Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Djibouti chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Costa Rica was 1.33 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Djibouti
1960	6.71	6.85
1961	6.65	6.85
1962	6.54	6.85
1963	6.39	6.86
1964	6.19	6.87
1965	5.96	6.86
1966	5.7	6.88
1967	5.42	6.87
1968	5.03	6.88
1969	4.84	6.88
1970	4.59	6.88
1971	4.36	6.88
1972	4.16	6.85
1973	3.99	6.82
1974	3.89	6.78
1975	3.8	6.74
1976	3.75	6.69
1977	3.7	6.64
1978	3.66	6.59
1979	3.65	6.52
1980	3.58	6.46
1981	3.56	6.4
1982	3.54	6.34
1983	3.53	6.3
1984	3.52	6.25
1985	3.51	6.19
1986	3.45	6.14
1987	3.38	6.09
1988	3.31	6.03
1989	3.24	5.97
1990	3.17	5.93
1991	3.08	5.86
1992	3	5.75
1993	2.93	5.64
1994	2.86	5.51
1995	2.78	5.33
1996	2.68	5.15
1997	2.59	4.97
1998	2.53	4.8
1999	2.48	4.69
2000	2.41	4.6
2001	2.31	4.52
2002	2.16	4.41
2003	2.08	4.3
2004	2.03	4.16
2005	2.04	4.04
2006	1.94	3.9
2007	1.95	3.76
2008	1.98	3.62
2009	1.95	3.52
2010	1.83	3.43
2011	1.88	3.34
2012	1.85	3.26
2013	1.78	3.19
2014	1.8	3.12
2015	1.8	3.04
2016	1.75	2.97
2017	1.71	2.92
2018	1.71	2.86
2019	1.6	2.8
2020	1.45	2.75
2021	1.35	2.7
2022	1.34	2.65
2023	1.33	2.61
2024	1.32	2.62
2025	1.31	2.58
2026	1.31	2.54
2027	1.31	2.51
2028	1.3	2.48
2029	1.31	2.45
2030	1.31	2.42
2031	1.31	2.39
2032	1.32	2.36
2033	1.32	2.33
2034	1.32	2.31
2035	1.33	2.29
2036	1.33	2.27
2037	1.34	2.25
2038	1.34	2.23
2039	1.35	2.21
2040	1.35	2.19
2041	1.35	2.17
2042	1.36	2.16
2043	1.36	2.14
2044	1.37	2.13
2045	1.37	2.11
2046	1.37	2.1
2047	1.38	2.09
2048	1.38	2.08
2049	1.38	2.06
2050	1.38	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Djibouti
1960	46.4%	44.2%
1961	46.6%	44%
1962	46.7%	43.8%
1963	46.7%	43.7%
1964	46.6%	43.5%
1965	46.5%	43.6%
1966	46.3%	43.8%
1967	45.9%	44%
1968	45.5%	44.3%
1969	45%	44.5%
1970	44.4%	44.7%
1971	43.8%	44.9%
1972	43.1%	45%
1973	42.3%	45.2%
1974	41.5%	45.3%
1975	40.8%	45.4%
1976	40%	45.5%
1977	39.2%	45.5%
1978	38.6%	45.6%
1979	38%	45.5%
1980	37.5%	45.5%
1981	37.1%	45.4%
1982	36.7%	45.3%
1983	36.5%	45.1%
1984	36.4%	45%
1985	36.3%	44.8%
1986	36.3%	44.6%
1987	36.2%	44.4%
1988	36.2%	44.2%
1989	36.1%	44%
1990	36%	43.7%
1991	35.7%	43.5%
1992	35.4%	43.3%
1993	35%	43.1%
1994	34.6%	42.8%
1995	34.1%	42.5%
1996	33.6%	42.2%
1997	33%	41.5%
1998	32.4%	40.6%
1999	31.8%	40%
2000	31.1%	39.6%
2001	30.5%	39.1%
2002	29.8%	38.7%
2003	29.1%	38.6%
2004	28.4%	38.5%
2005	27.7%	38.4%
2006	27.1%	38.1%
2007	26.5%	37.7%
2008	25.9%	37.2%
2009	25.4%	36.8%
2010	24.9%	36.4%
2011	24.3%	35.9%
2012	23.9%	35.5%
2013	23.4%	35.1%
2014	23%	34.6%
2015	22.5%	34%
2016	22.1%	33.4%
2017	21.8%	32.8%
2018	21.4%	32.2%
2019	21.1%	31.6%
2020	20.7%	31%
2021	20.3%	30.5%
2022	19.8%	30%
2023	19.3%	29.6%
2024	18.8%	29.2%
2025	18.3%	28.8%
2026	17.8%	28.5%
2027	17.3%	28.1%
2028	16.9%	27.8%
2029	16.4%	27.5%
2030	16%	27.3%
2031	15.5%	27%
2032	15.1%	26.8%
2033	14.7%	26.6%
2034	14.4%	26.4%
2035	14.1%	26.2%
2036	13.9%	26.1%
2037	13.8%	25.9%
2038	13.7%	25.7%
2039	13.6%	25.5%
2040	13.5%	25.3%
2041	13.4%	25.1%
2042	13.3%	24.9%
2043	13.2%	24.7%
2044	13.2%	24.5%
2045	13.1%	24.3%
2046	13%	24.1%
2047	12.9%	23.8%
2048	12.8%	23.6%
2049	12.7%	23.4%
2050	12.6%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 36% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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
	Costa Rica	Djibouti
1960	48,857	2,299
1961	50,149	2,412
1962	51,046	2,538
1963	51,403	2,687
1964	51,435	2,864
1965	51,196	3,054
1966	50,755	3,268
1967	50,193	3,484
1968	48,361	3,712
1969	48,790	3,950
1970	48,398	4,249
1971	48,341	4,484
1972	48,417	4,885
1973	48,943	5,234
1974	50,349	5,601
1975	51,979	6,034
1976	54,019	6,567
1977	56,122	7,195
1978	58,327	7,886
1979	60,984	8,573
1980	62,561	9,187
1981	64,632	9,654
1982	66,826	10,058
1983	68,972	10,391
1984	71,062	10,713
1985	72,776	11,106
1986	73,211	11,671
1987	73,188	12,357
1988	72,944	13,107
1989	72,327	13,851
1990	71,727	15,074
1991	70,506	16,553
1992	69,830	16,971
1993	69,016	15,805
1994	68,336	15,989
1995	67,585	15,651
1996	66,094	15,408
1997	64,954	15,255
1998	64,788	15,845
1999	64,922	16,491
2000	64,268	17,014
2001	62,199	17,710
2002	58,388	18,167
2003	56,743	18,341
2004	55,769	17,756
2005	57,139	17,361
2006	54,177	16,901
2007	55,244	16,647
2008	56,491	16,356
2009	55,757	16,323
2010	50,803	16,225
2011	52,884	16,169
2012	52,036	16,026
2013	49,227	15,986
2014	49,559	15,857
2015	49,077	15,718
2016	45,565	15,621
2017	43,471	15,593
2018	42,469	15,524
2019	37,682	15,368
2020	29,164	14,970
2021	20,119	14,555
2022	21,409	15,337
2023	24,109	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Djibouti

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 24 deaths per 100,000 live births in Costa Rica, compared to 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Djibouti
1985	43	821
1986	42	804
1987	41	785
1988	40	768
1989	40	746
1990	40	725
1991	39	731
1992	39	780
1993	39	704
1994	39	682
1995	39	634
1996	39	609
1997	38	582
1998	37	555
1999	36	524
2000	36	501
2001	35	441
2002	34	404
2003	33	391
2004	33	364
2005	31	315
2006	30	298
2007	30	285
2008	30	273
2009	29	263
2010	29	243
2011	28	229
2012	27	221
2013	27	219
2014	27	212
2015	26	210
2016	27	204
2017	27	201
2018	28	199
2019	26	194
2020	34	192
2021	44	221
2022	27	174
2023	24	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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
	Costa Rica	Djibouti
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%	17.1%
1977	3.39%	16.6%
1978	2.96%	16.2%
1979	2.65%	15.7%
1980	2.45%	15.3%
1981	2.33%	14.8%
1982	2.29%	14.4%
1983	2.27%	14%
1984	2.25%	13.6%
1985	2.2%	13.2%
1986	2.12%	12.8%
1987	2.01%	12.5%
1988	1.89%	12.2%
1989	1.78%	11.9%
1990	1.69%	11.6%
1991	1.62%	11.4%
1992	1.57%	11.2%
1993	1.53%	11.1%
1994	1.51%	10.9%
1995	1.49%	10.8%
1996	1.47%	10.7%
1997	1.45%	10.5%
1998	1.41%	10.3%
1999	1.36%	10.2%
2000	1.31%	9.95%
2001	1.26%	9.72%
2002	1.22%	9.48%
2003	1.18%	9.24%
2004	1.15%	9%
2005	1.13%	8.77%
2006	1.12%	8.53%
2007	1.11%	8.28%
2008	1.09%	8.03%
2009	1.07%	7.81%
2010	1.05%	7.59%
2011	1.02%	7.36%
2012	0.98%	7.14%
2013	0.95%	6.93%
2014	0.92%	6.72%
2015	0.9%	6.51%
2016	0.89%	6.33%
2017	0.89%	6.13%
2018	0.89%	5.94%
2019	0.91%	5.75%
2020	0.94%	5.56%
2021	0.97%	5.38%
2022	1.01%	5.22%
2023	1.05%	5.04%