<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related ethnic groups </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Spaniards, Italian Costa Rican, Chorotega, Other European peoples, Afro - Costa Rican, Other Amerindian peoples, Chinese people in Costa Rica, Nicaraguan Diaspora, Mulatto </Td> </Tr> <P> Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses), also called Ticos, are from a multiethnic Spanish speaking nation in Central America called Costa Rica . Costa Ricans are predominantly mestizos, whites and castizos (halfway between white and mestizo), but their country is considered a multiethnic society, which means that it is home to people of many different ethnic backgrounds . As a result, modern - day Costa Ricans do not consider their nationality as an ethnicity but as a citizenship with various ethnicities . Costa Rica has four small minority groups: Mulattoes, Blacks, Asians, and Amerindians . In addition to the "Indigenas", whites, mestizos, blacks and mulattoes, Costa Rica is also home to thousands of Asians . Most of the Chinese and Indians now living in the country are descendants of those that arrived during the 19th century as migrant workers . </P> <P> According to the 2011 Census, Costa Rica has a population of 4,301,712 people . The population growth rate between 2005 and 2010 was estimated to be 1.5% annually, with a birth rate of 17.8 live births per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 4.1 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants . By 2016, the population had increased to about 4.9 million . </P>

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