Alajuela Province · Costa Rica
Desamparados population
14,448people · latest figure
Desamparados has a population of 14,448, making it the 37th largest place we list in Costa Rica. It is in Alajuela Province.
Desamparados holds 0.28% of Costa Rica's 5,174,789 people. San José, the largest place we list there, is 23 times its size. Twenty years earlier the World Gazetteer recorded 39,245, a fall of 63%.
The 2005 figure comes from the World Gazetteer archive restored on this site. The two sources may draw the settlement's boundary differently, so treat the change as indicative rather than exact. Why figures differ.
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| San Juan de Dios | San José | 15,469 |
| Nicoya | Guanacaste Province | 15,313 |
| San Rafael Arriba | San José | 15,051 |
| Concepción | Cartago Province | 14,000 |
| Alajuelita | San José | 13,845 |
| Sabanilla | San José | 13,251 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.