Costa Rica 1973 Census

The Costa Rica 1973 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 1,871,780.

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1864120,499—
1883182,07351.1%
1892243,20533.6%
1927471,52493.9%
1950800,87569.8%
19631,336,27466.9%
19731,871,78040.1%
19842,416,80929.1%
20003,810,17957.7%
20114,301,71212.9%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[2]

Results by canton
Province Cantón Population as of
1973 census		 Population as of
1963 census		 Change Percent
change
San JoséSan José215,441168,93846,503 27.53%
San JoséEscazú25,02614,25010,776 75.62%
San JoséDesamparados74,27233,84540,427 119.45%
San JoséPuriscal24,15023,690460 1.94%
San JoséTarrazú7,5425,3922,150 39.87%
San JoséAserrí20,09113,6096,482 47.63%
San JoséMora10,7338,9381,795 20.08%
San JoséGoicoechea61,60744,11017,497 39.67%
San JoséSanta Ana14,4999,0265,473 60.64%
San JoséAlajuelita23,01310,84812,165 112.14%
San JoséVázquez de Coronado16,33610,6155,721 53.90%
San JoséAcosta14,38513,0921,293 9.88%
San JoséTibás35,60223,94611,656 48.68%
San JoséMoravia19,54811,6427,906 67.91%
San JoséMontes de Oca33,63324,0439,590 39.89%
San JoséTurrubares4,7095,496−787 -14.32%
San JoséDota4,3753,718657 17.67%
San JoséCurridabat15,5919,4916,100 64.27%
San JoséPérez Zeledón67,08947,31919,770 41.78%
San JoséLeón Cortés Castro7,5215,6501,871 33.12%
AlajuelaAlajuela96,32564,39831,927 49.58%
AlajuelaSan Ramón33,15525,9257,230 27.89%
AlajuelaGrecia31,80643,923−12,117 -27.59%
AlajuelaSan Mateo2,9693,388−419 -12.37%
AlajuelaAtenas12,61011,0181,592 14.45%
AlajuelaNaranjo19,72116,4143,307 20.15%
AlajuelaPalmares14,49512,2832,212 18.01%
AlajuelaPoás10,1918,1792,012 24.60%
AlajuelaOrotina8,4797,0931,386 19.54%
AlajuelaSan Carlos54,95236,58618,366 50.20%
AlajuelaZarcero6,3424,9191,423 28.93%
AlajuelaSarchí8,7076,5462,161 33.01%
AlajuelaUpala15,971---
AlajuelaLos Chiles5,596---
AlajuelaGuatuso4,713---
CartagoCartago65,31046,72218,588 39.78%
CartagoParaíso22,28118,3893,892 21.16%
CartagoLa Unión23,35214,0749,278 65.92%
CartagoJiménez11,52310,4391,084 10.38%
CartagoTurrialba43,20237,6205,582 14.84%
CartagoAlvarado7,4846,4651,019 15.76%
CartagoOreamuno17,51712,0355,482 45.55%
CartagoEl Guarco14,0309,6894,341 44.80%
HerediaHeredia36,48730,9195,568 18.01%
HerediaBarva12,8648,5044,360 51.27%
HerediaSanto Domingo17,42311,3486,075 53.53%
HerediaSanta Bárbara10,7388,1272,611 32.13%
HerediaSan Rafael16,0139,0696,944 76.57%
HerediaSan Isidro5,9794,0611,918 47.23%
HerediaBelén8,5384,7813,757 78.58%
HerediaFlores6,5244,1622,362 56.75%
HerediaSan Pablo6,6604,0922,568 62.76%
HerediaSarapiquí12,618---
GuanacasteLiberia21,78118,0303,751 20.80%
GuanacasteNicoya37,18536,276909 2.51%
GuanacasteSanta Cruz29,73923,5766,163 26.14%
GuanacasteBagaces9,8289,836−8 -0.08%
GuanacasteCarrillo14,89311,3963,497 30.69%
GuanacasteCañas12,7799,1173,662 40.17%
GuanacasteAbangares11,63310,1891,444 14.17%
GuanacasteTilarán12,56312,097466 3.85%
GuanacasteNandayure12,05812,03820 0.17%
GuanacasteLa Cruz8,333---
GuanacasteHojancha7,899---
PuntarenasPuntarenas65,56255,5929,970 17.93%
PuntarenasEsparza12,0959,1752,920 31.83%
PuntarenasBuenos Aires20,10411,0429,062 82.07%
PuntarenasMontes de Oro6,9796,616363 5.49%
PuntarenasOsa24,61317,5747,039 40.05%
PuntarenasQuepos14,47319,942−5,469 -27.42%
PuntarenasGolfito42,51036,5675,943 16.25%
PuntarenasCoto Brus19,971---
PuntarenasParrita11,901---
LimónLimón40,83040,141689 1.72%
LimónPococí28,68816,92711,761 69.48%
LimónSiquirres18,13311,3176,816 60.23%
LimónTalamanca5,431---
LimónMatina10,489---
LimónGuácimo11,572---

References
  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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