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Costa Rica: map and facts
Costa Rica is in Central America. It has about 5.15 million people (2025), the 124th largest population. It covers 51,100 km², the 126th largest by area. That is about 101 people per km². Its highest point is Cerro Chirripó, at 3,820 m. The longest river on its map is the San Juan, 192 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 5,152,950 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 51,100 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: San José
- Highest point: Cerro Chirripó, 3,820 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 59.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Costa Rica, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- San Juan: 192 km
- Grande de Térraba: 160 km
- Sixaola: 146 km
- Reventazón: 145 km
- Tarcoles: 111 km
Also on the map: Chirripo del Atlantico and Chirripó.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Cerro Chirripó: 3,820 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Nicoya Peninsula and Osa Peninsula.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): wooded savanna 42.8%, evergreen broadleaf forest 37.6%, savanna 7.2%, grassland 5.6%, deciduous broadleaf forest 3.5%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 48.8%, hills 28.4%, plains 20.6%, high mountains 2.2%.
Forests covered 59.1% of its land in 2024, up from 54% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Costa Rica shares land borders with Nicaragua and Panama on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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