Fertility in Costa Rica, 2023

Costa Rica
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +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 1.33 children per woman in 2023 — 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, 51,969 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.33
Births
51,969
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
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
5,105,526
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
10-140.90.3%160
15-1926.39.9%4,625
20-2464.924.4%12,241
25-2971.126.7%14,089
30-3458.822.1%11,977
35-3934.512.9%7,040
40-449.53.6%1,768
45-490.40.2%71
50-540.00.0%0