Costa Rica Fertility Rate 1960-2025
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- Costa Rica fertility rate for 2022 was 1.52, a 0.72% decline from 2021.
- Costa Rica fertility rate for 2021 was 1.53, a 1.41% decline from 2020.
- Costa Rica fertility rate for 2020 was 1.56, a 4.72% decline from 2019.
- Costa Rica fertility rate for 2019 was 1.63, a 4.51% decline from 2018.
| Costa Rica Fertility Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Births per Woman |
Annual % Change |
| 2022 |
1.52 |
-0.72% |
| 2021 |
1.53 |
-1.41% |
| 2020 |
1.56 |
-4.72% |
| 2019 |
1.63 |
-4.51% |
| 2018 |
1.71 |
-1.78% |
| 2017 |
1.74 |
-0.80% |
| 2016 |
1.75 |
-2.01% |
| 2015 |
1.79 |
-1.59% |
| 2014 |
1.82 |
-1.03% |
| 2013 |
1.84 |
-2.03% |
| 2012 |
1.88 |
-1.37% |
| 2011 |
1.90 |
-1.35% |
| 2010 |
1.93 |
-2.72% |
| 2009 |
1.98 |
-1.93% |
| 2008 |
2.02 |
0.45% |
| 2007 |
2.01 |
-0.10% |
| 2006 |
2.01 |
-1.47% |
| 2005 |
2.04 |
-1.64% |
| 2004 |
2.08 |
-2.76% |
| 2003 |
2.14 |
-2.86% |
| 2002 |
2.20 |
-5.38% |
| 2001 |
2.33 |
-3.61% |
| 2000 |
2.41 |
-2.74% |
| 1999 |
2.48 |
-2.13% |
| 1998 |
2.53 |
-4.02% |
| 1997 |
2.64 |
-2.58% |
| 1996 |
2.71 |
-3.35% |
| 1995 |
2.80 |
-2.91% |
| 1994 |
2.89 |
-2.56% |
| 1993 |
2.96 |
-2.40% |
| 1992 |
3.04 |
-2.63% |
| 1991 |
3.12 |
-2.68% |
| 1990 |
3.21 |
-1.90% |
| 1989 |
3.27 |
-2.07% |
| 1988 |
3.34 |
-1.80% |
| 1987 |
3.40 |
-1.91% |
| 1986 |
3.46 |
-1.42% |
| 1985 |
3.51 |
-0.20% |
| 1984 |
3.52 |
-0.23% |
| 1983 |
3.53 |
-0.37% |
| 1982 |
3.54 |
-0.51% |
| 1981 |
3.56 |
-0.86% |
| 1980 |
3.59 |
-1.67% |
| 1979 |
3.65 |
-0.30% |
| 1978 |
3.66 |
-1.05% |
| 1977 |
3.70 |
-1.23% |
| 1976 |
3.75 |
-1.50% |
| 1975 |
3.80 |
-2.29% |
| 1974 |
3.89 |
-2.46% |
| 1973 |
3.99 |
-4.02% |
| 1972 |
4.16 |
-4.68% |
| 1971 |
4.36 |
-4.86% |
| 1970 |
4.59 |
-5.17% |
| 1969 |
4.84 |
-3.84% |
| 1968 |
5.03 |
-7.16% |
| 1967 |
5.42 |
-4.93% |
| 1966 |
5.70 |
-4.41% |
| 1965 |
5.96 |
-3.76% |
| 1964 |
6.19 |
-3.07% |
| 1963 |
6.39 |
-2.35% |
| 1962 |
6.54 |
-1.62% |
| 1961 |
6.65 |
-0.91% |
| 1960 |
6.71 |
-0.91% |
