Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Saint Lucia

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Saint Lucia 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 1.38 in Saint Lucia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Saint Lucia 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	Saint Lucia
1960	6.71	6.77
1961	6.65	6.84
1962	6.54	6.82
1963	6.39	6.72
1964	6.19	6.76
1965	5.96	6.69
1966	5.7	6.61
1967	5.42	6.51
1968	5.03	6.39
1969	4.84	6.25
1970	4.59	6.1
1971	4.36	5.95
1972	4.16	5.81
1973	3.99	5.69
1974	3.89	5.57
1975	3.8	5.36
1976	3.75	5.16
1977	3.7	4.97
1978	3.66	4.83
1979	3.65	4.58
1980	3.58	4.41
1981	3.56	4.28
1982	3.54	4.17
1983	3.53	4.08
1984	3.52	4.02
1985	3.51	3.97
1986	3.45	3.8
1987	3.38	3.61
1988	3.31	3.44
1989	3.24	3.31
1990	3.17	3.24
1991	3.08	3.19
1992	3	3.11
1993	2.93	3
1994	2.86	3.03
1995	2.78	3.03
1996	2.68	2.71
1997	2.59	2.74
1998	2.53	2.4
1999	2.48	2.5
2000	2.41	2.21
2001	2.31	2.13
2002	2.16	2.03
2003	2.08	1.94
2004	2.03	1.86
2005	2.04	1.81
2006	1.94	1.77
2007	1.95	1.7
2008	1.98	1.7
2009	1.95	1.74
2010	1.83	1.67
2011	1.88	1.5
2012	1.85	1.5
2013	1.78	1.5
2014	1.8	1.49
2015	1.8	1.47
2016	1.75	1.46
2017	1.71	1.45
2018	1.71	1.44
2019	1.6	1.42
2020	1.45	1.41
2021	1.35	1.4
2022	1.34	1.39
2023	1.33	1.38
2024	1.32	1.38
2025	1.31	1.38
2026	1.31	1.37
2027	1.31	1.37
2028	1.3	1.36
2029	1.31	1.36
2030	1.31	1.37
2031	1.31	1.37
2032	1.32	1.37
2033	1.32	1.37
2034	1.32	1.37
2035	1.33	1.38
2036	1.33	1.38
2037	1.34	1.38
2038	1.34	1.38
2039	1.35	1.38
2040	1.35	1.39
2041	1.35	1.39
2042	1.36	1.4
2043	1.36	1.4
2044	1.37	1.4
2045	1.37	1.41
2046	1.37	1.41
2047	1.38	1.41
2048	1.38	1.41
2049	1.38	1.42
2050	1.38	1.42

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Saint Lucia
1960	46.4%	47.1%
1961	46.6%	48.1%
1962	46.7%	48.9%
1963	46.7%	49.6%
1964	46.6%	50.1%
1965	46.5%	50.5%
1966	46.3%	50.4%
1967	45.9%	50%
1968	45.5%	49.8%
1969	45%	50%
1970	44.4%	50.2%
1971	43.8%	50.4%
1972	43.1%	50.4%
1973	42.3%	50.2%
1974	41.5%	49.9%
1975	40.8%	49.5%
1976	40%	48.9%
1977	39.2%	47.9%
1978	38.6%	46.6%
1979	38%	45.5%
1980	37.5%	44.8%
1981	37.1%	44.3%
1982	36.7%	43.9%
1983	36.5%	43.5%
1984	36.4%	43.3%
1985	36.3%	43.1%
1986	36.3%	42.8%
1987	36.2%	42.6%
1988	36.2%	41.7%
1989	36.1%	40.2%
1990	36%	38.9%
1991	35.7%	38.1%
1992	35.4%	37.7%
1993	35%	37.3%
1994	34.6%	37%
1995	34.1%	36.7%
1996	33.6%	36.2%
1997	33%	35.7%
1998	32.4%	34.7%
1999	31.8%	33.5%
2000	31.1%	32.4%
2001	30.5%	31.4%
2002	29.8%	30.7%
2003	29.1%	30%
2004	28.4%	29.2%
2005	27.7%	28.4%
2006	27.1%	27.6%
2007	26.5%	26.8%
2008	25.9%	25.9%
2009	25.4%	25.1%
2010	24.9%	24.3%
2011	24.3%	23.5%
2012	23.9%	22.7%
2013	23.4%	22.1%
2014	23%	21.5%
2015	22.5%	20.9%
2016	22.1%	20.3%
2017	21.8%	19.9%
2018	21.4%	19.5%
2019	21.1%	19.1%
2020	20.7%	18.7%
2021	20.3%	18.5%
2022	19.8%	18.2%
2023	19.3%	17.9%
2024	18.8%	17.5%
2025	18.3%	17.2%
2026	17.8%	17.1%
2027	17.3%	16.9%
2028	16.9%	16.8%
2029	16.4%	16.6%
2030	16%	16.5%
2031	15.5%	16.3%
2032	15.1%	16.1%
2033	14.7%	15.9%
2034	14.4%	15.7%
2035	14.1%	15.6%
2036	13.9%	15.4%
2037	13.8%	15.2%
2038	13.7%	15%
2039	13.6%	14.8%
2040	13.5%	14.6%
2041	13.4%	14.4%
2042	13.3%	14.2%
2043	13.2%	14.1%
2044	13.2%	13.9%
2045	13.1%	13.7%
2046	13%	13.6%
2047	12.9%	13.4%
2048	12.8%	13.3%
2049	12.7%	13.1%
2050	12.6%	13%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 17.5% in Saint Lucia in 2024, compared to 36% and 38.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Saint Lucia compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Saint Lucia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.34% in Saint Lucia. 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	Saint Lucia
1960	48,857	3,202
1961	50,149	3,173
1962	51,046	3,124
1963	51,403	3,048
1964	51,435	3,074
1965	51,196	3,042
1966	50,755	3,028
1967	50,193	3,113
1968	48,361	3,154
1969	48,790	3,143
1970	48,398	3,093
1971	48,341	3,046
1972	48,417	3,028
1973	48,943	3,033
1974	50,349	3,106
1975	51,979	3,126
1976	54,019	3,166
1977	56,122	3,240
1978	58,327	3,340
1979	60,984	3,301
1980	62,561	3,275
1981	64,632	3,306
1982	66,826	3,360
1983	68,972	3,443
1984	71,062	3,526
1985	72,776	3,591
1986	73,211	3,496
1987	73,188	3,351
1988	72,944	3,229
1989	72,327	3,146
1990	71,727	3,061
1991	70,506	3,009
1992	69,830	2,981
1993	69,016	2,899
1994	68,336	2,976
1995	67,585	3,019
1996	66,094	2,649
1997	64,954	2,709
1998	64,788	2,294
1999	64,922	2,389
2000	64,268	1,967
2001	62,199	1,860
2002	58,388	1,774
2003	56,743	1,694
2004	55,769	1,615
2005	57,139	1,553
2006	54,177	1,511
2007	55,244	1,422
2008	56,491	1,369
2009	55,757	1,349
2010	50,803	1,176
2011	52,884	934
2012	52,036	916
2013	49,227	892
2014	49,559	852
2015	49,077	841
2016	45,565	767
2017	43,471	724
2018	42,469	694
2019	37,682	609
2020	29,164	562
2021	20,119	-15
2022	21,409	530
2023	24,109	475

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Saint Lucia

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 44 deaths in Saint Lucia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Saint Lucia
1985	43	56
1986	42	57
1987	41	69
1988	40	71
1989	40	66
1990	40	72
1991	39	71
1992	39	58
1993	39	58
1994	39	60
1995	39	60
1996	39	72
1997	38	89
1998	37	89
1999	36	88
2000	36	83
2001	35	70
2002	34	62
2003	33	56
2004	33	54
2005	31	55
2006	30	53
2007	30	55
2008	30	55
2009	29	51
2010	29	56
2011	28	56
2012	27	55
2013	27	53
2014	27	49
2015	26	46
2016	27	46
2017	27	43
2018	28	41
2019	26	43
2020	34	43
2021	44	94
2022	27	48
2023	24	44

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 1.55% in Saint Lucia. 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	Saint Lucia
1960	9.62%	13.4%
1961	9.36%	12.9%
1962	9.27%	12.3%
1963	9.25%	11.6%
1964	9.18%	11%
1965	9.02%	10.3%
1966	8.78%	9.62%
1967	8.49%	8.96%
1968	8.17%	8.32%
1969	7.85%	7.7%
1970	7.48%	7.1%
1971	7.02%	6.54%
1972	6.45%	6.02%
1973	5.82%	5.53%
1974	5.17%	5.08%
1975	4.54%	4.67%
1976	3.93%	4.3%
1977	3.39%	3.97%
1978	2.96%	3.68%
1979	2.65%	3.42%
1980	2.45%	3.2%
1981	2.33%	3%
1982	2.29%	2.83%
1983	2.27%	2.68%
1984	2.25%	2.55%
1985	2.2%	2.44%
1986	2.12%	2.35%
1987	2.01%	2.27%
1988	1.89%	2.2%
1989	1.78%	2.14%
1990	1.69%	2.09%
1991	1.62%	2.05%
1992	1.57%	2.01%
1993	1.53%	1.98%
1994	1.51%	1.95%
1995	1.49%	1.92%
1996	1.47%	1.9%
1997	1.45%	1.88%
1998	1.41%	1.87%
1999	1.36%	1.86%
2000	1.31%	1.85%
2001	1.26%	1.84%
2002	1.22%	1.83%
2003	1.18%	1.83%
2004	1.15%	1.83%
2005	1.13%	1.83%
2006	1.12%	1.82%
2007	1.11%	1.82%
2008	1.09%	1.82%
2009	1.07%	1.81%
2010	1.05%	1.8%
2011	1.02%	1.79%
2012	0.98%	1.78%
2013	0.95%	1.77%
2014	0.92%	1.75%
2015	0.9%	1.74%
2016	0.89%	1.72%
2017	0.89%	1.7%
2018	0.89%	1.67%
2019	0.91%	1.65%
2020	0.94%	1.63%
2021	0.97%	1.6%
2022	1.01%	1.58%
2023	1.05%	1.55%