Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Costa Rica, 1997

Costa Rica
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 2.59 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 79,517 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
79,517
Births per 1,000 people
21.5
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
3,701,711
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%543
15-1984.816.4%14,771
20-24143.127.6%22,136
25-29128.224.8%19,239
30-3491.117.6%13,900
35-3949.49.5%6,900
40-4416.63.2%1,884
45-491.60.3%144
50-540.00.0%0