1892 Costa Rican census

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1864	120,499		—
1883	182,073		51.1%
1892	243,205		33.6%
1927	471,524		93.9%
1950	800,875		69.8%
1963	1,336,274		66.9%
1973	1,871,780		40.1%
1984	2,416,809		29.1%
2000	3,810,179		57.7%
2011	4,301,712		12.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos Centro Centroamericano de Población

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

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%