Fertility in Costa Rica, 2018

Costa Rica
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica was 1.71 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 67,536 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
67,536
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
4,957,818
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
10-141.60.5%285
15-1949.014.3%9,231
20-2490.226.3%17,842
25-2986.325.2%17,593
30-3467.519.7%13,820
35-3938.011.1%7,128
40-449.42.7%1,570
45-490.40.1%67
50-540.00.0%0