Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Guinea-Bissau 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 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Guinea-Bissau 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-Bissau
1960	6.71	5.92
1961	6.65	5.93
1962	6.54	5.94
1963	6.39	5.95
1964	6.19	5.96
1965	5.96	5.97
1966	5.7	5.98
1967	5.42	5.99
1968	5.03	6.01
1969	4.84	6.02
1970	4.59	6.04
1971	4.36	6.06
1972	4.16	6.08
1973	3.99	6.1
1974	3.89	6.12
1975	3.8	6.15
1976	3.75	6.19
1977	3.7	6.25
1978	3.66	6.32
1979	3.65	6.4
1980	3.58	6.49
1981	3.56	6.57
1982	3.54	6.64
1983	3.53	6.69
1984	3.52	6.73
1985	3.51	6.74
1986	3.45	6.73
1987	3.38	6.72
1988	3.31	6.69
1989	3.24	6.66
1990	3.17	6.5
1991	3.08	6.47
1992	3	6.44
1993	2.93	6.37
1994	2.86	6.3
1995	2.78	6.22
1996	2.68	6.14
1997	2.59	6.06
1998	2.53	5.97
1999	2.48	5.87
2000	2.41	5.79
2001	2.31	5.69
2002	2.16	5.63
2003	2.08	5.58
2004	2.03	5.5
2005	2.04	5.46
2006	1.94	5.41
2007	1.95	5.37
2008	1.98	5.27
2009	1.95	5.18
2010	1.83	5.11
2011	1.88	5.07
2012	1.85	5
2013	1.78	4.93
2014	1.8	4.79
2015	1.8	4.66
2016	1.75	4.52
2017	1.71	4.35
2018	1.71	4.24
2019	1.6	4.15
2020	1.45	4.08
2021	1.35	4
2022	1.34	3.91
2023	1.33	3.84
2024	1.32	3.76
2025	1.31	3.68
2026	1.31	3.62
2027	1.31	3.56
2028	1.3	3.5
2029	1.31	3.44
2030	1.31	3.37
2031	1.31	3.31
2032	1.32	3.25
2033	1.32	3.2
2034	1.32	3.15
2035	1.33	3.09
2036	1.33	3.04
2037	1.34	3
2038	1.34	2.95
2039	1.35	2.91
2040	1.35	2.87
2041	1.35	2.84
2042	1.36	2.8
2043	1.36	2.77
2044	1.37	2.74
2045	1.37	2.71
2046	1.37	2.67
2047	1.38	2.64
2048	1.38	2.62
2049	1.38	2.59
2050	1.38	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Guinea-Bissau
1960	46.4%	36.9%
1961	46.6%	37.1%
1962	46.7%	37.7%
1963	46.7%	38.4%
1964	46.6%	39.6%
1965	46.5%	41%
1966	46.3%	41.9%
1967	45.9%	42.1%
1968	45.5%	41.8%
1969	45%	41.9%
1970	44.4%	41.9%
1971	43.8%	41.9%
1972	43.1%	41.9%
1973	42.3%	41.6%
1974	41.5%	41.4%
1975	40.8%	41.8%
1976	40%	42.6%
1977	39.2%	43.7%
1978	38.6%	44.8%
1979	38%	45.1%
1980	37.5%	45%
1981	37.1%	45.3%
1982	36.7%	45.5%
1983	36.5%	45.7%
1984	36.4%	45.9%
1985	36.3%	45.9%
1986	36.3%	46%
1987	36.2%	45.9%
1988	36.2%	45.9%
1989	36.1%	45.8%
1990	36%	45.7%
1991	35.7%	45.5%
1992	35.4%	45.5%
1993	35%	45.4%
1994	34.6%	45.4%
1995	34.1%	45.3%
1996	33.6%	45.2%
1997	33%	45.1%
1998	32.4%	45%
1999	31.8%	44.8%
2000	31.1%	44.7%
2001	30.5%	44.5%
2002	29.8%	44.3%
2003	29.1%	44.2%
2004	28.4%	44%
2005	27.7%	43.9%
2006	27.1%	43.8%
2007	26.5%	43.6%
2008	25.9%	43.5%
2009	25.4%	43.3%
2010	24.9%	43.2%
2011	24.3%	43%
2012	23.9%	42.8%
2013	23.4%	42.7%
2014	23%	42.5%
2015	22.5%	42.2%
2016	22.1%	42%
2017	21.8%	41.7%
2018	21.4%	41.3%
2019	21.1%	40.9%
2020	20.7%	40.5%
2021	20.3%	40.1%
2022	19.8%	39.7%
2023	19.3%	39.2%
2024	18.8%	38.8%
2025	18.3%	38.3%
2026	17.8%	37.8%
2027	17.3%	37.4%
2028	16.9%	36.9%
2029	16.4%	36.4%
2030	16%	36%
2031	15.5%	35.5%
2032	15.1%	35.1%
2033	14.7%	34.8%
2034	14.4%	34.4%
2035	14.1%	34.1%
2036	13.9%	33.7%
2037	13.8%	33.4%
2038	13.7%	33%
2039	13.6%	32.7%
2040	13.5%	32.4%
2041	13.4%	32%
2042	13.3%	31.7%
2043	13.2%	31.4%
2044	13.2%	31%
2045	13.1%	30.7%
2046	13%	30.4%
2047	12.9%	30.1%
2048	12.8%	29.7%
2049	12.7%	29.4%
2050	12.6%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 36% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. 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-Bissau
1960	48,857	10,618
1961	50,149	10,756
1962	51,046	10,662
1963	51,403	9,190
1964	51,435	8,989
1965	51,196	7,789
1966	50,755	6,955
1967	50,193	6,742
1968	48,361	7,289
1969	48,790	7,857
1970	48,398	7,632
1971	48,341	8,183
1972	48,417	7,911
1973	48,943	8,430
1974	50,349	10,321
1975	51,979	11,998
1976	54,019	13,688
1977	56,122	15,484
1978	58,327	17,468
1979	60,984	19,736
1980	62,561	21,024
1981	64,632	21,611
1982	66,826	22,131
1983	68,972	22,542
1984	71,062	22,861
1985	72,776	23,116
1986	73,211	23,301
1987	73,188	23,549
1988	72,944	23,940
1989	72,327	24,286
1990	71,727	23,936
1991	70,506	24,527
1992	69,830	25,747
1993	69,016	26,943
1994	68,336	27,895
1995	67,585	29,142
1996	66,094	29,778
1997	64,954	29,792
1998	64,788	30,390
1999	64,922	30,916
2000	64,268	32,816
2001	62,199	33,461
2002	58,388	34,561
2003	56,743	35,649
2004	55,769	36,495
2005	57,139	37,347
2006	54,177	38,886
2007	55,244	40,288
2008	56,491	40,841
2009	55,757	41,950
2010	50,803	43,067
2011	52,884	44,405
2012	52,036	45,480
2013	49,227	46,472
2014	49,559	46,615
2015	49,077	46,846
2016	45,565	46,814
2017	43,471	46,318
2018	42,469	46,659
2019	37,682	47,196
2020	29,164	46,718
2021	20,119	47,242
2022	21,409	48,920
2023	24,109	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Guinea-Bissau
1985	43	1,851
1986	42	1,825
1987	41	1,796
1988	40	1,759
1989	40	1,698
1990	40	1,709
1991	39	1,663
1992	39	1,633
1993	39	1,613
1994	39	1,644
1995	39	1,556
1996	39	1,539
1997	38	1,642
1998	37	1,465
1999	36	1,461
2000	36	1,295
2001	35	1,222
2002	34	1,141
2003	33	1,069
2004	33	980
2005	31	956
2006	30	831
2007	30	792
2008	30	802
2009	29	753
2010	29	698
2011	28	678
2012	27	704
2013	27	707
2014	27	662
2015	26	631
2016	27	617
2017	27	597
2018	28	585
2019	26	598
2020	34	603
2021	44	617
2022	27	539
2023	24	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. 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-Bissau
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%	-
1981	2.33%	-
1982	2.29%	-
1983	2.27%	-
1984	2.25%	-
1985	2.2%	24.4%
1986	2.12%	24%
1987	2.01%	23.5%
1988	1.89%	23.1%
1989	1.78%	22.7%
1990	1.69%	22.2%
1991	1.62%	21.8%
1992	1.57%	21.3%
1993	1.53%	20.9%
1994	1.51%	20.4%
1995	1.49%	19.9%
1996	1.47%	19.4%
1997	1.45%	18.9%
1998	1.41%	18.4%
1999	1.36%	17.9%
2000	1.31%	17.4%
2001	1.26%	16.8%
2002	1.22%	16.3%
2003	1.18%	15.7%
2004	1.15%	15.1%
2005	1.13%	14.5%
2006	1.12%	13.9%
2007	1.11%	13.2%
2008	1.09%	12.6%
2009	1.07%	12%
2010	1.05%	11.4%
2011	1.02%	10.9%
2012	0.98%	10.4%
2013	0.95%	9.93%
2014	0.92%	9.53%
2015	0.9%	9.18%
2016	0.89%	8.84%
2017	0.89%	8.53%
2018	0.89%	8.21%
2019	0.91%	7.91%
2020	0.94%	7.66%
2021	0.97%	7.41%
2022	1.01%	7.16%
2023	1.05%	6.93%