Costa Rica

Agriculturally and ecologically rich land that straddles the Central American isthmus.

Costa RicaPRAY FOR THE COUNTRY

• Area: 51,100 sq km

• Population: 4,639,827 Annual Growth: 1.4%

• Capital: San José

• Urban Percent: 64.3%

• Human Development Index Rank:54 of 182 countries

Costa RicaPRAY FOR THE PEOPLE

• Peoples: 21 (1 unreached)

• Languages: 13

• Official Languages: Spanish. English and Mekitelyu spoken on Caribbean coast.

• Largest Religion: Christian (94% of population)

Christians Other ReligionsP=Protestant J=JudaismI=Independent M=MuslimA=Anglican Bh=BahaiC=Catholic B=BuddhistO=Orthodox H=HinduS=Marginal Sk=SikhU=Unaffiliated Ch=Chinese Rel.X=Other Christian; E=Trad. Ethnic All Christians N=Non-Religious  T=Other

Costa RicaPRAY FOR THE CHURCH

• Christians (self-identified): 4,358,653 93.9% of population Annual Growth: 1.3%

• Evangelicals: 688,771 14.8% of population Annual Growth: 3.7%