1950 Costa Rican census

The Costa Rica 1950 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 800,875.

Costa Rica 1950 Census
← 1927 22 May 1950 1963 →
General information
Country	Costa Rica
Results
Total population	800,875 ( 69.85%)
Most populous ​canton	San José 111,820
Least populous ​canton	Dota 2801

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 1950 census	Population as of 1927 census	Change	Percent change
San José	San José	111,820	62,053	49,767	80.20%
San José	Escazú	7,141	5,113	2,028	39.66%
San José	Desamparados	15,614	9,463	6,151	65.00%
San José	Puriscal	16,743	13,329	3,414	25.61%
San José	Tarrazú	7,435	5,734	1,701	29.67%
San José	Aserrí	9,122	6,592	2,530	38.38%
San José	Mora	7,736	7,925	−189	-2.38%
San José	Goicoechea	21,093	6,496	14,597	224.71%
San José	Santa Ana	5,812	3,785	2,027	53.55%
San José	Alajuelita	3,920	2,571	1,349	52.47%
San José	Vázquez de Coronado	6,124	4,161	1,963	47.18%
San José	Acosta	10,160	7,474	2,686	35.94%
San José	Tibás	10,594	4,579	6,015	131.36%
San José	Moravia	5,727	2,778	2,949	106.16%
San José	Montes de Oca	9,916	3,676	6,240	169.75%
San José	Turrubares	5,937	2,742	3,195	116.52%
San José	Dota	2,801	4,712	−1,911	-40.56%
San José	Curridabat	4,497	-	-	-
San José	Pérez Zeledón	19,630	-	-	-
Alajuela	Alajuela	37,376	25,656	11,720	45.68%
Alajuela	San Ramón	19,951	13,805	6,146	44.52%
Alajuela	Grecia	23,571	16,130	7,441	46.13%
Alajuela	San Mateo	3,611	3,234	377	11.66%
Alajuela	Atenas	9,313	7,631	1,682	22.04%
Alajuela	Naranjo	10,839	7,910	2,929	37.03%
Alajuela	Palmares	7,934	6,683	1,251	18.72%
Alajuela	Poás	5,135	3,570	1,565	43.84%
Alajuela	Orotina	5,951	4,151	1,800	43.36%
Alajuela	San Carlos	16,180	5,719	10,461	182.92%
Alajuela	Zarcero	4,676	3,088	1,588	51.42%
Alajuela	Sarchí	4,313	-	-	-
Cartago	Cartago	30,763	26,909	3,854	14.32%
Cartago	Paraíso	11,426	7,900	3,526	44.63%
Cartago	La Unión	7,789	4,972	2,817	56.66%
Cartago	Jiménez	7,731	5,892	1,839	31.21%
Cartago	Turrialba	24,466	15,814	8,652	54.71%
Cartago	Alvarado	4,597	3,568	1,029	28.84%
Cartago	Oreamuno	7,568	5,143	2,425	47.15%
Cartago	El Guarco	6,385	-	-	-
Heredia	Heredia	19,898	12,667	7,231	57.09%
Heredia	Barva	5,263	3,482	1,781	51.15%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	7,346	6,089	1,257	20.64%
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	5,044	3,997	1,047	26.19%
Heredia	San Rafael	5,254	4,163	1,091	26.21%
Heredia	San Isidro	2,849	2,744	105	3.83%
Heredia	Belén	3,226	2,782	444	15.96%
Heredia	Flores	2,880	2,483	397	15.99%
Guanacaste	Liberia	10,246	7,322	2,924	39.93%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	29,918	11,005	18,913	171.86%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	13,615	10,390	3,225	31.04%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	4,079	1,890	2,189	115.82%
Guanacaste	Carrillo	7,002	5,364	1,638	30.54%
Guanacaste	Cañas	5,929	3,500	2,429	69.40%
Guanacaste	Abangares	8,344	5,540	2,804	50.61%
Guanacaste	Tilarán	9,057	6,131	2,926	47.72%
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	31,074	14,746	16,328	110.73%
Puntarenas	Esparza	6,902	5,314	1,588	29.88%
Puntarenas	Buenos Aires	7,392	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	5,595	4,312	1,283	29.75%
Puntarenas	Osa	11,518	4,367	7,151	163.75%
Puntarenas	Quepos	15,291	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Golfito	10,396	-	-	-
Limón	Limón	23,337	22,424	913	4.07%
Limón	Pococí	10,482	2,974	7,508	252.45%
Limón	Siquirres	7,541	6,880	661	9.61%

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).