Costa Rica
Republic of Costa Rica
Costa Rica (CR, CRI) is a country in Central America, with San José as its capital. The currency is the Costa Rican Colón (CRC, CRC). The international dialling code is +506; mobile numbers are written like 8312 3456. The time zone is America/Costa_Rica. Official language: Spanish.
CurrencyCRCCRC
Dial code+506e.g. 8312 3456
Time zoneCosta RicaUTC−06:00
LanguageSpanish
CapitalSan José
Population5.3M51.1K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Native name
- Costa Rica
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- CR
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- CRI
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 188
- IOC code
- CRC
- Demonym
- Costa Rican
- Capital
- San José
- Region
- Americas › Central America
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Central America
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .cr
- Coordinates
- 10, -84
- Area
- 51,100 km²
- Population
- 5,265,580
- GDP
- $134.2B ($25.5K per person)
- Literacy
- 96.3%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Costa Rican Colón CRC
- Symbol
- CRC narrow ₡
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Cash rounding
- 0 decimals, increment 0
- Example
- ₡1 234,50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish es | Official | 95% (5M) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America/Costa_Rica | UTC−06:00 | none | Central Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +506
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 8–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112|911
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 2212 3456 | +506 2212 3456 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 8312 3456 | +506 8312 3456 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 800-123-4567 | +506 800 123 4567 | XXX-XXX-XXXX | 10 |
| Premium rate | 900-123-4567 | +506 900 123 4567 | XXX-XXX-XXXX | 10 |
| VoIP | 4000 1234 | +506 4000 1234 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [2-7]|8[3-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [89] | $1-$2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{State/province}, {City}
{Postal code}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 7
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4,5}|\d{3}-\d{4}- Examples
- 1000 · 2010 · 1001
- Post office lookup
- https://correos.go.cr/codigo-postal/
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB, hb
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- US-Letter
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Spanish (Costa Rica) locale (es-CR), amounts in CRC.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7%
- Currency (CRC)
- ₡1 234 567,89
- Accounting
- -₡1 234 567,89
- Currency, name
- 1 234 567,89 colones costarricenses
- Compact short
- 1,2 M
- Compact long
- 1,2 millones
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilómetros por hora
- Temperature
- 21,5 °C
- Date, full
- viernes, 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, long
- 27 de marzo de 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 p. m.
- Time, short
- 3:04 p. m.
- Date and time
- 27 mar 2026, 3:04 p. m.
- Month and year
- marzo de 2026
- Weekday
- viernes
- Relative time
- ayer · dentro de 3 días · hace 2 horas
- List: and
- A, B y C
- List: or
- A, B o C