Fertility rate in Costa Rica
The fertility rate in Costa Rica was 1.32 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Costa Rica, 2024
1.32
Change from 2023
−0.9%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
1.41 births per woman
Position in 2024
189th of 217
Fertility rate in Costa Rica over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Costa Rica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.32 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 1.33 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.34 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.35 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.45 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.60 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.71 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.71 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.75 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.80 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.80 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 1.78 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.85 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 1.88 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 1.83 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 1.95 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.98 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.95 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.94 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 2.04 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 2.03 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 2.08 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 2.16 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 2.31 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 2.41 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.9% from 1.33 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.80 births per woman, the figure has changed by −26.8%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Costa Rica has the 189th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for Costa Rica
All statistics for Costa Rica
Crude birth rate
10.0 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
5,105,526 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
34.1 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
1.33 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
0.49%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
5,152,950 people
2025 · World Bank