaching $622 million in 2010, providing an important source of income for the country.

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    Costa Rica is an upper middle income country located in Latin America with a population of 4.6 million as of 2009. Over 60% of Costa Rica's population lives in urban areas, with a population density of around 89 people per square kilometer. Around 10.5% of Costa Rica's population are immigrants, primarily from Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador. Emigration rates are also high, with around 2.7% of Costa Rica's population, or 125,000 people, living abroad, mostly in the United States. Remittances sent to Costa Rica have increased in recent years, reaching $622 million in 2010, providing an important source of income for the country.

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    Costa Rica

    Latin America and the Caribbean

    UPPER MIDDLE INCOME

    Population (millions, 2009)


    Population growth (avg. annual %, 200009)
    Population density (people per km2, 2008)
    Labor force (millions, 2008)
    Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008)
    Urban population (% of pop., 2009)
    Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008)
    GNI (US$ billions, 2009)
    GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009)
    GDP growth (avg. annual %, 200509)
    Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005)
    Age dependency ratio (2009)

    4.6
    1.8
    88.7
    2.0

    63.8
    51.1
    28.8
    6,230
    4.7
    2.4
    47.4

    Migration
    EMIGRATION, 2010
    Stock of emigrants: 125.3 thousands
    Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 2.7%
    Top destination countries: the United States, Nicaragua, Panama, Canada,
    Spain, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Repblica
    Bolivariana de Venezuela

    SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000

    Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 7.2%


    Emigration of physicians: 313 or 4.6% of physicians trained in the country
    (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010)

    IMMIGRATION, 2010
    Stock of immigrants: 489.2 thousands
    Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 10.5%
    Females as percentage of immigrants: 50.0%
    Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 3.5%
    Top source countries: Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras,
    Guatemala, Belize

    Remittances
    US$ millions

    2003

    2004

    2005

    2006

    2007

    2008

    2009 2010e

    Inward remittance flowsa


    321
    320
    420
    513
    618
    605
    574
    of which
    Workers remittances
    306
    302
    400
    490
    596
    584
    489
    Compensation of employees
    15
    17
    21
    23
    22
    21
    25
    Migrants transfers






    622

    Outward remittance flows


    192
    192
    209
    246
    271
    269
    239
    of which
    Workers remittances
    156
    155
    196
    233
    258
    254
    224
    Compensation of employees
    36
    37
    13
    13
    14
    14
    15
    Migrants transfers






    a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$2.0 bn, net ODA received US$0.1 bn, total international reserves
    US$3.8 bn, exports of goods and services US$13.6 bn in 2008.

    The Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 is compiled by Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra, and
    Ani Silwal, Migration and Remittances Unit, World Bank. More information on other countries and
    98
    Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011
    regions are available at www.worldbank.org/prospects/migrationandremittances.

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