Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.71	5.9
1961	6.65	5.9
1962	6.54	5.9
1963	6.39	5.91
1964	6.19	5.91
1965	5.96	5.91
1966	5.7	5.88
1967	5.42	5.84
1968	5.03	5.8
1969	4.84	5.75
1970	4.59	5.68
1971	4.36	5.62
1972	4.16	5.53
1973	3.99	5.44
1974	3.89	5.34
1975	3.8	5.25
1976	3.75	5.16
1977	3.7	5.07
1978	3.66	4.99
1979	3.65	4.9
1980	3.58	4.79
1981	3.56	4.69
1982	3.54	4.66
1983	3.53	4.63
1984	3.52	4.52
1985	3.51	4.32
1986	3.45	4.08
1987	3.38	3.86
1988	3.31	3.67
1989	3.24	3.59
1990	3.17	3.5
1991	3.08	3.43
1992	3	3.35
1993	2.93	3.28
1994	2.86	3.2
1995	2.78	3.13
1996	2.68	3.06
1997	2.59	2.99
1998	2.53	2.91
1999	2.48	2.85
2000	2.41	2.81
2001	2.31	2.79
2002	2.16	2.77
2003	2.08	2.68
2004	2.03	2.59
2005	2.04	2.52
2006	1.94	2.47
2007	1.95	2.45
2008	1.98	2.4
2009	1.95	2.37
2010	1.83	2.34
2011	1.88	2.31
2012	1.85	2.28
2013	1.78	2.26
2014	1.8	2.25
2015	1.8	2.27
2016	1.75	2.27
2017	1.71	2.25
2018	1.71	2.23
2019	1.6	2.21
2020	1.45	2.18
2021	1.35	2.16
2022	1.34	2.13
2023	1.33	2.12
2024	1.32	2.1
2025	1.31	2.08
2026	1.31	2.06
2027	1.31	2.04
2028	1.3	2.02
2029	1.31	2.01
2030	1.31	2
2031	1.31	1.98
2032	1.32	1.97
2033	1.32	1.96
2034	1.32	1.94
2035	1.33	1.93
2036	1.33	1.92
2037	1.34	1.92
2038	1.34	1.91
2039	1.35	1.9
2040	1.35	1.89
2041	1.35	1.89
2042	1.36	1.88
2043	1.36	1.87
2044	1.37	1.86
2045	1.37	1.86
2046	1.37	1.85
2047	1.38	1.85
2048	1.38	1.84
2049	1.38	1.83
2050	1.38	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Myanmar
1960	46.4%	39.9%
1961	46.6%	40.2%
1962	46.7%	40.6%
1963	46.7%	40.9%
1964	46.6%	41%
1965	46.5%	41.1%
1966	46.3%	41.1%
1967	45.9%	41%
1968	45.5%	40.9%
1969	45%	40.8%
1970	44.4%	40.7%
1971	43.8%	40.6%
1972	43.1%	40.5%
1973	42.3%	40.3%
1974	41.5%	40.2%
1975	40.8%	40.1%
1976	40%	40%
1977	39.2%	39.8%
1978	38.6%	39.6%
1979	38%	39.4%
1980	37.5%	39.2%
1981	37.1%	39%
1982	36.7%	38.8%
1983	36.5%	38.6%
1984	36.4%	38.3%
1985	36.3%	38.1%
1986	36.3%	37.8%
1987	36.2%	37.4%
1988	36.2%	37%
1989	36.1%	36.6%
1990	36%	36.2%
1991	35.7%	35.8%
1992	35.4%	35.4%
1993	35%	35.1%
1994	34.6%	34.7%
1995	34.1%	34.2%
1996	33.6%	33.8%
1997	33%	33.3%
1998	32.4%	32.8%
1999	31.8%	32.3%
2000	31.1%	31.8%
2001	30.5%	31.4%
2002	29.8%	31%
2003	29.1%	30.7%
2004	28.4%	30.4%
2005	27.7%	30.1%
2006	27.1%	29.7%
2007	26.5%	29.4%
2008	25.9%	29%
2009	25.4%	28.6%
2010	24.9%	28.2%
2011	24.3%	27.9%
2012	23.9%	27.5%
2013	23.4%	27.1%
2014	23%	26.8%
2015	22.5%	26.5%
2016	22.1%	26.2%
2017	21.8%	25.9%
2018	21.4%	25.6%
2019	21.1%	25.4%
2020	20.7%	25.1%
2021	20.3%	24.9%
2022	19.8%	24.7%
2023	19.3%	24.5%
2024	18.8%	24.3%
2025	18.3%	24.1%
2026	17.8%	23.9%
2027	17.3%	23.6%
2028	16.9%	23.4%
2029	16.4%	23.2%
2030	16%	23%
2031	15.5%	22.7%
2032	15.1%	22.4%
2033	14.7%	22.2%
2034	14.4%	21.9%
2035	14.1%	21.7%
2036	13.9%	21.4%
2037	13.8%	21.2%
2038	13.7%	21%
2039	13.6%	20.8%
2040	13.5%	20.6%
2041	13.4%	20.4%
2042	13.3%	20.2%
2043	13.2%	20.1%
2044	13.2%	19.9%
2045	13.1%	19.8%
2046	13%	19.6%
2047	12.9%	19.5%
2048	12.8%	19.4%
2049	12.7%	19.2%
2050	12.6%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 36% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	48,857	465,049
1961	50,149	474,818
1962	51,046	487,925
1963	51,403	501,548
1964	51,435	516,334
1965	51,196	533,443
1966	50,755	546,378
1967	50,193	559,577
1968	48,361	571,123
1969	48,790	584,979
1970	48,398	595,337
1971	48,341	608,784
1972	48,417	616,411
1973	48,943	624,619
1974	50,349	628,458
1975	51,979	635,005
1976	54,019	642,829
1977	56,122	649,915
1978	58,327	658,068
1979	60,984	669,338
1980	62,561	673,815
1981	64,632	679,851
1982	66,826	701,212
1983	68,972	719,710
1984	71,062	723,623
1985	72,776	705,905
1986	73,211	679,467
1987	73,188	652,960
1988	72,944	630,392
1989	72,327	636,610
1990	71,727	636,081
1991	70,506	637,622
1992	69,830	634,484
1993	69,016	633,576
1994	68,336	626,411
1995	67,585	620,376
1996	66,094	619,488
1997	64,954	613,103
1998	64,788	606,110
1999	64,922	597,916
2000	64,268	596,979
2001	62,199	601,524
2002	58,388	602,873
2003	56,743	582,173
2004	55,769	556,494
2005	57,139	537,429
2006	54,177	527,165
2007	55,244	523,745
2008	56,491	373,287
2009	55,757	505,144
2010	50,803	497,745
2011	52,884	492,271
2012	52,036	487,210
2013	49,227	487,648
2014	49,559	488,114
2015	49,077	495,769
2016	45,565	499,508
2017	43,471	492,276
2018	42,469	482,316
2019	37,682	469,924
2020	29,164	448,626
2021	20,119	394,104
2022	21,409	415,647
2023	24,109	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Myanmar
1985	43	674
1986	42	652
1987	41	631
1988	40	616
1989	40	603
1990	40	586
1991	39	566
1992	39	542
1993	39	522
1994	39	498
1995	39	472
1996	39	442
1997	38	416
1998	37	398
1999	36	388
2000	36	375
2001	35	361
2002	34	347
2003	33	335
2004	33	324
2005	31	312
2006	30	301
2007	30	290
2008	30	286
2009	29	268
2010	29	259
2011	28	249
2012	27	243
2013	27	237
2014	27	228
2015	26	222
2016	27	215
2017	27	209
2018	28	201
2019	26	195
2020	34	198
2021	44	231
2022	27	193
2023	24	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
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%	18%
1969	7.85%	17.7%
1970	7.48%	17.4%
1971	7.02%	17%
1972	6.45%	16.7%
1973	5.82%	16.3%
1974	5.17%	16%
1975	4.54%	15.6%
1976	3.93%	15.3%
1977	3.39%	14.9%
1978	2.96%	14.6%
1979	2.65%	14.3%
1980	2.45%	14%
1981	2.33%	13.7%
1982	2.29%	13.4%
1983	2.27%	13.1%
1984	2.25%	12.9%
1985	2.2%	12.7%
1986	2.12%	12.5%
1987	2.01%	12.2%
1988	1.89%	12%
1989	1.78%	11.8%
1990	1.69%	11.5%
1991	1.62%	11.3%
1992	1.57%	11%
1993	1.53%	10.7%
1994	1.51%	10.5%
1995	1.49%	10.2%
1996	1.47%	9.94%
1997	1.45%	9.68%
1998	1.41%	9.43%
1999	1.36%	9.19%
2000	1.31%	8.95%
2001	1.26%	8.71%
2002	1.22%	8.47%
2003	1.18%	8.22%
2004	1.15%	7.97%
2005	1.13%	7.71%
2006	1.12%	7.44%
2007	1.11%	7.16%
2008	1.09%	10.1%
2009	1.07%	6.6%
2010	1.05%	6.32%
2011	1.02%	6.05%
2012	0.98%	5.8%
2013	0.95%	5.56%
2014	0.92%	5.34%
2015	0.9%	5.13%
2016	0.89%	4.95%
2017	0.89%	4.77%
2018	0.89%	4.6%
2019	0.91%	4.44%
2020	0.94%	4.29%
2021	0.97%	4.14%
2022	1.01%	4%
2023	1.05%	3.87%