2000 Costa Rican census

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1864	120,499		—
1883	182,073		51.1%
1892	243,205		33.6%
1927	471,524		93.9%
1950	800,875		69.8%
1963	1,336,274		66.9%
1973	1,871,780		40.1%
1984	2,416,809		29.1%
2000	3,810,179		57.7%
2011	4,301,712		12.9%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos Centro Centroamericano de Población

The 2000 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)).

Description

According to this census, Costa Rica had 3,810,179 inhabitants in 2000, a population density of 74.6/km², and 59% of the people lived in urban areas.

Results by canton

Province	Cantón	Population as of 2000 census	Population as of 1984 census	Change	Percent change
San José	San José	309,672	241,464	68,208	28.25%
San José	Escazú	52,372	33,101	19,271	58.22%
San José	Desamparados	193,478	108,824	84,654	77.79%
San José	Puriscal	29,407	23,123	6,284	27.18%
San José	Tarrazú	14,160	8,845	5,315	60.09%
San José	Aserrí	49,319	30,588	18,731	61.24%
San José	Mora	21,666	12,584	9,082	72.17%
San José	Goicoechea	117,532	79,931	37,601	47.04%
San José	Santa Ana	34,507	19,605	14,902	76.01%
San José	Alajuelita	70,297	31,390	38,907	123.95%
San José	Vázquez de Coronado	55,585	24,514	31,071	126.75%
San José	Acosta	18,661	14,853	3,808	25.64%
San José	Tibás	72,074	57,693	14,381	24.93%
San José	Moravia	50,419	33,038	17,381	52.61%
San José	Montes de Oca	50,433	39,065	11,368	29.10%
San José	Turrubares	4,877	4,471	406	9.08%
San José	Dota	6,519	4,934	1,585	32.12%
San José	Curridabat	60,889	31,954	28,935	90.55%
San José	Pérez Zeledón	122,187	82,370	39,817	48.34%
San José	León Cortés Castro	11,696	8,087	3,609	44.63%
Alajuela	Alajuela	222,853	127,472	95,381	74.83%
Alajuela	San Ramón	67,975	39,963	28,012	70.09%
Alajuela	Grecia	65,119	38,361	26,758	69.75%
Alajuela	San Mateo	5,343	3,783	1,560	41.24%
Alajuela	Atenas	22,479	15,011	7,468	49.75%
Alajuela	Naranjo	37,602	23,588	14,014	59.41%
Alajuela	Palmares	29,766	17,815	11,951	67.08%
Alajuela	Poás	24,764	13,939	10,825	77.66%
Alajuela	Orotina	15,705	10,494	5,211	49.66%
Alajuela	San Carlos	127,140	75,576	51,564	68.23%
Alajuela	Zarcero	10,845	7,005	3,840	54.82%
Alajuela	Sarchí	16,239	10,716	5,523	51.54%
Alajuela	Upala	37,679	26,061	11,618	44.58%
Alajuela	Los Chiles	19,732	11,404	8,328	73.03%
Alajuela	Guatuso	13,045	6,774	6,271	92.57%
Cartago	Cartago	132,057	87,125	44,932	51.57%
Cartago	Paraíso	52,393	27,823	24,570	88.31%
Cartago	La Unión	80,279	41,005	39,274	95.78%
Cartago	Jiménez	14,046	11,861	2,185	18.42%
Cartago	Turrialba	68,510	50,567	17,943	35.48%
Cartago	Alvarado	12,290	8,338	3,952	47.40%
Cartago	Oreamuno	39,032	24,145	14,887	61.66%
Cartago	El Guarco	33,788	20,807	12,981	62.39%
Heredia	Heredia	103,894	54,896	48,998	89.26%
Heredia	Barva	32,440	18,933	13,507	71.34%
Heredia	Santo Domingo	34,748	23,985	10,763	44.87%
Heredia	Santa Bárbara	29,181	16,643	12,538	75.33%
Heredia	San Rafael	37,293	22,871	14,422	63.06%
Heredia	San Isidro	16,056	8,528	7,528	88.27%
Heredia	Belén	19,834	11,993	7,841	65.38%
Heredia	Flores	15,038	9,015	6,023	66.81%
Heredia	San Pablo	20,813	11,802	9,011	76.35%
Heredia	Sarapiquí	45,435	18,909	26,526	140.28%
Guanacaste	Liberia	46,703	28,067	18,636	66.40%
Guanacaste	Nicoya	42,189	36,626	5,563	15.19%
Guanacaste	Santa Cruz	40,821	31,133	9,688	31.12%
Guanacaste	Bagaces	15,972	10,103	5,869	58.09%
Guanacaste	Carrillo	27,306	18,475	8,831	47.80%
Guanacaste	Cañas	24,076	17,284	6,792	39.30%
Guanacaste	Abangares	16,276	12,575	3,701	29.43%
Guanacaste	Tilarán	17,871	14,586	3,285	22.52%
Guanacaste	Nandayure	9,985	9,604	381	3.97%
Guanacaste	La Cruz	16,505	10,876	5,629	51.76%
Guanacaste	Hojancha	6,534	5,879	655	11.14%
Puntarenas	Puntarenas	102,504	74,135	28,369	38.27%
Puntarenas	Esparza	23,963	14,998	8,965	59.77%
Puntarenas	Buenos Aires	40,139	27,716	12,423	44.82%
Puntarenas	Montes de Oro	11,159	7,444	3,715	49.91%
Puntarenas	Osa	25,861	26,294	−433	-1.65%
Puntarenas	Quepos	20,188	13,319	6,869	51.57%
Puntarenas	Golfito	33,823	29,043	4,780	16.46%
Puntarenas	Coto Brus	40,082	31,650	8,432	26.64%
Puntarenas	Parrita	12,112	9,774	2,338	23.92%
Puntarenas	Corredores	37,274	28,366	8,908	31.40%
Puntarenas	Garabito	10,378	3,144	7,234	230.09%
Limón	Limón	89,933	52,602	37,331	70.97%
Limón	Pococí	103,121	44,187	58,934	133.37%
Limón	Siquirres	52,409	29,079	23,330	80.23%
Limón	Talamanca	25,857	11,013	14,844	134.79%
Limón	Matina	33,096	14,723	18,373	124.79%
Limón	Guácimo	34,879	16,472	18,407	111.75%