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.

Costa Rica 1927 Census
← 1892 11 May 1927 1950 →
General information
Country	Costa Rica
Results
Total population	471,524 ( 93.89%)
Most populous ​canton	San José 62,053
Least populous ​canton	Cañas 1,890

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[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 José	San José	62,053	39,112	22,941	58.65%
San José	Escazú	5,113	6,522	−1,409	-21.60%
San José	Desamparados	9,463	6,471	2,992	46.24%
San José	Puriscal	13,329	6,845	6,484	94.73%
San José	Tarrazú	5,734	2,583	3,151	121.99%
San José	Aserrí	6,592	6,030	562	9.32%
San José	Mora	7,925	5,814	2,111	36.31%
San José	Goicoechea	6,496	3,341	3,155	94.43%
San José	Santa Ana	3,785	-	-	-
San José	Alajuelita	2,571	-	-	-
San José	Vázquez de Coronado	4,161	-	-	-
San José	Acosta	7,474	-	-	-
San José	Tibás	4,579	-	-	-
San José	Moravia	2,778	-	-	-
San José	Montes de Oca	3,676	-	-	-
San José	Turrubares	2,742	-	-	-
San José	Dota	4,712	-	-	-
Alajuela	Alajuela	25,656	19,300	6,356	32.93%
Alajuela	San Ramón	13,805	9,928	3,877	39.05%
Alajuela	Grecia	16,130	8,797	7,333	83.36%
Alajuela	San Mateo	3,234	3,353	−119	-3.55%
Alajuela	Atenas	7,631	6,208	1,423	22.92%
Alajuela	Naranjo	7,910	6,847	1,063	15.53%
Alajuela	Palmares	6,683	2,770	3,913	141.26%
Alajuela	Poás	3,570	-	-	-
Alajuela	Orotina	4,151	-	-	-
Alajuela	San Carlos	5,719	-	-	-
Alajuela	Zarcero	3,088	-	-	-
Cartago	Cartago	26,909	25,898	1,011	3.90%
Cartago	Paraíso	7,900	7,819	81	1.04%
Cartago	La Unión	4,972	4,256	716	16.82%
Cartago	Jiménez	5,892	-	-	-
Cartago	Turrialba	15,814	-	-	-
Cartago	Alvarado	3,568	-	-	-
Cartago	Oreamuno	5,143	-	-	-
Heredia	Heredia	12,667	16,480	−3,813	-23.14%
Heredia	Barva	3,482	2,964	518	17.48%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	6,089	5,118	971	18.97%
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	3,997	2,845	1,152	40.49%
Heredia	San Rafael	4,163	4,204	−41	-0.98%
Heredia	San Isidro	2,744	-	-	-
Heredia	Belén	2,782	-	-	-
Heredia	Flores	2,483	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Liberia	7,322	5,883	1,439	24.46%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	11,005	4,577	6,428	140.44%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	10,390	5,948	4,442	74.68%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	1,890	1,476	414	28.05%
Guanacaste	Carrillo	5,364	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Cañas	3,500	2,165	1,335	61.66%
Guanacaste	Abangares	5,540	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Tilarán	6,131	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	14,746	8,869	5,877	66.26%
Puntarenas	Esparza	5,314	3,298	2,016	61.13%
Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	4,312	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Osa	4,367	-	-	-
Limón	Limón	22,424	7,484	14,940	199.63%
Limón	Pococí	2,974	-	-	-
Limón	Siquirres	6,880	-	-	-

References

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