Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Dominica

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Dominica 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 1.48 in Dominica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Dominica
1960	6.71	6.18
1961	6.65	6.16
1962	6.54	6.12
1963	6.39	6.08
1964	6.19	6.03
1965	5.96	5.95
1966	5.7	5.86
1967	5.42	5.74
1968	5.03	5.59
1969	4.84	5.41
1970	4.59	5.22
1971	4.36	4.99
1972	4.16	4.67
1973	3.99	4.28
1974	3.89	3.84
1975	3.8	3.46
1976	3.75	3.19
1977	3.7	3.02
1978	3.66	2.96
1979	3.65	2.96
1980	3.58	3.04
1981	3.56	3.11
1982	3.54	3.17
1983	3.53	3.18
1984	3.52	3.15
1985	3.51	3.12
1986	3.45	3.08
1987	3.38	3.06
1988	3.31	3.06
1989	3.24	3.06
1990	3.17	3.09
1991	3.08	3.15
1992	3	3.18
1993	2.93	3.2
1994	2.86	2.96
1995	2.78	2.71
1996	2.68	2.55
1997	2.59	2.41
1998	2.53	2.32
1999	2.48	2.46
2000	2.41	2.35
2001	2.31	2.4
2002	2.16	2.16
2003	2.08	2.08
2004	2.03	2.02
2005	2.04	2
2006	1.94	2.07
2007	1.95	2.02
2008	1.98	1.97
2009	1.95	1.92
2010	1.83	1.89
2011	1.88	1.86
2012	1.85	1.83
2013	1.78	1.78
2014	1.8	1.71
2015	1.8	1.65
2016	1.75	1.58
2017	1.71	1.54
2018	1.71	1.52
2019	1.6	1.5
2020	1.45	1.5
2021	1.35	1.48
2022	1.34	1.48
2023	1.33	1.48
2024	1.32	1.48
2025	1.31	1.47
2026	1.31	1.46
2027	1.31	1.46
2028	1.3	1.46
2029	1.31	1.46
2030	1.31	1.46
2031	1.31	1.46
2032	1.32	1.46
2033	1.32	1.46
2034	1.32	1.46
2035	1.33	1.46
2036	1.33	1.46
2037	1.34	1.47
2038	1.34	1.47
2039	1.35	1.47
2040	1.35	1.47
2041	1.35	1.48
2042	1.36	1.48
2043	1.36	1.48
2044	1.37	1.48
2045	1.37	1.49
2046	1.37	1.49
2047	1.38	1.49
2048	1.38	1.49
2049	1.38	1.5
2050	1.38	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Dominica
1960	46.4%	44.7%
1961	46.6%	45%
1962	46.7%	45.3%
1963	46.7%	45.6%
1964	46.6%	46%
1965	46.5%	46.4%
1966	46.3%	46.9%
1967	45.9%	47.5%
1968	45.5%	48.1%
1969	45%	48.7%
1970	44.4%	48.7%
1971	43.8%	48.1%
1972	43.1%	47.3%
1973	42.3%	46.5%
1974	41.5%	45.7%
1975	40.8%	44.9%
1976	40%	44.1%
1977	39.2%	43.3%
1978	38.6%	42.5%
1979	38%	41.7%
1980	37.5%	40.7%
1981	37.1%	39.6%
1982	36.7%	38.2%
1983	36.5%	36.9%
1984	36.4%	35.8%
1985	36.3%	34.9%
1986	36.3%	34.2%
1987	36.2%	33.6%
1988	36.2%	33.2%
1989	36.1%	33.1%
1990	36%	33.1%
1991	35.7%	33.2%
1992	35.4%	33%
1993	35%	32.8%
1994	34.6%	32.6%
1995	34.1%	32.3%
1996	33.6%	31.9%
1997	33%	31.5%
1998	32.4%	31.1%
1999	31.8%	30.6%
2000	31.1%	30%
2001	30.5%	29.3%
2002	29.8%	28.7%
2003	29.1%	28%
2004	28.4%	27.4%
2005	27.7%	26.8%
2006	27.1%	26.2%
2007	26.5%	25.5%
2008	25.9%	24.7%
2009	25.4%	24.1%
2010	24.9%	23.5%
2011	24.3%	23.1%
2012	23.9%	22.6%
2013	23.4%	22.5%
2014	23%	22.3%
2015	22.5%	21.7%
2016	22.1%	20.8%
2017	21.8%	19.9%
2018	21.4%	19.5%
2019	21.1%	19.2%
2020	20.7%	18.8%
2021	20.3%	18.5%
2022	19.8%	18.3%
2023	19.3%	18.1%
2024	18.8%	17.9%
2025	18.3%	17.6%
2026	17.8%	17.4%
2027	17.3%	17.1%
2028	16.9%	16.8%
2029	16.4%	16.5%
2030	16%	16.3%
2031	15.5%	16%
2032	15.1%	15.9%
2033	14.7%	15.7%
2034	14.4%	15.6%
2035	14.1%	15.5%
2036	13.9%	15.4%
2037	13.8%	15.3%
2038	13.7%	15.3%
2039	13.6%	15.2%
2040	13.5%	15.2%
2041	13.4%	15.2%
2042	13.3%	15.1%
2043	13.2%	15.1%
2044	13.2%	15.1%
2045	13.1%	15.1%
2046	13%	15.1%
2047	12.9%	15%
2048	12.8%	15%
2049	12.7%	15%
2050	12.6%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 17.9% in Dominica in 2024, compared to 36% and 33.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Dominica compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Dominica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.03% in Dominica. 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	Dominica
1960	48,857	1,720
1961	50,149	1,762
1962	51,046	1,786
1963	51,403	1,796
1964	51,435	1,792
1965	51,196	1,778
1966	50,755	1,752
1967	50,193	1,716
1968	48,361	1,673
1969	48,790	1,628
1970	48,398	1,574
1971	48,341	1,549
1972	48,417	1,497
1973	48,943	1,400
1974	50,349	1,267
1975	51,979	1,142
1976	54,019	1,050
1977	56,122	996
1978	58,327	991
1979	60,984	981
1980	62,561	1,090
1981	64,632	1,169
1982	66,826	1,250
1983	68,972	1,301
1984	71,062	1,308
1985	72,776	1,302
1986	73,211	1,285
1987	73,188	1,256
1988	72,944	1,222
1989	72,327	1,178
1990	71,727	1,138
1991	70,506	1,103
1992	69,830	1,111
1993	69,016	1,130
1994	68,336	1,002
1995	67,585	853
1996	66,094	753
1997	64,954	662
1998	64,788	595
1999	64,922	647
2000	64,268	561
2001	62,199	556
2002	58,388	429
2003	56,743	387
2004	55,769	360
2005	57,139	339
2006	54,177	364
2007	55,244	319
2008	56,491	272
2009	55,757	220
2010	50,803	171
2011	52,884	121
2012	52,036	167
2013	49,227	110
2014	49,559	257
2015	49,077	157
2016	45,565	177
2017	43,471	-124
2018	42,469	-60
2019	37,682	-75
2020	29,164	-88
2021	20,119	-205
2022	21,409	-118
2023	24,109	-111

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Dominica

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 36 deaths in Dominica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Dominica
1985	43	61
1986	42	63
1987	41	63
1988	40	68
1989	40	69
1990	40	77
1991	39	81
1992	39	80
1993	39	79
1994	39	77
1995	39	73
1996	39	71
1997	38	67
1998	37	64
1999	36	64
2000	36	61
2001	35	58
2002	34	56
2003	33	55
2004	33	54
2005	31	54
2006	30	54
2007	30	53
2008	30	53
2009	29	50
2010	29	50
2011	28	49
2012	27	51
2013	27	50
2014	27	53
2015	26	63
2016	27	48
2017	27	44
2018	28	43
2019	26	41
2020	34	47
2021	44	110
2022	27	44
2023	24	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 3.55% in Dominica. 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	Dominica
1960	9.62%	13.6%
1961	9.36%	12.4%
1962	9.27%	11.3%
1963	9.25%	10.3%
1964	9.18%	9.41%
1965	9.02%	8.59%
1966	8.78%	7.84%
1967	8.49%	7.16%
1968	8.17%	6.54%
1969	7.85%	5.98%
1970	7.48%	5.48%
1971	7.02%	5.02%
1972	6.45%	4.61%
1973	5.82%	4.24%
1974	5.17%	3.91%
1975	4.54%	3.61%
1976	3.93%	3.35%
1977	3.39%	3.12%
1978	2.96%	2.92%
1979	2.65%	2.74%
1980	2.45%	2.58%
1981	2.33%	2.45%
1982	2.29%	2.33%
1983	2.27%	2.22%
1984	2.25%	2.14%
1985	2.2%	2.06%
1986	2.12%	2%
1987	2.01%	1.95%
1988	1.89%	1.91%
1989	1.78%	1.88%
1990	1.69%	1.85%
1991	1.62%	1.84%
1992	1.57%	1.82%
1993	1.53%	1.82%
1994	1.51%	1.82%
1995	1.49%	1.83%
1996	1.47%	1.84%
1997	1.45%	1.86%
1998	1.41%	1.88%
1999	1.36%	1.91%
2000	1.31%	1.94%
2001	1.26%	1.97%
2002	1.22%	2.01%
2003	1.18%	2.06%
2004	1.15%	2.11%
2005	1.13%	2.16%
2006	1.12%	2.22%
2007	1.11%	2.28%
2008	1.09%	2.35%
2009	1.07%	2.42%
2010	1.05%	2.5%
2011	1.02%	2.57%
2012	0.98%	2.66%
2013	0.95%	2.74%
2014	0.92%	2.83%
2015	0.9%	2.93%
2016	0.89%	3.02%
2017	0.89%	3.12%
2018	0.89%	3.21%
2019	0.91%	3.3%
2020	0.94%	3.38%
2021	0.97%	3.45%
2022	1.01%	3.51%
2023	1.05%	3.55%