• PEOPLE NAME: AMERICANS OF COSTA RICA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples

People Cluster: Anglo-American

Language: English - (eng)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Costa Rica

Also found in: Australia; Canada; Curacao; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Fiji; Greenland; Guam; Haiti; Iceland; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; New Zealand; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Singapore; United States; Virgin Islands

Population: 12,500

Global Population: 194,709,800


PEID: 25025

ROP: 110448

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Americans of Costa Rica, numbering 12,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Anglo-American people cluster within the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 194,709,800 in 19 countries. Their primary language is English. The primary religion practiced by the Americans is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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