Fertility in Costa Rica, 2000

Costa Rica
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 2.41 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 79,689 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
79,689
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
3,937,739
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%595
15-1983.417.3%15,859
20-24135.928.2%23,210
25-29118.024.5%18,466
30-3482.917.2%12,897
35-3944.39.2%6,764
40-4413.52.8%1,769
45-491.20.3%130
50-540.00.0%0