Fertility in Costa Rica, 1960

Costa Rica
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 6.71 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (336 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 60,357 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.71
Births
60,357
Births per 1,000 people
45.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
1,327,496
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-144.20.3%330
15-19101.37.5%6,384
20-24315.223.5%17,025
25-29335.925.0%15,780
30-34278.020.7%11,352
35-39203.815.2%6,737
40-4487.56.5%2,355
45-4915.81.2%379
50-540.80.1%15