Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica · Central America
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, with San José as its capital, home to about 5,152,950 people. Costa Rica shares land borders with 2 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | San José |
|---|---|
| Region | Central America |
| Currency | Costa Rican colón (CRC ₡) |
| Calling code | +506 |
| ISO codes | CR / CRI / 188 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇨🇷 |
| Population | 5,152,950 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 51,100 km² |
| Languages | Spanish |
| Internet domain | .cr |
| Demonym | Costa Rican |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Costa Rica mean?
Costa Rica's flag was created on 29 September 1848 at the suggestion of Pacifica Fernandez Oreamuno, wife of the president, an admirer of France's 1848 revolution who added a red stripe to the existing blue and white so the flag would echo the French tricolour and its ideals of freedom, equality and brotherhood. In the flag's recorded symbolism, blue stands for the sky, ideals and perseverance, white for peace, wisdom and happiness, and the wide red band for the warmth of Costa Ricans, their love of life and the blood shed for freedom. The state flag adds the coat of arms, whose seven stars represent Costa Rica's seven provinces; the civil flag flies without it.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Costa Rica
About Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially Republic of Costa Rica, is a United Nations member state in Central America. Its capital and seat of government is San José. It shares land borders with 2 countries. The official currency is the Costa Rican colón (₡), using the code CRC.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Costa Rica for San José’s own facts and history.
To call Costa Rica from abroad, dial the country code +506. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes CR (alpha-2) and CRI (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 5,152,950.
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How Costa Rica compares
- Area: 51,100 km², ranking 126 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 5,152,950, ranking 124 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 101 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 2, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Costa Rica
43 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, blue, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout. Showing the first 12.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.