Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Namibia

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	6.71	6.24
1961	6.65	6.29
1962	6.54	6.35
1963	6.39	6.41
1964	6.19	6.43
1965	5.96	6.45
1966	5.7	6.47
1967	5.42	6.49
1968	5.03	6.5
1969	4.84	6.51
1970	4.59	6.52
1971	4.36	6.52
1972	4.16	6.53
1973	3.99	6.54
1974	3.89	6.55
1975	3.8	6.53
1976	3.75	6.49
1977	3.7	6.44
1978	3.66	6.38
1979	3.65	6.31
1980	3.58	6.24
1981	3.56	6.16
1982	3.54	6.08
1983	3.53	6
1984	3.52	5.94
1985	3.51	5.88
1986	3.45	5.79
1987	3.38	5.7
1988	3.31	5.61
1989	3.24	5.52
1990	3.17	5.4
1991	3.08	5.29
1992	3	5.11
1993	2.93	4.91
1994	2.86	4.68
1995	2.78	4.42
1996	2.68	4.2
1997	2.59	4.17
1998	2.53	4.18
1999	2.48	4.14
2000	2.41	3.99
2001	2.31	3.83
2002	2.16	3.69
2003	2.08	3.58
2004	2.03	3.55
2005	2.04	3.57
2006	1.94	3.6
2007	1.95	3.61
2008	1.98	3.62
2009	1.95	3.63
2010	1.83	3.66
2011	1.88	3.66
2012	1.85	3.68
2013	1.78	3.65
2014	1.8	3.64
2015	1.8	3.6
2016	1.75	3.57
2017	1.71	3.51
2018	1.71	3.46
2019	1.6	3.4
2020	1.45	3.35
2021	1.35	3.3
2022	1.34	3.25
2023	1.33	3.21
2024	1.32	3.21
2025	1.31	3.17
2026	1.31	3.13
2027	1.31	3.09
2028	1.3	3.06
2029	1.31	3.02
2030	1.31	2.98
2031	1.31	2.94
2032	1.32	2.91
2033	1.32	2.88
2034	1.32	2.84
2035	1.33	2.81
2036	1.33	2.78
2037	1.34	2.75
2038	1.34	2.72
2039	1.35	2.68
2040	1.35	2.66
2041	1.35	2.63
2042	1.36	2.6
2043	1.36	2.58
2044	1.37	2.56
2045	1.37	2.53
2046	1.37	2.51
2047	1.38	2.49
2048	1.38	2.47
2049	1.38	2.45
2050	1.38	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Namibia
1960	46.4%	42.2%
1961	46.6%	42.4%
1962	46.7%	42.6%
1963	46.7%	42.7%
1964	46.6%	42.9%
1965	46.5%	43%
1966	46.3%	43.2%
1967	45.9%	43.3%
1968	45.5%	43.5%
1969	45%	43.6%
1970	44.4%	43.8%
1971	43.8%	43.9%
1972	43.1%	44.1%
1973	42.3%	44.3%
1974	41.5%	44.6%
1975	40.8%	44.8%
1976	40%	45%
1977	39.2%	45.3%
1978	38.6%	45.9%
1979	38%	46.3%
1980	37.5%	46.6%
1981	37.1%	47.1%
1982	36.7%	47.2%
1983	36.5%	46.9%
1984	36.4%	46.6%
1985	36.3%	46.2%
1986	36.3%	45.8%
1987	36.2%	45.3%
1988	36.2%	44.8%
1989	36.1%	43.4%
1990	36%	42.3%
1991	35.7%	42.2%
1992	35.4%	42.2%
1993	35%	42.2%
1994	34.6%	42.2%
1995	34.1%	42.1%
1996	33.6%	42%
1997	33%	41.9%
1998	32.4%	41.8%
1999	31.8%	41.7%
2000	31.1%	41.5%
2001	30.5%	41.3%
2002	29.8%	41%
2003	29.1%	40.5%
2004	28.4%	40%
2005	27.7%	39.4%
2006	27.1%	38.7%
2007	26.5%	38.1%
2008	25.9%	37.5%
2009	25.4%	37.1%
2010	24.9%	36.8%
2011	24.3%	36.7%
2012	23.9%	36.6%
2013	23.4%	36.6%
2014	23%	36.5%
2015	22.5%	36.5%
2016	22.1%	36.5%
2017	21.8%	36.7%
2018	21.4%	36.8%
2019	21.1%	37%
2020	20.7%	37.1%
2021	20.3%	37.4%
2022	19.8%	37.5%
2023	19.3%	37.3%
2024	18.8%	37%
2025	18.3%	36.7%
2026	17.8%	36.3%
2027	17.3%	35.9%
2028	16.9%	35.5%
2029	16.4%	35.1%
2030	16%	34.6%
2031	15.5%	34%
2032	15.1%	33.5%
2033	14.7%	32.9%
2034	14.4%	32.4%
2035	14.1%	31.8%
2036	13.9%	31.1%
2037	13.8%	30.6%
2038	13.7%	30.3%
2039	13.6%	30%
2040	13.5%	29.7%
2041	13.4%	29.5%
2042	13.3%	29.2%
2043	13.2%	29%
2044	13.2%	28.8%
2045	13.1%	28.5%
2046	13%	28.3%
2047	12.9%	28.1%
2048	12.8%	27.9%
2049	12.7%	27.7%
2050	12.6%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 36% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	48,857	14,307
1961	50,149	14,936
1962	51,046	15,656
1963	51,403	16,430
1964	51,435	17,134
1965	51,196	17,902
1966	50,755	18,635
1967	50,193	19,498
1968	48,361	20,470
1969	48,790	21,387
1970	48,398	22,414
1971	48,341	23,467
1972	48,417	24,606
1973	48,943	25,754
1974	50,349	26,844
1975	51,979	27,882
1976	54,019	28,785
1977	56,122	29,241
1978	58,327	29,821
1979	60,984	28,930
1980	62,561	28,142
1981	64,632	27,938
1982	66,826	27,474
1983	68,972	28,307
1984	71,062	29,395
1985	72,776	30,575
1986	73,211	31,764
1987	73,188	33,340
1988	72,944	34,798
1989	72,327	37,715
1990	71,727	43,956
1991	70,506	44,523
1992	69,830	43,945
1993	69,016	42,861
1994	68,336	41,316
1995	67,585	39,119
1996	66,094	37,177
1997	64,954	37,256
1998	64,788	37,500
1999	64,922	37,233
2000	64,268	35,280
2001	62,199	32,942
2002	58,388	31,947
2003	56,743	31,115
2004	55,769	31,478
2005	57,139	32,909
2006	54,177	34,690
2007	55,244	36,430
2008	56,491	38,147
2009	55,757	39,942
2010	50,803	42,046
2011	52,884	43,557
2012	52,036	46,204
2013	49,227	47,801
2014	49,559	49,581
2015	49,077	50,846
2016	45,565	52,228
2017	43,471	52,975
2018	42,469	53,970
2019	37,682	54,769
2020	29,164	55,034
2021	20,119	50,160
2022	21,409	54,534
2023	24,109	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Namibia
1985	43	354
1986	42	348
1987	41	336
1988	40	342
1989	40	306
1990	40	325
1991	39	337
1992	39	346
1993	39	354
1994	39	367
1995	39	369
1996	39	387
1997	38	383
1998	37	396
1999	36	371
2000	36	384
2001	35	376
2002	34	313
2003	33	290
2004	33	282
2005	31	344
2006	30	408
2007	30	489
2008	30	537
2009	29	547
2010	29	531
2011	28	498
2012	27	439
2013	27	402
2014	27	369
2015	26	307
2016	27	250
2017	27	213
2018	28	198
2019	26	175
2020	34	143
2021	44	254
2022	27	127
2023	24	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	9.62%	-
1961	9.36%	-
1962	9.27%	-
1963	9.25%	-
1964	9.18%	-
1965	9.02%	-
1966	8.78%	-
1967	8.49%	9.66%
1968	8.17%	9.64%
1969	7.85%	9.65%
1970	7.48%	9.65%
1971	7.02%	9.67%
1972	6.45%	9.68%
1973	5.82%	9.73%
1974	5.17%	9.79%
1975	4.54%	9.89%
1976	3.93%	10%
1977	3.39%	10.2%
1978	2.96%	10.3%
1979	2.65%	10.3%
1980	2.45%	10.3%
1981	2.33%	10.2%
1982	2.29%	9.93%
1983	2.27%	9.61%
1984	2.25%	9.22%
1985	2.2%	8.81%
1986	2.12%	8.43%
1987	2.01%	8.09%
1988	1.89%	7.81%
1989	1.78%	7.57%
1990	1.69%	7.39%
1991	1.62%	7.24%
1992	1.57%	7.14%
1993	1.53%	7.1%
1994	1.51%	7.13%
1995	1.49%	7.24%
1996	1.47%	7.39%
1997	1.45%	7.56%
1998	1.41%	7.7%
1999	1.36%	7.79%
2000	1.31%	7.79%
2001	1.26%	7.71%
2002	1.22%	7.61%
2003	1.18%	7.51%
2004	1.15%	7.41%
2005	1.13%	7.05%
2006	1.12%	6.49%
2007	1.11%	6.06%
2008	1.09%	5.64%
2009	1.07%	5.29%
2010	1.05%	5.08%
2011	1.02%	5.16%
2012	0.98%	5.51%
2013	0.95%	5.4%
2014	0.92%	5.31%
2015	0.9%	5.5%
2016	0.89%	5.42%
2017	0.89%	5.19%
2018	0.89%	5.01%
2019	0.91%	4.78%
2020	0.94%	4.57%
2021	0.97%	4.38%
2022	1.01%	4.2%
2023	1.05%	4.07%