PopSpot — Costa Rica

Population Distribution

Population distribution by place type for Costa Rica. Dots show individual tagged places, with the maximum, minimum, and median population values highlighted.

Upgrade Candidates

Places whose population is more consistent with the next-higher type's distribution than their own. Ranked by signal strength, then percentile within current type.

#	Name	Type	Population	Own %ile	%ile among next higher	Signal	Edit	OSM
1	Siquirres	town	45,000	100%	47%	Strong	iD JOSM Level0	node/279239581
2	San Rafael	town	42,000	98%	47%	Strong	iD JOSM Level0	node/267631658
3	Desamparados	town	38,000	97%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/278280797
4	Palmares	town	38,000	97%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/456307022
5	Barreal	village	36,000	95%	94%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/626811272
6	Palmares	village	35,700	94%	94%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1398300563
7	San Vicente	town	35,000	94%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/276169074
8	San Rafael	village	34,000	93%	93%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/424239809
9	Curridabat	town	33,000	93%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/272876550
10	Desamparados	village	33,400	92%	93%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/5924782249
11	Barranca	village	32,000	91%	91%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/276389679
12	Mercedes Norte	village	32,000	91%	91%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1929159323
13	Esparza	town	32,000	91%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/365551769
14	Santa Cruz	town	30,000	90%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/279297453
15	Aserrí	town	30,000	90%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/331104211
16	Uruca	village	31,728	90%	90%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/273104979
17	San Antonio del Tejar	village	31,400	89%	90%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1720528951
18	San Rafael	village	30,000	88%	90%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3317903886
19	San Pedro	town	29,400	87%	33%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2634836835
20	Guácima	village	27,000	87%	84%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/445517925
21	Aguas Zarcas	village	27,000	87%	84%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/846987887
22	San Rafael	town	28,000	85%	27%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/281368318
23	San Diego	village	26,000	85%	82%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3855697091
24	San Juan	town	27,000	84%	27%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2795101026
25	Zapote	village	23,000	84%	79%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/272876548
26	San Antonio	village	22,554	83%	78%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/764856404
27	Buenos Aires	town	26,000	82%	20%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/355119023
28	San Isidro	village	22,400	82%	78%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3224376843
29	El Roble	village	22,300	81%	78%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/332771489
30	El Tejar	town	25,000	81%	20%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/686706581
31	Pozos	village	22,000	80%	78%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/357594268
32	El Carmen	village	22,000	80%	78%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1909536892
33	San Francisco de Dos Ríos	village	20,209	78%	74%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/277900026
34	Concepción	village	20,000	77%	74%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/417006107
35	Florencia	village	20,000	77%	74%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/846392017
36	Granadilla	village	20,000	77%	74%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3098575194
37	Hospital	village	19,270	74%	69%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3097157367
38	Colima	village	19,000	73%	69%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3340712417
39	Tirrases	village	18,879	72%	69%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3098703690
40	La Fortuna	village	17,000	71%	69%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/184097765
41	Canoas	village	16,000	70%	62%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/879669638
42	Pital	village	15,000	70%	59%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/818178427
43	Salitrillos	village	15,000	70%	59%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1833354154
44	Sabanilla	village	15,000	70%	59%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2634908176
45	Tambor	village	14,400	67%	57%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3224567027
46	Río Claro	village	14,000	66%	57%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/355199365
47	Puente de Piedra	village	14,000	66%	57%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/772404895
48	Anselmo Llorente	village	14,000	66%	57%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2795570987
49	Río Segundo	village	13,700	63%	56%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/654383687
50	Ángeles	village	13,400	62%	56%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2412772510
51	Oriental	village	13,000	61%	56%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3861599958
52	Sabanilla	village	12,700	60%	50%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/943129661
53	Merced	village	12,257	59%	50%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3097993899
54	Belén	village	12,000	58%	50%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/279298467
55	Venecia	village	12,000	58%	50%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1189886345
56	Palmar Norte	village	12,000	58%	50%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1410614425
57	Llorente	village	12,000	58%	50%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2283658290
58	Cot	village	11,400	54%	47%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/617910908
59	San Antonio	village	11,000	53%	47%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/338096247
60	Tacares	village	10,200	52%	46%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/461315776
61	Miraflores	village	10,200	52%	46%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2738549442
62	Orosi	village	10,000	50%	46%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/288596485
63	Piedades	village	10,000	50%	46%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/357817513
64	La Garita	village	10,000	50%	46%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/424477470
65	Turrúcares	village	10,000	50%	46%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/428797402
66	San Pedro	village	9,700	47%	38%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1534838761
67	San Rafael	village	9,692	46%	38%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2139735408
68	Cinco Esquinas	village	9,400	45%	38%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/801782978
69	Santa Rosa	village	9,400	45%	38%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2795101032
70	Mata Redonda	village	9,400	45%	38%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3097141392
71	Cajón	village	9,200	42%	37%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1568133004
72	San Lorenzo	village	9,000	41%	37%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/770883334
73	Carrizal	village	9,000	41%	37%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1252556222
74	Santa Lucía	village	8,700	39%	31%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3781472196
75	Pejibaye	village	8,400	38%	31%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1398429524
76	San Vicente	village	8,300	37%	29%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1247872957
77	Santo Tomás	village	8,200	36%	29%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1120733834
78	San Miguel	village	8,100	35%	29%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2292748675
79	La Ribera	village	8,000	34%	29%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1414260268
80	San Rafael	village	7,700	33%	21%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1730552537
81	La Asunción	village	7,700	33%	21%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/2359312786
82	San Pedro	village	7,400	31%	19%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1300357271
83	Rivas	village	7,400	31%	19%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1411493695
84	San Rafael	village	7,000	30%	18%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1672897420
85	Palmira	village	7,000	30%	18%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1994600359
86	Sánchez	village	7,000	30%	18%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3098661709
87	General Viejo	village	7,000	30%	18%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/4947955015

Downgrade Candidates

Places whose population is more consistent with the next-lower type's distribution than their own. Ranked by signal strength, then percentile within current type.

#	Name	Type	Population	Own %ile	%ile among next lower	Signal	Edit	OSM
1	San Ramón	city	9,400	7%	38%	Strong	iD JOSM Level0	node/5828342736
2	San Pablo	town	2,000	2%	5%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1159771976
3	Carmona	town	2,500	3%	6%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1146377252
4	Hojancha	town	4,000	4%	12%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/1241403543
5	San Pablo	town	4,500	6%	16%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/830790620
6	Santa María	town	5,000	10%	21%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/512919735
7	Zarcero	town	5,000	10%	21%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/829021206
8	Santa Elena	town	5,000	10%	21%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3158720993
9	Santo Domingo	town	5,400	12%	23%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/626935980
10	Barva	town	6,000	15%	25%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/276618404
11	Pacayas	town	6,000	15%	25%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3852413229
12	Upala	city	15,000	20%	59%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/859531998
13	Neily	city	15,000	20%	59%	Weak	iD JOSM Level0	node/3271666970

Monitor

Places that are consistent with their current type's distribution but sit at an extreme percentile within it. No reclassification signal yet, but worth revisiting as more population data is tagged.

#	Name	Type	Population	Own %ile	Edit	OSM
1	Pavas	village	71,384	100%	iD JOSM Level0	node/272876556
2	San Francisco	village	62,000	99%	iD JOSM Level0	node/276707462
3	San José	village	52,200	98%	iD JOSM Level0	node/847470051
4	Hatillo	village	50,511	97%	iD JOSM Level0	node/3856000857
5	San Sebastián	village	40,224	96%	iD JOSM Level0	node/273106202

Badge	Direction	Criteria (all must hold)
Strong	Upgrade	LLR > 1.0 · own percentile ≥ 75th · target percentile 20–65th
Strong	Downgrade	LLR > 1.0 · own percentile ≤ 25th · target percentile 35–80th
Weak	Either	LLR > 0, but one or more Strong conditions not met
Monitor	—	No LLR signal, but own percentile ≥ 90th (top) or ≤ 10th (bottom)