ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · COSTA RICA
Capital of Costa Rica
The capital of Costa Rica is San José. The largest, San José, has around 335,007 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALSan José
POPULATION335,007
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
San José335,007 people
In context
Where San Josésits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MSan José is here
50–250k
<50k
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