Fertility in Costa Rica, 2019

Costa Rica
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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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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 1.60 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (84 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 63,301 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
63,301
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
4,999,554
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
10-141.50.5%261
15-1942.113.1%7,773
20-2483.726.1%16,457
25-2982.125.6%16,645
30-3464.920.2%13,379
35-3936.911.5%7,064
40-449.63.0%1,652
45-490.40.1%66
50-540.00.0%0