Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Mauritius 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 1.39 in Mauritius in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Mauritius
1960	6.71	5.9
1961	6.65	5.98
1962	6.54	5.88
1963	6.39	6.18
1964	6.19	5.96
1965	5.96	5.51
1966	5.7	5.46
1967	5.42	4.63
1968	5.03	4.6
1969	4.84	3.97
1970	4.59	3.82
1971	4.36	3.51
1972	4.16	3.41
1973	3.99	3.07
1974	3.89	3.45
1975	3.8	3.2
1976	3.75	3.13
1977	3.7	3.07
1978	3.66	3.01
1979	3.65	2.91
1980	3.58	2.8
1981	3.56	2.67
1982	3.54	2.53
1983	3.53	2.4
1984	3.52	2.16
1985	3.51	2.02
1986	3.45	1.99
1987	3.38	2.05
1988	3.31	2.14
1989	3.24	2.23
1990	3.17	2.32
1991	3.08	2.3
1992	3	2.37
1993	2.93	2.21
1994	2.86	2.25
1995	2.78	2.14
1996	2.68	2.12
1997	2.59	2.04
1998	2.53	1.97
1999	2.48	2.05
2000	2.41	1.99
2001	2.31	1.91
2002	2.16	1.94
2003	2.08	1.87
2004	2.03	1.92
2005	2.04	1.88
2006	1.94	1.77
2007	1.95	1.74
2008	1.98	1.67
2009	1.95	1.59
2010	1.83	1.57
2011	1.88	1.55
2012	1.85	1.54
2013	1.78	1.44
2014	1.8	1.43
2015	1.8	1.36
2016	1.75	1.4
2017	1.71	1.44
2018	1.71	1.41
2019	1.6	1.4
2020	1.45	1.44
2021	1.35	1.41
2022	1.34	1.32
2023	1.33	1.39
2024	1.32	1.37
2025	1.31	1.36
2026	1.31	1.35
2027	1.31	1.35
2028	1.3	1.35
2029	1.31	1.35
2030	1.31	1.36
2031	1.31	1.36
2032	1.32	1.37
2033	1.32	1.37
2034	1.32	1.38
2035	1.33	1.39
2036	1.33	1.39
2037	1.34	1.4
2038	1.34	1.41
2039	1.35	1.41
2040	1.35	1.42
2041	1.35	1.42
2042	1.36	1.43
2043	1.36	1.43
2044	1.37	1.44
2045	1.37	1.45
2046	1.37	1.45
2047	1.38	1.46
2048	1.38	1.46
2049	1.38	1.47
2050	1.38	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Mauritius
1960	46.4%	45%
1961	46.6%	45%
1962	46.7%	45.1%
1963	46.7%	45.1%
1964	46.6%	44.8%
1965	46.5%	44.4%
1966	46.3%	44%
1967	45.9%	43.4%
1968	45.5%	42.9%
1969	45%	42.3%
1970	44.4%	41.6%
1971	43.8%	40.9%
1972	43.1%	40.1%
1973	42.3%	39.1%
1974	41.5%	38.2%
1975	40.8%	37.3%
1976	40%	36.5%
1977	39.2%	35.7%
1978	38.6%	34.9%
1979	38%	34.2%
1980	37.5%	33.6%
1981	37.1%	33.1%
1982	36.7%	32.6%
1983	36.5%	32.2%
1984	36.4%	31.8%
1985	36.3%	31.4%
1986	36.3%	31.1%
1987	36.2%	30.8%
1988	36.2%	30.5%
1989	36.1%	30.1%
1990	36%	29.8%
1991	35.7%	29.4%
1992	35.4%	29%
1993	35%	28.5%
1994	34.6%	28%
1995	34.1%	27.5%
1996	33.6%	27%
1997	33%	26.6%
1998	32.4%	26.2%
1999	31.8%	25.8%
2000	31.1%	25.6%
2001	30.5%	25.3%
2002	29.8%	25%
2003	29.1%	24.7%
2004	28.4%	24.3%
2005	27.7%	23.9%
2006	27.1%	23.4%
2007	26.5%	22.9%
2008	25.9%	22.3%
2009	25.4%	21.7%
2010	24.9%	21.1%
2011	24.3%	20.6%
2012	23.9%	20.1%
2013	23.4%	19.7%
2014	23%	19.3%
2015	22.5%	18.9%
2016	22.1%	18.4%
2017	21.8%	17.9%
2018	21.4%	17.4%
2019	21.1%	16.9%
2020	20.7%	16.4%
2021	20.3%	15.9%
2022	19.8%	15.5%
2023	19.3%	15.1%
2024	18.8%	14.8%
2025	18.3%	14.5%
2026	17.8%	14.3%
2027	17.3%	14.1%
2028	16.9%	14%
2029	16.4%	13.8%
2030	16%	13.7%
2031	15.5%	13.6%
2032	15.1%	13.5%
2033	14.7%	13.4%
2034	14.4%	13.3%
2035	14.1%	13.2%
2036	13.9%	13%
2037	13.8%	12.9%
2038	13.7%	12.8%
2039	13.6%	12.7%
2040	13.5%	12.6%
2041	13.4%	12.5%
2042	13.3%	12.4%
2043	13.2%	12.3%
2044	13.2%	12.2%
2045	13.1%	12.1%
2046	13%	12%
2047	12.9%	11.8%
2048	12.8%	11.7%
2049	12.7%	11.6%
2050	12.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 36% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.15% in Mauritius. 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	Mauritius
1960	48,857	19,931
1961	50,149	20,355
1962	51,046	20,660
1963	51,403	22,069
1964	51,435	22,239
1965	51,196	20,482
1966	50,755	20,758
1967	50,193	17,560
1968	48,361	17,884
1969	48,790	15,761
1970	48,398	16,190
1971	48,341	15,441
1972	48,417	14,825
1973	48,943	13,145
1974	50,349	17,561
1975	51,979	15,342
1976	54,019	16,407
1977	56,122	16,769
1978	58,327	18,670
1979	60,984	19,282
1980	62,561	19,321
1981	64,632	18,334
1982	66,826	15,880
1983	68,972	14,525
1984	71,062	13,665
1985	72,776	12,451
1986	73,211	12,340
1987	73,188	13,262
1988	72,944	14,084
1989	72,327	14,718
1990	71,727	15,564
1991	70,506	15,091
1992	69,830	15,833
1993	69,016	14,814
1994	68,336	14,355
1995	67,585	13,020
1996	66,094	13,041
1997	64,954	11,943
1998	64,788	11,489
1999	64,922	12,341
2000	64,268	12,224
2001	62,199	11,723
2002	58,388	11,685
2003	56,743	10,799
2004	55,769	10,745
2005	57,139	10,195
2006	54,177	8,515
2007	55,244	8,429
2008	56,491	7,465
2009	55,757	6,113
2010	50,803	5,877
2011	52,884	5,511
2012	52,036	5,149
2013	49,227	4,281
2014	49,559	3,657
2015	49,077	3,031
2016	45,565	2,906
2017	43,471	3,415
2018	42,469	2,151
2019	37,682	1,773
2020	29,164	2,405
2021	20,119	-253
2022	21,409	-757
2023	24,109	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Mauritius

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 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Mauritius
1985	43	111
1986	42	106
1987	41	103
1988	40	93
1989	40	85
1990	40	77
1991	39	75
1992	39	73
1993	39	70
1994	39	63
1995	39	55
1996	39	52
1997	38	49
1998	37	48
1999	36	46
2000	36	43
2001	35	42
2002	34	42
2003	33	42
2004	33	43
2005	31	43
2006	30	45
2007	30	46
2008	30	48
2009	29	51
2010	29	53
2011	28	55
2012	27	55
2013	27	58
2014	27	60
2015	26	61
2016	27	62
2017	27	66
2018	28	67
2019	26	67
2020	34	58
2021	44	80
2022	27	61
2023	24	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 1.52% in Mauritius. 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	Mauritius
1960	9.62%	10.2%
1961	9.36%	9.82%
1962	9.27%	9.31%
1963	9.25%	8.72%
1964	9.18%	8.4%
1965	9.02%	8.66%
1966	8.78%	9.25%
1967	8.49%	9.55%
1968	8.17%	9.25%
1969	7.85%	8.72%
1970	7.48%	8.35%
1971	7.02%	8.15%
1972	6.45%	7.98%
1973	5.82%	7.71%
1974	5.17%	7.24%
1975	4.54%	6.53%
1976	3.93%	5.74%
1977	3.39%	5.08%
1978	2.96%	4.62%
1979	2.65%	4.28%
1980	2.45%	4.02%
1981	2.33%	3.77%
1982	2.29%	3.47%
1983	2.27%	3.15%
1984	2.25%	2.92%
1985	2.2%	2.85%
1986	2.12%	2.88%
1987	2.01%	2.85%
1988	1.89%	2.7%
1989	1.78%	2.5%
1990	1.69%	2.32%
1991	1.62%	2.19%
1992	1.57%	2.13%
1993	1.53%	2.12%
1994	1.51%	2.16%
1995	1.49%	2.22%
1996	1.47%	2.26%
1997	1.45%	2.25%
1998	1.41%	2.16%
1999	1.36%	2.03%
2000	1.31%	1.89%
2001	1.26%	1.76%
2002	1.22%	1.66%
2003	1.18%	1.6%
2004	1.15%	1.57%
2005	1.13%	1.55%
2006	1.12%	1.54%
2007	1.11%	1.52%
2008	1.09%	1.5%
2009	1.07%	1.48%
2010	1.05%	1.48%
2011	1.02%	1.49%
2012	0.98%	1.5%
2013	0.95%	1.49%
2014	0.92%	1.47%
2015	0.9%	1.47%
2016	0.89%	1.47%
2017	0.89%	1.5%
2018	0.89%	1.53%
2019	0.91%	1.57%
2020	0.94%	1.58%
2021	0.97%	1.57%
2022	1.01%	1.55%
2023	1.05%	1.52%