At the 2011 census, the number of immigrants in Costa Rica totaled about 390,000 individuals, or about 9% of the country's population.[1][2] 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.
| Total foreign population 2012[1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
- ^ a b "Costa Rica: Población total nacida en el extranjero por zona y sexo, según país de nacimiento y año de llegada al país". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Costa Rica: Población total por lugar de nacimiento, según provincia de residencia actual y sexo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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