Costa Rica’s Rapidly Growing Population of 100+ Year Olds.

The University of Costa Rica’s first report (100% Spanish) on the state of the situation of the senior citizen (Primer informe sobre el estado de situacíon de la persona adulta mayor) has clearly shown that the population of very senior, senior citizens in Costa Rica is rapidly accelerating…

There are currently over 937 people living in this little country called Costa Rica who are over 100 years old. This percentage of the population has grown by 300% since the year 2000 when only 231 people who were over 100+ years old were counted.

Looking at the other end of the spectrum the number of young children aged ten or under has dropped by 22% and the overall population growth in the past 30 years has been only 23%

A Costa Rican man born today can expect to live until he is 77 years old, a Costa Rican woman would be expected to live until she was 82.

If you can read Spanish the report is actually quite a fascinating read…

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Written by Scott Oliver, author of How To Buy Costa Rica Real Estate Without Losing Your Camisa and Costa Rica’s Guide To Making Money Offshore.

Andrew Makarik

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