Fertility in Costa Rica, 2009

Costa Rica
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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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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 1.95 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 74,359 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.95
Births
74,359
Births per 1,000 people
16.5
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
4,499,791
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
10-142.80.7%545
15-1968.417.5%13,818
20-24110.228.2%22,611
25-2997.624.9%18,651
30-3468.017.4%11,693
35-3934.98.9%5,553
40-448.92.3%1,409
45-490.50.1%80
50-540.00.0%0