Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	6.71	8.08
1961	6.65	8.12
1962	6.54	8.12
1963	6.39	8.12
1964	6.19	8.14
1965	5.96	8.16
1966	5.7	8.2
1967	5.42	8.17
1968	5.03	8.14
1969	4.84	8.11
1970	4.59	8.07
1971	4.36	8.04
1972	4.16	8
1973	3.99	7.95
1974	3.89	7.9
1975	3.8	7.83
1976	3.75	7.76
1977	3.7	7.67
1978	3.66	7.58
1979	3.65	7.47
1980	3.58	7.37
1981	3.56	7.27
1982	3.54	7.18
1983	3.53	7.08
1984	3.52	6.99
1985	3.51	6.87
1986	3.45	6.73
1987	3.38	6.57
1988	3.31	6.38
1989	3.24	6.18
1990	3.17	5.97
1991	3.08	5.76
1992	3	5.55
1993	2.93	5.38
1994	2.86	5.23
1995	2.78	5.09
1996	2.68	5.02
1997	2.59	4.96
1998	2.53	4.87
1999	2.48	4.78
2000	2.41	4.7
2001	2.31	4.58
2002	2.16	4.49
2003	2.08	4.42
2004	2.03	4.34
2005	2.04	4.28
2006	1.94	4.2
2007	1.95	4.09
2008	1.98	3.97
2009	1.95	3.83
2010	1.83	3.67
2011	1.88	3.53
2012	1.85	3.38
2013	1.78	3.25
2014	1.8	3.18
2015	1.8	3.13
2016	1.75	3.09
2017	1.71	3.06
2018	1.71	3.04
2019	1.6	3.01
2020	1.45	2.99
2021	1.35	2.96
2022	1.34	2.94
2023	1.33	2.92
2024	1.32	2.86
2025	1.31	2.82
2026	1.31	2.77
2027	1.31	2.73
2028	1.3	2.69
2029	1.31	2.65
2030	1.31	2.6
2031	1.31	2.57
2032	1.32	2.53
2033	1.32	2.5
2034	1.32	2.47
2035	1.33	2.44
2036	1.33	2.41
2037	1.34	2.38
2038	1.34	2.36
2039	1.35	2.34
2040	1.35	2.31
2041	1.35	2.29
2042	1.36	2.26
2043	1.36	2.24
2044	1.37	2.23
2045	1.37	2.21
2046	1.37	2.19
2047	1.38	2.17
2048	1.38	2.15
2049	1.38	2.13
2050	1.38	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1960	46.4%	46.1%
1961	46.6%	46.7%
1962	46.7%	47.1%
1963	46.7%	47.4%
1964	46.6%	47.5%
1965	46.5%	47.5%
1966	46.3%	47.2%
1967	45.9%	46.7%
1968	45.5%	46.1%
1969	45%	45.3%
1970	44.4%	45%
1971	43.8%	45.6%
1972	43.1%	46.6%
1973	42.3%	47.3%
1974	41.5%	47.8%
1975	40.8%	48.2%
1976	40%	48.5%
1977	39.2%	49%
1978	38.6%	49.4%
1979	38%	49.8%
1980	37.5%	50.1%
1981	37.1%	50.3%
1982	36.7%	50.3%
1983	36.5%	50.4%
1984	36.4%	50.4%
1985	36.3%	50.6%
1986	36.3%	50.7%
1987	36.2%	50.8%
1988	36.2%	50.8%
1989	36.1%	50.6%
1990	36%	50.2%
1991	35.7%	49.7%
1992	35.4%	49.1%
1993	35%	48.4%
1994	34.6%	47.5%
1995	34.1%	46.6%
1996	33.6%	45.6%
1997	33%	44.7%
1998	32.4%	43.7%
1999	31.8%	42.8%
2000	31.1%	42%
2001	30.5%	41.3%
2002	29.8%	40.6%
2003	29.1%	39.9%
2004	28.4%	39.4%
2005	27.7%	39.1%
2006	27.1%	38.9%
2007	26.5%	39%
2008	25.9%	39.2%
2009	25.4%	39.4%
2010	24.9%	39.7%
2011	24.3%	39.7%
2012	23.9%	39.4%
2013	23.4%	38.8%
2014	23%	38.2%
2015	22.5%	37.5%
2016	22.1%	36.8%
2017	21.8%	36.2%
2018	21.4%	35.7%
2019	21.1%	35.1%
2020	20.7%	34.5%
2021	20.3%	34.4%
2022	19.8%	34.6%
2023	19.3%	34.7%
2024	18.8%	34.5%
2025	18.3%	33.9%
2026	17.8%	33.2%
2027	17.3%	32.6%
2028	16.9%	32%
2029	16.4%	31.4%
2030	16%	30.9%
2031	15.5%	30.3%
2032	15.1%	29.7%
2033	14.7%	29.2%
2034	14.4%	28.6%
2035	14.1%	28.1%
2036	13.9%	27.6%
2037	13.8%	27.3%
2038	13.7%	27.3%
2039	13.6%	27.4%
2040	13.5%	27.7%
2041	13.4%	28%
2042	13.3%	28.3%
2043	13.2%	28.6%
2044	13.2%	28.8%
2045	13.1%	29%
2046	13%	29.1%
2047	12.9%	29.1%
2048	12.8%	29%
2049	12.7%	28.8%
2050	12.6%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 36% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	48,857	452
1961	50,149	469
1962	51,046	488
1963	51,403	509
1964	51,435	536
1965	51,196	566
1966	50,755	603
1967	50,193	636
1968	48,361	685
1969	48,790	747
1970	48,398	819
1971	48,341	877
1972	48,417	913
1973	48,943	954
1974	50,349	1,000
1975	51,979	1,055
1976	54,019	1,109
1977	56,122	1,160
1978	58,327	1,207
1979	60,984	1,250
1980	62,561	1,287
1981	64,632	1,328
1982	66,826	1,375
1983	68,972	1,422
1984	71,062	1,470
1985	72,776	1,511
1986	73,211	1,544
1987	73,188	1,566
1988	72,944	1,575
1989	72,327	1,574
1990	71,727	1,556
1991	70,506	1,540
1992	69,830	1,525
1993	69,016	1,524
1994	68,336	1,524
1995	67,585	1,522
1996	66,094	1,542
1997	64,954	1,564
1998	64,788	1,576
1999	64,922	1,590
2000	64,268	1,592
2001	62,199	1,596
2002	58,388	1,594
2003	56,743	1,600
2004	55,769	1,595
2005	57,139	1,586
2006	54,177	1,556
2007	55,244	1,507
2008	56,491	1,443
2009	55,757	1,365
2010	50,803	1,273
2011	52,884	1,185
2012	52,036	1,097
2013	49,227	1,014
2014	49,559	959
2015	49,077	912
2016	45,565	866
2017	43,471	826
2018	42,469	785
2019	37,682	746
2020	29,164	689
2021	20,119	653
2022	21,409	606
2023	24,109	550

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Marshall Islands
1985	43	254
1986	42	274
1987	41	282
1988	40	276
1989	40	299
1990	40	311
1991	39	297
1992	39	322
1993	39	320
1994	39	303
1995	39	303
1996	39	292
1997	38	274
1998	37	259
1999	36	250
2000	36	251
2001	35	231
2002	34	223
2003	33	221
2004	33	238
2005	31	234
2006	30	233
2007	30	229
2008	30	226
2009	29	224
2010	29	212
2011	28	209
2012	27	207
2013	27	201
2014	27	199
2015	26	184
2016	27	183
2017	27	179
2018	28	167
2019	26	168
2020	34	178
2021	44	206
2022	27	174
2023	24	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	9.62%	12.2%
1961	9.36%	11.6%
1962	9.27%	11%
1963	9.25%	10.5%
1964	9.18%	10.1%
1965	9.02%	9.64%
1966	8.78%	9.25%
1967	8.49%	8.88%
1968	8.17%	8.53%
1969	7.85%	8.19%
1970	7.48%	7.87%
1971	7.02%	7.58%
1972	6.45%	7.33%
1973	5.82%	7.13%
1974	5.17%	6.97%
1975	4.54%	6.86%
1976	3.93%	6.77%
1977	3.39%	6.69%
1978	2.96%	6.61%
1979	2.65%	6.52%
1980	2.45%	6.42%
1981	2.33%	6.29%
1982	2.29%	6.15%
1983	2.27%	6%
1984	2.25%	5.83%
1985	2.2%	5.66%
1986	2.12%	5.49%
1987	2.01%	5.31%
1988	1.89%	5.13%
1989	1.78%	4.95%
1990	1.69%	4.76%
1991	1.62%	4.59%
1992	1.57%	4.43%
1993	1.53%	4.29%
1994	1.51%	4.2%
1995	1.49%	4.15%
1996	1.47%	4.14%
1997	1.45%	4.15%
1998	1.41%	4.19%
1999	1.36%	4.23%
2000	1.31%	4.25%
2001	1.26%	4.25%
2002	1.22%	4.24%
2003	1.18%	4.21%
2004	1.15%	4.18%
2005	1.13%	4.14%
2006	1.12%	4.1%
2007	1.11%	4.06%
2008	1.09%	4.02%
2009	1.07%	3.97%
2010	1.05%	3.94%
2011	1.02%	3.89%
2012	0.98%	3.82%
2013	0.95%	3.75%
2014	0.92%	3.66%
2015	0.9%	3.57%
2016	0.89%	3.48%
2017	0.89%	3.38%
2018	0.89%	3.29%
2019	0.91%	3.19%
2020	0.94%	3.1%
2021	0.97%	3%
2022	1.01%	2.91%
2023	1.05%	2.82%