Fertility in Costa Rica, 2015

Costa Rica
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 1.80 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 70,846 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
70,846
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
4,818,038
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
10-142.40.7%443
15-1956.615.7%11,045
20-2495.526.5%19,241
25-2989.224.8%18,393
30-3469.919.4%13,673
35-3937.010.3%6,512
40-449.22.6%1,473
45-490.40.1%66
50-540.00.0%0