Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Costa Rica, 1999

Costa Rica
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 2.48 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 80,086 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
80,086
Births per 1,000 people
20.7
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
3,862,101
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
10-142.90.6%584
15-1984.117.0%15,562
20-24139.728.2%23,112
25-29122.124.6%18,808
30-3485.517.2%13,252
35-3945.99.3%6,846
40-4414.32.9%1,784
45-491.40.3%135
50-540.00.0%0