Editing Demographics of Costa Rica (section)

==Migration==

===Emigration===

Costa Rican emigration is among the smallest in the [[Caribbean Basin]]. About 3% of the country's population lives in another country as immigrants. The main destination countries are the United States, Spain, Mexico, and other Central American countries. In 2005, 127,061 Costa Ricans lived in another country as immigrants. [[Remittance]] s were $513,000,000 in 2006, which represented 2.3% of the national GDP.

===Immigration===
{{Further|Immigration to Costa Rica}}

Costa Rica's immigration is among the largest in the Caribbean Basin. According to the 2011 census, 385,899 residents were born abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inec.go.cr/Web/Home/GeneradorPagina.aspx|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120125018/http://www.inec.go.cr/Web/Home/GeneradorPagina.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Censo 2011|archivedate=November 20, 2015}}</ref> The vast majority were born in [[Nicaragua]] (287,766). Other countries of origin were [[Colombia]] (20,514), [[United States]] (16,898), [[Spain]] (16,482) and [[Panama]] (11,250). Outward remittances were $246,000,000 in 2006.

===Migrants===
According to the [[World Bank]], about 489,200 migrants lived in the country in 2010; mainly from Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize, while 125,306 Costa Ricans live abroad in the United States, Panama, Nicaragua, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Venezuela, [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1199807908806/CostaRica.pdf|title=Costa Rica country profile (from the Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011)|publisher=[[World Bank]]|access-date=2011-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103144309/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1199807908806/CostaRica.pdf|archive-date=2011-11-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> The number of migrants declined in later years but in 2015, there were some 420,000 immigrants in Costa Rica<ref name="pewglobal.org"/> and the number of asylum seekers (mainly from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua) rose to more than 110,000, a fivefold increase from 2012.<ref name="auto"/> In 2016, the country was called a "magnet" for migrants from South and Central America and other countries who were hoping to reach the U.S.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/01/492066728/costa-rica-becomes-a-magnet-for-migrants|title=Costa Rica Becomes A Magnet For Migrants|website=Npr.org|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=122498|title=Nicaragua, Trump, Deportations and the {{sic|Affect|expected=Effect|nolink=y}} on Family Remittances - Havana Times.org|website=Havanatimes.org|date=5 December 2016|access-date=30 August 2017}}</ref>