Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Eritrea

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Eritrea 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 3.71 in Eritrea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Eritrea 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	Eritrea
1960	6.71	6.48
1961	6.65	6.47
1962	6.54	6.5
1963	6.39	6.48
1964	6.19	6.49
1965	5.96	6.49
1966	5.7	6.5
1967	5.42	6.5
1968	5.03	6.5
1969	4.84	6.5
1970	4.59	6.54
1971	4.36	6.54
1972	4.16	6.54
1973	3.99	6.55
1974	3.89	6.57
1975	3.8	6.59
1976	3.75	6.6
1977	3.7	6.61
1978	3.66	6.61
1979	3.65	6.62
1980	3.58	6.61
1981	3.56	6.62
1982	3.54	6.63
1983	3.53	6.65
1984	3.52	6.62
1985	3.51	6.59
1986	3.45	6.56
1987	3.38	6.52
1988	3.31	6.47
1989	3.24	6.41
1990	3.17	6.34
1991	3.08	6.24
1992	3	6.16
1993	2.93	6.07
1994	2.86	6.01
1995	2.78	5.94
1996	2.68	5.84
1997	2.59	5.74
1998	2.53	5.63
1999	2.48	5.52
2000	2.41	5.4
2001	2.31	5.31
2002	2.16	5.23
2003	2.08	5.14
2004	2.03	5.04
2005	2.04	4.93
2006	1.94	4.88
2007	1.95	4.81
2008	1.98	4.74
2009	1.95	4.66
2010	1.83	4.57
2011	1.88	4.49
2012	1.85	4.41
2013	1.78	4.34
2014	1.8	4.27
2015	1.8	4.22
2016	1.75	4.16
2017	1.71	4.11
2018	1.71	4.06
2019	1.6	4
2020	1.45	3.93
2021	1.35	3.87
2022	1.34	3.79
2023	1.33	3.71
2024	1.32	3.68
2025	1.31	3.61
2026	1.31	3.55
2027	1.31	3.49
2028	1.3	3.43
2029	1.31	3.38
2030	1.31	3.32
2031	1.31	3.27
2032	1.32	3.22
2033	1.32	3.18
2034	1.32	3.13
2035	1.33	3.09
2036	1.33	3.04
2037	1.34	3.01
2038	1.34	2.97
2039	1.35	2.93
2040	1.35	2.9
2041	1.35	2.86
2042	1.36	2.83
2043	1.36	2.8
2044	1.37	2.77
2045	1.37	2.74
2046	1.37	2.71
2047	1.38	2.68
2048	1.38	2.65
2049	1.38	2.63
2050	1.38	2.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1960	46.4%	41.5%
1961	46.6%	41.4%
1962	46.7%	41.4%
1963	46.7%	41.5%
1964	46.6%	41.6%
1965	46.5%	41.8%
1966	46.3%	42.1%
1967	45.9%	42.4%
1968	45.5%	42.8%
1969	45%	43%
1970	44.4%	43.3%
1971	43.8%	43.6%
1972	43.1%	43.8%
1973	42.3%	44%
1974	41.5%	44.1%
1975	40.8%	44.1%
1976	40%	44.2%
1977	39.2%	44.3%
1978	38.6%	44.3%
1979	38%	44.4%
1980	37.5%	44.4%
1981	37.1%	44.4%
1982	36.7%	44.4%
1983	36.5%	44.4%
1984	36.4%	44.2%
1985	36.3%	44.1%
1986	36.3%	44%
1987	36.2%	44%
1988	36.2%	44.2%
1989	36.1%	44.3%
1990	36%	44.5%
1991	35.7%	44.6%
1992	35.4%	44.7%
1993	35%	44.5%
1994	34.6%	44.4%
1995	34.1%	43.5%
1996	33.6%	42.9%
1997	33%	43.7%
1998	32.4%	44.4%
1999	31.8%	44.9%
2000	31.1%	45.2%
2001	30.5%	45%
2002	29.8%	44.4%
2003	29.1%	43.7%
2004	28.4%	43%
2005	27.7%	42.9%
2006	27.1%	43.1%
2007	26.5%	43.3%
2008	25.9%	43%
2009	25.4%	42.7%
2010	24.9%	42.6%
2011	24.3%	42.3%
2012	23.9%	42.1%
2013	23.4%	42%
2014	23%	42%
2015	22.5%	42.1%
2016	22.1%	42.1%
2017	21.8%	41.9%
2018	21.4%	41.5%
2019	21.1%	41%
2020	20.7%	40.4%
2021	20.3%	39.8%
2022	19.8%	39.2%
2023	19.3%	38.7%
2024	18.8%	38.1%
2025	18.3%	37.6%
2026	17.8%	37.1%
2027	17.3%	36.6%
2028	16.9%	36.3%
2029	16.4%	35.9%
2030	16%	35.7%
2031	15.5%	35.5%
2032	15.1%	35.3%
2033	14.7%	35.2%
2034	14.4%	35%
2035	14.1%	34.8%
2036	13.9%	34.7%
2037	13.8%	34.4%
2038	13.7%	34.2%
2039	13.6%	34%
2040	13.5%	33.7%
2041	13.4%	33.4%
2042	13.3%	33.1%
2043	13.2%	32.7%
2044	13.2%	32.3%
2045	13.1%	31.9%
2046	13%	31.5%
2047	12.9%	31.1%
2048	12.8%	30.7%
2049	12.7%	30.3%
2050	12.6%	29.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 38.1% in Eritrea in 2024, compared to 36% and 44.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Eritrea compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Eritrea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +2.29% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
1960	48,857	21,424
1961	50,149	22,351
1962	51,046	23,478
1963	51,403	24,393
1964	51,435	25,327
1965	51,196	26,285
1966	50,755	24,713
1967	50,193	27,992
1968	48,361	28,777
1969	48,790	29,535
1970	48,398	30,686
1971	48,341	31,490
1972	48,417	30,951
1973	48,943	31,969
1974	50,349	30,111
1975	51,979	30,971
1976	54,019	36,250
1977	56,122	37,295
1978	58,327	38,353
1979	60,984	39,577
1980	62,561	41,392
1981	64,632	42,924
1982	66,826	44,146
1983	68,972	33,420
1984	71,062	35,101
1985	72,776	37,362
1986	73,211	39,470
1987	73,188	52,229
1988	72,944	54,163
1989	72,327	54,299
1990	71,727	56,903
1991	70,506	57,741
1992	69,830	51,443
1993	69,016	51,679
1994	68,336	56,288
1995	67,585	56,157
1996	66,094	66,557
1997	64,954	63,953
1998	64,788	55,332
1999	64,922	45,120
2000	64,268	60,274
2001	62,199	61,180
2002	58,388	65,436
2003	56,743	66,291
2004	55,769	72,147
2005	57,139	72,930
2006	54,177	74,470
2007	55,244	73,101
2008	56,491	73,391
2009	55,757	76,206
2010	50,803	76,098
2011	52,884	76,806
2012	52,036	76,416
2013	49,227	75,562
2014	49,559	75,729
2015	49,077	73,682
2016	45,565	73,002
2017	43,471	72,291
2018	42,469	72,511
2019	37,682	73,572
2020	29,164	73,362
2021	20,119	74,394
2022	21,409	76,221
2023	24,109	78,073

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Eritrea

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 291 deaths in Eritrea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Eritrea
1985	43	1,678
1986	42	1,625
1987	41	1,555
1988	40	1,499
1989	40	1,473
1990	40	1,352
1991	39	1,384
1992	39	1,149
1993	39	1,040
1994	39	998
1995	39	854
1996	39	878
1997	38	817
1998	37	865
1999	36	734
2000	36	741
2001	35	651
2002	34	636
2003	33	588
2004	33	588
2005	31	567
2006	30	555
2007	30	541
2008	30	530
2009	29	515
2010	29	498
2011	28	478
2012	27	458
2013	27	443
2014	27	430
2015	26	413
2016	27	395
2017	27	379
2018	28	363
2019	26	351
2020	34	334
2021	44	338
2022	27	301
2023	24	291

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 3.54% in Eritrea. 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	Eritrea
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%	25.6%
1975	4.54%	25%
1976	3.93%	20.8%
1977	3.39%	20.4%
1978	2.96%	20%
1979	2.65%	19.7%
1980	2.45%	19.4%
1981	2.33%	19.1%
1982	2.29%	18.8%
1983	2.27%	27.8%
1984	2.25%	27.2%
1985	2.2%	26.2%
1986	2.12%	25.6%
1987	2.01%	17.1%
1988	1.89%	16.6%
1989	1.78%	16%
1990	1.69%	15.4%
1991	1.62%	14.7%
1992	1.57%	13.9%
1993	1.53%	13.1%
1994	1.51%	12.3%
1995	1.49%	11.5%
1996	1.47%	10.8%
1997	1.45%	10.1%
1998	1.41%	9.51%
1999	1.36%	10.9%
2000	1.31%	8.53%
2001	1.26%	8.11%
2002	1.22%	7.73%
2003	1.18%	7.38%
2004	1.15%	7.05%
2005	1.13%	6.75%
2006	1.12%	6.46%
2007	1.11%	6.19%
2008	1.09%	5.94%
2009	1.07%	5.71%
2010	1.05%	5.5%
2011	1.02%	5.31%
2012	0.98%	5.12%
2013	0.95%	4.94%
2014	0.92%	4.78%
2015	0.9%	4.61%
2016	0.89%	4.46%
2017	0.89%	4.32%
2018	0.89%	4.17%
2019	0.91%	4.03%
2020	0.94%	3.91%
2021	0.97%	3.79%
2022	1.01%	3.66%
2023	1.05%	3.54%