Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Norway

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Norway 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 1.4 in Norway in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Norway 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	Norway
1960	6.71	2.85
1961	6.65	2.94
1962	6.54	2.91
1963	6.39	2.93
1964	6.19	2.98
1965	5.96	2.94
1966	5.7	2.9
1967	5.42	2.81
1968	5.03	2.75
1969	4.84	2.7
1970	4.59	2.5
1971	4.36	2.49
1972	4.16	2.38
1973	3.99	2.23
1974	3.89	2.13
1975	3.8	1.98
1976	3.75	1.86
1977	3.7	1.75
1978	3.66	1.77
1979	3.65	1.75
1980	3.58	1.72
1981	3.56	1.7
1982	3.54	1.71
1983	3.53	1.66
1984	3.52	1.66
1985	3.51	1.68
1986	3.45	1.71
1987	3.38	1.74
1988	3.31	1.84
1989	3.24	1.89
1990	3.17	1.93
1991	3.08	1.92
1992	3	1.88
1993	2.93	1.86
1994	2.86	1.87
1995	2.78	1.87
1996	2.68	1.89
1997	2.59	1.86
1998	2.53	1.81
1999	2.48	1.85
2000	2.41	1.85
2001	2.31	1.78
2002	2.16	1.75
2003	2.08	1.8
2004	2.03	1.83
2005	2.04	1.84
2006	1.94	1.9
2007	1.95	1.9
2008	1.98	1.96
2009	1.95	1.98
2010	1.83	1.95
2011	1.88	1.88
2012	1.85	1.85
2013	1.78	1.78
2014	1.8	1.75
2015	1.8	1.72
2016	1.75	1.71
2017	1.71	1.62
2018	1.71	1.56
2019	1.6	1.53
2020	1.45	1.48
2021	1.35	1.55
2022	1.34	1.41
2023	1.33	1.4
2024	1.32	1.41
2025	1.31	1.41
2026	1.31	1.41
2027	1.31	1.42
2028	1.3	1.42
2029	1.31	1.43
2030	1.31	1.43
2031	1.31	1.43
2032	1.32	1.44
2033	1.32	1.44
2034	1.32	1.45
2035	1.33	1.45
2036	1.33	1.45
2037	1.34	1.46
2038	1.34	1.46
2039	1.35	1.46
2040	1.35	1.47
2041	1.35	1.47
2042	1.36	1.47
2043	1.36	1.48
2044	1.37	1.48
2045	1.37	1.48
2046	1.37	1.48
2047	1.38	1.48
2048	1.38	1.49
2049	1.38	1.49
2050	1.38	1.49

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Norway
1960	46.4%	25.9%
1961	46.6%	25.6%
1962	46.7%	25.2%
1963	46.7%	25%
1964	46.6%	24.8%
1965	46.5%	24.8%
1966	46.3%	24.7%
1967	45.9%	24.7%
1968	45.5%	24.6%
1969	45%	24.5%
1970	44.4%	24.5%
1971	43.8%	24.4%
1972	43.1%	24.3%
1973	42.3%	24.2%
1974	41.5%	24%
1975	40.8%	23.8%
1976	40%	23.5%
1977	39.2%	23.3%
1978	38.6%	22.9%
1979	38%	22.6%
1980	37.5%	22.2%
1981	37.1%	21.8%
1982	36.7%	21.3%
1983	36.5%	20.9%
1984	36.4%	20.4%
1985	36.3%	20%
1986	36.3%	19.6%
1987	36.2%	19.3%
1988	36.2%	19.1%
1989	36.1%	19%
1990	36%	18.9%
1991	35.7%	19%
1992	35.4%	19.1%
1993	35%	19.3%
1994	34.6%	19.4%
1995	34.1%	19.5%
1996	33.6%	19.6%
1997	33%	19.7%
1998	32.4%	19.8%
1999	31.8%	19.9%
2000	31.1%	20%
2001	30.5%	20%
2002	29.8%	20%
2003	29.1%	19.9%
2004	28.4%	19.8%
2005	27.7%	19.6%
2006	27.1%	19.4%
2007	26.5%	19.3%
2008	25.9%	19.1%
2009	25.4%	18.9%
2010	24.9%	18.8%
2011	24.3%	18.6%
2012	23.9%	18.4%
2013	23.4%	18.3%
2014	23%	18.1%
2015	22.5%	18%
2016	22.1%	17.9%
2017	21.8%	17.8%
2018	21.4%	17.6%
2019	21.1%	17.4%
2020	20.7%	17.2%
2021	20.3%	17%
2022	19.8%	16.8%
2023	19.3%	16.5%
2024	18.8%	16.2%
2025	18.3%	15.9%
2026	17.8%	15.7%
2027	17.3%	15.4%
2028	16.9%	15.2%
2029	16.4%	15%
2030	16%	14.8%
2031	15.5%	14.7%
2032	15.1%	14.5%
2033	14.7%	14.4%
2034	14.4%	14.3%
2035	14.1%	14.2%
2036	13.9%	14.1%
2037	13.8%	14%
2038	13.7%	14%
2039	13.6%	14%
2040	13.5%	13.9%
2041	13.4%	13.9%
2042	13.3%	13.9%
2043	13.2%	13.9%
2044	13.2%	13.9%
2045	13.1%	13.9%
2046	13%	13.9%
2047	12.9%	13.9%
2048	12.8%	13.9%
2049	12.7%	13.9%
2050	12.6%	13.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 16.2% in Norway in 2024, compared to 36% and 18.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Norway compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Norway by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.26% in Norway. 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	Norway
1960	48,857	29,366
1961	50,149	29,239
1962	51,046	28,020
1963	51,403	26,766
1964	51,435	30,293
1965	51,196	31,275
1966	50,755	31,150
1967	50,193	30,276
1968	48,361	29,387
1969	48,790	28,858
1970	48,398	25,968
1971	48,341	26,541
1972	48,417	24,777
1973	48,943	21,387
1974	50,349	20,324
1975	51,979	16,430
1976	54,019	13,286
1977	56,122	11,321
1978	58,327	11,364
1979	60,984	10,181
1980	62,561	9,806
1981	64,632	9,020
1982	66,826	9,875
1983	68,972	7,844
1984	71,062	7,452
1985	72,776	6,644
1986	73,211	8,751
1987	73,188	9,212
1988	72,944	12,207
1989	72,327	13,949
1990	71,727	14,845
1991	70,506	16,194
1992	69,830	15,431
1993	69,016	12,936
1994	68,336	16,045
1995	67,585	14,821
1996	66,094	17,087
1997	64,954	15,418
1998	64,788	14,181
1999	64,922	14,278
2000	64,268	15,269
2001	62,199	13,090
2002	58,388	10,892
2003	56,743	14,151
2004	55,769	15,612
2005	57,139	15,719
2006	54,177	17,244
2007	55,244	16,482
2008	56,491	19,073
2009	55,757	20,280
2010	50,803	20,046
2011	52,884	18,822
2012	52,036	18,066
2013	49,227	17,779
2014	49,559	18,494
2015	49,077	18,160
2016	45,565	17,797
2017	43,471	15,831
2018	42,469	14,342
2019	37,682	13,904
2020	29,164	12,372
2021	20,119	14,062
2022	21,409	5,457
2023	24,109	8,280

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Norway

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 1 deaths in Norway.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Norway
1985	43	9
1986	42	9
1987	41	9
1988	40	9
1989	40	9
1990	40	9
1991	39	8
1992	39	8
1993	39	7
1994	39	7
1995	39	6
1996	39	6
1997	38	5
1998	37	5
1999	36	5
2000	36	5
2001	35	5
2002	34	5
2003	33	5
2004	33	6
2005	31	6
2006	30	5
2007	30	5
2008	30	5
2009	29	4
2010	29	4
2011	28	4
2012	27	3
2013	27	3
2014	27	2
2015	26	2
2016	27	2
2017	27	2
2018	28	2
2019	26	2
2020	34	2
2021	44	2
2022	27	3
2023	24	1

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.24% in Norway. 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	Norway
1960	9.62%	2.26%
1961	9.36%	2.21%
1962	9.27%	2.15%
1963	9.25%	2.1%
1964	9.18%	2.04%
1965	9.02%	1.97%
1966	8.78%	1.9%
1967	8.49%	1.82%
1968	8.17%	1.75%
1969	7.85%	1.69%
1970	7.48%	1.62%
1971	7.02%	1.56%
1972	6.45%	1.5%
1973	5.82%	1.43%
1974	5.17%	1.36%
1975	4.54%	1.29%
1976	3.93%	1.22%
1977	3.39%	1.15%
1978	2.96%	1.09%
1979	2.65%	1.04%
1980	2.45%	1.01%
1981	2.33%	0.99%
1982	2.29%	0.99%
1983	2.27%	1%
1984	2.25%	1.01%
1985	2.2%	1.02%
1986	2.12%	1.02%
1987	2.01%	1.01%
1988	1.89%	0.98%
1989	1.78%	0.93%
1990	1.69%	0.87%
1991	1.62%	0.79%
1992	1.57%	0.72%
1993	1.53%	0.66%
1994	1.51%	0.61%
1995	1.49%	0.57%
1996	1.47%	0.54%
1997	1.45%	0.52%
1998	1.41%	0.51%
1999	1.36%	0.5%
2000	1.31%	0.49%
2001	1.26%	0.47%
2002	1.22%	0.46%
2003	1.18%	0.44%
2004	1.15%	0.42%
2005	1.13%	0.41%
2006	1.12%	0.39%
2007	1.11%	0.37%
2008	1.09%	0.36%
2009	1.07%	0.34%
2010	1.05%	0.33%
2011	1.02%	0.31%
2012	0.98%	0.3%
2013	0.95%	0.29%
2014	0.92%	0.28%
2015	0.9%	0.27%
2016	0.89%	0.26%
2017	0.89%	0.25%
2018	0.89%	0.25%
2019	0.91%	0.24%
2020	0.94%	0.24%
2021	0.97%	0.23%
2022	1.01%	0.23%
2023	1.05%	0.24%