Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1821 – present

Costa Rica

A state of 1821 – present — 205 years, still standing in the Americas and Oceania. It replaced Mosquitia. The atlas records 51 things within it — wars and battles 3 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 2 · treaties 1 · people 44. Its line of rulers holds 46 people, 38 with dated terms.

  • Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
205 years
and still standing
Rulers
46
the President of Costa Rica
Most ground
56,300 km²
in 1905
Within it
51
recorded rows
Symbols
13
on record, with years
Map: Costa Rica in 1905, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Costa Rica in 1905, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 56,300 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Costa Rica: 1821 – 2026

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

  • Mosquitia · replaces

Rulers

The line of President of Costa Rica - the office this state names as its head of state.

Juan Mora Fernández · 1825 – 1833 · left office aliveJosé Rafael Gallegos · 1833 – 1835 · left office aliveBraulio Carrillo Colina · 1835 – 1842 · left office aliveRafael Ángel Calderón Guardia · 1840 – 1844 · left office aliveJosé Rafael Gallegos · 1845 – 1846 · left office aliveJuan Rafael Mora Porras · 1849 – 1859 · executedRafael Barroeta Baca · 1873 – 1874 · left office aliveSaturnino Lizano Gutiérrez · 1882 – 1882 · left office alivePróspero Fernández Oreamuno · 1882 – 1885 · died in office, manner not recordedBernardo Soto Alfaro · 1885 – 1889 · left office aliveJosé Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón · 1890 – 1894 · left office aliveAscensión Esquivel Ibarra · 1902 – 1906 · left office aliveCleto González Víquez · 1906 – 1910 · left office aliveRicardo Jiménez Oreamuno · 1910 – 1914 · left office aliveAlfredo González Flores · 1914 – 1917 · left office aliveFederico Tinoco Granados · 1917 – 1919 · left office aliveJuan Bautista Quirós Segura · 1919 – 1919 · left office aliveFrancisco Aguilar Barquero · 1919 – 1920 · left office aliveJulio Acosta García · 1920 – 1924 · resigned or stood down, the article saysRicardo Jiménez Oreamuno · 1924 – 1928 · left office aliveCleto González Víquez · 1928 – 1932 · left office aliveRicardo Jiménez Oreamuno · 1932 – 1936 · left office aliveLeón Cortés Castro · 1936 – 1940 · left office aliveTeodoro Picado Michalski · 1944 – 1948 · left office aliveJosé Figueres Ferrer · 1948 – 1949 · left office aliveOtilio Ulate Blanco · 1949 – 1953 · left office aliveJosé Figueres Ferrer · 1953 – 1958 · left office aliveMario Echandi Jiménez · 1958 – 1962 · left office aliveFrancisco Orlich Bolmarcich · 1962 – 1966 · left office aliveJosé Joaquín Trejos Fernández · 1966 – 1970 · resigned or stood down, the article saysJosé Figueres Ferrer · 1970 – 1974 · left office aliveDaniel Oduber Quirós · 1974 – 1978 · left office aliveRodrigo Carazo Odio · 1978 – 1982 · left office aliveLuis Alberto Monge · 1982 – 1986 · left office aliveÓscar Arias · 1986 – 1990 · no death date to read the end againstRafael Ángel Calderón Fournier · 1990 – 1994 · no death date to read the end againstJosé María Figueres · 1994 – 1998 · no death date to read the end againstMiguel Ángel Rodríguez · 1998 – 2002 · resigned or stood down, the article saysAbel Pacheco · 2002 – 2006 · no death date to read the end againstÓscar Arias · 2006 – 2010 · no death date to read the end againstLaura Chinchilla · 2010 – 2014 · no death date to read the end againstLuis Guillermo Solís · 2014 – 2018 · no death date to read the end againstCarlos Alvarado · 2018 – 2022 · no death date to read the end againstRodrigo Chaves · 2022 – 2026 · no death date to read the end againstLaura Fernández · 2026 – … · still in office1850190019502000
killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Juan Mora Fernández1825 – 18338 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
José Rafael Gallegos1833 – 18352 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Braulio Carrillo Colina1835 – 18427 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia1840 – 18444 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
José Rafael Gallegos1845 – 18461 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Juan Rafael Mora Porras1849 – 185910 yearsexecutedWikidata's manner of death
Rafael Barroeta Baca1873 – 18741 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez1882 – 1882under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno1882 – 18853 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Bernardo Soto Alfaro1885 – 18894 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón1890 – 18944 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra1902 – 19064 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Cleto González Víquez1906 – 19104 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1910 – 19144 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Alfredo González Flores1914 – 19173 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Federico Tinoco Granados1917 – 19192 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Juan Bautista Quirós Segura1919 – 1919under a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Francisco Aguilar Barquero1919 – 19201 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Julio Acosta García1920 – 19244 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1924 – 19284 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Cleto González Víquez1928 – 19324 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno1932 – 19364 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
León Cortés Castro1936 – 19404 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Teodoro Picado Michalski1944 – 19484 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
José Figueres Ferrer1948 – 19491 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Otilio Ulate Blanco1949 – 19534 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
José Figueres Ferrer1953 – 19585 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Mario Echandi Jiménez1958 – 19624 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich1962 – 19664 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández1966 – 19704 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
José Figueres Ferrer1970 – 19744 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Daniel Oduber Quirós1974 – 19784 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Rodrigo Carazo Odio1978 – 19824 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Luis Alberto Monge1982 – 19864 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Óscar Arias1986 – 19904 yearsending not on record
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier1990 – 19944 yearsending not on record
José María Figueres1994 – 19984 yearsending not on record
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez1998 – 20024 yearsresigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Abel Pacheco2002 – 20064 yearsending not on record
Óscar Arias2006 – 20104 yearsending not on record
Laura Chinchilla2010 – 20144 yearsending not on record
Luis Guillermo Solís2014 – 20184 yearsending not on record
Carlos Alvarado2018 – 20224 yearsending not on record
Rodrigo Chaves2022 – 20264 yearsending not on record
Laura Fernández2026 – in officein office since 2026still in office

46 rulers, 38 with terms dated as terms, covering 1825 – 2026. Median reign 4 years. 3 of 44 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 0.87, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1850190019502000

56,200 km² in 1841, 56,200 km² in 2021; at its largest 56,300 km² in 1911. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of Costa Rica (1821–1823)
    flag, 1821 – 1823Flag of Costa Rica (1821–1823) · Public domain
  • Flag of Costa Rica (1823–1824)
    flag, 1823 – 1824Flag of Costa Rica (1823–1824) · Public domain
  • Flag of Costa Rica (1824)
    flag, 1824 – 1824Flag of Costa Rica (1824) · Public domain
  • Flag of Costa Rica (1824–1840)
    flag, 1824 – 1840Flag of Costa Rica (1824–1840) · Public domain
  • Flag of the United Provinces of Central America
    flag, 1824 – 1824Flag of the United Provinces of Central America · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huhsunqu
  • Flag of Costa Rica (1840–1842)
    flag, 1840 – 1842Flag of Costa Rica (1840–1842) · Public domain
  • Flag of Costa Rica (1842–1848)
    flag, 1842 – 1848Flag of Costa Rica (1842–1848) · Public domain
  • Flag of Costa Rica (1848–1906)
    flag, 1848 – 1906Flag of Costa Rica (1848–1906) · Public domain
  • Coat of arms of Costa Rica
    coat of arms, from 1848Coat of arms of Costa Rica · Public domain
  • Flag of Costa Rica
    flag, from 1906Flag of Costa Rica · Public domain
  • State flag of Costa Rica (1906–1964)
    flag, 1906 – 1964State flag of Costa Rica (1906–1964) · Public domain
  • State flag of Costa Rica (1964–1998)
    flag, 1964 – 1998State flag of Costa Rica (1964–1998) · Public domain

1 more in the atlas.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1800 – 1899: 25 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 24 other18001900 – 1999: 20 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other19002000 – 2099: 4 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other2000

1800 – 189925 rows · 1 wars and battles

and 17 more in the atlas.

1900 – 199920 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 12 more in the atlas.

2000 – 20994 rows

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood205 years

    stood longer than 63% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held56,300 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 35% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per century1.0

    had more wars on record per century than 93% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median4 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 13% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record46

    has more rulers on record than 97% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 2 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Mosquitia · Linked · 1687 – 1894MosquitiaAntonio Rivera Cabezas · Coincidence · 1785 – 1851Antonio Rivera CabezasCosta Rica · 1821 – 2026Costa Rica1700180019002000
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Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q800 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.