1892 Costa Rican census
| Costa Rica 1892 Census | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| General information | ||
| Country | Costa Rica | |
| Results | ||
| Total population | 243,205 ( 33.58%) | |
| Most populous | San José 39,112 | |
| Least populous | Bagaces 1,476 | |
| 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).
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