Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Guinea

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	6.71	6.11
1961	6.65	6.13
1962	6.54	6.14
1963	6.39	6.15
1964	6.19	6.17
1965	5.96	6.18
1966	5.7	6.19
1967	5.42	6.2
1968	5.03	6.21
1969	4.84	6.23
1970	4.59	6.24
1971	4.36	6.26
1972	4.16	6.28
1973	3.99	6.31
1974	3.89	6.34
1975	3.8	6.37
1976	3.75	6.4
1977	3.7	6.43
1978	3.66	6.44
1979	3.65	6.45
1980	3.58	6.46
1981	3.56	6.46
1982	3.54	6.49
1983	3.53	6.49
1984	3.52	6.51
1985	3.51	6.53
1986	3.45	6.55
1987	3.38	6.57
1988	3.31	6.56
1989	3.24	6.55
1990	3.17	6.52
1991	3.08	6.48
1992	3	6.45
1993	2.93	6.41
1994	2.86	6.36
1995	2.78	6.29
1996	2.68	6.21
1997	2.59	6.12
1998	2.53	6.05
1999	2.48	5.99
2000	2.41	5.92
2001	2.31	5.83
2002	2.16	5.78
2003	2.08	5.74
2004	2.03	5.73
2005	2.04	5.73
2006	1.94	5.7
2007	1.95	5.66
2008	1.98	5.6
2009	1.95	5.53
2010	1.83	5.44
2011	1.88	5.34
2012	1.85	5.23
2013	1.78	5.15
2014	1.8	5.07
2015	1.8	5
2016	1.75	4.92
2017	1.71	4.79
2018	1.71	4.67
2019	1.6	4.58
2020	1.45	4.49
2021	1.35	4.4
2022	1.34	4.3
2023	1.33	4.22
2024	1.32	4.13
2025	1.31	4.04
2026	1.31	3.96
2027	1.31	3.89
2028	1.3	3.81
2029	1.31	3.73
2030	1.31	3.66
2031	1.31	3.59
2032	1.32	3.52
2033	1.32	3.45
2034	1.32	3.38
2035	1.33	3.32
2036	1.33	3.27
2037	1.34	3.21
2038	1.34	3.16
2039	1.35	3.12
2040	1.35	3.07
2041	1.35	3.02
2042	1.36	2.98
2043	1.36	2.94
2044	1.37	2.9
2045	1.37	2.86
2046	1.37	2.82
2047	1.38	2.79
2048	1.38	2.75
2049	1.38	2.73
2050	1.38	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Guinea
1960	46.4%	39.6%
1961	46.6%	39.7%
1962	46.7%	39.9%
1963	46.7%	39.9%
1964	46.6%	40%
1965	46.5%	40.1%
1966	46.3%	40.2%
1967	45.9%	40.2%
1968	45.5%	40.3%
1969	45%	40.3%
1970	44.4%	40.4%
1971	43.8%	40.5%
1972	43.1%	40.7%
1973	42.3%	40.9%
1974	41.5%	41.1%
1975	40.8%	41.3%
1976	40%	41.5%
1977	39.2%	41.8%
1978	38.6%	42%
1979	38%	42.2%
1980	37.5%	42.4%
1981	37.1%	42.6%
1982	36.7%	42.7%
1983	36.5%	42.8%
1984	36.4%	42.9%
1985	36.3%	43%
1986	36.3%	43%
1987	36.2%	43.1%
1988	36.2%	43.1%
1989	36.1%	43.2%
1990	36%	43.3%
1991	35.7%	43.4%
1992	35.4%	43.5%
1993	35%	43.6%
1994	34.6%	43.7%
1995	34.1%	43.8%
1996	33.6%	43.9%
1997	33%	44.2%
1998	32.4%	44.5%
1999	31.8%	44.7%
2000	31.1%	44.9%
2001	30.5%	45.3%
2002	29.8%	45.5%
2003	29.1%	45.4%
2004	28.4%	45.3%
2005	27.7%	45.3%
2006	27.1%	45.3%
2007	26.5%	45.1%
2008	25.9%	44.9%
2009	25.4%	44.7%
2010	24.9%	44.5%
2011	24.3%	44.2%
2012	23.9%	44%
2013	23.4%	43.8%
2014	23%	43.5%
2015	22.5%	43.3%
2016	22.1%	43.1%
2017	21.8%	42.9%
2018	21.4%	42.6%
2019	21.1%	42.4%
2020	20.7%	42.1%
2021	20.3%	41.9%
2022	19.8%	41.6%
2023	19.3%	41.2%
2024	18.8%	40.9%
2025	18.3%	40.5%
2026	17.8%	40.2%
2027	17.3%	39.8%
2028	16.9%	39.5%
2029	16.4%	39.1%
2030	16%	38.7%
2031	15.5%	38.3%
2032	15.1%	37.9%
2033	14.7%	37.5%
2034	14.4%	37%
2035	14.1%	36.6%
2036	13.9%	36.2%
2037	13.8%	35.7%
2038	13.7%	35.3%
2039	13.6%	34.9%
2040	13.5%	34.5%
2041	13.4%	34.1%
2042	13.3%	33.7%
2043	13.2%	33.3%
2044	13.2%	32.9%
2045	13.1%	32.5%
2046	13%	32.2%
2047	12.9%	31.8%
2048	12.8%	31.5%
2049	12.7%	31.2%
2050	12.6%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 36% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	48,857	61,848
1961	50,149	63,766
1962	51,046	65,672
1963	51,403	67,690
1964	51,435	69,848
1965	51,196	72,134
1966	50,755	74,748
1967	50,193	77,251
1968	48,361	79,892
1969	48,790	82,799
1970	48,398	85,418
1971	48,341	88,358
1972	48,417	91,147
1973	48,943	93,764
1974	50,349	96,315
1975	51,979	99,267
1976	54,019	102,449
1977	56,122	105,990
1978	58,327	109,415
1979	60,984	113,141
1980	62,561	117,186
1981	64,632	121,223
1982	66,826	126,831
1983	68,972	130,629
1984	71,062	136,640
1985	72,776	142,313
1986	73,211	148,137
1987	73,188	154,178
1988	72,944	159,566
1989	72,327	164,707
1990	71,727	169,926
1991	70,506	181,299
1992	69,830	189,682
1993	69,016	195,612
1994	68,336	201,439
1995	67,585	205,644
1996	66,094	214,896
1997	64,954	220,373
1998	64,788	219,385
1999	64,922	223,968
2000	64,268	227,081
2001	62,199	227,642
2002	58,388	229,022
2003	56,743	234,774
2004	55,769	242,075
2005	57,139	251,209
2006	54,177	258,518
2007	55,244	266,070
2008	56,491	274,327
2009	55,757	281,920
2010	50,803	288,512
2011	52,884	293,318
2012	52,036	298,094
2013	49,227	304,430
2014	49,559	309,539
2015	49,077	316,604
2016	45,565	324,608
2017	43,471	328,542
2018	42,469	332,585
2019	37,682	338,984
2020	29,164	342,289
2021	20,119	345,121
2022	21,409	352,517
2023	24,109	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Guinea
1985	43	1,248
1986	42	1,234
1987	41	1,218
1988	40	1,202
1989	40	1,188
1990	40	1,162
1991	39	1,143
1992	39	1,124
1993	39	1,094
1994	39	1,081
1995	39	1,042
1996	39	1,010
1997	38	994
1998	37	971
1999	36	960
2000	36	951
2001	35	946
2002	34	916
2003	33	892
2004	33	869
2005	31	843
2006	30	825
2007	30	802
2008	30	772
2009	29	766
2010	29	750
2011	28	728
2012	27	703
2013	27	682
2014	27	664
2015	26	642
2016	27	606
2017	27	582
2018	28	560
2019	26	548
2020	34	528
2021	44	533
2022	27	500
2023	24	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	9.62%	35%
1961	9.36%	34.7%
1962	9.27%	34.4%
1963	9.25%	34.2%
1964	9.18%	33.9%
1965	9.02%	33.6%
1966	8.78%	33.4%
1967	8.49%	33.1%
1968	8.17%	32.8%
1969	7.85%	32.5%
1970	7.48%	32.2%
1971	7.02%	31.9%
1972	6.45%	31.6%
1973	5.82%	31.3%
1974	5.17%	30.9%
1975	4.54%	30.6%
1976	3.93%	30.1%
1977	3.39%	29.7%
1978	2.96%	29.2%
1979	2.65%	28.7%
1980	2.45%	28.2%
1981	2.33%	27.7%
1982	2.29%	27.2%
1983	2.27%	26.7%
1984	2.25%	26.2%
1985	2.2%	25.8%
1986	2.12%	25.3%
1987	2.01%	24.8%
1988	1.89%	24.4%
1989	1.78%	23.9%
1990	1.69%	23.3%
1991	1.62%	22.7%
1992	1.57%	22.1%
1993	1.53%	21.4%
1994	1.51%	20.7%
1995	1.49%	20%
1996	1.47%	19.3%
1997	1.45%	18.6%
1998	1.41%	17.9%
1999	1.36%	17.2%
2000	1.31%	16.5%
2001	1.26%	15.9%
2002	1.22%	15.2%
2003	1.18%	14.6%
2004	1.15%	14.1%
2005	1.13%	13.7%
2006	1.12%	13.3%
2007	1.11%	12.9%
2008	1.09%	12.7%
2009	1.07%	12.4%
2010	1.05%	12.2%
2011	1.02%	12%
2012	0.98%	11.8%
2013	0.95%	11.7%
2014	0.92%	11.6%
2015	0.9%	11.4%
2016	0.89%	11.2%
2017	0.89%	11%
2018	0.89%	10.8%
2019	0.91%	10.6%
2020	0.94%	10.3%
2021	0.97%	10.1%
2022	1.01%	9.78%
2023	1.05%	9.5%