Costa Rica

Costa Ricans ('Ticos') are predominantly of mixed European and Indigenous (Mestizo) heritage, with Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous minorities. Spanish is the official language.

Roman Catholicism is the traditional and official faith, with a growing evangelical Protestant minority.

Society

Costa Rica has high literacy, good healthcare, and high living standards for the region, with a stable democracy, a strong environmental ethic, and the famous outlook of 'pura vida.'