1963 Costa Rican census

Costa Rica 1963 Census
1 April 1963
General information
Country	Costa Rica
Results
Total population	1,336,274 ( 66.85%)
Most populous canton	San José 168,938
Least populous canton	San Mateo 3,388

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 Centro Centroamericano de Población

The Costa Rica 1963 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 1,336,274.

Results by canton

Province	Cantón	Population as of 1963 census	Population as of 1950 census	Change	Percent change
San José	San José	168,938	111,820	57,118	51.08%
San José	Escazú	14,250	7,141	7,109	99.55%
San José	Desamparados	33,845	15,614	18,231	116.76%
San José	Puriscal	23,690	16,743	6,947	41.49%
San José	Tarrazú	5,392	7,435	−2,043	-27.48%
San José	Aserrí	13,609	9,122	4,487	49.19%
San José	Mora	8,938	7,736	1,202	15.54%
San José	Goicoechea	44,110	21,093	23,017	109.12%
San José	Santa Ana	9,026	5,812	3,214	55.30%
San José	Alajuelita	10,848	3,920	6,928	176.73%
San José	Vázquez de Coronado	10,615	6,124	4,491	73.33%
San José	Acosta	13,092	10,160	2,932	28.86%
San José	Tibás	23,946	10,594	13,352	126.03%
San José	Moravia	11,642	5,727	5,915	103.28%
San José	Montes de Oca	24,043	9,916	14,127	142.47%
San José	Turrubares	5,496	5,937	−441	-7.43%
San José	Dota	3,718	2,801	917	32.74%
San José	Curridabat	9,491	4,497	4,994	111.05%
San José	Pérez Zeledón	47,319	19,630	27,689	141.05%
San José	León Cortés Castro	5,650	-	-	-
Alajuela	Alajuela	64,398	37,376	27,022	72.30%
Alajuela	San Ramón	25,925	19,951	5,974	29.94%
Alajuela	Grecia	43,923	23,571	20,352	86.34%
Alajuela	San Mateo	3,388	3,611	−223	-6.18%
Alajuela	Atenas	11,018	9,313	1,705	18.31%
Alajuela	Naranjo	16,414	10,839	5,575	51.43%
Alajuela	Palmares	12,283	7,934	4,349	54.81%
Alajuela	Poás	8,179	5,135	3,044	59.28%
Alajuela	Orotina	7,093	5,951	1,142	19.19%
Alajuela	San Carlos	36,586	16,180	20,406	126.12%
Alajuela	Zarcero	4,919	4,676	243	5.20%
Alajuela	Sarchí	6,546	4,313	2,233	51.77%
Cartago	Cartago	46,722	30,763	15,959	51.88%
Cartago	Paraíso	18,389	11,426	6,963	60.94%
Cartago	La Unión	14,074	7,789	6,285	80.69%
Cartago	Jiménez	10,439	7,731	2,708	35.03%
Cartago	Turrialba	37,620	24,466	13,154	53.76%
Cartago	Alvarado	6,465	4,597	1,868	40.64%
Cartago	Oreamuno	12,035	7,568	4,467	59.02%
Cartago	El Guarco	9,689	6,385	3,304	51.75%
Heredia	Heredia	30,919	19,898	11,021	55.39%
Heredia	Barva	8,504	5,263	3,241	61.58%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	11,348	7,346	4,002	54.48%
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	8,127	5,044	3,083	61.12%
Heredia	San Rafael	9,069	5,254	3,815	72.61%
Heredia	San Isidro	4,061	2,849	1,212	42.54%
Heredia	Belén	4,781	3,226	1,555	48.20%
Heredia	Flores	4,162	2,880	1,282	44.51%
Heredia	San Pablo	4,092	-	-	-
Guanacaste	Liberia	18,030	10,246	7,784	75.97%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	36,276	29,918	6,358	21.25%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	23,576	13,615	9,961	73.16%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	9,836	4,079	5,757	141.14%
Guanacaste	Carrillo	11,396	7,002	4,394	62.75%
Guanacaste	Cañas	9,117	5,929	3,188	53.77%
Guanacaste	Abangares	10,189	8,344	1,845	22.11%
Guanacaste	Tilarán	12,097	9,057	3,040	33.57%
Guanacaste	Nandayure	12,038	-	-	-
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	55,592	31,074	24,518	78.90%
Puntarenas	Esparza	9,175	6,902	2,273	32.93%
Puntarenas	Buenos Aires	11,042	7,392	3,650	49.38%
Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	6,616	5,595	1,021	18.25%
Puntarenas	Osa	17,574	11,518	6,056	52.58%
Puntarenas	Quepos	19,942	15,291	4,651	30.42%
Puntarenas	Golfito	36,567	10,396	26,171	251.74%
Limón	Limón	40,141	23,337	16,804	72.01%
Limón	Pococí	16,927	10,482	6,445	61.49%
Limón	Siquirres	11,317	7,541	3,776	50.07%