Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Georgia

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Georgia 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 1.81 in Georgia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Georgia 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	Georgia
1960	6.71	2.94
1961	6.65	2.94
1962	6.54	2.94
1963	6.39	2.95
1964	6.19	2.89
1965	5.96	2.77
1966	5.7	2.73
1967	5.42	2.74
1968	5.03	2.69
1969	4.84	2.69
1970	4.59	2.7
1971	4.36	2.71
1972	4.16	2.67
1973	3.99	2.62
1974	3.89	2.57
1975	3.8	2.55
1976	3.75	2.51
1977	3.7	2.44
1978	3.66	2.42
1979	3.65	2.38
1980	3.58	2.35
1981	3.56	2.33
1982	3.54	2.31
1983	3.53	2.34
1984	3.52	2.38
1985	3.51	2.4
1986	3.45	2.38
1987	3.38	2.32
1988	3.31	2.32
1989	3.24	2.32
1990	3.17	2.31
1991	3.08	2.21
1992	3	2.05
1993	2.93	1.91
1994	2.86	1.84
1995	2.78	1.81
1996	2.68	1.76
1997	2.59	1.73
1998	2.53	1.7
1999	2.48	1.64
2000	2.41	1.61
2001	2.31	1.58
2002	2.16	1.57
2003	2.08	1.55
2004	2.03	1.57
2005	2.04	1.58
2006	1.94	1.62
2007	1.95	1.7
2008	1.98	1.83
2009	1.95	1.99
2010	1.83	1.97
2011	1.88	1.92
2012	1.85	1.93
2013	1.78	1.99
2014	1.8	2.18
2015	1.8	2.21
2016	1.75	2.23
2017	1.71	2.14
2018	1.71	2.09
2019	1.6	2.02
2020	1.45	1.98
2021	1.35	1.98
2022	1.34	1.82
2023	1.33	1.81
2024	1.32	1.8
2025	1.31	1.79
2026	1.31	1.78
2027	1.31	1.77
2028	1.3	1.76
2029	1.31	1.75
2030	1.31	1.75
2031	1.31	1.75
2032	1.32	1.74
2033	1.32	1.74
2034	1.32	1.73
2035	1.33	1.73
2036	1.33	1.73
2037	1.34	1.73
2038	1.34	1.72
2039	1.35	1.72
2040	1.35	1.72
2041	1.35	1.72
2042	1.36	1.72
2043	1.36	1.72
2044	1.37	1.72
2045	1.37	1.71
2046	1.37	1.71
2047	1.38	1.71
2048	1.38	1.71
2049	1.38	1.71
2050	1.38	1.71

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Georgia
1960	46.4%	28.7%
1961	46.6%	29.3%
1962	46.7%	29.7%
1963	46.7%	29.9%
1964	46.6%	30%
1965	46.5%	30%
1966	46.3%	30.2%
1967	45.9%	30.5%
1968	45.5%	30.7%
1969	45%	30.8%
1970	44.4%	30.5%
1971	43.8%	30%
1972	43.1%	29.5%
1973	42.3%	29%
1974	41.5%	28.4%
1975	40.8%	27.8%
1976	40%	27.3%
1977	39.2%	26.7%
1978	38.6%	26.2%
1979	38%	25.7%
1980	37.5%	25.4%
1981	37.1%	25.2%
1982	36.7%	25.1%
1983	36.5%	25.1%
1984	36.4%	25.1%
1985	36.3%	25.2%
1986	36.3%	25.4%
1987	36.2%	25.5%
1988	36.2%	25.5%
1989	36.1%	25.5%
1990	36%	25.5%
1991	35.7%	25.6%
1992	35.4%	25.5%
1993	35%	25.4%
1994	34.6%	25.2%
1995	34.1%	24.9%
1996	33.6%	24.6%
1997	33%	24.1%
1998	32.4%	23.6%
1999	31.8%	23%
2000	31.1%	22.4%
2001	30.5%	21.7%
2002	29.8%	21%
2003	29.1%	20.5%
2004	28.4%	19.9%
2005	27.7%	19.3%
2006	27.1%	18.8%
2007	26.5%	18.5%
2008	25.9%	18.3%
2009	25.4%	18.4%
2010	24.9%	18.6%
2011	24.3%	18.6%
2012	23.9%	18.7%
2013	23.4%	18.8%
2014	23%	19%
2015	22.5%	19.4%
2016	22.1%	19.8%
2017	21.8%	20.2%
2018	21.4%	20.5%
2019	21.1%	20.8%
2020	20.7%	21%
2021	20.3%	21.2%
2022	19.8%	21.2%
2023	19.3%	21%
2024	18.8%	20.8%
2025	18.3%	20.5%
2026	17.8%	20.2%
2027	17.3%	19.9%
2028	16.9%	19.5%
2029	16.4%	19%
2030	16%	18.5%
2031	15.5%	18%
2032	15.1%	17.6%
2033	14.7%	17.2%
2034	14.4%	16.9%
2035	14.1%	16.6%
2036	13.9%	16.4%
2037	13.8%	16.2%
2038	13.7%	16.2%
2039	13.6%	16.1%
2040	13.5%	16.1%
2041	13.4%	16.2%
2042	13.3%	16.2%
2043	13.2%	16.3%
2044	13.2%	16.4%
2045	13.1%	16.4%
2046	13%	16.5%
2047	12.9%	16.6%
2048	12.8%	16.7%
2049	12.7%	16.8%
2050	12.6%	16.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 20.8% in Georgia in 2024, compared to 36% and 25.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Georgia compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Georgia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.13% in Georgia. 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	Georgia
1960	48,857	51,640
1961	50,149	52,284
1962	51,046	51,903
1963	51,403	51,456
1964	51,435	48,429
1965	51,196	43,463
1966	50,755	40,905
1967	50,193	40,070
1968	48,361	37,840
1969	48,790	37,764
1970	48,398	38,731
1971	48,341	38,953
1972	48,417	38,832
1973	48,943	38,259
1974	50,349	38,071
1975	51,979	39,331
1976	54,019	39,964
1977	56,122	40,023
1978	58,327	41,616
1979	60,984	42,863
1980	62,561	44,114
1981	64,632	46,185
1982	66,826	47,363
1983	68,972	48,496
1984	71,062	48,523
1985	72,776	49,786
1986	73,211	48,960
1987	73,188	45,561
1988	72,944	42,810
1989	72,327	41,510
1990	71,727	40,169
1991	70,506	32,932
1992	69,830	24,226
1993	69,016	18,303
1994	68,336	17,279
1995	67,585	17,644
1996	66,094	18,304
1997	64,954	11,862
1998	64,788	9,823
1999	64,922	6,901
2000	64,268	4,681
2001	62,199	3,445
2002	58,388	2,228
2003	56,743	2,482
2004	55,769	283
2005	57,139	1,604
2006	54,177	2,146
2007	55,244	3,551
2008	56,491	7,974
2009	55,757	12,210
2010	50,803	10,501
2011	52,884	8,989
2012	52,036	8,584
2013	49,227	10,145
2014	49,559	13,089
2015	49,077	13,105
2016	45,565	11,346
2017	43,471	8,391
2018	42,469	8,407
2019	37,682	5,606
2020	29,164	335
2021	20,119	-9,127
2022	21,409	-2,224
2023	24,109	-1,282

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Georgia

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 20 deaths in Georgia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Georgia
1985	43	34
1986	42	34
1987	41	32
1988	40	33
1989	40	36
1990	40	34
1991	39	36
1992	39	38
1993	39	40
1994	39	40
1995	39	41
1996	39	35
1997	38	45
1998	37	43
1999	36	41
2000	36	43
2001	35	45
2002	34	46
2003	33	42
2004	33	43
2005	31	53
2006	30	45
2007	30	52
2008	30	54
2009	29	56
2010	29	41
2011	28	37
2012	27	35
2013	27	34
2014	27	32
2015	26	30
2016	27	28
2017	27	27
2018	28	24
2019	26	22
2020	34	30
2021	44	60
2022	27	22
2023	24	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.92% in Georgia. 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	Georgia
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%	7.12%
1976	3.93%	6.86%
1977	3.39%	6.61%
1978	2.96%	6.36%
1979	2.65%	6.13%
1980	2.45%	5.9%
1981	2.33%	5.69%
1982	2.29%	5.49%
1983	2.27%	5.31%
1984	2.25%	5.16%
1985	2.2%	5.04%
1986	2.12%	4.94%
1987	2.01%	4.87%
1988	1.89%	4.82%
1989	1.78%	4.78%
1990	1.69%	4.75%
1991	1.62%	4.72%
1992	1.57%	4.68%
1993	1.53%	4.63%
1994	1.51%	4.56%
1995	1.49%	4.47%
1996	1.47%	4.36%
1997	1.45%	4.22%
1998	1.41%	4.05%
1999	1.36%	3.85%
2000	1.31%	3.63%
2001	1.26%	3.39%
2002	1.22%	3.13%
2003	1.18%	2.87%
2004	1.15%	2.6%
2005	1.13%	2.35%
2006	1.12%	2.12%
2007	1.11%	1.9%
2008	1.09%	1.72%
2009	1.07%	1.55%
2010	1.05%	1.41%
2011	1.02%	1.3%
2012	0.98%	1.21%
2013	0.95%	1.14%
2014	0.92%	1.09%
2015	0.9%	1.05%
2016	0.89%	1.02%
2017	0.89%	1%
2018	0.89%	0.98%
2019	0.91%	0.97%
2020	0.94%	0.96%
2021	0.97%	0.95%
2022	1.01%	0.93%
2023	1.05%	0.92%