2000 Costa Rican census

The 2000 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)).

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]

Description

According to this census, Costa Rica had 3,810,179 inhabitants in 2000, a population density of 74.6/km², and 59% of the people lived in urban areas.

Results by canton

Province Cantón Population as of
2000 census
Population as of
1984 census
Change Percent
change
San JoséSan José309,672241,46468,208 Increase28.25% Increase
San JoséEscazú52,37233,10119,271 Increase58.22% Increase
San JoséDesamparados193,478108,82484,654 Increase77.79% Increase
San JoséPuriscal29,40723,1236,284 Increase27.18% Increase
San JoséTarrazú14,1608,8455,315 Increase60.09% Increase
San JoséAserrí49,31930,58818,731 Increase61.24% Increase
San JoséMora21,66612,5849,082 Increase72.17% Increase
San JoséGoicoechea117,53279,93137,601 Increase47.04% Increase
San JoséSanta Ana34,50719,60514,902 Increase76.01% Increase
San JoséAlajuelita70,29731,39038,907 Increase123.95% Increase
San JoséVázquez de Coronado55,58524,51431,071 Increase126.75% Increase
San JoséAcosta18,66114,8533,808 Increase25.64% Increase
San JoséTibás72,07457,69314,381 Increase24.93% Increase
San JoséMoravia50,41933,03817,381 Increase52.61% Increase
San JoséMontes de Oca50,43339,06511,368 Increase29.10% Increase
San JoséTurrubares4,8774,471406 Increase9.08% Increase
San JoséDota6,5194,9341,585 Increase32.12% Increase
San JoséCurridabat60,88931,95428,935 Increase90.55% Increase
San JoséPérez Zeledón122,18782,37039,817 Increase48.34% Increase
San JoséLeón Cortés Castro11,6968,0873,609 Increase44.63% Increase
AlajuelaAlajuela222,853127,47295,381 Increase74.83% Increase
AlajuelaSan Ramón67,97539,96328,012 Increase70.09% Increase
AlajuelaGrecia65,11938,36126,758 Increase69.75% Increase
AlajuelaSan Mateo5,3433,7831,560 Increase41.24% Increase
AlajuelaAtenas22,47915,0117,468 Increase49.75% Increase
AlajuelaNaranjo37,60223,58814,014 Increase59.41% Increase
AlajuelaPalmares29,76617,81511,951 Increase67.08% Increase
AlajuelaPoás24,76413,93910,825 Increase77.66% Increase
AlajuelaOrotina15,70510,4945,211 Increase49.66% Increase
AlajuelaSan Carlos127,14075,57651,564 Increase68.23% Increase
AlajuelaZarcero10,8457,0053,840 Increase54.82% Increase
AlajuelaSarchí16,23910,7165,523 Increase51.54% Increase
AlajuelaUpala37,67926,06111,618 Increase44.58% Increase
AlajuelaLos Chiles19,73211,4048,328 Increase73.03% Increase
AlajuelaGuatuso13,0456,7746,271 Increase92.57% Increase
CartagoCartago132,05787,12544,932 Increase51.57% Increase
CartagoParaíso52,39327,82324,570 Increase88.31% Increase
CartagoLa Unión80,27941,00539,274 Increase95.78% Increase
CartagoJiménez14,04611,8612,185 Increase18.42% Increase
CartagoTurrialba68,51050,56717,943 Increase35.48% Increase
CartagoAlvarado12,2908,3383,952 Increase47.40% Increase
CartagoOreamuno39,03224,14514,887 Increase61.66% Increase
CartagoEl Guarco33,78820,80712,981 Increase62.39% Increase
HerediaHeredia103,89454,89648,998 Increase89.26% Increase
HerediaBarva32,44018,93313,507 Increase71.34% Increase
HerediaSanto Domingo34,74823,98510,763 Increase44.87% Increase
HerediaSanta Bárbara29,18116,64312,538 Increase75.33% Increase
HerediaSan Rafael37,29322,87114,422 Increase63.06% Increase
HerediaSan Isidro16,0568,5287,528 Increase88.27% Increase
HerediaBelén19,83411,9937,841 Increase65.38% Increase
HerediaFlores15,0389,0156,023 Increase66.81% Increase
HerediaSan Pablo20,81311,8029,011 Increase76.35% Increase
HerediaSarapiquí45,43518,90926,526 Increase140.28% Increase
GuanacasteLiberia46,70328,06718,636 Increase66.40% Increase
GuanacasteNicoya42,18936,6265,563 Increase15.19% Increase
GuanacasteSanta Cruz40,82131,1339,688 Increase31.12% Increase
GuanacasteBagaces15,97210,1035,869 Increase58.09% Increase
GuanacasteCarrillo27,30618,4758,831 Increase47.80% Increase
GuanacasteCañas24,07617,2846,792 Increase39.30% Increase
GuanacasteAbangares16,27612,5753,701 Increase29.43% Increase
GuanacasteTilarán17,87114,5863,285 Increase22.52% Increase
GuanacasteNandayure9,9859,604381 Increase3.97% Increase
GuanacasteLa Cruz16,50510,8765,629 Increase51.76% Increase
GuanacasteHojancha6,5345,879655 Increase11.14% Increase
PuntarenasPuntarenas102,50474,13528,369 Increase38.27% Increase
PuntarenasEsparza23,96314,9988,965 Increase59.77% Increase
PuntarenasBuenos Aires40,13927,71612,423 Increase44.82% Increase
PuntarenasMontes de Oro11,1597,4443,715 Increase49.91% Increase
PuntarenasOsa25,86126,294−433 Decrease-1.65% Decrease
PuntarenasQuepos20,18813,3196,869 Increase51.57% Increase
PuntarenasGolfito33,82329,0434,780 Increase16.46% Increase
PuntarenasCoto Brus40,08231,6508,432 Increase26.64% Increase
PuntarenasParrita12,1129,7742,338 Increase23.92% Increase
PuntarenasCorredores37,27428,3668,908 Increase31.40% Increase
PuntarenasGarabito10,3783,1447,234 Increase230.09% Increase
LimónLimón89,93352,60237,331 Increase70.97% Increase
LimónPococí103,12144,18758,934 Increase133.37% Increase
LimónSiquirres52,40929,07923,330 Increase80.23% Increase
LimónTalamanca25,85711,01314,844 Increase134.79% Increase
LimónMatina33,09614,72318,373 Increase124.79% Increase
LimónGuácimo34,87916,47218,407 Increase111.75% Increase

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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