1950 Costa Rican census
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Costa Rica 1950 Census | ||
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General information | ||
Country | Costa Rica | |
Results | ||
Total population | 800,875 (![]() | |
Most populous | San José 111,820 | |
Least populous | Dota 2801 |
Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1864 | 120,499 | — |
1883 | 182,073 | +2.20% |
1892 | 243,205 | +3.27% |
1927 | 471,524 | +1.91% |
1950 | 800,875 | +2.33% |
1963 | 1,336,274 | +4.02% |
1973 | 1,871,780 | +3.43% |
1984 | 2,416,809 | +2.35% |
2000 | 3,810,179 | +2.89% |
2011 | 4,301,712 | +1.11% |
2022 | 5,044,197 | +1.46% |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1] Centro Centroamericano de Población[2] |
The Costa Rica 1950 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 800,875.
Results by canton
[edit]Province | Cantón | Population as of 1950 census |
Population as of 1927 census |
Change | Percent change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
San José | San José | 111,820 | 62,053 | 49,767 ![]() |
80.20% ![]() |
San José | Escazú | 7,141 | 5,113 | 2,028 ![]() |
39.66% ![]() |
San José | Desamparados | 15,614 | 9,463 | 6,151 ![]() |
65.00% ![]() |
San José | Puriscal | 16,743 | 13,329 | 3,414 ![]() |
25.61% ![]() |
San José | Tarrazú | 7,435 | 5,734 | 1,701 ![]() |
29.67% ![]() |
San José | Aserrí | 9,122 | 6,592 | 2,530 ![]() |
38.38% ![]() |
San José | Mora | 7,736 | 7,925 | −189 ![]() |
-2.38% ![]() |
San José | Goicoechea | 21,093 | 6,496 | 14,597 ![]() |
224.71% ![]() |
San José | Santa Ana | 5,812 | 3,785 | 2,027 ![]() |
53.55% ![]() |
San José | Alajuelita | 3,920 | 2,571 | 1,349 ![]() |
52.47% ![]() |
San José | Vázquez de Coronado | 6,124 | 4,161 | 1,963 ![]() |
47.18% ![]() |
San José | Acosta | 10,160 | 7,474 | 2,686 ![]() |
35.94% ![]() |
San José | Tibás | 10,594 | 4,579 | 6,015 ![]() |
131.36% ![]() |
San José | Moravia | 5,727 | 2,778 | 2,949 ![]() |
106.16% ![]() |
San José | Montes de Oca | 9,916 | 3,676 | 6,240 ![]() |
169.75% ![]() |
San José | Turrubares | 5,937 | 2,742 | 3,195 ![]() |
116.52% ![]() |
San José | Dota | 2,801 | 4,712 | −1,911 ![]() |
-40.56% ![]() |
San José | Curridabat | 4,497 | - | - | - |
San José | Pérez Zeledón | 19,630 | - | - | - |
Alajuela | Alajuela | 37,376 | 25,656 | 11,720 ![]() |
45.68% ![]() |
Alajuela | San Ramón | 19,951 | 13,805 | 6,146 ![]() |
44.52% ![]() |
Alajuela | Grecia | 23,571 | 16,130 | 7,441 ![]() |
46.13% ![]() |
Alajuela | San Mateo | 3,611 | 3,234 | 377 ![]() |
11.66% ![]() |
Alajuela | Atenas | 9,313 | 7,631 | 1,682 ![]() |
22.04% ![]() |
Alajuela | Naranjo | 10,839 | 7,910 | 2,929 ![]() |
37.03% ![]() |
Alajuela | Palmares | 7,934 | 6,683 | 1,251 ![]() |
18.72% ![]() |
Alajuela | Poás | 5,135 | 3,570 | 1,565 ![]() |
43.84% ![]() |
Alajuela | Orotina | 5,951 | 4,151 | 1,800 ![]() |
43.36% ![]() |
Alajuela | San Carlos | 16,180 | 5,719 | 10,461 ![]() |
182.92% ![]() |
Alajuela | Zarcero | 4,676 | 3,088 | 1,588 ![]() |
51.42% ![]() |
Alajuela | Sarchí | 4,313 | - | - | - |
Cartago | Cartago | 30,763 | 26,909 | 3,854 ![]() |
14.32% ![]() |
Cartago | Paraíso | 11,426 | 7,900 | 3,526 ![]() |
44.63% ![]() |
Cartago | La Unión | 7,789 | 4,972 | 2,817 ![]() |
56.66% ![]() |
Cartago | Jiménez | 7,731 | 5,892 | 1,839 ![]() |
31.21% ![]() |
Cartago | Turrialba | 24,466 | 15,814 | 8,652 ![]() |
54.71% ![]() |
Cartago | Alvarado | 4,597 | 3,568 | 1,029 ![]() |
28.84% ![]() |
Cartago | Oreamuno | 7,568 | 5,143 | 2,425 ![]() |
47.15% ![]() |
Cartago | El Guarco | 6,385 | - | - | - |
Heredia | Heredia | 19,898 | 12,667 | 7,231 ![]() |
57.09% ![]() |
Heredia | Barva | 5,263 | 3,482 | 1,781 ![]() |
51.15% ![]() |
Heredia | Santo Domingo | 7,346 | 6,089 | 1,257 ![]() |
20.64% ![]() |
Heredia | Santa Bárbara | 5,044 | 3,997 | 1,047 ![]() |
26.19% ![]() |
Heredia | San Rafael | 5,254 | 4,163 | 1,091 ![]() |
26.21% ![]() |
Heredia | San Isidro | 2,849 | 2,744 | 105 ![]() |
3.83% ![]() |
Heredia | Belén | 3,226 | 2,782 | 444 ![]() |
15.96% ![]() |
Heredia | Flores | 2,880 | 2,483 | 397 ![]() |
15.99% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Liberia | 10,246 | 7,322 | 2,924 ![]() |
39.93% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Nicoya | 29,918 | 11,005 | 18,913 ![]() |
171.86% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Santa Cruz | 13,615 | 10,390 | 3,225 ![]() |
31.04% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Bagaces | 4,079 | 1,890 | 2,189 ![]() |
115.82% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Carrillo | 7,002 | 5,364 | 1,638 ![]() |
30.54% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Cañas | 5,929 | 3,500 | 2,429 ![]() |
69.40% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Abangares | 8,344 | 5,540 | 2,804 ![]() |
50.61% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Tilarán | 9,057 | 6,131 | 2,926 ![]() |
47.72% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Puntarenas | 31,074 | 14,746 | 16,328 ![]() |
110.73% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Esparza | 6,902 | 5,314 | 1,588 ![]() |
29.88% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Buenos Aires | 7,392 | - | - | - |
Puntarenas | Montes de Oro | 5,595 | 4,312 | 1,283 ![]() |
29.75% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Osa | 11,518 | 4,367 | 7,151 ![]() |
163.75% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Quepos | 15,291 | - | - | - |
Puntarenas | Golfito | 10,396 | - | - | - |
Limón | Limón | 23,337 | 22,424 | 913 ![]() |
4.07% ![]() |
Limón | Pococí | 10,482 | 2,974 | 7,508 ![]() |
252.45% ![]() |
Limón | Siquirres | 7,541 | 6,880 | 661 ![]() |
9.61% ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
- ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).