Costa Rican people

Costa Ricans, (costarricenses in Spanish) are also called ticos. They are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in Central America. It is called Costa Rica. Costa Ricans do not consider their nationality one ethnicity. This is because there are many ethnic backgrounds. Costa Ricans are mostly criollos, castizos and mestizos. There are four small minority groups: Mulattos, Blacks, Amerindians and Asians.

Costa Ricans
costarricenses

Sonia Chang-Díaz • Jose Pablo Cantillo • Heather Hemmens • Debi Nova • Madeleine Stowe • Candice Michelle • Eliot A. Jardines • Franklin Chang-Díaz • Leonora Jiménez • Bruno Carranza • Harry Shum, Jr. • Maribel Guardia • Claudia Poll • Nery Brenes • Oscar Arias • Ibo Bonilla • Chavela Vargas
Languages
Costa Rican Spanish, Limonese Creole, Bribri, Ngäbere
Religion
Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism and minorities of other religions.
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards, Italian Costa Rican, Chorotega, Other European peoples, Afro-Costa Rican, Other Amerindian peoples, Chinese people in Costa Rica, Nicaraguan Diaspora, Mulatto

Stone sphere created by the Diquis culture in the National Museum of Costa Rica.

The 2011 Census states Costa Rica has a population of 4,301,712 people.