Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Costa Rica, 2042

Costa Rica
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Costa Rica is projected at 1.36 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (73 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 30.0 years old. In total, 45,650 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.36
Births
45,650
Births per 1,000 people
8.5
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
5,378,672
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
10-140.30.1%38
15-1912.74.7%1,578
20-2451.418.9%7,553
25-2972.626.6%12,361
30-3473.226.9%12,943
35-3948.117.7%8,470
40-4413.65.0%2,597
45-490.60.2%108
50-540.00.0%0