1927 Costa Rican census

Costa Rica 1927 Census
Costa Rica 1927 Census
General information
Country	Costa Rica
Results
Total population	471,524 ( 93.89%)
Most populous canton	San José; 62,053
Least populous canton	Cañas; 1,890

Historical population
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 1927 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 471,524.

Results by canton

Province	Cantón	Population as of 1927 census	Population as of 1892 census	Change	Percent change
San José	San José	62,053	39,112	22,941	58.65%
San José	Escazú	5,113	6,522	−1,409	-21.60%
San José	Desamparados	9,463	6,471	2,992	46.24%
San José	Puriscal	13,329	6,845	6,484	94.73%
San José	Tarrazú	5,734	2,583	3,151	121.99%
San José	Aserrí	6,592	6,030	562	9.32%
San José	Mora	7,925	5,814	2,111	36.31%
San José	Goicoechea	6,496	3,341	3,155	94.43%
San José	Santa Ana	3,785	-	-	-
San José	Alajuelita	2,571	-	-	-
San José	Vázquez de Coronado	4,161	-	-	-
San José	Acosta	7,474	-	-	-
San José	Tibás	4,579	-	-	-
San José	Moravia	2,778	-	-	-
San José	Montes de Oca	3,676	-	-	-
San José	Turrubares	2,742	-	-	-
San José	Dota	4,712	-	-	-
Alajuela	Alajuela	25,656	19,300	6,356	32.93%
Alajuela	San Ramón	13,805	9,928	3,877	39.05%
Alajuela	Grecia	16,130	8,797	7,333	83.36%
Alajuela	San Mateo	3,234	3,353	−119	-3.55%
Alajuela	Atenas	7,631	6,208	1,423	22.92%
Alajuela	Naranjo	7,910	6,847	1,063	15.53%
Alajuela	Palmares	6,683	2,770	3,913	141.26%
Alajuela	Poás	3,570	-	-	-
Alajuela	Orotina	4,151	-	-	-
Alajuela	San Carlos	5,719	-	-	-
Alajuela	Zarcero	3,088	-	-	-
Cartago	Cartago	26,909	25,898	1,011	3.90%
Cartago	Paraíso	7,900	7,819	81	1.04%
Cartago	La Unión	4,972	4,256	716	16.82%
Cartago	Jiménez	5,892	-	-	-
Cartago	Turrialba	15,814	-	-	-
Cartago	Alvarado	3,568	-	-	-
Cartago	Oreamuno	5,143	-	-	-
Heredia	Heredia	12,667	16,480	−3,813	-23.14%
Heredia	Barva	3,482	2,964	518	17.48%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	6,089	5,118	971	18.97%
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	3,997	2,845	1,152	40.49%
Heredia	San Rafael	4,163	4,204	−41	-0.98%
Heredia	San Isidro	2,744	-	-	-
Heredia	Belén	2,782	-	-	-
Heredia	Flores	2,483	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Liberia	7,322	5,883	1,439	24.46%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	11,005	4,577	6,428	140.44%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	10,390	5,948	4,442	74.68%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	1,890	1,476	414	28.05%
Guanacaste	Carrillo	5,364	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Cañas	3,500	2,165	1,335	61.66%
Guanacaste	Abangares	5,540	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Tilarán	6,131	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	14,746	8,869	5,877	66.26%
Puntarenas	Esparza	5,314	3,298	2,016	61.13%
Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	4,312	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Osa	4,367	-	-	-
Limón	Limón	22,424	7,484	14,940	199.63%
Limón	Pococí	2,974	-	-	-
Limón	Siquirres	6,880	-	-	-

References

^ "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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[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).

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