Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Costa Rica, 1996

Costa Rica
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 2.68 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 80,302 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
80,302
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
3,619,013
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
10-142.80.5%531
15-1985.916.0%14,473
20-24148.727.8%22,342
25-29133.024.8%19,783
30-3493.817.5%14,103
35-3952.89.8%7,071
40-4417.13.2%1,847
45-491.70.3%149
50-540.00.0%1