Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Italy

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Italy 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 1.2 in Italy in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Italy 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	Italy
1960	6.71	2.4
1961	6.65	2.44
1962	6.54	2.46
1963	6.39	2.51
1964	6.19	2.66
1965	5.96	2.6
1966	5.7	2.58
1967	5.42	2.5
1968	5.03	2.46
1969	4.84	2.47
1970	4.59	2.38
1971	4.36	2.4
1972	4.16	2.35
1973	3.99	2.3
1974	3.89	2.28
1975	3.8	2.17
1976	3.75	2.04
1977	3.7	1.93
1978	3.66	1.84
1979	3.65	1.73
1980	3.58	1.64
1981	3.56	1.58
1982	3.54	1.56
1983	3.53	1.51
1984	3.52	1.46
1985	3.51	1.42
1986	3.45	1.35
1987	3.38	1.33
1988	3.31	1.36
1989	3.24	1.33
1990	3.17	1.33
1991	3.08	1.3
1992	3	1.3
1993	2.93	1.25
1994	2.86	1.21
1995	2.78	1.19
1996	2.68	1.2
1997	2.59	1.22
1998	2.53	1.22
1999	2.48	1.23
2000	2.41	1.26
2001	2.31	1.25
2002	2.16	1.27
2003	2.08	1.29
2004	2.03	1.34
2005	2.04	1.33
2006	1.94	1.37
2007	1.95	1.39
2008	1.98	1.44
2009	1.95	1.44
2010	1.83	1.44
2011	1.88	1.42
2012	1.85	1.42
2013	1.78	1.39
2014	1.8	1.38
2015	1.8	1.36
2016	1.75	1.36
2017	1.71	1.34
2018	1.71	1.31
2019	1.6	1.27
2020	1.45	1.24
2021	1.35	1.25
2022	1.34	1.24
2023	1.33	1.2
2024	1.32	1.21
2025	1.31	1.22
2026	1.31	1.22
2027	1.31	1.23
2028	1.3	1.24
2029	1.31	1.24
2030	1.31	1.25
2031	1.31	1.26
2032	1.32	1.26
2033	1.32	1.27
2034	1.32	1.28
2035	1.33	1.28
2036	1.33	1.29
2037	1.34	1.29
2038	1.34	1.3
2039	1.35	1.3
2040	1.35	1.31
2041	1.35	1.31
2042	1.36	1.31
2043	1.36	1.32
2044	1.37	1.32
2045	1.37	1.33
2046	1.37	1.33
2047	1.38	1.34
2048	1.38	1.34
2049	1.38	1.35
2050	1.38	1.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Italy
1960	46.4%	25%
1961	46.6%	25%
1962	46.7%	24.7%
1963	46.7%	24.5%
1964	46.6%	24.5%
1965	46.5%	24.5%
1966	46.3%	24.5%
1967	45.9%	24.6%
1968	45.5%	24.6%
1969	45%	24.7%
1970	44.4%	24.7%
1971	43.8%	24.6%
1972	43.1%	24.6%
1973	42.3%	24.6%
1974	41.5%	24.5%
1975	40.8%	24.3%
1976	40%	24.1%
1977	39.2%	23.7%
1978	38.6%	23.4%
1979	38%	22.8%
1980	37.5%	22.3%
1981	37.1%	21.6%
1982	36.7%	21.1%
1983	36.5%	20.5%
1984	36.4%	19.9%
1985	36.3%	19.3%
1986	36.3%	18.7%
1987	36.2%	18.1%
1988	36.2%	17.5%
1989	36.1%	17%
1990	36%	16.5%
1991	35.7%	15.8%
1992	35.4%	15.2%
1993	35%	15%
1994	34.6%	14.8%
1995	34.1%	14.6%
1996	33.6%	14.5%
1997	33%	14.4%
1998	32.4%	14.3%
1999	31.8%	14.3%
2000	31.1%	14.3%
2001	30.5%	14.2%
2002	29.8%	14.2%
2003	29.1%	14.2%
2004	28.4%	14.2%
2005	27.7%	14.1%
2006	27.1%	14.1%
2007	26.5%	14%
2008	25.9%	14%
2009	25.4%	14%
2010	24.9%	14%
2011	24.3%	14%
2012	23.9%	14%
2013	23.4%	13.9%
2014	23%	13.8%
2015	22.5%	13.7%
2016	22.1%	13.6%
2017	21.8%	13.4%
2018	21.4%	13.2%
2019	21.1%	13%
2020	20.7%	12.8%
2021	20.3%	12.6%
2022	19.8%	12.4%
2023	19.3%	12.1%
2024	18.8%	11.9%
2025	18.3%	11.7%
2026	17.8%	11.4%
2027	17.3%	11.2%
2028	16.9%	11%
2029	16.4%	10.9%
2030	16%	10.7%
2031	15.5%	10.6%
2032	15.1%	10.5%
2033	14.7%	10.4%
2034	14.4%	10.3%
2035	14.1%	10.3%
2036	13.9%	10.3%
2037	13.8%	10.3%
2038	13.7%	10.3%
2039	13.6%	10.4%
2040	13.5%	10.4%
2041	13.4%	10.5%
2042	13.3%	10.5%
2043	13.2%	10.6%
2044	13.2%	10.7%
2045	13.1%	10.7%
2046	13%	10.8%
2047	12.9%	10.8%
2048	12.8%	10.9%
2049	12.7%	10.9%
2050	12.6%	10.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 11.9% in Italy in 2024, compared to 36% and 16.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Italy compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Italy by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.38% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	48,857	426,697
1961	50,149	459,880
1962	51,046	427,387
1963	51,403	440,767
1964	51,435	527,089
1965	51,196	474,222
1966	50,755	488,427
1967	50,193	439,074
1968	48,361	399,268
1969	48,790	390,827
1970	48,398	376,753
1971	48,341	383,922
1972	48,417	364,355
1973	48,943	328,508
1974	50,349	336,176
1975	51,979	271,660
1976	54,019	228,445
1977	56,122	190,248
1978	58,327	168,465
1979	60,984	129,531
1980	62,561	84,650
1981	64,632	73,452
1982	66,826	79,161
1983	68,972	33,939
1984	71,062	50,919
1985	72,776	28,297
1986	73,211	11,319
1987	73,188	16,980
1988	72,944	33,977
1989	72,327	28,336
1990	71,727	22,688
1991	70,506	11,352
1992	69,830	22,718
1993	69,016	0
1994	68,336	-17,053
1995	67,585	-34,107
1996	66,094	-22,744
1997	64,954	-22,756
1998	64,788	-39,835
1999	64,922	-22,766
2000	64,268	-17,082
2001	62,199	-11,396
2002	58,388	-22,836
2003	56,743	-40,179
2004	55,769	11,566
2005	57,139	-17,450
2006	54,177	0
2007	55,244	-5,876
2008	56,491	-11,842
2009	55,757	-17,866
2010	50,803	-23,928
2011	52,884	-48,021
2012	52,036	-78,248
2013	49,227	-90,468
2014	49,559	-96,513
2015	49,077	-162,620
2016	45,565	-138,265
2017	43,471	-192,007
2018	42,469	-192,475
2019	37,682	-215,025
2020	29,164	-338,801
2021	20,119	-301,579
2022	21,409	-318,674
2023	24,109	-283,168

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Italy

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 6 deaths in Italy.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Italy
1985	43	22
1986	42	22
1987	41	21
1988	40	20
1989	40	19
1990	40	18
1991	39	18
1992	39	17
1993	39	16
1994	39	15
1995	39	15
1996	39	14
1997	38	13
1998	37	12
1999	36	11
2000	36	11
2001	35	10
2002	34	10
2003	33	8
2004	33	8
2005	31	8
2006	30	7
2007	30	7
2008	30	7
2009	29	8
2010	29	8
2011	28	8
2012	27	8
2013	27	8
2014	27	8
2015	26	8
2016	27	8
2017	27	8
2018	28	7
2019	26	7
2020	34	8
2021	44	7
2022	27	10
2023	24	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.28% in Italy. 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	Italy
1960	9.62%	5.19%
1961	9.36%	4.98%
1962	9.27%	4.76%
1963	9.25%	4.53%
1964	9.18%	4.31%
1965	9.02%	4.11%
1966	8.78%	3.93%
1967	8.49%	3.78%
1968	8.17%	3.64%
1969	7.85%	3.51%
1970	7.48%	3.36%
1971	7.02%	3.18%
1972	6.45%	2.98%
1973	5.82%	2.76%
1974	5.17%	2.53%
1975	4.54%	2.31%
1976	3.93%	2.11%
1977	3.39%	1.95%
1978	2.96%	1.82%
1979	2.65%	1.7%
1980	2.45%	1.61%
1981	2.33%	1.52%
1982	2.29%	1.43%
1983	2.27%	1.35%
1984	2.25%	1.27%
1985	2.2%	1.2%
1986	2.12%	1.14%
1987	2.01%	1.08%
1988	1.89%	1.04%
1989	1.78%	1%
1990	1.69%	0.97%
1991	1.62%	0.93%
1992	1.57%	0.89%
1993	1.53%	0.85%
1994	1.51%	0.8%
1995	1.49%	0.75%
1996	1.47%	0.7%
1997	1.45%	0.66%
1998	1.41%	0.62%
1999	1.36%	0.59%
2000	1.31%	0.56%
2001	1.26%	0.53%
2002	1.22%	0.51%
2003	1.18%	0.48%
2004	1.15%	0.46%
2005	1.13%	0.45%
2006	1.12%	0.43%
2007	1.11%	0.42%
2008	1.09%	0.41%
2009	1.07%	0.41%
2010	1.05%	0.4%
2011	1.02%	0.39%
2012	0.98%	0.38%
2013	0.95%	0.37%
2014	0.92%	0.36%
2015	0.9%	0.35%
2016	0.89%	0.34%
2017	0.89%	0.33%
2018	0.89%	0.32%
2019	0.91%	0.31%
2020	0.94%	0.3%
2021	0.97%	0.29%
2022	1.01%	0.28%
2023	1.05%	0.28%