1883 Costa Rican census

Costa Rica 1883 Census
30 November 1883
General information
Country	Costa Rica
Results
Total population	182,073 ( 51.1%)
Most populous canton	San José 30,123
Least populous canton	Cañas 595

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 Centro Centroamericano de Población

The Costa Rica 1883 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 182,073.

Results by canton

Province	Canton	Population as of 1883 census	Population as of 1864 census	Change	Percent change
San José	San José	30,123	21,379	8,744	40.90%
San José	Escazú	5,550	8,760	−3,210	-36.64%
San José	Desamparados	5,408	7,067	−1,659	-23.48%
San José	Puriscal	1,942	-	-	-
San José	Tarrazú	1,378	-	-	-
San José	Aserrí	4,785	-	-	-
San José	Mora	6,976	-	-	-
Alajuela	Alajuela	15,247	11,521	3,726	32.34%
Alajuela	San Ramón	10,111	5,045	5,066	100.42%
Alajuela	Grecia	7,178	5,738	1,440	25.10%
Alajuela	San Mateo	2,525	1,682	843	50.12%
Alajuela	Atenas	5,551	3,185	2,366	74.29%
Alajuela	Naranjo	4,593	-	-	-
Cartago	Cartago	20,398	16,780	3,618	21.56%
Cartago	Paraíso	7,114	4,238	2,876	67.86%
Cartago	La Unión	2,916	2,046	870	42.52%
Heredia	Heredia	16,452	14,073	2,379	16.90%
Heredia	Barva	2,663	3,718	−1,055	-28.38%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	4,254	-	-	-
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	2,449	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Liberia	4,744	3,169	1,575	49.70%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	3,824	2,407	1,417	58.87%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	4,748	3,217	1,531	47.59%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	991	1,638	−647	-39.50%
Guanacaste	Cañas	595	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	4,018	2,942	1,076	36.57%
Puntarenas	Golfo Dulce, including Térraba and Boruca	1,241	931	310	33.29%
Puntarenas	Esparza	2,441	-	-	-
Limón	Limón	1,858	-	-	-