Fertility in Costa Rica, 2022

Costa Rica
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 1.33 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (71 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 52,440 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.33
Births
52,440
Births per 1,000 people
10.3
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
5,081,764
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
10-141.10.4%187
15-1926.59.9%4,657
20-2465.124.3%12,478
25-2971.426.7%14,235
30-3459.022.1%12,078
35-3934.612.9%6,997
40-449.53.6%1,738
45-490.40.2%70
50-540.00.0%0