Fertility in Costa Rica, 1980

Costa Rica
1980
Total fertility rate: 3.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 3.58 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 72,588 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.58
Births
72,588
Births per 1,000 people
30.4
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
2,390,634
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
10-142.80.4%386
15-1995.113.2%13,249
20-24192.826.8%23,543
25-29173.824.2%17,309
30-34132.418.4%10,673
35-3985.311.9%5,472
40-4432.84.6%1,779
45-493.80.5%174
50-540.10.0%2