Fertility in Costa Rica, 2016

Costa Rica
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 1.75 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 69,035 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.75
Births
69,035
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
4,866,998
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
10-142.10.6%374
15-1953.415.3%10,347
20-2493.226.6%18,690
25-2987.124.9%17,924
30-3468.419.6%13,641
35-3936.410.4%6,556
40-448.92.5%1,440
45-490.40.1%65
50-540.00.0%0