Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Costa Rica

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Costa Rica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 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 Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Costa Rica
1960	5.88	6.71
1961	5.94	6.65
1962	5.96	6.54
1963	5.95	6.39
1964	5.89	6.19
1965	5.79	5.96
1966	5.66	5.7
1967	5.38	5.42
1968	5.22	5.03
1969	5.07	4.84
1970	4.91	4.59
1971	4.77	4.36
1972	4.62	4.16
1973	4.45	3.99
1974	4.33	3.89
1975	4.18	3.8
1976	4.02	3.75
1977	3.87	3.7
1978	3.73	3.66
1979	3.61	3.65
1980	3.5	3.58
1981	3.41	3.56
1982	3.34	3.54
1983	3.29	3.53
1984	3.26	3.52
1985	2.91	3.51
1986	2.9	3.45
1987	2.9	3.38
1988	2.8	3.31
1989	2.8	3.24
1990	2.74	3.17
1991	2.87	3.08
1992	2.74	3
1993	2.7	2.93
1994	2.52	2.86
1995	2.29	2.78
1996	2.06	2.68
1997	2.07	2.59
1998	2	2.53
1999	2.07	2.48
2000	2	2.41
2001	1.8	2.31
2002	1.8	2.16
2003	1.9	2.08
2004	2.05	2.03
2005	2	2.04
2006	1.97	1.94
2007	1.97	1.95
2008	1.9	1.98
2009	1.82	1.95
2010	1.92	1.83
2011	1.96	1.88
2012	2	1.85
2013	1.98	1.78
2014	1.97	1.8
2015	1.94	1.8
2016	1.9	1.75
2017	1.75	1.71
2018	1.73	1.71
2019	1.81	1.6
2020	1.7	1.45
2021	1.52	1.35
2022	1.67	1.34
2023	1.55	1.33
2024	1.55	1.32
2025	1.54	1.31
2026	1.54	1.31
2027	1.54	1.31
2028	1.54	1.3
2029	1.54	1.31
2030	1.54	1.31
2031	1.53	1.31
2032	1.53	1.32
2033	1.53	1.32
2034	1.53	1.32
2035	1.53	1.33
2036	1.53	1.33
2037	1.53	1.34
2038	1.53	1.34
2039	1.52	1.35
2040	1.52	1.35
2041	1.52	1.35
2042	1.52	1.36
2043	1.52	1.36
2044	1.52	1.37
2045	1.52	1.37
2046	1.52	1.37
2047	1.52	1.38
2048	1.52	1.38
2049	1.52	1.38
2050	1.52	1.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Costa Rica
1960	40.4%	46.4%
1961	42%	46.6%
1962	43.3%	46.7%
1963	44.2%	46.7%
1964	44.9%	46.6%
1965	45.3%	46.5%
1966	45.6%	46.3%
1967	45.7%	45.9%
1968	45.6%	45.5%
1969	45.3%	45%
1970	44.9%	44.4%
1971	44.3%	43.8%
1972	43.6%	43.1%
1973	42.7%	42.3%
1974	41.7%	41.5%
1975	40.6%	40.8%
1976	39.4%	40%
1977	38.1%	39.2%
1978	36.7%	38.6%
1979	35.6%	38%
1980	35%	37.5%
1981	34.4%	37.1%
1982	34%	36.7%
1983	33.8%	36.5%
1984	33.5%	36.4%
1985	33.4%	36.3%
1986	33.2%	36.3%
1987	33.1%	36.2%
1988	33.2%	36.2%
1989	33.5%	36.1%
1990	33.8%	36%
1991	34%	35.7%
1992	34.1%	35.4%
1993	34%	35%
1994	33.9%	34.6%
1995	33.6%	34.1%
1996	33.2%	33.6%
1997	32.8%	33%
1998	32.2%	32.4%
1999	31.4%	31.8%
2000	30.3%	31.1%
2001	29.2%	30.5%
2002	28.1%	29.8%
2003	27%	29.1%
2004	26%	28.4%
2005	25.1%	27.7%
2006	24.4%	27.1%
2007	23.8%	26.5%
2008	23.2%	25.9%
2009	22.7%	25.4%
2010	22.3%	24.9%
2011	22.2%	24.3%
2012	22.3%	23.9%
2013	22.7%	23.4%
2014	23.1%	23%
2015	23.5%	22.5%
2016	23.8%	22.1%
2017	23.9%	21.8%
2018	23.8%	21.4%
2019	23.5%	21.1%
2020	23.4%	20.7%
2021	23.1%	20.3%
2022	22.8%	19.8%
2023	22.3%	19.3%
2024	21.8%	18.8%
2025	21.2%	18.3%
2026	20.6%	17.8%
2027	20%	17.3%
2028	19.4%	16.9%
2029	18.9%	16.4%
2030	18.3%	16%
2031	17.9%	15.5%
2032	17.6%	15.1%
2033	17.5%	14.7%
2034	17.3%	14.4%
2035	17%	14.1%
2036	16.9%	13.9%
2037	16.8%	13.8%
2038	16.8%	13.7%
2039	16.8%	13.6%
2040	16.8%	13.5%
2041	16.8%	13.4%
2042	16.9%	13.3%
2043	16.9%	13.2%
2044	16.9%	13.2%
2045	16.8%	13.1%
2046	16.8%	13%
2047	16.8%	12.9%
2048	16.7%	12.8%
2049	16.6%	12.7%
2050	16.5%	12.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 18.8% in Costa Rica in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Costa Rica compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Costa Rica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	Costa Rica
1960	127,982	48,857
1961	133,870	50,149
1962	135,928	51,046
1963	136,762	51,403
1964	134,971	51,435
1965	131,114	51,196
1966	126,678	50,755
1967	118,988	50,193
1968	115,379	48,361
1969	111,387	48,790
1970	108,976	48,398
1971	106,948	48,341
1972	105,009	48,417
1973	103,208	48,943
1974	103,872	50,349
1975	103,472	51,979
1976	103,370	54,019
1977	102,304	56,122
1978	102,831	58,327
1979	104,864	60,984
1980	110,279	62,561
1981	121,400	64,632
1982	117,615	66,826
1983	125,966	68,972
1984	130,043	71,062
1985	132,068	72,776
1986	141,499	73,211
1987	138,195	73,188
1988	136,702	72,944
1989	141,531	72,327
1990	142,069	71,727
1991	147,607	70,506
1992	133,615	69,830
1993	123,664	69,016
1994	107,112	68,336
1995	93,755	67,585
1996	80,735	66,094
1997	84,653	64,954
1998	77,548	64,788
1999	71,047	64,922
2000	70,023	64,268
2001	64,890	62,199
2002	63,741	58,388
2003	64,226	56,743
2004	81,403	55,769
2005	89,793	57,139
2006	96,724	54,177
2007	97,827	55,244
2008	99,903	56,491
2009	99,315	55,757
2010	112,274	50,803
2011	122,002	52,884
2012	119,915	52,036
2013	117,710	49,227
2014	115,374	49,559
2015	110,967	49,077
2016	102,457	45,565
2017	86,715	43,471
2018	81,506	42,469
2019	85,207	37,682
2020	50,466	29,164
2021	35,483	20,119
2022	61,865	21,409
2023	52,800	24,109

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Costa Rica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 24 deaths in Costa Rica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Costa Rica
1985	45	43
1986	48	42
1987	45	41
1988	45	40
1989	43	40
1990	41	40
1991	43	39
1992	56	39
1993	54	39
1994	58	39
1995	64	39
1996	58	39
1997	59	38
1998	54	37
1999	51	36
2000	46	36
2001	45	35
2002	40	34
2003	41	33
2004	40	33
2005	40	31
2006	33	30
2007	33	30
2008	30	30
2009	29	29
2010	28	29
2011	27	28
2012	28	27
2013	24	27
2014	23	27
2015	21	26
2016	22	27
2017	22	27
2018	21	28
2019	21	26
2020	21	34
2021	55	44
2022	32	27
2023	18	24

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan 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
	Azerbaijan	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	-	7.85%
1970	-	7.48%
1971	-	7.02%
1972	-	6.45%
1973	-	5.82%
1974	-	5.17%
1975	-	4.54%
1976	-	3.93%
1977	-	3.39%
1978	-	2.96%
1979	-	2.65%
1980	-	2.45%
1981	-	2.33%
1982	10.9%	2.29%
1983	10.7%	2.27%
1984	10.4%	2.25%
1985	10.2%	2.2%
1986	9.96%	2.12%
1987	9.77%	2.01%
1988	9.62%	1.89%
1989	9.52%	1.78%
1990	9.48%	1.69%
1991	9.5%	1.62%
1992	9.52%	1.57%
1993	9.52%	1.53%
1994	9.47%	1.51%
1995	9.34%	1.49%
1996	9.1%	1.47%
1997	8.78%	1.45%
1998	8.37%	1.41%
1999	7.91%	1.36%
2000	7.4%	1.31%
2001	6.9%	1.26%
2002	6.41%	1.22%
2003	5.96%	1.18%
2004	5.55%	1.15%
2005	5.18%	1.13%
2006	4.85%	1.12%
2007	4.55%	1.11%
2008	4.27%	1.09%
2009	4.01%	1.07%
2010	3.77%	1.05%
2011	3.54%	1.02%
2012	3.32%	0.98%
2013	3.12%	0.95%
2014	2.95%	0.92%
2015	2.78%	0.9%
2016	2.63%	0.89%
2017	2.49%	0.89%
2018	2.36%	0.89%
2019	2.24%	0.91%
2020	2.13%	0.94%
2021	2.04%	0.97%
2022	1.94%	1.01%
2023	1.86%	1.05%