Fertility in Costa Rica, 2010

Costa Rica
2010
Total fertility rate: 1.83
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 1.83 children per woman in 2010 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 70,192 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.83
Births
70,192
Births per 1,000 people
15.4
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
4,555,962
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%520
15-1963.117.2%12,680
20-24101.727.8%20,934
25-2991.224.9%17,799
30-3466.218.1%11,661
35-3932.78.9%5,247
40-448.12.2%1,278
45-490.50.1%74
50-540.00.0%0