Fertility in Costa Rica, 2029

Costa Rica
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.31
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica is projected at 1.31 children per woman in 2029 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 49,193 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.31
Births
49,193
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
5,233,880
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
10-140.60.2%109
15-1920.17.7%3,478
20-2458.522.4%10,356
25-2970.426.9%13,001
30-3462.423.9%12,266
35-3938.214.6%7,722
40-4410.64.1%2,175
45-490.50.2%87
50-540.00.0%0