Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Solomon Islands 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 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs the Solomon Islands 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	Solomon Islands
1960	6.71	7.07
1961	6.65	7.05
1962	6.54	7.04
1963	6.39	7.03
1964	6.19	7.05
1965	5.96	7.02
1966	5.7	7
1967	5.42	6.97
1968	5.03	6.95
1969	4.84	6.97
1970	4.59	6.98
1971	4.36	6.99
1972	4.16	6.99
1973	3.99	7
1974	3.89	7.01
1975	3.8	6.99
1976	3.75	6.95
1977	3.7	6.92
1978	3.66	6.87
1979	3.65	6.82
1980	3.58	6.77
1981	3.56	6.71
1982	3.54	6.64
1983	3.53	6.57
1984	3.52	6.49
1985	3.51	6.38
1986	3.45	6.26
1987	3.38	6.12
1988	3.31	5.99
1989	3.24	5.87
1990	3.17	5.74
1991	3.08	5.62
1992	3	5.51
1993	2.93	5.45
1994	2.86	5.4
1995	2.78	5.34
1996	2.68	5.22
1997	2.59	5.09
1998	2.53	4.98
1999	2.48	4.86
2000	2.41	4.76
2001	2.31	4.67
2002	2.16	4.6
2003	2.08	4.54
2004	2.03	4.47
2005	2.04	4.41
2006	1.94	4.39
2007	1.95	4.37
2008	1.98	4.36
2009	1.95	4.35
2010	1.83	4.34
2011	1.88	4.34
2012	1.85	4.33
2013	1.78	4.33
2014	1.8	4.36
2015	1.8	4.29
2016	1.75	4.2
2017	1.71	4.06
2018	1.71	3.93
2019	1.6	3.8
2020	1.45	3.75
2021	1.35	3.69
2022	1.34	3.62
2023	1.33	3.56
2024	1.32	3.51
2025	1.31	3.47
2026	1.31	3.42
2027	1.31	3.37
2028	1.3	3.32
2029	1.31	3.28
2030	1.31	3.24
2031	1.31	3.2
2032	1.32	3.16
2033	1.32	3.12
2034	1.32	3.08
2035	1.33	3.04
2036	1.33	3
2037	1.34	2.97
2038	1.34	2.94
2039	1.35	2.91
2040	1.35	2.88
2041	1.35	2.84
2042	1.36	2.82
2043	1.36	2.79
2044	1.37	2.76
2045	1.37	2.73
2046	1.37	2.71
2047	1.38	2.68
2048	1.38	2.66
2049	1.38	2.63
2050	1.38	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Solomon Islands
1960	46.4%	46.3%
1961	46.6%	46.1%
1962	46.7%	46%
1963	46.7%	45.9%
1964	46.6%	45.8%
1965	46.5%	45.9%
1966	46.3%	46%
1967	45.9%	46.2%
1968	45.5%	46.4%
1969	45%	46.6%
1970	44.4%	46.7%
1971	43.8%	46.8%
1972	43.1%	46.9%
1973	42.3%	47.1%
1974	41.5%	47.5%
1975	40.8%	47.9%
1976	40%	48.2%
1977	39.2%	48.3%
1978	38.6%	48.3%
1979	38%	48.3%
1980	37.5%	48.3%
1981	37.1%	48.2%
1982	36.7%	48.1%
1983	36.5%	47.9%
1984	36.4%	47.8%
1985	36.3%	47.5%
1986	36.3%	47.3%
1987	36.2%	46.9%
1988	36.2%	46.6%
1989	36.1%	46.2%
1990	36%	45.8%
1991	35.7%	45.4%
1992	35.4%	45.1%
1993	35%	44.8%
1994	34.6%	44.5%
1995	34.1%	44.3%
1996	33.6%	44%
1997	33%	43.8%
1998	32.4%	43.5%
1999	31.8%	43.2%
2000	31.1%	42.9%
2001	30.5%	42.5%
2002	29.8%	42.2%
2003	29.1%	41.9%
2004	28.4%	41.7%
2005	27.7%	41.5%
2006	27.1%	41.3%
2007	26.5%	41.2%
2008	25.9%	41.2%
2009	25.4%	41.1%
2010	24.9%	41%
2011	24.3%	40.8%
2012	23.9%	40.7%
2013	23.4%	40.4%
2014	23%	40.2%
2015	22.5%	40%
2016	22.1%	39.7%
2017	21.8%	39.4%
2018	21.4%	39%
2019	21.1%	38.7%
2020	20.7%	38.4%
2021	20.3%	38.1%
2022	19.8%	37.7%
2023	19.3%	37.4%
2024	18.8%	37%
2025	18.3%	36.6%
2026	17.8%	36.1%
2027	17.3%	35.7%
2028	16.9%	35.2%
2029	16.4%	34.7%
2030	16%	34.3%
2031	15.5%	33.9%
2032	15.1%	33.5%
2033	14.7%	33.2%
2034	14.4%	32.9%
2035	14.1%	32.7%
2036	13.9%	32.4%
2037	13.8%	32.2%
2038	13.7%	31.9%
2039	13.6%	31.7%
2040	13.5%	31.5%
2041	13.4%	31.2%
2042	13.3%	31%
2043	13.2%	30.7%
2044	13.2%	30.4%
2045	13.1%	30.2%
2046	13%	29.9%
2047	12.9%	29.6%
2048	12.8%	29.3%
2049	12.7%	29%
2050	12.6%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 36% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +2.38% in the Solomon Islands. 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	Solomon Islands
1960	48,857	4,119
1961	50,149	4,257
1962	51,046	4,408
1963	51,403	4,571
1964	51,435	4,747
1965	51,196	4,885
1966	50,755	5,028
1967	50,193	5,151
1968	48,361	5,285
1969	48,790	5,444
1970	48,398	5,575
1971	48,341	5,814
1972	48,417	6,074
1973	48,943	6,343
1974	50,349	6,612
1975	51,979	6,635
1976	54,019	7,058
1977	56,122	7,290
1978	58,327	7,598
1979	60,984	7,874
1980	62,561	8,156
1981	64,632	8,436
1982	66,826	8,720
1983	68,972	9,011
1984	71,062	9,299
1985	72,776	9,534
1986	73,211	9,656
1987	73,188	9,943
1988	72,944	10,142
1989	72,327	10,354
1990	71,727	10,561
1991	70,506	10,789
1992	69,830	11,029
1993	69,016	11,396
1994	68,336	11,771
1995	67,585	12,124
1996	66,094	12,328
1997	64,954	12,478
1998	64,788	12,658
1999	64,922	12,809
2000	64,268	12,938
2001	62,199	13,061
2002	58,388	13,195
2003	56,743	13,344
2004	55,769	13,444
2005	57,139	13,568
2006	54,177	13,799
2007	55,244	13,963
2008	56,491	14,225
2009	55,757	14,381
2010	50,803	14,604
2011	52,884	15,095
2012	52,036	15,585
2013	49,227	16,038
2014	49,559	16,652
2015	49,077	16,909
2016	45,565	17,027
2017	43,471	16,897
2018	42,469	16,790
2019	37,682	16,649
2020	29,164	16,488
2021	20,119	16,626
2022	21,409	17,253
2023	24,109	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Solomon Islands

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 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Solomon Islands
1985	43	209
1986	42	226
1987	41	200
1988	40	193
1989	40	188
1990	40	184
1991	39	178
1992	39	174
1993	39	173
1994	39	170
1995	39	168
1996	39	166
1997	38	164
1998	37	165
1999	36	164
2000	36	166
2001	35	167
2002	34	168
2003	33	167
2004	33	164
2005	31	161
2006	30	159
2007	30	163
2008	30	153
2009	29	152
2010	29	148
2011	28	147
2012	27	146
2013	27	147
2014	27	147
2015	26	146
2016	27	143
2017	27	140
2018	28	136
2019	26	135
2020	34	131
2021	44	153
2022	27	126
2023	24	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 2.06% in the Solomon Islands. 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	Solomon Islands
1960	9.62%	16.7%
1961	9.36%	16%
1962	9.27%	15.4%
1963	9.25%	14.7%
1964	9.18%	14%
1965	9.02%	13.3%
1966	8.78%	12.7%
1967	8.49%	12%
1968	8.17%	11.3%
1969	7.85%	10.6%
1970	7.48%	9.94%
1971	7.02%	9.29%
1972	6.45%	8.69%
1973	5.82%	8.12%
1974	5.17%	7.6%
1975	4.54%	7.9%
1976	3.93%	6.68%
1977	3.39%	6.29%
1978	2.96%	5.95%
1979	2.65%	5.64%
1980	2.45%	5.38%
1981	2.33%	5.14%
1982	2.29%	4.93%
1983	2.27%	4.74%
1984	2.25%	4.58%
1985	2.2%	4.42%
1986	2.12%	4.28%
1987	2.01%	4.16%
1988	1.89%	4.04%
1989	1.78%	3.93%
1990	1.69%	3.82%
1991	1.62%	3.72%
1992	1.57%	3.62%
1993	1.53%	3.52%
1994	1.51%	3.43%
1995	1.49%	3.35%
1996	1.47%	3.27%
1997	1.45%	3.21%
1998	1.41%	3.16%
1999	1.36%	3.11%
2000	1.31%	3.07%
2001	1.26%	3.03%
2002	1.22%	2.99%
2003	1.18%	2.97%
2004	1.15%	2.94%
2005	1.13%	2.91%
2006	1.12%	2.88%
2007	1.11%	2.85%
2008	1.09%	2.81%
2009	1.07%	2.76%
2010	1.05%	2.72%
2011	1.02%	2.67%
2012	0.98%	2.62%
2013	0.95%	2.58%
2014	0.92%	2.53%
2015	0.9%	2.49%
2016	0.89%	2.45%
2017	0.89%	2.41%
2018	0.89%	2.36%
2019	0.91%	2.3%
2020	0.94%	2.24%
2021	0.97%	2.18%
2022	1.01%	2.12%
2023	1.05%	2.06%