Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	6.71	7.69
1961	6.65	7.72
1962	6.54	7.75
1963	6.39	7.78
1964	6.19	7.81
1965	5.96	7.84
1966	5.7	7.87
1967	5.42	7.89
1968	5.03	7.91
1969	4.84	7.93
1970	4.59	7.94
1971	4.36	7.94
1972	4.16	7.94
1973	3.99	7.94
1974	3.89	7.93
1975	3.8	7.91
1976	3.75	7.88
1977	3.7	7.83
1978	3.66	7.67
1979	3.65	7.63
1980	3.58	7.59
1981	3.56	7.54
1982	3.54	7.49
1983	3.53	7.42
1984	3.52	7.35
1985	3.51	7.27
1986	3.45	7.19
1987	3.38	7.09
1988	3.31	6.97
1989	3.24	6.85
1990	3.17	6.72
1991	3.08	6.59
1992	3	6.43
1993	2.93	6.27
1994	2.86	6.13
1995	2.78	6.04
1996	2.68	5.95
1997	2.59	5.9
1998	2.53	5.85
1999	2.48	5.81
2000	2.41	5.77
2001	2.31	5.7
2002	2.16	5.64
2003	2.08	5.57
2004	2.03	5.53
2005	2.04	5.5
2006	1.94	5.45
2007	1.95	5.4
2008	1.98	5.36
2009	1.95	5.33
2010	1.83	5.29
2011	1.88	5.24
2012	1.85	5.19
2013	1.78	5.14
2014	1.8	5.07
2015	1.8	4.97
2016	1.75	4.87
2017	1.71	4.76
2018	1.71	4.6
2019	1.6	4.52
2020	1.45	4.46
2021	1.35	4.41
2022	1.34	4.35
2023	1.33	4.28
2024	1.32	4.23
2025	1.31	4.17
2026	1.31	4.1
2027	1.31	4.05
2028	1.3	3.99
2029	1.31	3.93
2030	1.31	3.88
2031	1.31	3.83
2032	1.32	3.78
2033	1.32	3.75
2034	1.32	3.69
2035	1.33	3.64
2036	1.33	3.6
2037	1.34	3.56
2038	1.34	3.51
2039	1.35	3.47
2040	1.35	3.43
2041	1.35	3.39
2042	1.36	3.35
2043	1.36	3.31
2044	1.37	3.27
2045	1.37	3.23
2046	1.37	3.2
2047	1.38	3.17
2048	1.38	3.13
2049	1.38	3.1
2050	1.38	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Ivory Coast
1960	46.4%	43.1%
1961	46.6%	43.2%
1962	46.7%	43.4%
1963	46.7%	43.6%
1964	46.6%	43.9%
1965	46.5%	44.1%
1966	46.3%	44.3%
1967	45.9%	44.6%
1968	45.5%	44.8%
1969	45%	44.9%
1970	44.4%	45.1%
1971	43.8%	45.1%
1972	43.1%	45.2%
1973	42.3%	45.2%
1974	41.5%	45.3%
1975	40.8%	45.4%
1976	40%	45.7%
1977	39.2%	46.1%
1978	38.6%	46.5%
1979	38%	46.8%
1980	37.5%	47.1%
1981	37.1%	47.3%
1982	36.7%	47.5%
1983	36.5%	47.7%
1984	36.4%	47.8%
1985	36.3%	47.9%
1986	36.3%	48%
1987	36.2%	48.1%
1988	36.2%	48%
1989	36.1%	47.9%
1990	36%	47.8%
1991	35.7%	47.6%
1992	35.4%	47.4%
1993	35%	47.1%
1994	34.6%	46.9%
1995	34.1%	46.7%
1996	33.6%	46.4%
1997	33%	46.2%
1998	32.4%	46.1%
1999	31.8%	46%
2000	31.1%	46%
2001	30.5%	46.1%
2002	29.8%	46.2%
2003	29.1%	46.2%
2004	28.4%	46.3%
2005	27.7%	46.3%
2006	27.1%	46.3%
2007	26.5%	46.4%
2008	25.9%	45.8%
2009	25.4%	44.9%
2010	24.9%	44%
2011	24.3%	43.3%
2012	23.9%	42.7%
2013	23.4%	42.2%
2014	23%	42%
2015	22.5%	42.2%
2016	22.1%	42.3%
2017	21.8%	42.4%
2018	21.4%	42.4%
2019	21.1%	42.3%
2020	20.7%	42.2%
2021	20.3%	42%
2022	19.8%	41.7%
2023	19.3%	41.3%
2024	18.8%	40.9%
2025	18.3%	40.5%
2026	17.8%	40%
2027	17.3%	39.7%
2028	16.9%	39.3%
2029	16.4%	38.8%
2030	16%	38.3%
2031	15.5%	37.8%
2032	15.1%	37.3%
2033	14.7%	37%
2034	14.4%	36.7%
2035	14.1%	36.4%
2036	13.9%	36.2%
2037	13.8%	35.9%
2038	13.7%	35.7%
2039	13.6%	35.6%
2040	13.5%	35.4%
2041	13.4%	35.3%
2042	13.3%	35.1%
2043	13.2%	35%
2044	13.2%	34.8%
2045	13.1%	34.7%
2046	13%	34.5%
2047	12.9%	34.4%
2048	12.8%	34.2%
2049	12.7%	34%
2050	12.6%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 36% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	48,857	99,681
1961	50,149	105,568
1962	51,046	111,930
1963	51,403	118,526
1964	51,435	124,996
1965	51,196	131,601
1966	50,755	138,438
1967	50,193	145,773
1968	48,361	153,464
1969	48,790	161,541
1970	48,398	170,070
1971	48,341	179,918
1972	48,417	190,842
1973	48,943	203,429
1974	50,349	216,389
1975	51,979	228,883
1976	54,019	241,939
1977	56,122	250,858
1978	58,327	257,222
1979	60,984	268,875
1980	62,561	280,630
1981	64,632	292,755
1982	66,826	305,204
1983	68,972	317,379
1984	71,062	331,910
1985	72,776	344,549
1986	73,211	357,205
1987	73,188	370,654
1988	72,944	378,575
1989	72,327	390,081
1990	71,727	402,629
1991	70,506	413,354
1992	69,830	423,294
1993	69,016	430,759
1994	68,336	438,274
1995	67,585	453,719
1996	66,094	469,740
1997	64,954	489,984
1998	64,788	509,167
1999	64,922	527,634
2000	64,268	545,129
2001	62,199	555,220
2002	58,388	563,692
2003	56,743	568,220
2004	55,769	579,424
2005	57,139	593,685
2006	54,177	605,001
2007	55,244	617,247
2008	56,491	630,610
2009	55,757	654,439
2010	50,803	676,554
2011	52,884	694,033
2012	52,036	708,847
2013	49,227	720,228
2014	49,559	728,978
2015	49,077	731,387
2016	45,565	735,630
2017	43,471	734,553
2018	42,469	722,445
2019	37,682	727,774
2020	29,164	727,455
2021	20,119	732,191
2022	21,409	750,270
2023	24,109	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Ivory Coast
1985	43	766
1986	42	735
1987	41	697
1988	40	671
1989	40	645
1990	40	619
1991	39	584
1992	39	546
1993	39	503
1994	39	463
1995	39	421
1996	39	381
1997	38	364
1998	37	380
1999	36	381
2000	36	378
2001	35	405
2002	34	427
2003	33	451
2004	33	456
2005	31	492
2006	30	544
2007	30	567
2008	30	562
2009	29	588
2010	29	592
2011	28	569
2012	27	566
2013	27	544
2014	27	522
2015	26	505
2016	27	488
2017	27	465
2018	28	449
2019	26	429
2020	34	447
2021	44	459
2022	27	409
2023	24	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	9.62%	32.1%
1961	9.36%	31.3%
1962	9.27%	30.5%
1963	9.25%	29.7%
1964	9.18%	28.9%
1965	9.02%	28.2%
1966	8.78%	27.4%
1967	8.49%	26.7%
1968	8.17%	26%
1969	7.85%	25.2%
1970	7.48%	24.5%
1971	7.02%	23.7%
1972	6.45%	22.9%
1973	5.82%	22.1%
1974	5.17%	21.2%
1975	4.54%	20.3%
1976	3.93%	19.5%
1977	3.39%	18.7%
1978	2.96%	18%
1979	2.65%	17.4%
1980	2.45%	16.9%
1981	2.33%	16.4%
1982	2.29%	16.1%
1983	2.27%	15.8%
1984	2.25%	15.5%
1985	2.2%	15.4%
1986	2.12%	15.3%
1987	2.01%	15.2%
1988	1.89%	15.2%
1989	1.78%	15.3%
1990	1.69%	15.3%
1991	1.62%	15.4%
1992	1.57%	15.4%
1993	1.53%	15.4%
1994	1.51%	15.3%
1995	1.49%	15.2%
1996	1.47%	15.1%
1997	1.45%	14.9%
1998	1.41%	14.6%
1999	1.36%	14.4%
2000	1.31%	14.1%
2001	1.26%	13.7%
2002	1.22%	13.3%
2003	1.18%	13%
2004	1.15%	12.6%
2005	1.13%	12.2%
2006	1.12%	11.8%
2007	1.11%	11.4%
2008	1.09%	11%
2009	1.07%	10.6%
2010	1.05%	10.2%
2011	1.02%	9.91%
2012	0.98%	9.6%
2013	0.95%	9.27%
2014	0.92%	8.92%
2015	0.9%	8.61%
2016	0.89%	8.36%
2017	0.89%	8.11%
2018	0.89%	7.85%
2019	0.91%	7.59%
2020	0.94%	7.37%
2021	0.97%	7.14%
2022	1.01%	6.92%
2023	1.05%	6.71%