Costa Rica: flag, capital & map
Get to know Costa Rica, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- San José
- Region
- North America
- Subregion
- Central America
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 5,152,950
- Area
- 51,100 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Spanish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Costa Rican Colón (CRC)
Costa Rica lies in Central America between Nicaragua and Panama. Its capital is San José.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Costa Rica
The flag of Costa Rica is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue. The central red band is twice the height of the other four bands. The national coat of arms is placed in a white elliptical disk toward the hoist side of the red band.
Where it is
Costa Rica is grouped in Central America, within Roam’s North America region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Nicaragua, Panama. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Costa Rica has a recorded area of 51,100 square kilometres. Among the 7 countries assigned to Central America in this dataset, it ranks 5 by area, from largest to smallest. Panama is immediately above it in that ordering, at 75,417 km². Belize is immediately below it, at 22,966 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 5,152,950 people for Costa Rica in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 101 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Spanish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Costa Rican Colón (CRC). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Costa Rica?
Reveal answer
San José. Costa Rica lies in Central America between Nicaragua and Panama. Its capital is San José.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Costa Rica?
Reveal answer
The flag of Costa Rica is composed of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white and blue. The central red band is twice the height of the other four bands. The national coat of arms is placed in a white elliptical disk toward the hoist side of the red band.
Which land neighbours of Costa Rica are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Nicaragua and Panama. The source classifies Costa Rica as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Costa Rica?
Reveal answer
Spanish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Costa Rica.
Which currency codes are listed for Costa Rica?
Reveal answer
Costa Rican Colón (CRC). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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