Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Costa Rica

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Costa Rica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.33 in Costa Rica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Costa Rica population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Costa Rica
1960	7.5	6.71
1961	7.56	6.65
1962	7.61	6.54
1963	7.65	6.39
1964	7.67	6.19
1965	7.71	5.96
1966	7.71	5.7
1967	7.71	5.42
1968	7.71	5.03
1969	7.71	4.84
1970	7.7	4.59
1971	7.67	4.36
1972	7.63	4.16
1973	7.59	3.99
1974	7.55	3.89
1975	7.49	3.8
1976	7.41	3.75
1977	7.31	3.7
1978	7.21	3.66
1979	7.12	3.65
1980	6.99	3.58
1981	6.85	3.56
1982	6.68	3.54
1983	6.5	3.53
1984	6.28	3.52
1985	6.04	3.51
1986	5.65	3.45
1987	5.3	3.38
1988	5.02	3.31
1989	4.76	3.24
1990	4.51	3.17
1991	4.37	3.08
1992	4.27	3
1993	4.08	2.93
1994	3.91	2.86
1995	3.49	2.78
1996	3.14	2.68
1997	2.89	2.59
1998	2.69	2.53
1999	2.62	2.48
2000	2.59	2.41
2001	2.52	2.31
2002	2.43	2.16
2003	2.45	2.08
2004	2.5	2.03
2005	2.56	2.04
2006	2.63	1.94
2007	2.7	1.95
2008	2.79	1.98
2009	2.83	1.95
2010	2.88	1.83
2011	2.9	1.88
2012	3	1.85
2013	3	1.78
2014	3.08	1.8
2015	3.09	1.8
2016	3.09	1.75
2017	3.09	1.71
2018	3.02	1.71
2019	3	1.6
2020	2.94	1.45
2021	2.87	1.35
2022	2.82	1.34
2023	2.77	1.33
2024	2.72	1.32
2025	2.67	1.31
2026	2.62	1.31
2027	2.58	1.31
2028	2.53	1.3
2029	2.49	1.31
2030	2.45	1.31
2031	2.41	1.31
2032	2.38	1.32
2033	2.34	1.32
2034	2.32	1.32
2035	2.29	1.33
2036	2.26	1.33
2037	2.23	1.34
2038	2.21	1.34
2039	2.18	1.35
2040	2.16	1.35
2041	2.14	1.35
2042	2.12	1.36
2043	2.1	1.36
2044	2.08	1.37
2045	2.07	1.37
2046	2.05	1.37
2047	2.04	1.38
2048	2.03	1.38
2049	2.01	1.38
2050	2	1.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Costa Rica
1960	45.5%	46.4%
1961	45.9%	46.6%
1962	46.2%	46.7%
1963	46.6%	46.7%
1964	46.9%	46.6%
1965	47%	46.5%
1966	47.1%	46.3%
1967	47.2%	45.9%
1968	47.1%	45.5%
1969	47%	45%
1970	47%	44.4%
1971	46.9%	43.8%
1972	46.8%	43.1%
1973	46.7%	42.3%
1974	46.6%	41.5%
1975	46.7%	40.8%
1976	47.2%	40%
1977	47.3%	39.2%
1978	47%	38.6%
1979	46.8%	38%
1980	46.5%	37.5%
1981	46.1%	37.1%
1982	45.8%	36.7%
1983	45.4%	36.5%
1984	45%	36.4%
1985	44.6%	36.3%
1986	44.2%	36.3%
1987	43.7%	36.2%
1988	43.1%	36.2%
1989	42.6%	36.1%
1990	42%	36%
1991	41.4%	35.7%
1992	41%	35.4%
1993	40.5%	35%
1994	39.9%	34.6%
1995	39.1%	34.1%
1996	38.2%	33.6%
1997	37.2%	33%
1998	36.1%	32.4%
1999	34.9%	31.8%
2000	33.7%	31.1%
2001	32.6%	30.5%
2002	31.5%	29.8%
2003	30.6%	29.1%
2004	29.7%	28.4%
2005	29%	27.7%
2006	28.4%	27.1%
2007	28%	26.5%
2008	27.7%	25.9%
2009	27.5%	25.4%
2010	27.5%	24.9%
2011	27.5%	24.3%
2012	27.7%	23.9%
2013	28.1%	23.4%
2014	28.6%	23%
2015	29%	22.5%
2016	29.5%	22.1%
2017	29.9%	21.8%
2018	30.3%	21.4%
2019	30.6%	21.1%
2020	30.8%	20.7%
2021	30.9%	20.3%
2022	30.8%	19.8%
2023	30.6%	19.3%
2024	30.3%	18.8%
2025	29.9%	18.3%
2026	29.4%	17.8%
2027	28.9%	17.3%
2028	28.2%	16.9%
2029	27.5%	16.4%
2030	26.8%	16%
2031	26%	15.5%
2032	25.2%	15.1%
2033	24.5%	14.7%
2034	23.8%	14.4%
2035	23.2%	14.1%
2036	22.6%	13.9%
2037	22.2%	13.8%
2038	21.8%	13.7%
2039	21.5%	13.6%
2040	21.2%	13.5%
2041	21%	13.4%
2042	20.9%	13.3%
2043	20.8%	13.2%
2044	20.8%	13.2%
2045	20.8%	13.1%
2046	20.9%	13%
2047	20.9%	12.9%
2048	20.9%	12.8%
2049	21%	12.7%
2050	21%	12.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 18.8% in Costa Rica in 2024, compared to 42% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Costa Rica compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Costa Rica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +0.74% in Costa Rica. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Costa Rica
1960	290,582	48,857
1961	296,467	50,149
1962	283,903	51,046
1963	315,645	51,403
1964	312,729	51,435
1965	311,190	51,196
1966	309,628	50,755
1967	316,289	50,193
1968	324,560	48,361
1969	334,541	48,790
1970	346,564	48,398
1971	356,069	48,341
1972	368,179	48,417
1973	382,736	48,943
1974	399,509	50,349
1975	417,803	51,979
1976	440,192	54,019
1977	465,405	56,122
1978	491,876	58,327
1979	523,875	60,984
1980	559,983	62,561
1981	595,150	64,632
1982	620,415	66,826
1983	641,167	68,972
1984	656,475	71,062
1985	672,185	72,776
1986	661,644	73,211
1987	645,309	73,188
1988	637,215	72,944
1989	628,542	72,327
1990	612,369	71,727
1991	616,850	70,506
1992	627,289	69,830
1993	611,306	69,016
1994	594,445	68,336
1995	533,104	67,585
1996	483,632	66,094
1997	450,138	64,954
1998	425,928	64,788
1999	434,198	64,922
2000	447,025	64,268
2001	450,637	62,199
2002	451,369	58,388
2003	474,272	56,743
2004	508,773	55,769
2005	543,158	57,139
2006	580,812	54,177
2007	620,196	55,244
2008	662,044	56,491
2009	691,496	55,757
2010	719,350	50,803
2011	741,832	52,884
2012	790,645	52,036
2013	802,203	49,227
2014	839,654	49,559
2015	847,054	49,077
2016	849,368	45,565
2017	848,585	43,471
2018	824,428	42,469
2019	809,522	37,682
2020	724,140	29,164
2021	735,514	20,119
2022	722,591	21,409
2023	691,724	24,109

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Costa Rica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 24 deaths in Costa Rica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Costa Rica
1985	292	43
1986	265	42
1987	243	41
1988	227	40
1989	215	40
1990	202	40
1991	198	39
1992	193	39
1993	195	39
1994	196	39
1995	187	39
1996	173	39
1997	155	38
1998	143	37
1999	132	36
2000	123	36
2001	113	35
2002	102	34
2003	101	33
2004	91	33
2005	87	31
2006	84	30
2007	83	30
2008	83	30
2009	83	29
2010	82	29
2011	81	28
2012	81	27
2013	81	27
2014	80	27
2015	79	26
2016	79	27
2017	77	27
2018	75	28
2019	73	26
2020	97	34
2021	79	44
2022	64	27
2023	62	24

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 1.05% in Costa Rica. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Costa Rica
1960	24%	9.62%
1961	24%	9.36%
1962	24.1%	9.27%
1963	24.2%	9.25%
1964	24.3%	9.18%
1965	24.5%	9.02%
1966	24.6%	8.78%
1967	24.6%	8.49%
1968	24.6%	8.17%
1969	24.4%	7.85%
1970	24.1%	7.48%
1971	23.7%	7.02%
1972	23.1%	6.45%
1973	22.4%	5.82%
1974	21.7%	5.17%
1975	20.9%	4.54%
1976	20%	3.93%
1977	19%	3.39%
1978	18%	2.96%
1979	16.9%	2.65%
1980	15.6%	2.45%
1981	14%	2.33%
1982	12.3%	2.29%
1983	10.5%	2.27%
1984	8.91%	2.25%
1985	7.61%	2.2%
1986	6.63%	2.12%
1987	5.96%	2.01%
1988	5.55%	1.89%
1989	5.3%	1.78%
1990	5.17%	1.69%
1991	5.09%	1.62%
1992	5.04%	1.57%
1993	4.98%	1.53%
1994	4.9%	1.51%
1995	4.81%	1.49%
1996	4.7%	1.47%
1997	4.58%	1.45%
1998	4.45%	1.41%
1999	4.31%	1.36%
2000	4.16%	1.31%
2001	4.01%	1.26%
2002	3.85%	1.22%
2003	3.7%	1.18%
2004	3.54%	1.15%
2005	3.4%	1.13%
2006	3.26%	1.12%
2007	3.13%	1.11%
2008	3.01%	1.09%
2009	2.9%	1.07%
2010	2.81%	1.05%
2011	2.73%	1.02%
2012	2.66%	0.98%
2013	2.6%	0.95%
2014	2.54%	0.92%
2015	2.49%	0.9%
2016	2.45%	0.89%
2017	2.4%	0.89%
2018	2.37%	0.89%
2019	2.33%	0.91%
2020	2.29%	0.94%
2021	2.26%	0.97%
2022	2.23%	1.01%
2023	2.2%	1.05%