1883 Costa Rican census

Costa Rica 1883 Census
← 1864 30 November 1883 1892 →
General information
CountryCosta Rica
Results
Total population182,073 (Increase 51.1%)
Most populous cantonSan José
30,123
Least populous cantonCañas
595
Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1864120,499—    
1883182,073+2.20%
1892243,205+3.27%
1927471,524+1.91%
1950800,875+2.33%
19631,336,274+4.02%
19731,871,780+3.43%
19842,416,809+2.35%
20003,810,179+2.89%
20114,301,712+1.11%
20225,044,197+1.46%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[2]

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.

Results by canton

Province Canton Population as of
1883 census 		Population as of
1864 census 		Change Percent
change
San José San José 30,123 21,379 8,744 Increase 40.90% Increase
San José Escazú 5,550 8,760 −3,210 Decrease -36.64% Decrease
San José Desamparados 5,408 7,067 −1,659 Decrease -23.48% Decrease
San José Puriscal 1,942 - - -
San José Tarrazú 1,378 - - -
San José Aserrí 4,785 - - -
San José Mora 6,976 - - -
Alajuela Alajuela 15,247 11,521 3,726 Increase 32.34% Increase
Alajuela San Ramón 10,111 5,045 5,066 Increase 100.42% Increase
Alajuela Grecia 7,178 5,738 1,440 Increase 25.10% Increase
Alajuela San Mateo 2,525 1,682 843 Increase 50.12% Increase
Alajuela Atenas 5,551 3,185 2,366 Increase 74.29% Increase
Alajuela Naranjo 4,593 - - -
Cartago Cartago 20,398 16,780 3,618 Increase 21.56% Increase
Cartago Paraíso 7,114 4,238 2,876 Increase 67.86% Increase
Cartago La Unión 2,916 2,046 870 Increase 42.52% Increase
Heredia Heredia 16,452 14,073 2,379 Increase 16.90% Increase
Heredia Barva 2,663 3,718 −1,055 Decrease -28.38% Decrease
Heredia Santo Domingo 4,254 - - -
Heredia Santa Bárbara 2,449 - - -
Guanacaste Liberia 4,744 3,169 1,575 Increase 49.70% Increase
Guanacaste Nicoya 3,824 2,407 1,417 Increase 58.87% Increase
Guanacaste Santa Cruz 4,748 3,217 1,531 Increase 47.59% Increase
Guanacaste Bagaces 991 1,638 −647 Decrease -39.50% Decrease
Guanacaste Cañas 595 - - -
Puntarenas Puntarenas 4,018 2,942 1,076 Increase 36.57% Increase
Puntarenas Golfo Dulce, including Térraba and Boruca 1,241 931 310 Increase 33.29% Increase
Puntarenas Esparza 2,441 - - -
Limón Limón 1,858 - - -

References

  1. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
Stub icon

This article about government in Costa Rica is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.