Fertility in Costa Rica, 2021

Costa Rica
2021
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +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 1.35 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (72 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 53,349 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
53,349
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
5,059,988
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
10-141.20.4%205
15-1927.910.3%4,963
20-2466.724.6%12,946
25-2972.426.7%14,527
30-3458.821.7%12,089
35-3934.612.8%6,890
40-449.33.4%1,660
45-490.40.2%67
50-540.00.0%0