Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Greece

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Greece 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 1.32 in Greece in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Greece 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	Greece
1960	6.71	2.23
1961	6.65	2.13
1962	6.54	2.16
1963	6.39	2.14
1964	6.19	2.24
1965	5.96	2.25
1966	5.7	2.32
1967	5.42	2.45
1968	5.03	2.42
1969	4.84	2.36
1970	4.59	2.4
1971	4.36	2.32
1972	4.16	2.32
1973	3.99	2.27
1974	3.89	2.38
1975	3.8	2.33
1976	3.75	2.35
1977	3.7	2.27
1978	3.66	2.28
1979	3.65	2.26
1980	3.58	2.23
1981	3.56	2.09
1982	3.54	2.03
1983	3.53	1.94
1984	3.52	1.83
1985	3.51	1.67
1986	3.45	1.6
1987	3.38	1.5
1988	3.31	1.5
1989	3.24	1.4
1990	3.17	1.39
1991	3.08	1.37
1992	3	1.36
1993	2.93	1.32
1994	2.86	1.33
1995	2.78	1.28
1996	2.68	1.26
1997	2.59	1.27
1998	2.53	1.24
1999	2.48	1.23
2000	2.41	1.25
2001	2.31	1.25
2002	2.16	1.28
2003	2.08	1.29
2004	2.03	1.31
2005	2.04	1.34
2006	1.94	1.4
2007	1.95	1.41
2008	1.98	1.5
2009	1.95	1.5
2010	1.83	1.48
2011	1.88	1.4
2012	1.85	1.34
2013	1.78	1.29
2014	1.8	1.3
2015	1.8	1.33
2016	1.75	1.38
2017	1.71	1.35
2018	1.71	1.35
2019	1.6	1.34
2020	1.45	1.39
2021	1.35	1.43
2022	1.34	1.32
2023	1.33	1.32
2024	1.32	1.32
2025	1.31	1.33
2026	1.31	1.33
2027	1.31	1.33
2028	1.3	1.34
2029	1.31	1.34
2030	1.31	1.34
2031	1.31	1.35
2032	1.32	1.35
2033	1.32	1.35
2034	1.32	1.35
2035	1.33	1.36
2036	1.33	1.36
2037	1.34	1.36
2038	1.34	1.37
2039	1.35	1.37
2040	1.35	1.37
2041	1.35	1.38
2042	1.36	1.38
2043	1.36	1.39
2044	1.37	1.39
2045	1.37	1.39
2046	1.37	1.39
2047	1.38	1.39
2048	1.38	1.39
2049	1.38	1.4
2050	1.38	1.4

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Greece
1960	46.4%	26.7%
1961	46.6%	26.4%
1962	46.7%	26.1%
1963	46.7%	26%
1964	46.6%	25.9%
1965	46.5%	25.3%
1966	46.3%	25.5%
1967	45.9%	25.3%
1968	45.5%	25.2%
1969	45%	25.2%
1970	44.4%	24.8%
1971	43.8%	25.1%
1972	43.1%	24.8%
1973	42.3%	24.5%
1974	41.5%	24.3%
1975	40.8%	24%
1976	40%	23.8%
1977	39.2%	23.6%
1978	38.6%	23.5%
1979	38%	23.2%
1980	37.5%	23.4%
1981	37.1%	23.6%
1982	36.7%	23.2%
1983	36.5%	22.8%
1984	36.4%	22.4%
1985	36.3%	21.9%
1986	36.3%	21.4%
1987	36.2%	20.9%
1988	36.2%	20.5%
1989	36.1%	19.9%
1990	36%	19.4%
1991	35.7%	18.9%
1992	35.4%	18.6%
1993	35%	18.2%
1994	34.6%	17.8%
1995	34.1%	17.3%
1996	33.6%	16.9%
1997	33%	16.5%
1998	32.4%	16.2%
1999	31.8%	16%
2000	31.1%	15.8%
2001	30.5%	15.7%
2002	29.8%	15.6%
2003	29.1%	15.4%
2004	28.4%	15.2%
2005	27.7%	15%
2006	27.1%	14.8%
2007	26.5%	14.7%
2008	25.9%	14.6%
2009	25.4%	14.6%
2010	24.9%	14.6%
2011	24.3%	14.6%
2012	23.9%	14.7%
2013	23.4%	14.7%
2014	23%	14.6%
2015	22.5%	14.5%
2016	22.1%	14.4%
2017	21.8%	14.4%
2018	21.4%	14.4%
2019	21.1%	14.3%
2020	20.7%	14.2%
2021	20.3%	14%
2022	19.8%	13.8%
2023	19.3%	13.6%
2024	18.8%	13.2%
2025	18.3%	12.9%
2026	17.8%	12.6%
2027	17.3%	12.3%
2028	16.9%	12.1%
2029	16.4%	11.9%
2030	16%	11.7%
2031	15.5%	11.5%
2032	15.1%	11.3%
2033	14.7%	11.2%
2034	14.4%	11.1%
2035	14.1%	11%
2036	13.9%	10.9%
2037	13.8%	10.9%
2038	13.7%	11%
2039	13.6%	11%
2040	13.5%	11.1%
2041	13.4%	11.2%
2042	13.3%	11.3%
2043	13.2%	11.4%
2044	13.2%	11.5%
2045	13.1%	11.7%
2046	13%	11.8%
2047	12.9%	11.9%
2048	12.8%	12%
2049	12.7%	12.1%
2050	12.6%	12.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 13.2% in Greece in 2024, compared to 36% and 19.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Greece compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Greece by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.39% in Greece. 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	Greece
1960	48,857	96,648
1961	50,149	86,500
1962	51,046	85,327
1963	51,403	81,404
1964	51,435	83,402
1965	51,196	83,793
1966	50,755	86,998
1967	50,193	91,183
1968	48,361	87,408
1969	48,790	82,464
1970	48,398	71,222
1971	48,341	67,116
1972	48,417	64,887
1973	48,943	59,824
1974	50,349	68,111
1975	51,979	61,516
1976	54,019	65,236
1977	56,122	59,574
1978	58,327	64,124
1979	60,984	65,882
1980	62,561	60,748
1981	64,632	54,484
1982	66,826	50,906
1983	68,972	42,341
1984	71,062	37,604
1985	72,776	22,849
1986	73,211	20,931
1987	73,188	10,001
1988	72,944	15,055
1989	72,327	9,080
1990	71,727	8,157
1991	70,506	6,192
1992	69,830	6,239
1993	69,016	4,185
1994	68,336	6,307
1995	67,585	1,056
1996	66,094	0
1997	64,954	2,133
1998	64,788	-2,144
1999	64,922	-2,153
2000	64,268	-1,081
2001	62,199	0
2002	58,388	0
2003	56,743	-1,093
2004	55,769	0
2005	57,139	2,197
2006	54,177	6,612
2007	55,244	2,210
2008	56,491	11,077
2009	55,757	8,886
2010	50,803	5,560
2011	52,884	-4,441
2012	52,036	-16,568
2013	49,227	-17,545
2014	49,559	-20,696
2015	49,077	-29,216
2016	45,565	-25,862
2017	43,471	-36,566
2018	42,469	-33,272
2019	37,682	-41,814
2020	29,164	-46,004
2021	20,119	-58,131
2022	21,409	-63,665
2023	24,109	-56,191

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Greece

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 Greece.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Greece
1985	43	9
1986	42	8
1987	41	9
1988	40	7
1989	40	7
1990	40	7
1991	39	6
1992	39	6
1993	39	5
1994	39	5
1995	39	5
1996	39	4
1997	38	4
1998	37	4
1999	36	4
2000	36	4
2001	35	3
2002	34	3
2003	33	3
2004	33	3
2005	31	3
2006	30	3
2007	30	3
2008	30	3
2009	29	3
2010	29	4
2011	28	4
2012	27	4
2013	27	4
2014	27	4
2015	26	5
2016	27	5
2017	27	5
2018	28	5
2019	26	5
2020	34	7
2021	44	9
2022	27	10
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 0.37% in Greece. 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	Greece
1960	9.62%	4.62%
1961	9.36%	4.51%
1962	9.27%	4.39%
1963	9.25%	4.25%
1964	9.18%	4.1%
1965	9.02%	3.97%
1966	8.78%	3.86%
1967	8.49%	3.73%
1968	8.17%	3.54%
1969	7.85%	3.33%
1970	7.48%	3.13%
1971	7.02%	2.96%
1972	6.45%	2.84%
1973	5.82%	2.76%
1974	5.17%	2.7%
1975	4.54%	2.62%
1976	3.93%	2.51%
1977	3.39%	2.38%
1978	2.96%	2.24%
1979	2.65%	2.09%
1980	2.45%	1.96%
1981	2.33%	1.83%
1982	2.29%	1.71%
1983	2.27%	1.62%
1984	2.25%	1.54%
1985	2.2%	1.46%
1986	2.12%	1.37%
1987	2.01%	1.27%
1988	1.89%	1.19%
1989	1.78%	1.11%
1990	1.69%	1.05%
1991	1.62%	0.99%
1992	1.57%	0.95%
1993	1.53%	0.91%
1994	1.51%	0.88%
1995	1.49%	0.85%
1996	1.47%	0.81%
1997	1.45%	0.77%
1998	1.41%	0.73%
1999	1.36%	0.69%
2000	1.31%	0.64%
2001	1.26%	0.6%
2002	1.22%	0.56%
2003	1.18%	0.52%
2004	1.15%	0.49%
2005	1.13%	0.46%
2006	1.12%	0.43%
2007	1.11%	0.41%
2008	1.09%	0.4%
2009	1.07%	0.4%
2010	1.05%	0.39%
2011	1.02%	0.4%
2012	0.98%	0.4%
2013	0.95%	0.41%
2014	0.92%	0.42%
2015	0.9%	0.43%
2016	0.89%	0.43%
2017	0.89%	0.43%
2018	0.89%	0.42%
2019	0.91%	0.41%
2020	0.94%	0.4%
2021	0.97%	0.39%
2022	1.01%	0.38%
2023	1.05%	0.37%