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Costa Rica at a glance Population: 3.5 million Currency: colón GDP: $9.9 billion GDP per capita: $2,830 Total banking sector assets: $4.8 billion Total banking sector capital: $320 million Outstanding government debt: $6.4 billion Sovereign foreign currency rating: Ba1/BB+ Foreign currency reserves: $1.1 billion Money in circulation (M1): $1.2 billion 1996 1997 1998 GDP growth (% year-on-year): -0.6
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