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El siguiente cuadro muestra la población que habita en cada uno de los cantones de Costa Rica, ordenados de mayor a menor. Los datos están basados en la información suministrada por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Costa Rica para mayo del 2011, según los datos del censo del 2011 en Costa Rica ^[1].

Posición	Cantón	Provincia	Cantón No.	Área Km²	Total Hombres	Total Mujeres	Población Total	Densidad Población
1	San José	San José	1	44.62	136,371	151,683	288,054	6445.71
2	Alajuela	Alajuela	1	388.43	125,773	129,113	254,886	656.20
3	Desamparados	San José	3	118.26	99,974	108,437	208,411	1751.31
4	San Carlos	Alajuela	10	3347.98	82,048	81,697	163,745	48.91
5	Cartago	Cartago	1	287.77	72,491	75,407	147,898	513.95
6	Pérez Zeledón	San José	19	1905.51	65,389	69,145	134,534	70.60
7	Pococí	Limón	2	2403.49	63,273	62,689	125,962	52.41
8	Heredia	Heredia	1	282.60	58,667	64,949	123,616	437.42
9	Puntarenas	Puntarenas	1	1842.33	57,246	57,773	115,019	62.43
10	Goicoechea	San José	8	31.50	54,269	60,815	115,084	3653.46
11	La Unión	Cartago	3	44.83	47,946	51,453	99,399	2217.24
12	Limón	Limón	1	1765.79	45,744	48,671	94,415	53.47
13	San Ramón	Alajuela	2	1018.64	39,549	41,017	80,566	79.09
14	Alajuelita	San José	10	21.17	37,347	40,256	77,603	3665.71
15	Turrialba	Cartago	5	1642.67	34,415	35,201	69,616	42.38
16	Grecia	Alajuela	3	141.52			65,824	465.12
17	Curridabat	San José	18	15.95	30,590	34,616	65,206	4088.15
18	Tibás	San José	13	8.15	30,264	34,578	64,842	7956.07
19	Liberia	Guanacaste	1	1436.47	30,841	32,146	62,987	43.85
20	Vásquez de Coronado	San José	11	222.20	29,147	31,339	60,486	272.21
21	Aserrí	San José	6	167.10	28,330	29,562	57,892	346.45
22	Paraíso	Cartago	2	411.91	28,268	29,475	57,743	140.18
23	Sarapiquí	Heredia	10	2140.54	29,057	28,090	57,147	26.70
24	Siquirres	Limón	3	860.19	28,755	28,031	56,786	66.02
25	Moravia	San José	14	28.62	26,741	30,178	56,919	1988.78
26	Escazú	San José	2	34.39	26,660	29,849	56,509	1643.18
27	Santa Cruz	Guanacaste	3	1312.27	27,283	27,821	55,104	41.99
28	Nicoya	Guanacaste	2	1333.68	24,987	25,838	50,825	38.11
29	Montes de Oca	San José	15	15.16	22,910	26,222	49,132	3240.90
30	Santa Ana	San José	9	61.42	23,499	25,624	49,123	799.79
31	San Rafael	Heredia	5	48.39	22,424	23,541	45,965	949.89
32	Oreamuno	Cartago	7	202.31	22,237	23,236	45,473	224.77
33	Buenos Aires	Puntarenas	3	2384.22	22,809	22,435	45,244	18.98
34	Upala	Alajuela	13	1580.67	22,021	21,932	43,953	27.81
35	Naranjo	Alajuela	6	126.62	20,903	21,810	42,713	337.33
36	Corredores	Puntarenas	10	620.60	20,720	21,111	41,831	67.40
37	El Guarco	Cartago	8	167.69	21,057	20,736	41,793	249.23
38	Guácimo	Limón	6	576.48	20,618	20,648	41,266	71.58
39	Barva	Heredia	2	53.80	19,880	20,780	40,660	755.76
40	Santo Domingo	Heredia	3	24.84	19,479	20,593	40,072	1613.20
41	Golfito	Puntarenas	7	1753.96	19,799	19,351	39,150	22.32
42	Coto Brus	Puntarenas	8	933.91	19,127	19,326	38,453	41.17
43	Matina	Limón	5	772.64	19,592	18,129	37,721	48.82
44	Carrillo	Guanacaste	5	577.54	18,598	18,524	37,122	64.28
45	Santa Bárbara	Heredia	4	53.21	17,877	18,366	36,243	681.13
46	Palmares	Alajuela	7	38.06	17,106	17,610	34,716	912.14
47	Puriscal	San José	4	553.00	16,565	16,439	33,004	59.68
48	Talamanca	Limón	4	2809.93	15,658	15,054	30,712	10.93
49	Osa	Puntarenas	5	1930.24	15,038	14,395	29,433	15.25
50	Poás	Alajuela	8	73.84	14,508	14,691	29,199	395.44
51	Esparza	Puntarenas	2	216.80	14,074	14,570	28,644	132.12
52	San Pablo	Heredia	9	7.53	13,344	14,327	27,671	3674.77
53	Quepos	Puntarenas	6	543.77	13,829	13,032	26,861	49.40
54	Mora	San José	7	162.04	12,714	13,580	26,294	162.27
55	Cañas	Guanacaste	6	682.20	12,910	13,291	26,201	38.41
56	Atenas	Alajuela	5	127.19	12,737	12,723	25,460	200.17
57	Los Chiles	Alajuela	14	1358.86	12,125	11,610	23,735	17.47
58	Belén	Heredia	7	12.15	10,495	11,138	21,633	1780.49
59	San Isidro	Heredia	6	26.96	10,212	10,421	20,633	765.32
60	Orotina	Alajuela	9	141.92	9,982	10,359	20,341	143.33
61	Acosta	San José	12	342.24	10,217	9,992	20,209	59.05
62	Flores	Heredia	8	6.96	9,811	10,226	20,037	2878.88
63	Tilarán	Guanacaste	8	638.39	9,736	9,904	19,640	30.76
64	Bagaces	Guanacaste	4	1273.49	9,854	9,682	19,536	15.34
65	La Cruz	Guanacaste	10	1383.90	9,440	9,741	19,181	13.86
66	Valverde Vega	Alajuela	12	120.25	8,881	9,204	18,085	150.40
67	Abangares	Guanacaste	7	675.76	9,014	9,025	18,039	26.69
68	Garabito	Puntarenas	11	316.31	8,644	8,585	17,229	54.47
69	Tarrazú	San José	5	297.50	8,091	8,189	16,280	54.72
70	Parrita	Puntarenas	9	478.79	8,235	7,880	16,115	33.66
71	Guatuso	Alajuela	15	758.32	7,886	7,622	15,508	20.45
72	Jiménez	Cartago	4	286.43	7,294	7,375	14,669	51.21
73	Alvarado	Cartago	6	81.06	7,165	7,147	14,312	176.56
74	Montes de Oro	Puntarenas	4	244.76	6,438	6,512	12,950	52.91
75	Zarcero	Alajuela	11	155.13	6,103	6,102	12,205	78.68
76	León Cortés	San José	20	120.80	6,140	6,060	12,200	100.99
77	Nandayure	Guanacaste	9	565.59	5,669	5,452	11,121	19.66
78	Río Cuarto	Alajuela	16	254.20			11,074^{[cita requerida]}
79	Hojancha	Guanacaste	11	261.42	3,656	3,541	7,197	27.53
80	Dota	San José	17	400.22	3,399	3,549	6,948	17.36
81	San Mateo	Alajuela	4	125.90	3,128	3,008	6,136	48.74
82	Turrubares	San José	16	415.29	2,852	2,660	5,512	13.27
Totales				51100.00	2,106,063	2,195,649	4,301,712	84.18