Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Latvia

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Latvia 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 1.36 in Latvia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Latvia 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	Latvia
1960	6.71	1.94
1961	6.65	1.94
1962	6.54	1.91
1963	6.39	1.85
1964	6.19	1.79
1965	5.96	1.74
1966	5.7	1.76
1967	5.42	1.8
1968	5.03	1.83
1969	4.84	1.88
1970	4.59	1.96
1971	4.36	2
1972	4.16	2
1973	3.99	1.98
1974	3.89	1.97
1975	3.8	1.96
1976	3.75	1.93
1977	3.7	1.89
1978	3.66	1.87
1979	3.65	1.87
1980	3.58	1.86
1981	3.56	1.88
1982	3.54	1.97
1983	3.53	2.07
1984	3.52	2.09
1985	3.51	2.08
1986	3.45	2.12
1987	3.38	2.15
1988	3.31	2.11
1989	3.24	2.05
1990	3.17	2.02
1991	3.08	1.86
1992	3	1.73
1993	2.93	1.51
1994	2.86	1.39
1995	2.78	1.25
1996	2.68	1.16
1997	2.59	1.11
1998	2.53	1.09
1999	2.48	1.16
2000	2.41	1.25
2001	2.31	1.22
2002	2.16	1.26
2003	2.08	1.32
2004	2.03	1.29
2005	2.04	1.39
2006	1.94	1.46
2007	1.95	1.54
2008	1.98	1.58
2009	1.95	1.46
2010	1.83	1.36
2011	1.88	1.33
2012	1.85	1.44
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.8	1.65
2015	1.8	1.7
2016	1.75	1.74
2017	1.71	1.69
2018	1.71	1.6
2019	1.6	1.61
2020	1.45	1.55
2021	1.35	1.57
2022	1.34	1.47
2023	1.33	1.36
2024	1.32	1.36
2025	1.31	1.37
2026	1.31	1.38
2027	1.31	1.38
2028	1.3	1.39
2029	1.31	1.39
2030	1.31	1.4
2031	1.31	1.4
2032	1.32	1.41
2033	1.32	1.41
2034	1.32	1.41
2035	1.33	1.42
2036	1.33	1.42
2037	1.34	1.42
2038	1.34	1.43
2039	1.35	1.43
2040	1.35	1.43
2041	1.35	1.44
2042	1.36	1.44
2043	1.36	1.44
2044	1.37	1.45
2045	1.37	1.45
2046	1.37	1.45
2047	1.38	1.46
2048	1.38	1.46
2049	1.38	1.46
2050	1.38	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1960	46.4%	22.2%
1961	46.6%	22.4%
1962	46.7%	22.6%
1963	46.7%	22.5%
1964	46.6%	22.4%
1965	46.5%	22.2%
1966	46.3%	22%
1967	45.9%	21.8%
1968	45.5%	21.7%
1969	45%	21.6%
1970	44.4%	21.6%
1971	43.8%	21.5%
1972	43.1%	21.5%
1973	42.3%	21.3%
1974	41.5%	21.2%
1975	40.8%	21%
1976	40%	20.8%
1977	39.2%	20.6%
1978	38.6%	20.5%
1979	38%	20.4%
1980	37.5%	20.5%
1981	37.1%	20.6%
1982	36.7%	20.8%
1983	36.5%	20.9%
1984	36.4%	21.1%
1985	36.3%	21.2%
1986	36.3%	21.3%
1987	36.2%	21.3%
1988	36.2%	21.4%
1989	36.1%	21.4%
1990	36%	21.5%
1991	35.7%	21.5%
1992	35.4%	21.4%
1993	35%	21.2%
1994	34.6%	21%
1995	34.1%	20.7%
1996	33.6%	20.2%
1997	33%	19.7%
1998	32.4%	19%
1999	31.8%	18.3%
2000	31.1%	17.7%
2001	30.5%	17%
2002	29.8%	16.4%
2003	29.1%	15.8%
2004	28.4%	15.2%
2005	27.7%	14.7%
2006	27.1%	14.4%
2007	26.5%	14.1%
2008	25.9%	14%
2009	25.4%	14.1%
2010	24.9%	14.2%
2011	24.3%	14.2%
2012	23.9%	14.4%
2013	23.4%	14.6%
2014	23%	14.8%
2015	22.5%	15.1%
2016	22.1%	15.4%
2017	21.8%	15.7%
2018	21.4%	15.8%
2019	21.1%	15.9%
2020	20.7%	16%
2021	20.3%	16%
2022	19.8%	15.9%
2023	19.3%	15.7%
2024	18.8%	15.4%
2025	18.3%	15.2%
2026	17.8%	15%
2027	17.3%	14.8%
2028	16.9%	14.5%
2029	16.4%	14.1%
2030	16%	13.7%
2031	15.5%	13.2%
2032	15.1%	12.8%
2033	14.7%	12.4%
2034	14.4%	12.2%
2035	14.1%	11.9%
2036	13.9%	11.7%
2037	13.8%	11.6%
2038	13.7%	11.6%
2039	13.6%	11.6%
2040	13.5%	11.7%
2041	13.4%	11.7%
2042	13.3%	11.8%
2043	13.2%	12%
2044	13.2%	12.1%
2045	13.1%	12.2%
2046	13%	12.4%
2047	12.9%	12.5%
2048	12.8%	12.6%
2049	12.7%	12.7%
2050	12.6%	12.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 15.4% in Latvia in 2024, compared to 36% and 21.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Latvia compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Latvia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.54% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1960	48,857	14,211
1961	50,149	14,207
1962	51,046	11,562
1963	51,403	11,055
1964	51,435	12,100
1965	51,196	8,384
1966	50,755	8,677
1967	50,193	7,825
1968	48,361	7,668
1969	48,790	6,561
1970	48,398	7,785
1971	48,341	8,793
1972	48,417	7,666
1973	48,943	6,040
1974	50,349	6,824
1975	51,979	4,913
1976	54,019	4,200
1977	56,122	3,480
1978	58,327	2,997
1979	60,984	2,506
1980	62,561	3,265
1981	64,632	3,779
1982	66,826	6,327
1983	68,972	8,147
1984	71,062	7,430
1985	72,776	5,673
1986	73,211	10,660
1987	73,188	9,981
1988	72,944	9,022
1989	72,327	6,401
1990	71,727	2,929
1991	70,506	0
1992	69,830	-3,660
1993	69,016	-12,560
1994	68,336	-17,645
1995	67,585	-17,396
1996	66,094	-14,498
1997	64,954	-14,841
1998	64,788	-15,906
1999	64,922	-13,387
2000	64,268	-11,838
2001	62,199	-13,322
2002	58,388	-12,475
2003	56,743	-11,439
2004	55,769	-11,542
2005	57,139	-10,746
2006	54,177	-10,204
2007	55,244	-9,021
2008	56,491	-6,531
2009	55,757	-7,924
2010	50,803	-10,278
2011	52,884	-9,886
2012	52,036	-9,154
2013	49,227	-8,252
2014	49,559	-6,779
2015	49,077	-6,526
2016	45,565	-6,663
2017	43,471	-7,963
2018	42,469	-9,636
2019	37,682	-8,995
2020	29,164	-11,402
2021	20,119	-17,337
2022	21,409	-14,847
2023	24,109	-13,517

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Latvia

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 19 deaths in Latvia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Latvia
1985	43	51
1986	42	43
1987	41	44
1988	40	42
1989	40	46
1990	40	47
1991	39	46
1992	39	48
1993	39	57
1994	39	65
1995	39	59
1996	39	45
1997	38	41
1998	37	40
1999	36	40
2000	36	34
2001	35	32
2002	34	29
2003	33	30
2004	33	28
2005	31	27
2006	30	28
2007	30	27
2008	30	25
2009	29	24
2010	29	22
2011	28	22
2012	27	20
2013	27	24
2014	27	22
2015	26	22
2016	27	23
2017	27	23
2018	28	23
2019	26	22
2020	34	21
2021	44	42
2022	27	29
2023	24	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.3% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
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%	2.08%
1980	2.45%	2.07%
1981	2.33%	2.06%
1982	2.29%	2.03%
1983	2.27%	1.96%
1984	2.25%	1.87%
1985	2.2%	1.75%
1986	2.12%	1.64%
1987	2.01%	1.55%
1988	1.89%	1.53%
1989	1.78%	1.58%
1990	1.69%	1.7%
1991	1.62%	1.83%
1992	1.57%	1.93%
1993	1.53%	1.99%
1994	1.51%	2%
1995	1.49%	1.98%
1996	1.47%	1.9%
1997	1.45%	1.79%
1998	1.41%	1.67%
1999	1.36%	1.54%
2000	1.31%	1.42%
2001	1.26%	1.33%
2002	1.22%	1.26%
2003	1.18%	1.19%
2004	1.15%	1.12%
2005	1.13%	1.05%
2006	1.12%	0.99%
2007	1.11%	0.93%
2008	1.09%	0.88%
2009	1.07%	0.83%
2010	1.05%	0.78%
2011	1.02%	0.72%
2012	0.98%	0.66%
2013	0.95%	0.6%
2014	0.92%	0.55%
2015	0.9%	0.51%
2016	0.89%	0.47%
2017	0.89%	0.45%
2018	0.89%	0.42%
2019	0.91%	0.4%
2020	0.94%	0.37%
2021	0.97%	0.35%
2022	1.01%	0.32%
2023	1.05%	0.3%