Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Costa Rica, 1969

Costa Rica
1969
Total fertility rate: 4.83
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Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 4.83 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 60,432 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.83
Births
60,432
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
1,789,276
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
10-142.70.3%316
15-1991.59.5%8,629
20-24241.025.0%18,242
25-29239.024.7%14,597
30-34190.419.7%10,037
35-39132.713.7%6,048
40-4456.35.8%2,183
45-4911.81.2%362
50-540.60.1%15