Fertility in Costa Rica, 2020

Costa Rica
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.45
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +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 1.45 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (76 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 57,220 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.45
Births
57,220
Births per 1,000 people
11.4
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
5,034,320
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
10-141.30.5%233
15-1933.411.5%6,043
20-2473.325.2%14,334
25-2975.726.1%15,285
30-3461.421.1%12,663
35-3935.612.2%6,942
40-449.43.2%1,653
45-490.40.1%66
50-540.00.0%0