Editing Demographics of Costa Rica (section)

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Costa Rica}}

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|caption = Religion in Costa Rica (2008)<ref name=report1>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108520.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2008: Costa Rica]. United States [[Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor]] (September 14, 2007)</ref><ref name="buddhistchannel.tv">{{cite web|first=Terrence|last=Johnson|url=http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=71,11009,0,0,1,0#.WBz56iRuhnI|title=Buddhism in Costa Rica|website=Buddhistchannel.tv|date=5 August 2012|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>
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|label2 = [[Protestantism]]
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According to the [[World Factbook]], the main faiths are Roman Catholic (76.3%), Evangelical (13.7%), Jehovah's Witnesses (1.3%), other Protestant (0.7%), other (4.8%), and none (3.2%).

The most recent nationwide survey of '''[[religion]]''' in '''[[Costa Rica]]''', conducted in 2007 by the [[University of Costa Rica]], found that 70.5 percent of the population identify themselves as [[Roman Catholics]] (with 44.9 percent practicing, 25.6 percent nonpracticing), 13.8 percent are [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] Protestants, 11.3 percent report that they [[Nonreligious|do not have a religion]], and 4.3 percent declare that they belong to another religion.<ref name=report>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2008/108520.htm|title=Costa Rica: International Religious Freedom Report 2008|work=[[United States Department of State]]|date=2008|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref>

Apart from the dominant Catholic religion, several other religious groups exist in the country.<ref name=report/> [[Methodist]], [[Lutheran]], [[Anglicanism|Episcopal]], [[Baptist]], and other Protestant groups have significant membership.<ref name=report/> [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church) claims more than 35,000 members and has a temple in [[San José Costa Rica Temple|San José]] that served as a regional worship center for Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, and Honduras.<ref>[https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/costa-rica "Facts and Statistics"], ''[[Church News]]'', 2020. Retrieved on 30 March 2020.</ref>

Although they represent less than 1 percent of the population, [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] have a strong presence on the Caribbean coast.<ref name=report/> Seventh-day Adventists operate a university that attracts students from throughout the Caribbean Basin.<ref name=report/> The [[Unification Church]] maintains its continental headquarters for Latin America in San José.<ref name=report/>

Non-Christian religious groups, including followers of [[Judaism]], [[Islam]], [[Taoism]], [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]], [[Paganism]], [[Wicca]], [[Scientology]], [[Tenrikyo]], and the [[Baháʼí Faith]], claim membership throughout the country, with the majority of worshipers residing in the Central Valley (the area of the capital).<ref name=report/> While there is no general correlation between religion and ethnicity, indigenous peoples are more likely to practice [[animism]] than other religions.<ref name=report/>

Article 75 of the Costa Rican Constitution states that the "Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Religion is the official religion of the Republic."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.costaricalaw.com/legalnet/constitutional_law/engtit6.html|title=Title VI: Religion: Article 75 (As amended with regard to its number by Article 1, Law No. 5703)|work=CostaRicaLaw.com|date=6 June 1975|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010421171417/http://www.costaricalaw.com/legalnet/constitutional_law/engtit6.html|archive-date=21 April 2001}}</ref> That same article provides for [[freedom of religion]]. The government respects this right.<ref name=report/> The US government found no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious belief or practice in 2007.<ref name=report/>