1950 Costa Rican census

Costa Rica 1950 Census
22 May 1950
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 Centro Centroamericano de Población

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.

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%