Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Oman

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Oman 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 2.53 in Oman in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Oman 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	Oman
1960	6.71	7.28
1961	6.65	7.29
1962	6.54	7.32
1963	6.39	7.33
1964	6.19	7.37
1965	5.96	7.39
1966	5.7	7.41
1967	5.42	7.44
1968	5.03	7.46
1969	4.84	7.49
1970	4.59	7.52
1971	4.36	7.56
1972	4.16	7.59
1973	3.99	7.63
1974	3.89	7.67
1975	3.8	7.71
1976	3.75	7.74
1977	3.7	7.78
1978	3.66	7.82
1979	3.65	7.85
1980	3.58	7.89
1981	3.56	7.9
1982	3.54	7.84
1983	3.53	7.75
1984	3.52	7.64
1985	3.51	7.51
1986	3.45	7.35
1987	3.38	7.18
1988	3.31	6.95
1989	3.24	6.72
1990	3.17	6.46
1991	3.08	6.2
1992	3	5.92
1993	2.93	5.64
1994	2.86	5.36
1995	2.78	5.07
1996	2.68	4.79
1997	2.59	4.52
1998	2.53	4.27
1999	2.48	4.06
2000	2.41	3.85
2001	2.31	3.66
2002	2.16	3.51
2003	2.08	3.37
2004	2.03	3.2
2005	2.04	3.03
2006	1.94	2.88
2007	1.95	2.76
2008	1.98	2.76
2009	1.95	2.83
2010	1.83	2.97
2011	1.88	2.96
2012	1.85	2.93
2013	1.78	2.95
2014	1.8	2.97
2015	1.8	2.97
2016	1.75	2.95
2017	1.71	2.92
2018	1.71	2.81
2019	1.6	2.7
2020	1.45	2.64
2021	1.35	2.59
2022	1.34	2.45
2023	1.33	2.53
2024	1.32	2.51
2025	1.31	2.48
2026	1.31	2.44
2027	1.31	2.41
2028	1.3	2.37
2029	1.31	2.33
2030	1.31	2.29
2031	1.31	2.26
2032	1.32	2.22
2033	1.32	2.19
2034	1.32	2.16
2035	1.33	2.14
2036	1.33	2.11
2037	1.34	2.09
2038	1.34	2.07
2039	1.35	2.05
2040	1.35	2.03
2041	1.35	2.01
2042	1.36	2
2043	1.36	1.98
2044	1.37	1.97
2045	1.37	1.96
2046	1.37	1.95
2047	1.38	1.93
2048	1.38	1.92
2049	1.38	1.92
2050	1.38	1.91

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Oman
1960	46.4%	41.5%
1961	46.6%	41.6%
1962	46.7%	41.7%
1963	46.7%	42%
1964	46.6%	42.6%
1965	46.5%	43.2%
1966	46.3%	43.8%
1967	45.9%	44.3%
1968	45.5%	44.8%
1969	45%	45.3%
1970	44.4%	45.9%
1971	43.8%	46.4%
1972	43.1%	46.8%
1973	42.3%	47.3%
1974	41.5%	47.5%
1975	40.8%	47.5%
1976	40%	47.5%
1977	39.2%	47.4%
1978	38.6%	47.3%
1979	38%	47.2%
1980	37.5%	47.1%
1981	37.1%	47.1%
1982	36.7%	47.1%
1983	36.5%	47.2%
1984	36.4%	47.2%
1985	36.3%	47%
1986	36.3%	46.5%
1987	36.2%	45.9%
1988	36.2%	45.1%
1989	36.1%	44.3%
1990	36%	43.4%
1991	35.7%	42.5%
1992	35.4%	41.5%
1993	35%	40.5%
1994	34.6%	39.9%
1995	34.1%	39.7%
1996	33.6%	39.3%
1997	33%	38.7%
1998	32.4%	38%
1999	31.8%	37.3%
2000	31.1%	36.6%
2001	30.5%	35.8%
2002	29.8%	35%
2003	29.1%	34.2%
2004	28.4%	33.2%
2005	27.7%	32.1%
2006	27.1%	30.9%
2007	26.5%	29.9%
2008	25.9%	29.1%
2009	25.4%	28.4%
2010	24.9%	27.9%
2011	24.3%	25.5%
2012	23.9%	22.8%
2013	23.4%	21.9%
2014	23%	22.1%
2015	22.5%	22.2%
2016	22.1%	22.1%
2017	21.8%	22.3%
2018	21.4%	22.9%
2019	21.1%	24%
2020	20.7%	25.6%
2021	20.3%	26.7%
2022	19.8%	26.2%
2023	19.3%	25.2%
2024	18.8%	24.7%
2025	18.3%	24.3%
2026	17.8%	24%
2027	17.3%	23.8%
2028	16.9%	23.6%
2029	16.4%	23.3%
2030	16%	23%
2031	15.5%	22.7%
2032	15.1%	22.4%
2033	14.7%	22.1%
2034	14.4%	21.8%
2035	14.1%	21.6%
2036	13.9%	21.4%
2037	13.8%	21.3%
2038	13.7%	21.3%
2039	13.6%	21.2%
2040	13.5%	21%
2041	13.4%	20.8%
2042	13.3%	20.7%
2043	13.2%	20.5%
2044	13.2%	20.4%
2045	13.1%	20.3%
2046	13%	20.2%
2047	12.9%	20.1%
2048	12.8%	20.1%
2049	12.7%	20%
2050	12.6%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 24.7% in Oman in 2024, compared to 36% and 43.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Oman compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Oman by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +1.7% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	48,857	12,034
1961	50,149	12,690
1962	51,046	13,485
1963	51,403	14,283
1964	51,435	15,205
1965	51,196	16,103
1966	50,755	17,030
1967	50,193	17,990
1968	48,361	18,962
1969	48,790	19,949
1970	48,398	20,893
1971	48,341	21,973
1972	48,417	22,968
1973	48,943	24,195
1974	50,349	25,543
1975	51,979	27,699
1976	54,019	30,032
1977	56,122	32,342
1978	58,327	35,141
1979	60,984	38,022
1980	62,561	41,109
1981	64,632	44,176
1982	66,826	46,939
1983	68,972	49,646
1984	71,062	52,253
1985	72,776	54,609
1986	73,211	55,324
1987	73,188	55,933
1988	72,944	56,142
1989	72,327	56,202
1990	71,727	56,000
1991	70,506	55,382
1992	69,830	54,471
1993	69,016	53,439
1994	68,336	52,337
1995	67,585	51,139
1996	66,094	50,362
1997	64,954	49,510
1998	64,788	48,654
1999	64,922	48,053
2000	64,268	47,208
2001	62,199	46,651
2002	58,388	46,397
2003	56,743	46,273
2004	55,769	45,651
2005	57,139	44,688
2006	54,177	43,969
2007	55,244	44,207
2008	56,491	47,146
2009	55,757	52,007
2010	50,803	57,619
2011	52,884	59,689
2012	52,036	65,572
2013	49,227	71,905
2014	49,559	76,258
2015	49,077	79,241
2016	45,565	81,350
2017	43,471	82,408
2018	42,469	79,438
2019	37,682	77,394
2020	29,164	74,224
2021	20,119	69,991
2022	21,409	67,278
2023	24,109	75,467

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Oman

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 13 deaths in Oman.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Oman
1985	43	43
1986	42	40
1987	41	37
1988	40	34
1989	40	32
1990	40	29
1991	39	28
1992	39	26
1993	39	25
1994	39	23
1995	39	22
1996	39	21
1997	38	20
1998	37	20
1999	36	19
2000	36	19
2001	35	18
2002	34	18
2003	33	18
2004	33	18
2005	31	18
2006	30	18
2007	30	18
2008	30	18
2009	29	17
2010	29	17
2011	28	16
2012	27	16
2013	27	15
2014	27	15
2015	26	15
2016	27	14
2017	27	14
2018	28	14
2019	26	14
2020	34	32
2021	44	74
2022	27	13
2023	24	13

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 1.04% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	9.62%	37.5%
1961	9.36%	35.8%
1962	9.27%	34.2%
1963	9.25%	32.7%
1964	9.18%	31.2%
1965	9.02%	29.8%
1966	8.78%	28.4%
1967	8.49%	27.1%
1968	8.17%	25.7%
1969	7.85%	24.4%
1970	7.48%	23.1%
1971	7.02%	21.8%
1972	6.45%	20.5%
1973	5.82%	19.3%
1974	5.17%	18.1%
1975	4.54%	16.9%
1976	3.93%	15.7%
1977	3.39%	14.5%
1978	2.96%	13.4%
1979	2.65%	12.2%
1980	2.45%	11.1%
1981	2.33%	10.1%
1982	2.29%	9.1%
1983	2.27%	8.18%
1984	2.25%	7.34%
1985	2.2%	6.58%
1986	2.12%	5.9%
1987	2.01%	5.3%
1988	1.89%	4.78%
1989	1.78%	4.32%
1990	1.69%	3.91%
1991	1.62%	3.54%
1992	1.57%	3.2%
1993	1.53%	2.9%
1994	1.51%	2.64%
1995	1.49%	2.41%
1996	1.47%	2.22%
1997	1.45%	2.04%
1998	1.41%	1.89%
1999	1.36%	1.76%
2000	1.31%	1.64%
2001	1.26%	1.54%
2002	1.22%	1.45%
2003	1.18%	1.38%
2004	1.15%	1.32%
2005	1.13%	1.28%
2006	1.12%	1.24%
2007	1.11%	1.22%
2008	1.09%	1.2%
2009	1.07%	1.19%
2010	1.05%	1.17%
2011	1.02%	1.16%
2012	0.98%	1.15%
2013	0.95%	1.13%
2014	0.92%	1.12%
2015	0.9%	1.12%
2016	0.89%	1.11%
2017	0.89%	1.1%
2018	0.89%	1.09%
2019	0.91%	1.08%
2020	0.94%	1.07%
2021	0.97%	1.06%
2022	1.01%	1.05%
2023	1.05%	1.04%