Costa Rica 1883 Census

The Costa Rica 1883 Census was elaborated by then Dirección General de Estadística y Censos, predecessor of current National Institute of Statistics and Census. The total population was at the moment 182,073.

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1864120,499—
1883182,07351.1%
1892243,20533.6%
1927471,52493.9%
1950800,87569.8%
19631,336,27466.9%
19731,871,78040.1%
19842,416,80929.1%
20003,810,17957.7%
20114,301,71212.9%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[2]

Results by canton
Province Canton Population as of
1883 census		 Population as of
1864 census		 Change Percent
change
San JoséSan José30,12321,3798,744 40.90%
San JoséEscazú5,5508,760−3,210 -36.64%
San JoséDesamparados5,4087,067−1,659 -23.48%
San JoséPuriscal1,942---
San JoséTarrazú1,378---
San JoséAserrí4,785---
San JoséMora6,976---
AlajuelaAlajuela15,24711,5213,726 32.34%
AlajuelaSan Ramón10,1115,0455,066 100.42%
AlajuelaGrecia7,1785,7381,440 25.10%
AlajuelaSan Mateo2,5251,682843 50.12%
AlajuelaAtenas5,5513,1852,366 74.29%
AlajuelaNaranjo4,593---
CartagoCartago20,39816,7803,618 21.56%
CartagoParaíso7,1144,2382,876 67.86%
CartagoLa Unión2,9162,046870 42.52%
HerediaHeredia16,45214,0732,379 16.90%
HerediaBarva2,6633,718−1,055 -28.38%
HerediaSanto Domingo4,254---
HerediaSanta Bárbara2,449---
GuanacasteLiberia4,7443,1691,575 49.70%
GuanacasteNicoya3,8242,4071,417 58.87%
GuanacasteSanta Cruz4,7483,2171,531 47.59%
GuanacasteBagaces9911,638−647 -39.50%
GuanacasteCañas595---
PuntarenasPuntarenas4,0182,9421,076 36.57%
PuntarenasGolfo Dulce, including Térraba and Boruca1,241931310 33.29%
PuntarenasEsparza2,441---
LimónLimón1,858---

References
  1. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  2. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
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