 An estimated 10% of the Costa Rican population in 2014 was made up of Nicaraguans.The indigenous population today numbers about 60,000 (just over 1% of the population) with some Miskito and Garifuna (a population of mixed black African and Carib Indian descent) living in the coastal regions.Costa Rica's emigration is the smallest in the Caribbean Basin and is among the smallest in the Americas.