1927 Costa Rican census

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.

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1864120,499—
1883182,07351.1%
1892243,20533.6%
1927471,52493.9%
1950800,87569.8%
19631,336,27466.9%
19731,871,78040.1%
19842,416,80929.1%
20003,810,17957.7%
20114,301,71212.9%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[2]

Results by canton
Province Cantón Population as of
1927 census 		Population as of
1892 census 		Change Percent
change
San JoséSan José62,05339,11222,941 Increase58.65% Increase
San JoséEscazú5,1136,522−1,409 Decrease-21.60% Decrease
San JoséDesamparados9,4636,4712,992 Increase46.24% Increase
San JoséPuriscal13,3296,8456,484 Increase94.73% Increase
San JoséTarrazú5,7342,5833,151 Increase121.99% Increase
San JoséAserrí6,5926,030562 Increase9.32% Increase
San JoséMora7,9255,8142,111 Increase36.31% Increase
San JoséGoicoechea6,4963,3413,155 Increase94.43% Increase
San JoséSanta Ana3,785---
San JoséAlajuelita2,571---
San JoséVázquez de Coronado4,161---
San JoséAcosta7,474---
San JoséTibás4,579---
San JoséMoravia2,778---
San JoséMontes de Oca3,676---
San JoséTurrubares2,742---
San JoséDota4,712---
AlajuelaAlajuela25,65619,3006,356 Increase32.93% Increase
AlajuelaSan Ramón13,8059,9283,877 Increase39.05% Increase
AlajuelaGrecia16,1308,7977,333 Increase83.36% Increase
AlajuelaSan Mateo3,2343,353−119 Decrease-3.55% Decrease
AlajuelaAtenas7,6316,2081,423 Increase22.92% Increase
AlajuelaNaranjo7,9106,8471,063 Increase15.53% Increase
AlajuelaPalmares6,6832,7703,913 Increase141.26% Increase
AlajuelaPoás3,570---
AlajuelaOrotina4,151---
AlajuelaSan Carlos5,719---
AlajuelaZarcero3,088---
CartagoCartago26,90925,8981,011 Increase3.90% Increase
CartagoParaíso7,9007,81981 Increase1.04% Increase
CartagoLa Unión4,9724,256716 Increase16.82% Increase
CartagoJiménez5,892---
CartagoTurrialba15,814---
CartagoAlvarado3,568---
CartagoOreamuno5,143---
HerediaHeredia12,66716,480−3,813 Decrease-23.14% Decrease
HerediaBarva3,4822,964518 Increase17.48% Increase
HerediaSanto Domingo6,0895,118971 Increase18.97% Increase
HerediaSanta Bárbara3,9972,8451,152 Increase40.49% Increase
HerediaSan Rafael4,1634,204−41 Decrease-0.98% Decrease
HerediaSan Isidro2,744---
HerediaBelén2,782---
HerediaFlores2,483---
GuanacasteLiberia7,3225,8831,439 Increase24.46% Increase
GuanacasteNicoya11,0054,5776,428 Increase140.44% Increase
GuanacasteSanta Cruz10,3905,9484,442 Increase74.68% Increase
GuanacasteBagaces1,8901,476414 Increase28.05% Increase
GuanacasteCarrillo5,364---
GuanacasteCañas3,5002,1651,335 Increase61.66% Increase
GuanacasteAbangares5,540---
GuanacasteTilarán6,131---
PuntarenasPuntarenas14,7468,8695,877 Increase66.26% Increase
PuntarenasEsparza5,3143,2982,016 Increase61.13% Increase
PuntarenasMontes de Oro4,312---
PuntarenasOsa4,367---
LimónLimón22,4247,48414,940 Increase199.63% Increase
LimónPococí2,974---
LimónSiquirres6,880---

References
  1. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  2. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
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