Fertility in Costa Rica, 2017

Costa Rica
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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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 1.71 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 67,859 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
67,859
Births per 1,000 people
13.8
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
4,913,177
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
10-141.80.5%320
15-1951.114.9%9,796
20-2490.926.4%18,100
25-2985.724.9%17,558
30-3467.819.7%13,734
35-3937.010.7%6,790
40-449.12.6%1,495
45-490.40.1%65
50-540.00.0%0