Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Costa Rica, 2007

Costa Rica
2007
Total fertility rate: 1.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 1.95 children per woman in 2007 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 72,729 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.95
Births
72,729
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
4,380,248
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
10-142.60.7%513
15-1967.717.3%13,771
20-24112.928.8%22,668
25-2998.025.0%17,916
30-3467.417.2%11,080
35-3933.58.6%5,277
40-449.02.3%1,415
45-490.60.2%87
50-540.00.0%0