Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Costa Rica

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Costa Rica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Costa Rica
1960	6.74	6.71
1961	6.71	6.65
1962	6.66	6.54
1963	6.58	6.39
1964	6.48	6.19
1965	6.33	5.96
1966	6.16	5.7
1967	5.96	5.42
1968	5.74	5.03
1969	5.51	4.84
1970	5.28	4.59
1971	5.06	4.36
1972	4.86	4.16
1973	4.68	3.99
1974	4.53	3.89
1975	4.4	3.8
1976	4.29	3.75
1977	4.16	3.7
1978	4	3.66
1979	3.89	3.65
1980	3.8	3.58
1981	3.71	3.56
1982	3.62	3.54
1983	3.5	3.53
1984	3.35	3.52
1985	3.23	3.51
1986	3.15	3.45
1987	3.09	3.38
1988	3.04	3.31
1989	3.01	3.24
1990	3	3.17
1991	2.98	3.08
1992	2.98	3
1993	2.98	2.93
1994	2.94	2.86
1995	2.85	2.78
1996	2.77	2.68
1997	2.74	2.59
1998	2.72	2.53
1999	2.64	2.48
2000	2.57	2.41
2001	2.52	2.31
2002	2.49	2.16
2003	2.45	2.08
2004	2.38	2.03
2005	2.31	2.04
2006	2.24	1.94
2007	2.19	1.95
2008	2.15	1.98
2009	2.1	1.95
2010	2.01	1.83
2011	1.94	1.88
2012	1.9	1.85
2013	1.86	1.78
2014	1.82	1.8
2015	1.77	1.8
2016	1.72	1.75
2017	1.72	1.71
2018	1.72	1.71
2019	1.71	1.6
2020	1.69	1.45
2021	1.68	1.35
2022	1.66	1.34
2023	1.65	1.33
2024	1.63	1.32
2025	1.62	1.31
2026	1.6	1.31
2027	1.6	1.31
2028	1.59	1.3
2029	1.59	1.31
2030	1.58	1.31
2031	1.58	1.31
2032	1.57	1.32
2033	1.57	1.32
2034	1.57	1.32
2035	1.57	1.33
2036	1.57	1.33
2037	1.57	1.34
2038	1.57	1.34
2039	1.57	1.35
2040	1.57	1.35
2041	1.57	1.35
2042	1.57	1.36
2043	1.57	1.36
2044	1.57	1.37
2045	1.57	1.37
2046	1.57	1.37
2047	1.58	1.38
2048	1.58	1.38
2049	1.58	1.38
2050	1.58	1.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Costa Rica
1960	46.8%	46.4%
1961	47%	46.6%
1962	47.1%	46.7%
1963	47.2%	46.7%
1964	47.3%	46.6%
1965	47.2%	46.5%
1966	47.1%	46.3%
1967	46.9%	45.9%
1968	46.7%	45.5%
1969	46.4%	45%
1970	46%	44.4%
1971	45.6%	43.8%
1972	45.1%	43.1%
1973	44.6%	42.3%
1974	44%	41.5%
1975	43.4%	40.8%
1976	42.8%	40%
1977	42.2%	39.2%
1978	41.5%	38.6%
1979	40.9%	38%
1980	40.3%	37.5%
1981	39.7%	37.1%
1982	39.1%	36.7%
1983	38.6%	36.5%
1984	38.1%	36.4%
1985	37.6%	36.3%
1986	37.2%	36.3%
1987	36.9%	36.2%
1988	36.5%	36.2%
1989	36.2%	36.1%
1990	35.9%	36%
1991	35.6%	35.7%
1992	35.3%	35.4%
1993	35%	35%
1994	34.7%	34.6%
1995	34.4%	34.1%
1996	34%	33.6%
1997	33.7%	33%
1998	33.3%	32.4%
1999	32.9%	31.8%
2000	32.5%	31.1%
2001	32.1%	30.5%
2002	31.7%	29.8%
2003	31.3%	29.1%
2004	30.9%	28.4%
2005	30.4%	27.7%
2006	29.9%	27.1%
2007	29.3%	26.5%
2008	28.7%	25.9%
2009	28.1%	25.4%
2010	27.5%	24.9%
2011	26.9%	24.3%
2012	26.3%	23.9%
2013	25.7%	23.4%
2014	25.1%	23%
2015	24.5%	22.5%
2016	23.9%	22.1%
2017	23.3%	21.8%
2018	22.7%	21.4%
2019	22.1%	21.1%
2020	21.7%	20.7%
2021	21.3%	20.3%
2022	21%	19.8%
2023	20.6%	19.3%
2024	20.3%	18.8%
2025	20%	18.3%
2026	19.7%	17.8%
2027	19.5%	17.3%
2028	19.3%	16.9%
2029	19.1%	16.4%
2030	18.8%	16%
2031	18.6%	15.5%
2032	18.4%	15.1%
2033	18.2%	14.7%
2034	18%	14.4%
2035	17.7%	14.1%
2036	17.4%	13.9%
2037	17.2%	13.8%
2038	16.9%	13.7%
2039	16.7%	13.6%
2040	16.4%	13.5%
2041	16.2%	13.4%
2042	16%	13.3%
2043	15.7%	13.2%
2044	15.5%	13.2%
2045	15.4%	13.1%
2046	15.2%	13%
2047	15%	12.9%
2048	14.8%	12.8%
2049	14.7%	12.7%
2050	14.6%	12.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 18.8% in Costa Rica in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 36% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Costa Rica compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Costa Rica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Costa Rica
1960	529,316	48,857
1961	545,627	50,149
1962	559,985	51,046
1963	572,355	51,403
1964	581,435	51,435
1965	587,677	51,196
1966	590,855	50,755
1967	591,649	50,193
1968	589,407	48,361
1969	586,559	48,790
1970	583,396	48,398
1971	582,011	48,341
1972	581,361	48,417
1973	583,608	48,943
1974	589,035	50,349
1975	598,580	51,979
1976	612,265	54,019
1977	622,814	56,122
1978	626,378	58,327
1979	635,747	60,984
1980	649,872	62,561
1981	662,195	64,632
1982	675,339	66,826
1983	674,767	68,972
1984	666,315	71,062
1985	625,379	72,776
1986	659,701	73,211
1987	659,429	73,188
1988	663,796	72,944
1989	674,102	72,327
1990	682,409	71,727
1991	690,266	70,506
1992	697,763	69,830
1993	709,287	69,016
1994	708,660	68,336
1995	694,968	67,585
1996	682,547	66,094
1997	686,073	64,954
1998	687,704	64,788
1999	668,576	64,922
2000	652,176	64,268
2001	642,933	62,199
2002	640,840	58,388
2003	642,144	56,743
2004	628,424	55,769
2005	610,618	57,139
2006	594,388	54,177
2007	583,115	55,244
2008	576,654	56,491
2009	559,017	55,757
2010	533,657	50,803
2011	511,524	52,884
2012	503,285	52,036
2013	489,069	49,227
2014	470,916	49,559
2015	446,778	49,077
2016	425,087	45,565
2017	426,538	43,471
2018	433,622	42,469
2019	441,087	37,682
2020	378,965	29,164
2021	311,122	20,119
2022	406,143	21,409
2023	422,598	24,109

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Costa Rica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 24 deaths in Costa Rica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Costa Rica
1985	143	43
1986	123	42
1987	120	41
1988	113	40
1989	106	40
1990	102	40
1991	99	39
1992	97	39
1993	94	39
1994	93	39
1995	91	39
1996	89	39
1997	90	38
1998	92	37
1999	96	36
2000	95	36
2001	94	35
2002	91	34
2003	87	33
2004	84	33
2005	82	31
2006	81	30
2007	80	30
2008	78	30
2009	77	29
2010	76	29
2011	75	28
2012	73	27
2013	72	27
2014	71	27
2015	70	26
2016	69	27
2017	68	27
2018	67	28
2019	66	26
2020	94	34
2021	147	44
2022	74	27
2023	59	24

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Costa Rica
1960	13.4%	9.62%
1961	13%	9.36%
1962	12.6%	9.27%
1963	12.2%	9.25%
1964	11.8%	9.18%
1965	11.5%	9.02%
1966	11.1%	8.78%
1967	10.8%	8.49%
1968	10.4%	8.17%
1969	10.1%	7.85%
1970	9.72%	7.48%
1971	9.36%	7.02%
1972	8.99%	6.45%
1973	8.6%	5.82%
1974	8.2%	5.17%
1975	7.8%	4.54%
1976	7.39%	3.93%
1977	6.98%	3.39%
1978	6.58%	2.96%
1979	6.2%	2.65%
1980	5.84%	2.45%
1981	5.5%	2.33%
1982	5.17%	2.29%
1983	4.88%	2.27%
1984	4.62%	2.25%
1985	4.89%	2.2%
1986	4.17%	2.12%
1987	3.99%	2.01%
1988	3.84%	1.89%
1989	3.7%	1.78%
1990	3.57%	1.69%
1991	3.45%	1.62%
1992	3.33%	1.57%
1993	3.21%	1.53%
1994	3.1%	1.51%
1995	2.99%	1.49%
1996	2.88%	1.47%
1997	2.78%	1.45%
1998	2.68%	1.41%
1999	2.59%	1.36%
2000	2.51%	1.31%
2001	2.43%	1.26%
2002	2.35%	1.22%
2003	2.28%	1.18%
2004	2.22%	1.15%
2005	2.15%	1.13%
2006	2.09%	1.12%
2007	2.02%	1.11%
2008	1.96%	1.09%
2009	1.89%	1.07%
2010	1.83%	1.05%
2011	1.77%	1.02%
2012	1.72%	0.98%
2013	1.66%	0.95%
2014	1.61%	0.92%
2015	1.56%	0.9%
2016	1.51%	0.89%
2017	1.46%	0.89%
2018	1.41%	0.89%
2019	1.37%	0.91%
2020	1.32%	0.94%
2021	1.28%	0.97%
2022	1.24%	1.01%
2023	1.2%	1.05%