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1883 Costa Rican census

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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

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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

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  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).