Fertility in Costa Rica, 2026

Costa Rica
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.31
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +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 is projected at 1.31 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (70 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.6 years old. In total, 50,203 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.31
Births
50,203
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
5,174,789
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
10-140.80.3%130
15-1922.78.7%4,011
20-2461.223.4%10,892
25-2970.226.8%13,636
30-3460.223.0%12,074
35-3936.013.8%7,392
40-4410.03.8%1,990
45-490.40.2%79
50-540.00.0%0