1892 Costa Rican census
Costa Rica 1892 Census | ||
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General information | ||
Country | Costa Rica | |
Results | ||
Total population | 243,205 (![]() | |
Most populous | San José 39,112 | |
Least populous | Bagaces 1,476 |
Census | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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 1892 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 243,205.
Results by canton
[edit]Province | Canton | Population as of 1892 census | Population as of 1883 census | Change | Percent change |
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San José | San José | 39,112 | 30,123 | 8,989 ![]() | 29.84% ![]() |
San José | Escazú | 6,522 | 5,550 | 972 ![]() | 17.51% ![]() |
San José | Desamparados | 6,471 | 5,408 | 1,063 ![]() | 19.66% ![]() |
San José | Puriscal | 6,845 | 1,942 | 4,903 ![]() | 252.47% ![]() |
San José | Tarrazú | 2,583 | 1,378 | 1,205 ![]() | 87.45% ![]() |
San José | Aserrí | 6,030 | 4,785 | 1,245 ![]() | 26.02% ![]() |
San José | Mora | 5,814 | 6,976 | −1,162 ![]() | -16.66% ![]() |
San José | Goicoechea | 3,341 | - | - | - |
Alajuela | Alajuela | 19,300 | 15,247 | 4,053 ![]() | 26.58% ![]() |
Alajuela | San Ramón | 9,928 | 10,111 | −183 ![]() | -1.81% ![]() |
Alajuela | Grecia | 8,797 | 7,178 | 1,619 ![]() | 22.56% ![]() |
Alajuela | San Mateo | 3,353 | 2,525 | 828 ![]() | 32.79% ![]() |
Alajuela | Atenas | 6,208 | 5,551 | 657 ![]() | 11.84% ![]() |
Alajuela | Naranjo | 6,847 | 4,593 | 2,254 ![]() | 49.07% ![]() |
Alajuela | Palmares | 2,770 | - | - | - |
Cartago | Cartago | 25,898 | 20,398 | 5,500 ![]() | 26.96% ![]() |
Cartago | Paraíso | 7,819 | 7,114 | 705 ![]() | 9.91% ![]() |
Cartago | La Unión | 4,256 | 2,916 | 1,340 ![]() | 45.95% ![]() |
Heredia | Heredia | 16,480 | 16,452 | 28 ![]() | 0.17% ![]() |
Heredia | Barva | 2,964 | 2,663 | 301 ![]() | 11.30% ![]() |
Heredia | Santo Domingo | 5,118 | 4,254 | 864 ![]() | 20.31% ![]() |
Heredia | Santa Bárbara | 2,845 | 2,449 | 396 ![]() | 16.17% ![]() |
Heredia | San Rafael | 4,204 | - | - | - |
Guanacaste | Liberia | 5,883 | 4,744 | 1,139 ![]() | 24.01% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Nicoya | 4,577 | 3,824 | 753 ![]() | 19.69% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Santa Cruz | 5,948 | 4,748 | 1,200 ![]() | 25.27% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Bagaces | 1,476 | 991 | 485 ![]() | 48.94% ![]() |
Guanacaste | Cañas | 2,165 | 595 | 1,570 ![]() | 263.87% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Puntarenas | 8,869 | 4,018 | 4,851 ![]() | 120.73% ![]() |
Puntarenas | Esparza | 3,298 | 2,441 | 857 ![]() | 35.11% ![]() |
Limón | Limón | 7,484 | 1,858 | 5,626 ![]() | 302.80% ![]() |
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).