Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948, protects 25% of territory as national parks, and is a global ecotourism pioneer generating nearly all electricity from renewables.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 100 people per km² rank 89 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.0631 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of North America | 0.845% of its people, 0.227% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 19,730 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,197 km²) |
| Closest in population | Central African Republic (5,152,421 people) |
Costa Rica is the only country in our list that uses CRC.