Fertility & birth rates in Argentina and Costa Rica

Fertility rate in Argentina vs Costa Rica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Argentina was 1.5 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 Argentina 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
	Argentina	Costa Rica
1960	3.14	6.71
1961	3.12	6.65
1962	3.13	6.54
1963	3.11	6.39
1964	3.08	6.19
1965	3.01	5.96
1966	2.97	5.7
1967	2.98	5.42
1968	3.01	5.03
1969	3.05	4.84
1970	3.09	4.59
1971	3.11	4.36
1972	3.14	4.16
1973	3.17	3.99
1974	3.22	3.89
1975	3.27	3.8
1976	3.32	3.75
1977	3.36	3.7
1978	3.36	3.66
1979	3.34	3.65
1980	3.3	3.58
1981	3.25	3.56
1982	3.2	3.54
1983	3.15	3.53
1984	3.12	3.52
1985	3.07	3.51
1986	3.05	3.45
1987	3.04	3.38
1988	3.05	3.31
1989	3.02	3.24
1990	3.03	3.17
1991	3.01	3.08
1992	2.99	3
1993	2.97	2.93
1994	2.94	2.86
1995	2.86	2.78
1996	2.78	2.68
1997	2.71	2.59
1998	2.66	2.53
1999	2.64	2.48
2000	2.59	2.41
2001	2.53	2.31
2002	2.49	2.16
2003	2.45	2.08
2004	2.43	2.03
2005	2.43	2.04
2006	2.4	1.94
2007	2.37	1.95
2008	2.43	1.98
2009	2.4	1.95
2010	2.41	1.83
2011	2.39	1.88
2012	2.3	1.85
2013	2.34	1.78
2014	2.39	1.8
2015	2.35	1.8
2016	2.24	1.75
2017	2.17	1.71
2018	2.07	1.71
2019	1.88	1.6
2020	1.6	1.45
2021	1.59	1.35
2022	1.48	1.34
2023	1.5	1.33
2024	1.5	1.32
2025	1.5	1.31
2026	1.51	1.31
2027	1.51	1.31
2028	1.51	1.3
2029	1.51	1.31
2030	1.51	1.31
2031	1.51	1.31
2032	1.52	1.32
2033	1.52	1.32
2034	1.52	1.32
2035	1.52	1.33
2036	1.52	1.33
2037	1.52	1.34
2038	1.52	1.34
2039	1.52	1.35
2040	1.52	1.35
2041	1.52	1.35
2042	1.52	1.36
2043	1.53	1.36
2044	1.53	1.37
2045	1.53	1.37
2046	1.53	1.37
2047	1.53	1.38
2048	1.53	1.38
2049	1.53	1.38
2050	1.54	1.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Argentina	Costa Rica
1960	31.2%	46.4%
1961	31.1%	46.6%
1962	31%	46.7%
1963	30.8%	46.7%
1964	30.6%	46.6%
1965	30.5%	46.5%
1966	30.2%	46.3%
1967	30%	45.9%
1968	29.8%	45.5%
1969	29.7%	45%
1970	29.6%	44.4%
1971	29.5%	43.8%
1972	29.5%	43.1%
1973	29.5%	42.3%
1974	29.6%	41.5%
1975	29.7%	40.8%
1976	29.8%	40%
1977	29.9%	39.2%
1978	30.1%	38.6%
1979	30.3%	38%
1980	30.5%	37.5%
1981	30.6%	37.1%
1982	30.8%	36.7%
1983	30.9%	36.5%
1984	31%	36.4%
1985	31%	36.3%
1986	30.9%	36.3%
1987	30.9%	36.2%
1988	30.7%	36.2%
1989	30.6%	36.1%
1990	30.4%	36%
1991	30.3%	35.7%
1992	30%	35.4%
1993	29.8%	35%
1994	29.6%	34.6%
1995	29.3%	34.1%
1996	29.1%	33.6%
1997	28.8%	33%
1998	28.6%	32.4%
1999	28.4%	31.8%
2000	28.2%	31.1%
2001	27.9%	30.5%
2002	27.7%	29.8%
2003	27.5%	29.1%
2004	27.2%	28.4%
2005	26.9%	27.7%
2006	26.7%	27.1%
2007	26.4%	26.5%
2008	26.1%	25.9%
2009	25.9%	25.4%
2010	25.7%	24.9%
2011	25.5%	24.3%
2012	25.3%	23.9%
2013	25.2%	23.4%
2014	25%	23%
2015	24.9%	22.5%
2016	24.7%	22.1%
2017	24.6%	21.8%
2018	24.4%	21.4%
2019	24.1%	21.1%
2020	23.7%	20.7%
2021	23.2%	20.3%
2022	22.8%	19.8%
2023	22.2%	19.3%
2024	21.6%	18.8%
2025	21%	18.3%
2026	20.4%	17.8%
2027	19.9%	17.3%
2028	19.3%	16.9%
2029	18.7%	16.4%
2030	18.1%	16%
2031	17.6%	15.5%
2032	17.1%	15.1%
2033	16.7%	14.7%
2034	16.4%	14.4%
2035	16.2%	14.1%
2036	16.2%	13.9%
2037	16.1%	13.8%
2038	16.2%	13.7%
2039	16.2%	13.6%
2040	16.2%	13.5%
2041	16.1%	13.4%
2042	16.1%	13.3%
2043	16.1%	13.2%
2044	16%	13.2%
2045	16%	13.1%
2046	15.9%	13%
2047	15.8%	12.9%
2048	15.7%	12.8%
2049	15.6%	12.7%
2050	15.5%	12.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.6% of the population in Argentina and 18.8% in Costa Rica in 2024, compared to 30.4% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Argentina and Costa Rica compared.

Natural population change in Argentina vs Costa Rica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.63% in Argentina 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
	Argentina	Costa Rica
1960	315,943	48,857
1961	317,816	50,149
1962	316,952	51,046
1963	317,041	51,403
1964	311,020	51,435
1965	304,734	51,196
1966	303,981	50,755
1967	308,904	50,193
1968	312,440	48,361
1969	319,108	48,790
1970	339,096	48,398
1971	344,889	48,341
1972	357,835	48,417
1973	370,856	48,943
1974	388,107	50,349
1975	409,561	51,979
1976	422,330	54,019
1977	441,647	56,122
1978	448,413	58,327
1979	449,952	60,984
1980	443,732	62,561
1981	442,501	64,632
1982	431,926	66,826
1983	426,145	68,972
1984	423,279	71,062
1985	428,866	72,776
1986	436,760	73,211
1987	443,404	73,188
1988	455,701	72,944
1989	460,991	72,327
1990	466,640	71,727
1991	474,960	70,506
1992	473,226	69,830
1993	474,791	69,016
1994	481,958	68,336
1995	469,658	67,585
1996	458,199	66,094
1997	450,930	64,954
1998	440,184	64,788
1999	444,038	64,922
2000	437,562	64,268
2001	430,579	62,199
2002	424,825	58,388
2003	410,141	56,743
2004	417,970	55,769
2005	428,247	57,139
2006	424,591	54,177
2007	402,889	55,244
2008	442,442	56,491
2009	439,271	55,757
2010	441,335	50,803
2011	448,730	52,884
2012	411,540	52,036
2013	421,694	49,227
2014	450,462	49,559
2015	444,161	49,077
2016	391,767	45,565
2017	375,260	43,471
2018	346,031	42,469
2019	280,005	37,682
2020	151,347	29,164
2021	88,677	20,119
2022	96,673	21,409
2023	154,648	24,109

Maternal mortality chart: Argentina vs Costa Rica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 33 deaths per 100,000 live births in Argentina, compared to 24 deaths in Costa Rica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Argentina	Costa Rica
1985	80	43
1986	76	42
1987	73	41
1988	70	40
1989	68	40
1990	68	40
1991	67	39
1992	65	39
1993	62	39
1994	62	39
1995	60	39
1996	59	39
1997	60	38
1998	57	37
1999	57	36
2000	58	36
2001	60	35
2002	59	34
2003	61	33
2004	58	33
2005	57	31
2006	60	30
2007	62	30
2008	59	30
2009	62	29
2010	55	29
2011	48	28
2012	49	27
2013	47	27
2014	43	27
2015	39	26
2016	40	27
2017	38	27
2018	38	28
2019	36	26
2020	40	34
2021	76	44
2022	39	27
2023	33	24

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Argentina 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
	Argentina	Costa Rica
1960	-	9.62%
1961	-	9.36%
1962	-	9.27%
1963	-	9.25%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	9.02%
1966	-	8.78%
1967	-	8.49%
1968	-	8.17%
1969	7.25%	7.85%
1970	7.17%	7.48%
1971	7.08%	7.02%
1972	6.97%	6.45%
1973	6.82%	5.82%
1974	6.61%	5.17%
1975	6.33%	4.54%
1976	5.98%	3.93%
1977	5.56%	3.39%
1978	5.12%	2.96%
1979	4.68%	2.65%
1980	4.28%	2.45%
1981	3.94%	2.33%
1982	3.65%	2.29%
1983	3.41%	2.27%
1984	3.21%	2.25%
1985	3.06%	2.2%
1986	2.96%	2.12%
1987	2.91%	2.01%
1988	2.9%	1.89%
1989	2.89%	1.78%
1990	2.88%	1.69%
1991	2.84%	1.62%
1992	2.76%	1.57%
1993	2.66%	1.53%
1994	2.54%	1.51%
1995	2.42%	1.49%
1996	2.31%	1.47%
1997	2.19%	1.45%
1998	2.09%	1.41%
1999	2.01%	1.36%
2000	1.94%	1.31%
2001	1.88%	1.26%
2002	1.83%	1.22%
2003	1.78%	1.18%
2004	1.73%	1.15%
2005	1.67%	1.13%
2006	1.62%	1.12%
2007	1.58%	1.11%
2008	1.54%	1.09%
2009	1.49%	1.07%
2010	1.44%	1.05%
2011	1.39%	1.02%
2012	1.33%	0.98%
2013	1.27%	0.95%
2014	1.22%	0.92%
2015	1.17%	0.9%
2016	1.14%	0.89%
2017	1.1%	0.89%
2018	1.07%	0.89%
2019	1.05%	0.91%
2020	1.03%	0.94%
2021	1%	0.97%
2022	0.98%	1.01%
2023	0.96%	1.05%