Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Grenada

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Grenada 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 1.49 in Grenada in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Grenada 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	Grenada
1960	6.71	6.74
1961	6.65	6.63
1962	6.54	6.44
1963	6.39	6.2
1964	6.19	5.91
1965	5.96	5.6
1966	5.7	5.3
1967	5.42	5.04
1968	5.03	4.84
1969	4.84	4.69
1970	4.59	4.46
1971	4.36	4.31
1972	4.16	4.18
1973	3.99	4.05
1974	3.89	3.92
1975	3.8	3.75
1976	3.75	3.6
1977	3.7	3.46
1978	3.66	3.35
1979	3.65	3.34
1980	3.58	3.3
1981	3.56	2.99
1982	3.54	3.15
1983	3.53	3.31
1984	3.52	3.22
1985	3.51	3.48
1986	3.45	3.58
1987	3.38	3.58
1988	3.31	3.19
1989	3.24	3.23
1990	3.17	3.06
1991	3.08	3.11
1992	3	2.97
1993	2.93	2.81
1994	2.86	2.79
1995	2.78	2.82
1996	2.68	2.85
1997	2.59	2.8
1998	2.53	2.49
1999	2.48	2.39
2000	2.41	2.44
2001	2.31	2.42
2002	2.16	2.38
2003	2.08	2.33
2004	2.03	2.29
2005	2.04	2.24
2006	1.94	2.19
2007	1.95	2.15
2008	1.98	2.12
2009	1.95	2.08
2010	1.83	2.04
2011	1.88	2.01
2012	1.85	1.97
2013	1.78	1.91
2014	1.8	1.8
2015	1.8	1.72
2016	1.75	1.62
2017	1.71	1.44
2018	1.71	1.53
2019	1.6	1.54
2020	1.45	1.53
2021	1.35	1.52
2022	1.34	1.5
2023	1.33	1.49
2024	1.32	1.47
2025	1.31	1.46
2026	1.31	1.45
2027	1.31	1.44
2028	1.3	1.44
2029	1.31	1.44
2030	1.31	1.44
2031	1.31	1.44
2032	1.32	1.44
2033	1.32	1.44
2034	1.32	1.44
2035	1.33	1.45
2036	1.33	1.45
2037	1.34	1.45
2038	1.34	1.45
2039	1.35	1.46
2040	1.35	1.46
2041	1.35	1.46
2042	1.36	1.46
2043	1.36	1.47
2044	1.37	1.47
2045	1.37	1.47
2046	1.37	1.47
2047	1.38	1.47
2048	1.38	1.47
2049	1.38	1.48
2050	1.38	1.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Grenada
1960	46.4%	47.3%
1961	46.6%	47.2%
1962	46.7%	47.2%
1963	46.7%	47.1%
1964	46.6%	46.9%
1965	46.5%	47%
1966	46.3%	47.5%
1967	45.9%	47.6%
1968	45.5%	47.5%
1969	45%	47.2%
1970	44.4%	46.8%
1971	43.8%	46.2%
1972	43.1%	45.5%
1973	42.3%	44.7%
1974	41.5%	43.9%
1975	40.8%	43.1%
1976	40%	42.3%
1977	39.2%	41.5%
1978	38.6%	40.8%
1979	38%	40%
1980	37.5%	39.4%
1981	37.1%	38.6%
1982	36.7%	37.5%
1983	36.5%	36.5%
1984	36.4%	35.6%
1985	36.3%	34.8%
1986	36.3%	34.1%
1987	36.2%	33.6%
1988	36.2%	33.2%
1989	36.1%	33%
1990	36%	32.8%
1991	35.7%	32.8%
1992	35.4%	32.9%
1993	35%	33.1%
1994	34.6%	33.3%
1995	34.1%	33.5%
1996	33.6%	33.6%
1997	33%	33.6%
1998	32.4%	33.5%
1999	31.8%	33.3%
2000	31.1%	32.9%
2001	30.5%	32.1%
2002	29.8%	31%
2003	29.1%	29.8%
2004	28.4%	28.7%
2005	27.7%	27.7%
2006	27.1%	26.7%
2007	26.5%	25.9%
2008	25.9%	25.2%
2009	25.4%	24.6%
2010	24.9%	24%
2011	24.3%	23.6%
2012	23.9%	23.3%
2013	23.4%	23%
2014	23%	22.7%
2015	22.5%	22.4%
2016	22.1%	22.1%
2017	21.8%	21.8%
2018	21.4%	21.5%
2019	21.1%	21.2%
2020	20.7%	20.9%
2021	20.3%	20.6%
2022	19.8%	20.2%
2023	19.3%	19.8%
2024	18.8%	19.4%
2025	18.3%	19%
2026	17.8%	18.6%
2027	17.3%	18.1%
2028	16.9%	17.7%
2029	16.4%	17.3%
2030	16%	17%
2031	15.5%	16.7%
2032	15.1%	16.5%
2033	14.7%	16.4%
2034	14.4%	16.2%
2035	14.1%	16%
2036	13.9%	15.8%
2037	13.8%	15.6%
2038	13.7%	15.4%
2039	13.6%	15.2%
2040	13.5%	15%
2041	13.4%	14.9%
2042	13.3%	14.8%
2043	13.2%	14.6%
2044	13.2%	14.5%
2045	13.1%	14.4%
2046	13%	14.3%
2047	12.9%	14.1%
2048	12.8%	14%
2049	12.7%	13.9%
2050	12.6%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 19.4% in Grenada in 2024, compared to 36% and 32.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Grenada compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Grenada by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.42% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	48,857	3,678
1961	50,149	3,703
1962	51,046	3,674
1963	51,403	3,601
1964	51,435	3,508
1965	51,196	3,399
1966	50,755	3,278
1967	50,193	3,158
1968	48,361	3,040
1969	48,790	2,948
1970	48,398	2,793
1971	48,341	2,705
1972	48,417	2,578
1973	48,943	2,464
1974	50,349	2,360
1975	51,979	2,224
1976	54,019	2,092
1977	56,122	1,974
1978	58,327	1,882
1979	60,984	1,871
1980	62,561	1,840
1981	64,632	1,625
1982	66,826	1,798
1983	68,972	1,817
1984	71,062	1,975
1985	72,776	2,215
1986	73,211	2,324
1987	73,188	2,345
1988	72,944	2,044
1989	72,327	2,084
1990	71,727	1,931
1991	70,506	1,953
1992	69,830	1,811
1993	69,016	1,641
1994	68,336	1,596
1995	67,585	1,580
1996	66,094	1,559
1997	64,954	1,480
1998	64,788	1,204
1999	64,922	1,092
2000	64,268	1,105
2001	62,199	1,082
2002	58,388	1,077
2003	56,743	1,074
2004	55,769	1,034
2005	57,139	1,075
2006	54,177	1,068
2007	55,244	1,059
2008	56,491	1,046
2009	55,757	1,024
2010	50,803	989
2011	52,884	954
2012	52,036	925
2013	49,227	878
2014	49,559	772
2015	49,077	684
2016	45,565	579
2017	43,471	402
2018	42,469	470
2019	37,682	462
2020	29,164	433
2021	20,119	343
2022	21,409	371
2023	24,109	334

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Grenada

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 48 deaths in Grenada.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Grenada
1985	43	71
1986	42	68
1987	41	68
1988	40	61
1989	40	64
1990	40	61
1991	39	59
1992	39	56
1993	39	53
1994	39	55
1995	39	54
1996	39	51
1997	38	50
1998	37	50
1999	36	48
2000	36	46
2001	35	45
2002	34	42
2003	33	42
2004	33	48
2005	31	40
2006	30	39
2007	30	40
2008	30	41
2009	29	41
2010	29	43
2011	28	44
2012	27	44
2013	27	44
2014	27	45
2015	26	46
2016	27	44
2017	27	45
2018	28	46
2019	26	48
2020	34	51
2021	44	52
2022	27	50
2023	24	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 1.83% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	9.62%	9.5%
1961	9.36%	8.83%
1962	9.27%	8.15%
1963	9.25%	7.5%
1964	9.18%	6.91%
1965	9.02%	6.39%
1966	8.78%	5.95%
1967	8.49%	5.59%
1968	8.17%	5.3%
1969	7.85%	5.06%
1970	7.48%	4.87%
1971	7.02%	4.71%
1972	6.45%	4.58%
1973	5.82%	4.47%
1974	5.17%	4.36%
1975	4.54%	4.25%
1976	3.93%	4.15%
1977	3.39%	4.03%
1978	2.96%	3.9%
1979	2.65%	3.77%
1980	2.45%	3.62%
1981	2.33%	3.46%
1982	2.29%	3.3%
1983	2.27%	3.15%
1984	2.25%	2.99%
1985	2.2%	2.85%
1986	2.12%	2.71%
1987	2.01%	2.58%
1988	1.89%	2.46%
1989	1.78%	2.35%
1990	1.69%	2.24%
1991	1.62%	2.13%
1992	1.57%	2.04%
1993	1.53%	1.95%
1994	1.51%	1.87%
1995	1.49%	1.79%
1996	1.47%	1.73%
1997	1.45%	1.67%
1998	1.41%	1.62%
1999	1.36%	1.58%
2000	1.31%	1.55%
2001	1.26%	1.52%
2002	1.22%	1.5%
2003	1.18%	1.49%
2004	1.15%	1.49%
2005	1.13%	1.48%
2006	1.12%	1.49%
2007	1.11%	1.5%
2008	1.09%	1.51%
2009	1.07%	1.54%
2010	1.05%	1.57%
2011	1.02%	1.6%
2012	0.98%	1.64%
2013	0.95%	1.68%
2014	0.92%	1.72%
2015	0.9%	1.75%
2016	0.89%	1.79%
2017	0.89%	1.81%
2018	0.89%	1.83%
2019	0.91%	1.85%
2020	0.94%	1.87%
2021	0.97%	1.87%
2022	1.01%	1.85%
2023	1.05%	1.83%