Immigration to Costa Rica

Total foreign population 2012
Place Country Numbers
1 Nicaragua 287 766
2 Colombia 16 514
3 United States 15 898
4 Panama 11 250
5 El Salvador 9 424
6 Venezuela  3 886
7 Cuba 3 860
8 Honduras 3 778
9 Peru 3 404
10 China 3 281
11 Mexico 3 059
12 Guatemala 2 573
13 Spain  1 806
14 Argentina 1 786
15 Canada  1 679
16 Italy 1 494
17 Dominican Republic 1 475
18 Germany 1 412
19 Chile 1 364
20 Ecuador 1 040
21 France 936
22 Taiwan 797
23 Brazil 605
24  Switzerland 551
25 England 503
26 Netherlands 434
27 Russia 429
28 Uruguay 356
29 Bolivia 331
30 South Korea 263
31 Belgium 254
32 Puerto Rico 245

At the 2011 census, the number of immigrants in Costa Rica totaled about 390,000 individuals, or about 9% of the country's population. Following a considerable drop from 1950 through 1980, immigration to Costa Rica has increased in recent decades.

The ethnic composition of Costa Rica consists mostly of people of European and Mestizo origin and also black and indigenous people.

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