Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Estonia

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Estonia 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 1.31 in Estonia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Estonia 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	Estonia
1960	6.71	1.98
1961	6.65	1.98
1962	6.54	1.95
1963	6.39	1.89
1964	6.19	1.94
1965	5.96	1.88
1966	5.7	1.87
1967	5.42	1.9
1968	5.03	2.03
1969	4.84	2.13
1970	4.59	2.17
1971	4.36	2.19
1972	4.16	2.13
1973	3.99	2.06
1974	3.89	2.07
1975	3.8	2.04
1976	3.75	2.07
1977	3.7	2.06
1978	3.66	2.02
1979	3.65	2
1980	3.58	2.02
1981	3.56	2.07
1982	3.54	2.07
1983	3.53	2.16
1984	3.52	2.17
1985	3.51	2.13
1986	3.45	2.18
1987	3.38	2.27
1988	3.31	2.27
1989	3.24	2.22
1990	3.17	2.05
1991	3.08	1.8
1992	3	1.71
1993	2.93	1.49
1994	2.86	1.42
1995	2.78	1.38
1996	2.68	1.37
1997	2.59	1.32
1998	2.53	1.28
1999	2.48	1.3
2000	2.41	1.36
2001	2.31	1.32
2002	2.16	1.36
2003	2.08	1.37
2004	2.03	1.47
2005	2.04	1.52
2006	1.94	1.58
2007	1.95	1.69
2008	1.98	1.72
2009	1.95	1.7
2010	1.83	1.72
2011	1.88	1.61
2012	1.85	1.56
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.8	1.54
2015	1.8	1.58
2016	1.75	1.6
2017	1.71	1.59
2018	1.71	1.67
2019	1.6	1.66
2020	1.45	1.58
2021	1.35	1.61
2022	1.34	1.41
2023	1.33	1.31
2024	1.32	1.32
2025	1.31	1.33
2026	1.31	1.34
2027	1.31	1.35
2028	1.3	1.36
2029	1.31	1.37
2030	1.31	1.38
2031	1.31	1.39
2032	1.32	1.39
2033	1.32	1.4
2034	1.32	1.4
2035	1.33	1.41
2036	1.33	1.41
2037	1.34	1.42
2038	1.34	1.42
2039	1.35	1.42
2040	1.35	1.43
2041	1.35	1.43
2042	1.36	1.44
2043	1.36	1.44
2044	1.37	1.44
2045	1.37	1.45
2046	1.37	1.45
2047	1.38	1.46
2048	1.38	1.46
2049	1.38	1.46
2050	1.38	1.46

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Estonia
1960	46.4%	23.1%
1961	46.6%	23.3%
1962	46.7%	23.3%
1963	46.7%	23.2%
1964	46.6%	23%
1965	46.5%	22.8%
1966	46.3%	22.6%
1967	45.9%	22.3%
1968	45.5%	22.2%
1969	45%	22.1%
1970	44.4%	22.1%
1971	43.8%	22%
1972	43.1%	22%
1973	42.3%	21.9%
1974	41.5%	21.8%
1975	40.8%	21.6%
1976	40%	21.6%
1977	39.2%	21.5%
1978	38.6%	21.5%
1979	38%	21.6%
1980	37.5%	21.7%
1981	37.1%	21.8%
1982	36.7%	21.9%
1983	36.5%	22%
1984	36.4%	22.1%
1985	36.3%	22.1%
1986	36.3%	22.1%
1987	36.2%	22.2%
1988	36.2%	22.2%
1989	36.1%	22.3%
1990	36%	22.3%
1991	35.7%	22.1%
1992	35.4%	21.8%
1993	35%	21.4%
1994	34.6%	21.1%
1995	34.1%	20.7%
1996	33.6%	20.3%
1997	33%	19.8%
1998	32.4%	19.2%
1999	31.8%	18.4%
2000	31.1%	17.6%
2001	30.5%	17.2%
2002	29.8%	16.6%
2003	29.1%	16.1%
2004	28.4%	15.6%
2005	27.7%	15.2%
2006	27.1%	15%
2007	26.5%	14.9%
2008	25.9%	14.9%
2009	25.4%	15%
2010	24.9%	15.2%
2011	24.3%	15.4%
2012	23.9%	15.6%
2013	23.4%	15.7%
2014	23%	15.9%
2015	22.5%	16%
2016	22.1%	16.2%
2017	21.8%	16.3%
2018	21.4%	16.4%
2019	21.1%	16.4%
2020	20.7%	16.4%
2021	20.3%	16.4%
2022	19.8%	16.2%
2023	19.3%	16%
2024	18.8%	15.6%
2025	18.3%	15.3%
2026	17.8%	14.9%
2027	17.3%	14.6%
2028	16.9%	14.3%
2029	16.4%	14%
2030	16%	13.7%
2031	15.5%	13.4%
2032	15.1%	13.1%
2033	14.7%	12.8%
2034	14.4%	12.4%
2035	14.1%	12.2%
2036	13.9%	12%
2037	13.8%	11.8%
2038	13.7%	11.8%
2039	13.6%	11.9%
2040	13.5%	11.9%
2041	13.4%	12%
2042	13.3%	12.1%
2043	13.2%	12.2%
2044	13.2%	12.3%
2045	13.1%	12.5%
2046	13%	12.6%
2047	12.9%	12.8%
2048	12.8%	12.9%
2049	12.7%	13%
2050	12.6%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 15.6% in Estonia in 2024, compared to 36% and 22.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Estonia compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Estonia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.21% in Estonia. 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	Estonia
1960	48,857	7,511
1961	50,149	7,228
1962	51,046	6,457
1963	51,403	6,043
1964	51,435	6,897
1965	51,196	5,437
1966	50,755	4,842
1967	50,193	5,012
1968	48,361	5,592
1969	48,790	5,515
1970	48,398	6,257
1971	48,341	7,160
1972	48,417	6,267
1973	48,943	5,623
1974	50,349	5,956
1975	51,979	4,717
1976	54,019	4,319
1977	56,122	4,931
1978	58,327	4,088
1979	60,984	3,818
1980	62,561	3,989
1981	64,632	4,612
1982	66,826	5,244
1983	68,972	5,884
1984	71,062	5,163
1985	72,776	4,281
1986	73,211	6,160
1987	73,188	6,829
1988	72,944	6,404
1989	72,327	5,803
1990	71,727	2,825
1991	70,506	-312
1992	69,830	-1,993
1993	69,016	-5,976
1994	68,336	-8,044
1995	67,585	-7,327
1996	66,094	-5,662
1997	64,954	-6,018
1998	64,788	-7,208
1999	64,922	-6,117
2000	64,268	-5,309
2001	62,199	-5,830
2002	58,388	-5,380
2003	56,743	-5,072
2004	55,769	-3,679
2005	57,139	-2,981
2006	54,177	-2,559
2007	55,244	-1,608
2008	56,491	-668
2009	55,757	-400
2010	50,803	0
2011	52,884	-531
2012	52,036	-1,455
2013	49,227	-1,713
2014	49,559	-1,972
2015	49,077	-1,315
2016	45,565	-1,316
2017	43,471	-1,713
2018	42,469	-1,322
2019	37,682	-1,327
2020	29,164	-2,659
2021	20,119	-5,324
2022	21,409	-5,665
2023	24,109	-5,070

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Estonia

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 5 deaths in Estonia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Estonia
1985	43	56
1986	42	46
1987	41	42
1988	40	43
1989	40	48
1990	40	44
1991	39	42
1992	39	40
1993	39	46
1994	39	60
1995	39	45
1996	39	36
1997	38	31
1998	37	32
1999	36	28
2000	36	27
2001	35	25
2002	34	22
2003	33	18
2004	33	15
2005	31	15
2006	30	13
2007	30	13
2008	30	11
2009	29	10
2010	29	8
2011	28	9
2012	27	8
2013	27	6
2014	27	7
2015	26	6
2016	27	7
2017	27	5
2018	28	5
2019	26	6
2020	34	6
2021	44	8
2022	27	7
2023	24	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.21% in Estonia. 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	Estonia
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%	2.24%
1981	2.33%	2.16%
1982	2.29%	2.09%
1983	2.27%	2.02%
1984	2.25%	1.96%
1985	2.2%	1.91%
1986	2.12%	1.86%
1987	2.01%	1.83%
1988	1.89%	1.81%
1989	1.78%	1.79%
1990	1.69%	1.77%
1991	1.62%	1.75%
1992	1.57%	1.73%
1993	1.53%	1.69%
1994	1.51%	1.64%
1995	1.49%	1.57%
1996	1.47%	1.48%
1997	1.45%	1.39%
1998	1.41%	1.29%
1999	1.36%	1.2%
2000	1.31%	1.1%
2001	1.26%	1.01%
2002	1.22%	0.93%
2003	1.18%	0.85%
2004	1.15%	0.78%
2005	1.13%	0.71%
2006	1.12%	0.65%
2007	1.11%	0.59%
2008	1.09%	0.54%
2009	1.07%	0.5%
2010	1.05%	0.46%
2011	1.02%	0.42%
2012	0.98%	0.39%
2013	0.95%	0.36%
2014	0.92%	0.34%
2015	0.9%	0.32%
2016	0.89%	0.3%
2017	0.89%	0.28%
2018	0.89%	0.27%
2019	0.91%	0.25%
2020	0.94%	0.24%
2021	0.97%	0.23%
2022	1.01%	0.22%
2023	1.05%	0.21%