Fertility rate: Costa Rica
1.33 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.33 |
| 2022 | 1.335 |
| 2021 | 1.353 |
| 2020 | 1.448 |
| 2019 | 1.6 |
| 2018 | 1.706 |
| 2017 | 1.714 |
| 2016 | 1.746 |
| 2015 | 1.797 |
| 2014 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 1.779 |
| 2012 | 1.851 |
| 2011 | 1.877 |
| 2010 | 1.827 |
| 2009 | 1.953 |
| 2008 | 1.98 |
| 2007 | 1.954 |
| 2006 | 1.937 |
| 2005 | 2.038 |
| 2004 | 2.028 |
| 2003 | 2.084 |
| 2002 | 2.162 |
| 2001 | 2.312 |
| 2000 | 2.413 |
| 1999 | 2.481 |
| 1998 | 2.527 |
| 1997 | 2.589 |
| 1996 | 2.681 |
| 1995 | 2.779 |
| 1994 | 2.857 |
| 1993 | 2.928 |
| 1992 | 3.001 |
| 1991 | 3.075 |
| 1990 | 3.167 |
| 1989 | 3.238 |
| 1988 | 3.314 |
| 1987 | 3.384 |
| 1986 | 3.454 |
| 1985 | 3.511 |
| 1984 | 3.519 |
| 1983 | 3.525 |
| 1982 | 3.54 |
| 1981 | 3.556 |
| 1980 | 3.583 |
| 1979 | 3.651 |
| 1978 | 3.662 |
| 1977 | 3.701 |
| 1976 | 3.747 |
| 1975 | 3.804 |
| 1974 | 3.893 |
| 1973 | 3.991 |
| 1972 | 4.158 |
| 1971 | 4.362 |
| 1970 | 4.585 |
| 1969 | 4.835 |
| 1968 | 5.028 |
| 1967 | 5.416 |
| 1966 | 5.697 |
| 1965 | 5.96 |
| 1964 | 6.193 |
| 1963 | 6.389 |
| 1962 | 6.543 |
| 1961 | 6.651 |
| 1960 | 6.712 |
| 1959 | 6.731 |
| 1958 | 6.712 |
| 1957 | 6.662 |
| 1956 | 6.601 |
| 1955 | 6.571 |
| 1954 | 6.54 |
| 1953 | 6.508 |
| 1952 | 6.455 |
| 1951 | 6.393 |
| 1950 | 6.317 |