Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and East Timor

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs East Timor 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 2.71 in East Timor in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs East Timor 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	East Timor
1960	6.71	6.32
1961	6.65	6.27
1962	6.54	6.22
1963	6.39	6.16
1964	6.19	6.08
1965	5.96	6.01
1966	5.7	5.93
1967	5.42	5.86
1968	5.03	5.79
1969	4.84	5.72
1970	4.59	5.66
1971	4.36	5.58
1972	4.16	5.49
1973	3.99	5.39
1974	3.89	5.29
1975	3.8	5.19
1976	3.75	5.12
1977	3.7	5.09
1978	3.66	5.09
1979	3.65	5.14
1980	3.58	5.22
1981	3.56	5.53
1982	3.54	5.56
1983	3.53	5.59
1984	3.52	5.61
1985	3.51	5.65
1986	3.45	5.67
1987	3.38	5.68
1988	3.31	5.72
1989	3.24	5.76
1990	3.17	5.81
1991	3.08	5.84
1992	3	5.87
1993	2.93	5.88
1994	2.86	5.91
1995	2.78	5.94
1996	2.68	5.94
1997	2.59	5.96
1998	2.53	5.96
1999	2.48	5.97
2000	2.41	5.93
2001	2.31	5.92
2002	2.16	5.9
2003	2.08	5.85
2004	2.03	5.74
2005	2.04	5.61
2006	1.94	5.47
2007	1.95	5.33
2008	1.98	5.17
2009	1.95	4.99
2010	1.83	4.82
2011	1.88	4.61
2012	1.85	4.4
2013	1.78	4.21
2014	1.8	4
2015	1.8	3.78
2016	1.75	3.58
2017	1.71	3.4
2018	1.71	3.24
2019	1.6	3.12
2020	1.45	3.01
2021	1.35	2.89
2022	1.34	2.8
2023	1.33	2.71
2024	1.32	2.63
2025	1.31	2.56
2026	1.31	2.5
2027	1.31	2.45
2028	1.3	2.4
2029	1.31	2.36
2030	1.31	2.32
2031	1.31	2.29
2032	1.32	2.25
2033	1.32	2.22
2034	1.32	2.19
2035	1.33	2.17
2036	1.33	2.14
2037	1.34	2.12
2038	1.34	2.09
2039	1.35	2.07
2040	1.35	2.05
2041	1.35	2.03
2042	1.36	2.02
2043	1.36	2
2044	1.37	1.99
2045	1.37	1.97
2046	1.37	1.96
2047	1.38	1.95
2048	1.38	1.94
2049	1.38	1.93
2050	1.38	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	East Timor
1960	46.4%	40.1%
1961	46.6%	39.7%
1962	46.7%	39.3%
1963	46.7%	39%
1964	46.6%	38.8%
1965	46.5%	38.7%
1966	46.3%	38.9%
1967	45.9%	39.1%
1968	45.5%	39.3%
1969	45%	39.5%
1970	44.4%	39.6%
1971	43.8%	39.7%
1972	43.1%	39.7%
1973	42.3%	39.8%
1974	41.5%	39.7%
1975	40.8%	39.4%
1976	40%	39%
1977	39.2%	38.5%
1978	38.6%	38%
1979	38%	37.5%
1980	37.5%	37.4%
1981	37.1%	37.8%
1982	36.7%	38.4%
1983	36.5%	38.8%
1984	36.4%	39.3%
1985	36.3%	39.7%
1986	36.3%	40.2%
1987	36.2%	40.7%
1988	36.2%	41.3%
1989	36.1%	41.9%
1990	36%	42.2%
1991	35.7%	42.4%
1992	35.4%	42.6%
1993	35%	42.7%
1994	34.6%	42.9%
1995	34.1%	43%
1996	33.6%	43%
1997	33%	43%
1998	32.4%	42.9%
1999	31.8%	42.7%
2000	31.1%	42.6%
2001	30.5%	42.5%
2002	29.8%	42.4%
2003	29.1%	42.2%
2004	28.4%	42%
2005	27.7%	42.1%
2006	27.1%	42.2%
2007	26.5%	42.3%
2008	25.9%	42.1%
2009	25.4%	41.9%
2010	24.9%	41.6%
2011	24.3%	41.3%
2012	23.9%	40.9%
2013	23.4%	40.4%
2014	23%	39.8%
2015	22.5%	39.1%
2016	22.1%	38.4%
2017	21.8%	37.8%
2018	21.4%	37.2%
2019	21.1%	36.6%
2020	20.7%	36%
2021	20.3%	35.4%
2022	19.8%	34.8%
2023	19.3%	34.2%
2024	18.8%	33.7%
2025	18.3%	33.1%
2026	17.8%	32.6%
2027	17.3%	32.1%
2028	16.9%	31.6%
2029	16.4%	31%
2030	16%	30.4%
2031	15.5%	29.8%
2032	15.1%	29.2%
2033	14.7%	28.7%
2034	14.4%	28.1%
2035	14.1%	27.6%
2036	13.9%	27.2%
2037	13.8%	26.9%
2038	13.7%	26.7%
2039	13.6%	26.4%
2040	13.5%	26.2%
2041	13.4%	25.9%
2042	13.3%	25.6%
2043	13.2%	25.4%
2044	13.2%	25.1%
2045	13.1%	24.8%
2046	13%	24.5%
2047	12.9%	24.1%
2048	12.8%	23.8%
2049	12.7%	23.5%
2050	12.6%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 36% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +1.7% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
1960	48,857	7,012
1961	50,149	7,330
1962	51,046	7,639
1963	51,403	7,938
1964	51,435	8,235
1965	51,196	8,526
1966	50,755	8,810
1967	50,193	9,089
1968	48,361	9,356
1969	48,790	9,611
1970	48,398	9,824
1971	48,341	9,964
1972	48,417	10,030
1973	48,943	10,033
1974	50,349	8,405
1975	51,979	-1,062
1976	54,019	783
1977	56,122	296
1978	58,327	-1,000
1979	60,984	987
1980	62,561	6,940
1981	64,632	9,336
1982	66,826	9,579
1983	68,972	9,686
1984	71,062	10,922
1985	72,776	10,788
1986	73,211	11,062
1987	73,188	11,945
1988	72,944	12,118
1989	72,327	17,758
1990	71,727	18,343
1991	70,506	18,605
1992	69,830	19,880
1993	69,016	20,770
1994	68,336	21,746
1995	67,585	21,962
1996	66,094	22,703
1997	64,954	23,501
1998	64,788	23,590
1999	64,922	21,871
2000	64,268	21,579
2001	62,199	23,314
2002	58,388	25,410
2003	56,743	26,900
2004	55,769	26,751
2005	57,139	26,412
2006	54,177	26,221
2007	55,244	26,074
2008	56,491	25,888
2009	55,757	25,696
2010	50,803	25,515
2011	52,884	25,237
2012	52,036	24,890
2013	49,227	24,538
2014	49,559	24,040
2015	49,077	23,391
2016	45,565	22,778
2017	43,471	22,145
2018	42,469	21,650
2019	37,682	21,307
2020	29,164	21,166
2021	20,119	20,101
2022	21,409	20,625
2023	24,109	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs East Timor

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 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	East Timor
1985	43	1,916
1986	42	1,860
1987	41	1,763
1988	40	1,743
1989	40	1,511
1990	40	1,477
1991	39	1,439
1992	39	1,368
1993	39	1,308
1994	39	1,254
1995	39	1,239
1996	39	1,193
1997	38	1,166
1998	37	1,157
1999	36	1,488
2000	36	796
2001	35	761
2002	34	724
2003	33	714
2004	33	683
2005	31	648
2006	30	600
2007	30	559
2008	30	518
2009	29	477
2010	29	439
2011	28	404
2012	27	374
2013	27	349
2014	27	327
2015	26	305
2016	27	287
2017	27	269
2018	28	251
2019	26	237
2020	34	257
2021	44	263
2022	27	235
2023	24	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 5% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
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	2.29%	-
1983	2.27%	-
1984	2.25%	-
1985	2.2%	27.1%
1986	2.12%	26.3%
1987	2.01%	24.4%
1988	1.89%	24.1%
1989	1.78%	23%
1990	1.69%	22.5%
1991	1.62%	22.2%
1992	1.57%	21.1%
1993	1.53%	20%
1994	1.51%	19.2%
1995	1.49%	19.3%
1996	1.47%	18.5%
1997	1.45%	17.7%
1998	1.41%	18%
1999	1.36%	19.4%
2000	1.31%	11.1%
2001	1.26%	10.6%
2002	1.22%	10.1%
2003	1.18%	9.61%
2004	1.15%	9.17%
2005	1.13%	8.75%
2006	1.12%	8.36%
2007	1.11%	8.01%
2008	1.09%	7.68%
2009	1.07%	7.38%
2010	1.05%	7.11%
2011	1.02%	6.86%
2012	0.98%	6.63%
2013	0.95%	6.42%
2014	0.92%	6.23%
2015	0.9%	6.06%
2016	0.89%	5.91%
2017	0.89%	5.78%
2018	0.89%	5.66%
2019	0.91%	5.55%
2020	0.94%	5.42%
2021	0.97%	5.28%
2022	1.01%	5.14%
2023	1.05%	5%