Costa Rica

Population Statistics

4,814,144

Total Population

722,122

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 October 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica (1949, last amended 2005)

Updated: June 2015

Article 93 states:

Suffrage is a fundamental and compulsory civic duty and is exercised before Election Boards through a direct and secret ballot by citizens registered in the Civil Registry.

 

Excerpt from the Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica (1949, last amended 2005)