Costa Rica is one of many less developed countries in the world. The total population is about 4,636,348 people. The growth rate has reached about 1.3% (State.Gov.). The birth rate is 16.4/1,000 and the death rate is about 9.33/1,000. The urban population makes up about 64% of the total population.Life expectancy of Costa Rica is 77.89 years (State.Gov.) Net migration in Costa Rica is 5.3 migrants per 1,000 population. "The government viewed the immigration level as too high" (Encyclopedia of Nations). There is about as many as 100,000 seasonal migrants from Nicaragua to Costa Rica (Migration Information Source). Intraregional migration has a highly seasonal character. However, these flows over the past decades have translated into a core permanent population of perhaps 300,000 (Migration Information Source). The situation regarding internal migration is that in some sectors, such as agriculture, circular migration is the norm, while in others, such as domestic service, flows are more permanent. Tourism and construction, the emerging sectors for intraregional migration, displays both temporary and permanent migration features (Migration Information Source).