Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Philippines

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	6.71	7
1961	6.65	6.99
1962	6.54	6.98
1963	6.39	6.95
1964	6.19	6.89
1965	5.96	6.8
1966	5.7	6.69
1967	5.42	6.57
1968	5.03	6.45
1969	4.84	6.33
1970	4.59	6.22
1971	4.36	6.08
1972	4.16	5.94
1973	3.99	5.79
1974	3.89	5.69
1975	3.8	5.6
1976	3.75	5.51
1977	3.7	5.44
1978	3.66	5.39
1979	3.65	5.26
1980	3.58	5.11
1981	3.56	4.97
1982	3.54	4.92
1983	3.53	4.87
1984	3.52	4.77
1985	3.51	4.66
1986	3.45	4.56
1987	3.38	4.51
1988	3.31	4.45
1989	3.24	4.37
1990	3.17	4.32
1991	3.08	4.27
1992	3	4.16
1993	2.93	4.1
1994	2.86	4.08
1995	2.78	4.07
1996	2.68	4
1997	2.59	3.94
1998	2.53	3.88
1999	2.48	3.83
2000	2.41	3.75
2001	2.31	3.72
2002	2.16	3.65
2003	2.08	3.59
2004	2.03	3.52
2005	2.04	3.45
2006	1.94	3.47
2007	1.95	3.4
2008	1.98	3.4
2009	1.95	3.38
2010	1.83	3.32
2011	1.88	3.24
2012	1.85	3.14
2013	1.78	3.04
2014	1.8	2.89
2015	1.8	2.83
2016	1.75	2.68
2017	1.71	2.53
2018	1.71	2.38
2019	1.6	2.22
2020	1.45	2.08
2021	1.35	1.95
2022	1.34	1.93
2023	1.33	1.92
2024	1.32	1.89
2025	1.31	1.88
2026	1.31	1.86
2027	1.31	1.85
2028	1.3	1.84
2029	1.31	1.83
2030	1.31	1.82
2031	1.31	1.81
2032	1.32	1.81
2033	1.32	1.8
2034	1.32	1.8
2035	1.33	1.79
2036	1.33	1.79
2037	1.34	1.78
2038	1.34	1.78
2039	1.35	1.77
2040	1.35	1.77
2041	1.35	1.76
2042	1.36	1.76
2043	1.36	1.76
2044	1.37	1.75
2045	1.37	1.75
2046	1.37	1.75
2047	1.38	1.75
2048	1.38	1.74
2049	1.38	1.74
2050	1.38	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1960	46.4%	48.4%
1961	46.6%	48.8%
1962	46.7%	49.1%
1963	46.7%	49.2%
1964	46.6%	49.2%
1965	46.5%	49.2%
1966	46.3%	49.1%
1967	45.9%	49%
1968	45.5%	48.8%
1969	45%	48.6%
1970	44.4%	48.4%
1971	43.8%	48.2%
1972	43.1%	48%
1973	42.3%	47.7%
1974	41.5%	47.4%
1975	40.8%	46.9%
1976	40%	46.4%
1977	39.2%	45.8%
1978	38.6%	45.2%
1979	38%	44.8%
1980	37.5%	44.3%
1981	37.1%	43.9%
1982	36.7%	43.5%
1983	36.5%	43.1%
1984	36.4%	42.8%
1985	36.3%	42.5%
1986	36.3%	42.3%
1987	36.2%	42.2%
1988	36.2%	42%
1989	36.1%	41.9%
1990	36%	41.8%
1991	35.7%	41.8%
1992	35.4%	41.6%
1993	35%	41.4%
1994	34.6%	41.2%
1995	34.1%	41.1%
1996	33.6%	40.8%
1997	33%	40.5%
1998	32.4%	40.1%
1999	31.8%	39.6%
2000	31.1%	39.2%
2001	30.5%	38.8%
2002	29.8%	38.4%
2003	29.1%	38%
2004	28.4%	37.6%
2005	27.7%	37.2%
2006	27.1%	36.9%
2007	26.5%	36.6%
2008	25.9%	36.3%
2009	25.4%	36%
2010	24.9%	35.6%
2011	24.3%	35.2%
2012	23.9%	34.8%
2013	23.4%	34.4%
2014	23%	34.1%
2015	22.5%	33.5%
2016	22.1%	32.9%
2017	21.8%	32.3%
2018	21.4%	31.8%
2019	21.1%	31.3%
2020	20.7%	30.7%
2021	20.3%	30%
2022	19.8%	29.3%
2023	19.3%	28.6%
2024	18.8%	27.9%
2025	18.3%	27.1%
2026	17.8%	26.4%
2027	17.3%	25.7%
2028	16.9%	25%
2029	16.4%	24.4%
2030	16%	23.8%
2031	15.5%	23.3%
2032	15.1%	22.7%
2033	14.7%	22.2%
2034	14.4%	21.8%
2035	14.1%	21.5%
2036	13.9%	21.4%
2037	13.8%	21.4%
2038	13.7%	21.3%
2039	13.6%	21.2%
2040	13.5%	21.2%
2041	13.4%	21.1%
2042	13.3%	21%
2043	13.2%	20.9%
2044	13.2%	20.7%
2045	13.1%	20.6%
2046	13%	20.4%
2047	12.9%	20.3%
2048	12.8%	20.1%
2049	12.7%	19.9%
2050	12.6%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 36% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +1.31% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	48,857	1,036,017
1961	50,149	1,064,377
1962	51,046	1,091,953
1963	51,403	1,116,591
1964	51,435	1,131,586
1965	51,196	1,146,094
1966	50,755	1,156,498
1967	50,193	1,166,704
1968	48,361	1,172,146
1969	48,790	1,186,306
1970	48,398	1,198,944
1971	48,341	1,210,256
1972	48,417	1,206,414
1973	48,943	1,206,285
1974	50,349	1,218,884
1975	51,979	1,239,069
1976	54,019	1,258,286
1977	56,122	1,314,002
1978	58,327	1,364,661
1979	60,984	1,394,056
1980	62,561	1,413,735
1981	64,632	1,436,599
1982	66,826	1,485,790
1983	68,972	1,542,194
1984	71,062	1,579,872
1985	72,776	1,614,042
1986	73,211	1,631,491
1987	73,188	1,671,330
1988	72,944	1,707,402
1989	72,327	1,728,354
1990	71,727	1,749,622
1991	70,506	1,782,165
1992	69,830	1,769,259
1993	69,016	1,788,414
1994	68,336	1,813,827
1995	67,585	1,846,900
1996	66,094	1,849,587
1997	64,954	1,861,098
1998	64,788	1,870,371
1999	64,922	1,894,147
2000	64,268	1,902,330
2001	62,199	1,931,169
2002	58,388	1,919,556
2003	56,743	1,922,904
2004	55,769	1,924,265
2005	57,139	1,918,484
2006	54,177	1,960,246
2007	55,244	1,964,673
2008	56,491	2,007,584
2009	55,757	2,025,580
2010	50,803	2,030,979
2011	52,884	2,018,419
2012	52,036	1,979,568
2013	49,227	1,944,758
2014	49,559	1,851,828
2015	49,077	1,827,180
2016	45,565	1,718,232
2017	43,471	1,622,444
2018	42,469	1,495,843
2019	37,682	1,352,703
2020	29,164	1,253,741
2021	20,119	917,928
2022	21,409	1,115,825
2023	24,109	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Philippines
1985	43	204
1986	42	199
1987	41	191
1988	40	184
1989	40	177
1990	40	173
1991	39	172
1992	39	160
1993	39	155
1994	39	151
1995	39	147
1996	39	141
1997	38	138
1998	37	135
1999	36	130
2000	36	127
2001	35	132
2002	34	126
2003	33	127
2004	33	122
2005	31	118
2006	30	129
2007	30	123
2008	30	123
2009	29	122
2010	29	117
2011	28	115
2012	27	110
2013	27	110
2014	27	106
2015	26	104
2016	27	98
2017	27	86
2018	28	92
2019	26	92
2020	34	88
2021	44	153
2022	27	92
2023	24	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	9.62%	10.1%
1961	9.36%	9.8%
1962	9.27%	9.54%
1963	9.25%	9.33%
1964	9.18%	9.13%
1965	9.02%	8.95%
1966	8.78%	8.78%
1967	8.49%	8.62%
1968	8.17%	8.48%
1969	7.85%	8.37%
1970	7.48%	8.28%
1971	7.02%	8.21%
1972	6.45%	8.18%
1973	5.82%	8.17%
1974	5.17%	8.17%
1975	4.54%	8.17%
1976	3.93%	8.15%
1977	3.39%	8.11%
1978	2.96%	8.06%
1979	2.65%	7.99%
1980	2.45%	7.9%
1981	2.33%	7.8%
1982	2.29%	7.69%
1983	2.27%	7.56%
1984	2.25%	7.4%
1985	2.2%	7.21%
1986	2.12%	6.96%
1987	2.01%	6.66%
1988	1.89%	6.32%
1989	1.78%	5.96%
1990	1.69%	5.6%
1991	1.62%	5.27%
1992	1.57%	4.98%
1993	1.53%	4.73%
1994	1.51%	4.51%
1995	1.49%	4.31%
1996	1.47%	4.14%
1997	1.45%	4%
1998	1.41%	3.88%
1999	1.36%	3.78%
2000	1.31%	3.69%
2001	1.26%	3.61%
2002	1.22%	3.52%
2003	1.18%	3.44%
2004	1.15%	3.36%
2005	1.13%	3.28%
2006	1.12%	3.21%
2007	1.11%	3.14%
2008	1.09%	3.07%
2009	1.07%	3.01%
2010	1.05%	2.96%
2011	1.02%	2.91%
2012	0.98%	2.87%
2013	0.95%	2.83%
2014	0.92%	2.8%
2015	0.9%	2.78%
2016	0.89%	2.78%
2017	0.89%	2.78%
2018	0.89%	2.79%
2019	0.91%	2.8%
2020	0.94%	2.79%
2021	0.97%	2.77%
2022	1.01%	2.73%
2023	1.05%	2.69%