Fertility in Costa Rica, 2008

Costa Rica
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 1.98 children per woman in 2008 — 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, 74,620 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
74,620
Births per 1,000 people
16.8
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
4,440,056
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
10-142.70.7%533
15-1969.917.6%14,168
20-24113.328.6%23,063
25-2998.724.9%18,460
30-3468.517.3%11,508
35-3934.28.6%5,395
40-448.92.2%1,409
45-490.60.1%85
50-540.00.0%0