Costa Rica is almost the same in size as Lake Michigan and it has a low population of roughly 4 million people. Nearly half of the country’s population resides in the capital city, San Jose. People in Costa Rica have a very high life expectancy rate of 76 years. Hence, this is a prime destination for retiring Americans because to its proximity to America as it is only 3 hours away from Miami.

Fact 1: Costa Rica is without doubt not the place for people with insect phobias since there are 500,000 insect species that thrive in the country, including roughly 18,000 different kinds of spiders.

Fact 2: Costa Rica is a highly valued ecological destination with approximately 30% of the nation having protected reserves and forests. There are 90 protected places to visit and 12% of the world’s butterflies are found here.

Fact 3: Costa Rica is also known for having large populations of monkeys and bats.

Fact 4: Less than 2% of people living in Costa Rica are of native ancestry. Generally, 95% are of American or European ethnicity.

Fact 5: Costa Rica has an amazingly long coastline that stretches for 800 miles.

Fact 6: Compared to other Central American countries, Costa Rica has the highest wages for casual a worker which is $10 for each day.

Fact 7: Even though Costa Rica’s landmass just takes up 0.04% of the world’s surface, the country hosts 6% of earth’s biodiversity.

Fact 8 Costa Rica is also called the humming bird capital because it has 52 humming bird species.

Fact 9: The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish. Nevertheless, most people are bilingual and speak English since it is regarded as the global language of visitors and tourists.

Fact 10: The country also has more than 120 volcanic formations of which 7 are active.