Comments on: Number of Nicaraguan immigrants increased by 20 percent https://insidecostarica.com/2014/06/02/number-nicaraguan-immigrants-increased-20-percent/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 By: disgustedhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/06/02/number-nicaraguan-immigrants-increased-20-percent/#comment-8428 disgusted Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:37:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14977#comment-8428 Lav , your right 4 million divide by 500,000=8 so 1/8th or 1 in 8 are from Nicaragua.

]]> By: Lavhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/06/02/number-nicaraguan-immigrants-increased-20-percent/#comment-8427 Lav Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:17:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14977#comment-8427 Not to be math picky, but it is my career to be good with numbers. But 1 of 4 would but the number of Nicas at 1 million. You are looking at closer to 1/8.

]]> By: disgustedhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/06/02/number-nicaraguan-immigrants-increased-20-percent/#comment-8425 disgusted Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:38:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14977#comment-8425 If population here is 4million and 500,000 are Nicaraguans so ONE in 4 (( or 1 to 3.5)) are from there not counting the other foreigners including myself. Plus when I lived in Liberia it seemed like everyone there had roots in Nicaragua as well.

]]> By: Ken Morrishttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/06/02/number-nicaraguan-immigrants-increased-20-percent/#comment-8422 Ken Morris Tue, 03 Jun 2014 01:56:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14977#comment-8422 Another number I simply don’t believe, since the trend in recent years is that fewer Nicas are coming to Costa Rica.

Odds are that the apparent increase is a byproduct of legal or administrative changes. For whatever reason, Nicas are probably more apt to to obtain official documents before arriving.

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