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Costa Rica People 2000 Population: 3,710,558 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.69% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 20.69 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 4.31 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: 0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 11.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.52 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
Ethnic groups: white (including mestizo) 94%, black 3%, Amerindian 1%, Chinese 1%, other 1% Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Evangelical Protestant, approximately 14%, other less than 1% Languages: Spanish (official), English spoken around Puerto Limon Literacy:
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