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Current account balance : $-970 million (2003) . HIV Piedras_Blancas : 0.6% (2003 est.) Population below poverty line : 20.6% (2002 est.) . Literacy : 96% House hold income lowest than 10% : 1,10% House hold income highest than 10% : 36.8% (2002) Inflation : 9.4% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 6.7% (2003 est.) . Internet Users : 800,000 (2002) . Location Piedras_Blancas : Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama . Geographic Coordinates : 10 00 N, 84 00 W . Religion : Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% . Administrative region : 7 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia); Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas, San Jose . Terrain : coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes . Elevation extremes lowest : Pacific Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Cerro Chirripo 3,810 m . Natural resources : hydropower . Land use arable land : 4,41%. Land use permanentcrops : 5,88%. Irrigated land : 1,260 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : occasional earthquakes, hurricanes along Atlantic coast; frequent flooding of lowlands at onset of rainy season and landslides; active volcanoes . Environment current issues : deforestation and land use change, largely a result of the clearing of land for cattle ranching and agriculture; soil erosion; coastal marine pollution; fisheries protection; solid waste management; air pollution . Geography note : four volcanoes, two of them active, rise near the capital of San Jose in the center of the country; one of the volcanoes, Irazu, erupted destructively in 1963-65 . Population : 3,956,507 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 29,50%. age -14 men : 597 332. age -14 ladies : 570 008. age 15/64 p : 65%. age 15/64 men : 1 300 206. age 15/64 ladies : 1 271 010. age +65 p : 5,50%. age +65 men : 101 270. age +65 ladies : 116 681. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 25.7 years . median age male : 25.2 years . median age female : 26.2 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 1.52% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 18.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 4.32 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1.02 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.87 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 11.17 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 9.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 76.63 years . life expectancy at birth male : 74.07 years . life expectancy at birth female : 79.33 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 2.33 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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