2011 Costa Rican census

Costa Rica 2011 Census

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General information
CountryCosta Rica
Results
Total population4,301,712 (Increase 12.9%)
Most populous ​cantonSan José
288,054
Least populous ​cantonTurrubares
5,512
Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1864120,499—    
1883182,073+2.20%
1892243,205+3.27%
1927471,524+1.91%
1950800,875+2.33%
19631,336,274+4.02%
19731,871,780+3.43%
19842,416,809+2.35%
20003,810,179+2.89%
20114,301,712+1.11%
20225,044,197+1.46%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[2]

The 2011 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)) in Costa Rica. The semi-autonomous government body, INEC, was created by Census Law No. 7839 on 4 November 1998.[3]

  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).
  3. ^ "Census workers face challenges in Escazú / News / Top Story / Current…". archive.vn. 2013-02-22. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2020-10-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)