Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Romania

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	6.71	2.34
1961	6.65	2.17
1962	6.54	2.04
1963	6.39	2.01
1964	6.19	1.96
1965	5.96	1.91
1966	5.7	1.9
1967	5.42	3.66
1968	5.03	3.63
1969	4.84	3.19
1970	4.59	2.89
1971	4.36	2.67
1972	4.16	2.55
1973	3.99	2.44
1974	3.89	2.71
1975	3.8	2.59
1976	3.75	2.54
1977	3.7	2.57
1978	3.66	2.52
1979	3.65	2.49
1980	3.58	2.43
1981	3.56	2.36
1982	3.54	2.17
1983	3.53	2.06
1984	3.52	2.26
1985	3.51	2.31
1986	3.45	2.39
1987	3.38	2.38
1988	3.31	2.3
1989	3.24	2.22
1990	3.17	1.83
1991	3.08	1.59
1992	3	1.51
1993	2.93	1.43
1994	2.86	1.4
1995	2.78	1.33
1996	2.68	1.3
1997	2.59	1.32
1998	2.53	1.32
1999	2.48	1.3
2000	2.41	1.31
2001	2.31	1.27
2002	2.16	1.27
2003	2.08	1.3
2004	2.03	1.33
2005	2.04	1.4
2006	1.94	1.42
2007	1.95	1.45
2008	1.98	1.6
2009	1.95	1.66
2010	1.83	1.59
2011	1.88	1.47
2012	1.85	1.52
2013	1.78	1.46
2014	1.8	1.56
2015	1.8	1.62
2016	1.75	1.69
2017	1.71	1.78
2018	1.71	1.76
2019	1.6	1.77
2020	1.45	1.8
2021	1.35	1.81
2022	1.34	1.71
2023	1.33	1.71
2024	1.32	1.71
2025	1.31	1.71
2026	1.31	1.7
2027	1.31	1.7
2028	1.3	1.7
2029	1.31	1.7
2030	1.31	1.7
2031	1.31	1.7
2032	1.32	1.7
2033	1.32	1.69
2034	1.32	1.69
2035	1.33	1.69
2036	1.33	1.69
2037	1.34	1.69
2038	1.34	1.69
2039	1.35	1.69
2040	1.35	1.69
2041	1.35	1.68
2042	1.36	1.68
2043	1.36	1.68
2044	1.37	1.68
2045	1.37	1.68
2046	1.37	1.68
2047	1.38	1.68
2048	1.38	1.68
2049	1.38	1.68
2050	1.38	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Romania
1960	46.4%	28.1%
1961	46.6%	28%
1962	46.7%	27.7%
1963	46.7%	27.3%
1964	46.6%	26.7%
1965	46.5%	26%
1966	46.3%	25.2%
1967	45.9%	25%
1968	45.5%	25.1%
1969	45%	25.1%
1970	44.4%	25.1%
1971	43.8%	24.9%
1972	43.1%	24.9%
1973	42.3%	24.9%
1974	41.5%	25.1%
1975	40.8%	25.3%
1976	40%	25.7%
1977	39.2%	26%
1978	38.6%	26.3%
1979	38%	26.5%
1980	37.5%	26.8%
1981	37.1%	27.1%
1982	36.7%	26.8%
1983	36.5%	25.9%
1984	36.4%	25.1%
1985	36.3%	24.6%
1986	36.3%	24.3%
1987	36.2%	24%
1988	36.2%	23.9%
1989	36.1%	23.7%
1990	36%	23.3%
1991	35.7%	22.8%
1992	35.4%	22.2%
1993	35%	21.6%
1994	34.6%	21%
1995	34.1%	20.5%
1996	33.6%	20%
1997	33%	19.6%
1998	32.4%	19.3%
1999	31.8%	19.1%
2000	31.1%	18.6%
2001	30.5%	18.1%
2002	29.8%	17.5%
2003	29.1%	16.9%
2004	28.4%	16.4%
2005	27.7%	16%
2006	27.1%	15.8%
2007	26.5%	15.7%
2008	25.9%	15.7%
2009	25.4%	15.7%
2010	24.9%	15.7%
2011	24.3%	15.8%
2012	23.9%	15.7%
2013	23.4%	15.7%
2014	23%	15.7%
2015	22.5%	15.7%
2016	22.1%	15.7%
2017	21.8%	15.8%
2018	21.4%	15.9%
2019	21.1%	16%
2020	20.7%	16.1%
2021	20.3%	16.1%
2022	19.8%	16%
2023	19.3%	15.9%
2024	18.8%	15.7%
2025	18.3%	15.6%
2026	17.8%	15.4%
2027	17.3%	15.3%
2028	16.9%	15.2%
2029	16.4%	15.1%
2030	16%	15%
2031	15.5%	14.9%
2032	15.1%	14.7%
2033	14.7%	14.6%
2034	14.4%	14.4%
2035	14.1%	14.4%
2036	13.9%	14.3%
2037	13.8%	14.3%
2038	13.7%	14.3%
2039	13.6%	14.2%
2040	13.5%	14.2%
2041	13.4%	14.3%
2042	13.3%	14.3%
2043	13.2%	14.3%
2044	13.2%	14.3%
2045	13.1%	14.4%
2046	13%	14.4%
2047	12.9%	14.4%
2048	12.8%	14.4%
2049	12.7%	14.4%
2050	12.6%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 36% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	48,857	191,431
1961	50,149	163,286
1962	51,046	130,736
1963	51,403	139,104
1964	51,435	134,326
1965	51,196	114,190
1966	50,755	115,293
1967	50,193	347,709
1968	48,361	338,577
1969	48,790	264,120
1970	48,398	234,905
1971	48,341	206,662
1972	48,417	198,316
1973	48,943	175,020
1974	50,349	235,530
1975	51,979	219,324
1976	54,019	213,361
1977	56,122	215,385
1978	58,327	204,148
1979	60,984	194,397
1980	62,561	168,776
1981	64,632	156,472
1982	66,826	119,121
1983	68,972	87,986
1984	71,062	117,731
1985	72,776	111,392
1986	73,211	134,737
1987	73,188	128,517
1988	72,944	126,817
1989	72,327	122,756
1990	71,727	69,605
1991	70,506	25,301
1992	69,830	-4,559
1993	69,016	-13,658
1994	68,336	-18,184
1995	67,585	-36,295
1996	66,094	-56,548
1997	64,954	-42,853
1998	64,788	-33,761
1999	64,922	-31,461
2000	64,268	-22,443
2001	62,199	-37,625
2002	58,388	-58,673
2003	56,743	-56,093
2004	55,769	-42,904
2005	57,139	-40,508
2006	54,177	-38,148
2007	55,244	-37,590
2008	56,491	-30,806
2009	55,757	-34,625
2010	50,803	-46,567
2011	52,884	-56,413
2012	52,036	-54,157
2013	49,227	-59,951
2014	49,559	-55,745
2015	49,077	-59,447
2016	45,565	-53,196
2017	43,471	-50,930
2018	42,469	-62,316
2019	37,682	-60,053
2020	29,164	-100,179
2021	20,119	-141,504
2022	21,409	-93,338
2023	24,109	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Romania
1985	43	184
1986	42	180
1987	41	173
1988	40	159
1989	40	143
1990	40	118
1991	39	104
1992	39	95
1993	39	87
1994	39	80
1995	39	75
1996	39	72
1997	38	66
1998	37	58
1999	36	51
2000	36	45
2001	35	41
2002	34	38
2003	33	35
2004	33	32
2005	31	30
2006	30	27
2007	30	25
2008	30	25
2009	29	25
2010	29	23
2011	28	20
2012	27	19
2013	27	18
2014	27	18
2015	26	18
2016	27	17
2017	27	17
2018	28	15
2019	26	14
2020	34	16
2021	44	20
2022	27	13
2023	24	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	9.62%	8.82%
1961	9.36%	7.98%
1962	9.27%	6.98%
1963	9.25%	6.03%
1964	9.18%	5.45%
1965	9.02%	5.44%
1966	8.78%	5.83%
1967	8.49%	6.27%
1968	8.17%	6.44%
1969	7.85%	6.23%
1970	7.48%	5.69%
1971	7.02%	5.06%
1972	6.45%	4.64%
1973	5.82%	4.49%
1974	5.17%	4.43%
1975	4.54%	4.27%
1976	3.93%	4.05%
1977	3.39%	3.86%
1978	2.96%	3.76%
1979	2.65%	3.68%
1980	2.45%	3.57%
1981	2.33%	3.44%
1982	2.29%	3.28%
1983	2.27%	3.14%
1984	2.25%	3.08%
1985	2.2%	3.16%
1986	2.12%	3.33%
1987	2.01%	3.45%
1988	1.89%	3.43%
1989	1.78%	3.31%
1990	1.69%	3.14%
1991	1.62%	2.97%
1992	1.57%	2.84%
1993	1.53%	2.79%
1994	1.51%	2.76%
1995	1.49%	2.73%
1996	1.47%	2.68%
1997	1.45%	2.58%
1998	1.41%	2.44%
1999	1.36%	2.29%
2000	1.31%	2.16%
2001	1.26%	2.06%
2002	1.22%	2.01%
2003	1.18%	1.99%
2004	1.15%	1.94%
2005	1.13%	1.82%
2006	1.12%	1.66%
2007	1.11%	1.51%
2008	1.09%	1.4%
2009	1.07%	1.31%
2010	1.05%	1.24%
2011	1.02%	1.18%
2012	0.98%	1.12%
2013	0.95%	1.05%
2014	0.92%	0.99%
2015	0.9%	0.92%
2016	0.89%	0.85%
2017	0.89%	0.79%
2018	0.89%	0.73%
2019	0.91%	0.68%
2020	0.94%	0.66%
2021	0.97%	0.65%
2022	1.01%	0.66%
2023	1.05%	0.66%