1984 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^[1] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[2]

The Costa Rica 1984 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 2,416,809.

Results by canton[edit]

Province	Cantón	Population as of 1984 census	Population as of 1973 census	Change	Percent change
San José	San José	241,464	215,441	26,023	12.08%
San José	Escazú	33,101	25,026	8,075	32.27%
San José	Desamparados	108,824	74,272	34,552	46.52%
San José	Puriscal	23,123	24,150	−1,027	-4.25%
San José	Tarrazú	8,845	7,542	1,303	17.28%
San José	Aserrí	30,588	20,091	10,497	52.25%
San José	Mora	12,584	10,733	1,851	17.25%
San José	Goicoechea	79,931	61,607	18,324	29.74%
San José	Santa Ana	19,605	14,499	5,106	35.22%
San José	Alajuelita	31,390	23,013	8,377	36.40%
San José	Vázquez de Coronado	24,514	16,336	8,178	50.06%
San José	Acosta	14,853	14,385	468	3.25%
San José	Tibás	57,693	35,602	22,091	62.05%
San José	Moravia	33,038	19,548	13,490	69.01%
San José	Montes de Oca	39,065	33,633	5,432	16.15%
San José	Turrubares	4,471	4,709	−238	-5.05%
San José	Dota	4,934	4,375	559	12.78%
San José	Curridabat	31,954	15,591	16,363	104.95%
San José	Pérez Zeledón	82,370	67,089	15,281	22.78%
San José	León Cortés Castro	8,087	7,521	566	7.53%
Alajuela	Alajuela	127,472	96,325	31,147	32.34%
Alajuela	San Ramón	39,963	33,155	6,808	20.53%
Alajuela	Grecia	38,361	31,806	6,555	20.61%
Alajuela	San Mateo	3,783	2,969	814	27.42%
Alajuela	Atenas	15,011	12,610	2,401	19.04%
Alajuela	Naranjo	23,588	19,721	3,867	19.61%
Alajuela	Palmares	17,815	14,495	3,320	22.90%
Alajuela	Poás	13,939	10,191	3,748	36.78%
Alajuela	Orotina	10,494	8,479	2,015	23.76%
Alajuela	San Carlos	75,576	54,952	20,624	37.53%
Alajuela	Zarcero	7,005	6,342	663	10.45%
Alajuela	Sarchí	10,716	8,707	2,009	23.07%
Alajuela	Upala	26,061	15,971	10,090	63.18%
Alajuela	Los Chiles	11,404	5,596	5,808	103.79%
Alajuela	Guatuso	6,774	4,713	2,061	43.73%
Cartago	Cartago	87,125	65,310	21,815	33.40%
Cartago	Paraíso	27,823	22,281	5,542	24.87%
Cartago	La Unión	41,005	23,352	17,653	75.60%
Cartago	Jiménez	11,861	11,523	338	2.93%
Cartago	Turrialba	50,567	43,202	7,365	17.05%
Cartago	Alvarado	8,338	7,484	854	11.41%
Cartago	Oreamuno	24,145	17,517	6,628	37.84%
Cartago	El Guarco	20,807	14,030	6,777	48.30%
Heredia	Heredia	54,896	36,487	18,409	50.45%
Heredia	Barva	18,933	12,864	6,069	47.18%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	23,985	17,423	6,562	37.66%
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	16,643	10,738	5,905	54.99%
Heredia	San Rafael	22,871	16,013	6,858	42.83%
Heredia	San Isidro	8,528	5,979	2,549	42.63%
Heredia	Belén	11,993	8,538	3,455	40.47%
Heredia	Flores	9,015	6,524	2,491	38.18%
Heredia	San Pablo	11,802	6,660	5,142	77.21%
Heredia	Sarapiquí	18,909	12,618	6,291	49.86%
Guanacaste	Liberia	28,067	21,781	6,286	28.86%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	36,626	37,185	−559	-1.50%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	31,133	29,739	1,394	4.69%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	10,103	9,828	275	2.80%
Guanacaste	Carrillo	18,475	14,893	3,582	24.05%
Guanacaste	Cañas	17,284	12,779	4,505	35.25%
Guanacaste	Abangares	12,575	11,633	942	8.10%
Guanacaste	Tilarán	14,586	12,563	2,023	16.10%
Guanacaste	Nandayure	9,604	12,058	−2,454	-20.35%
Guanacaste	La Cruz	10,876	8,333	2,543	30.52%
Guanacaste	Hojancha	5,879	7,899	−2,020	-25.57%
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	74,135	65,562	8,573	13.08%
Puntarenas	Esparza	14,998	12,095	2,903	24.00%
Puntarenas	Buenos Aires	27,716	20,104	7,612	37.86%
Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	7,444	6,979	465	6.66%
Puntarenas	Osa	26,294	24,613	1,681	6.83%
Puntarenas	Quepos	13,319	14,473	−1,154	-7.97%
Puntarenas	Golfito	29,043	42,510	−13,467	-31.68%
Puntarenas	Coto Brus	31,650	19,971	11,679	58.48%
Puntarenas	Parrita	9,774	11,901	−2,127	-17.87%
Puntarenas	Corredores	28,366	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Garabito	3,144	-	-	-
Limón	Limón	52,602	40,830	11,772	28.83%
Limón	Pococí	44,187	28,688	15,499	54.03%
Limón	Siquirres	29,079	18,133	10,946	60.37%
Limón	Talamanca	11,013	5,431	5,582	102.78%
Limón	Matina	14,723	10,489	4,234	40.37%
Limón	Guácimo	16,472	11,572	4,900	42.34%

References[edit]

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

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[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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