Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.71	5.35
1961	6.65	5.24
1962	6.54	5.18
1963	6.39	5.12
1964	6.19	5.06
1965	5.96	4.93
1966	5.7	4.83
1967	5.42	4.79
1968	5.03	4.66
1969	4.84	4.5
1970	4.59	4.39
1971	4.36	4.27
1972	4.16	4.16
1973	3.99	4
1974	3.89	3.86
1975	3.8	3.82
1976	3.75	3.78
1977	3.7	3.74
1978	3.66	3.81
1979	3.65	3.82
1980	3.58	3.73
1981	3.56	3.65
1982	3.54	3.32
1983	3.53	3.11
1984	3.52	3.01
1985	3.51	2.9
1986	3.45	2.74
1987	3.38	2.64
1988	3.31	2.57
1989	3.24	2.58
1990	3.17	2.54
1991	3.08	2.51
1992	3	2.49
1993	2.93	2.44
1994	2.86	2.4
1995	2.78	2.35
1996	2.68	2.29
1997	2.59	2.22
1998	2.53	2.14
1999	2.48	2.14
2000	2.41	2.21
2001	2.31	2.28
2002	2.16	2.31
2003	2.08	2.3
2004	2.03	2.27
2005	2.04	2.26
2006	1.94	2.29
2007	1.95	2.3
2008	1.98	2.23
2009	1.95	2.18
2010	1.83	2.13
2011	1.88	2.14
2012	1.85	2.17
2013	1.78	2.18
2014	1.8	2.13
2015	1.8	2.09
2016	1.75	2.06
2017	1.71	2.04
2018	1.71	2.03
2019	1.6	2.02
2020	1.45	2.01
2021	1.35	2
2022	1.34	1.98
2023	1.33	1.97
2024	1.32	1.95
2025	1.31	1.94
2026	1.31	1.93
2027	1.31	1.91
2028	1.3	1.9
2029	1.31	1.89
2030	1.31	1.88
2031	1.31	1.87
2032	1.32	1.86
2033	1.32	1.85
2034	1.32	1.85
2035	1.33	1.84
2036	1.33	1.83
2037	1.34	1.83
2038	1.34	1.82
2039	1.35	1.81
2040	1.35	1.81
2041	1.35	1.8
2042	1.36	1.8
2043	1.36	1.8
2044	1.37	1.79
2045	1.37	1.79
2046	1.37	1.79
2047	1.38	1.78
2048	1.38	1.78
2049	1.38	1.77
2050	1.38	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Sri Lanka
1960	46.4%	41%
1961	46.6%	40.9%
1962	46.7%	40.8%
1963	46.7%	40.7%
1964	46.6%	40.6%
1965	46.5%	40.5%
1966	46.3%	40.4%
1967	45.9%	40.3%
1968	45.5%	40.1%
1969	45%	39.9%
1970	44.4%	39.7%
1971	43.8%	39.5%
1972	43.1%	39.2%
1973	42.3%	38.8%
1974	41.5%	38.4%
1975	40.8%	38%
1976	40%	37.6%
1977	39.2%	37.2%
1978	38.6%	36.9%
1979	38%	36.7%
1980	37.5%	36.4%
1981	37.1%	36.2%
1982	36.7%	36%
1983	36.5%	35.8%
1984	36.4%	35.5%
1985	36.3%	35.2%
1986	36.3%	34.6%
1987	36.2%	34%
1988	36.2%	33.5%
1989	36.1%	33%
1990	36%	32.5%
1991	35.7%	32.1%
1992	35.4%	31.4%
1993	35%	30.6%
1994	34.6%	29.9%
1995	34.1%	29.2%
1996	33.6%	28.6%
1997	33%	28.2%
1998	32.4%	27.8%
1999	31.8%	27.4%
2000	31.1%	27%
2001	30.5%	26.6%
2002	29.8%	26.3%
2003	29.1%	26.1%
2004	28.4%	26%
2005	27.7%	25.8%
2006	27.1%	25.7%
2007	26.5%	25.7%
2008	25.9%	25.6%
2009	25.4%	25.5%
2010	24.9%	25.4%
2011	24.3%	25.3%
2012	23.9%	25.2%
2013	23.4%	25%
2014	23%	24.9%
2015	22.5%	24.7%
2016	22.1%	24.5%
2017	21.8%	24.2%
2018	21.4%	24%
2019	21.1%	23.7%
2020	20.7%	23.3%
2021	20.3%	23%
2022	19.8%	22.7%
2023	19.3%	22.4%
2024	18.8%	22%
2025	18.3%	21.7%
2026	17.8%	21.4%
2027	17.3%	21.1%
2028	16.9%	20.8%
2029	16.4%	20.5%
2030	16%	20.2%
2031	15.5%	20%
2032	15.1%	19.8%
2033	14.7%	19.6%
2034	14.4%	19.4%
2035	14.1%	19.2%
2036	13.9%	19.1%
2037	13.8%	18.9%
2038	13.7%	18.8%
2039	13.6%	18.7%
2040	13.5%	18.6%
2041	13.4%	18.4%
2042	13.3%	18.3%
2043	13.2%	18.2%
2044	13.2%	18.1%
2045	13.1%	18%
2046	13%	17.9%
2047	12.9%	17.7%
2048	12.8%	17.6%
2049	12.7%	17.5%
2050	12.6%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 36% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	48,857	247,631
1961	50,149	251,087
1962	51,046	256,719
1963	51,403	262,880
1964	51,435	269,584
1965	51,196	272,422
1966	50,755	275,549
1967	50,193	284,738
1968	48,361	286,642
1969	48,790	286,218
1970	48,398	286,719
1971	48,341	281,200
1972	48,417	282,494
1973	48,943	278,577
1974	50,349	275,521
1975	51,979	282,496
1976	54,019	291,816
1977	56,122	300,038
1978	58,327	317,055
1979	60,984	329,791
1980	62,561	328,155
1981	64,632	328,096
1982	66,826	300,030
1983	68,972	277,768
1984	71,062	263,175
1985	72,776	247,836
1986	73,211	233,782
1987	73,188	226,414
1988	72,944	219,184
1989	72,327	212,401
1990	71,727	224,454
1991	70,506	218,117
1992	69,830	222,230
1993	69,016	226,257
1994	68,336	228,904
1995	67,585	221,957
1996	66,094	215,290
1997	64,954	208,193
1998	64,788	201,059
1999	64,922	206,876
2000	64,268	227,060
2001	62,199	244,377
2002	58,388	252,840
2003	56,743	252,008
2004	55,769	212,527
2005	57,139	248,683
2006	54,177	248,706
2007	55,244	248,287
2008	56,491	232,225
2009	55,757	200,175
2010	50,803	224,325
2011	52,884	224,461
2012	52,036	229,138
2013	49,227	221,021
2014	49,559	211,541
2015	49,077	201,815
2016	45,565	194,232
2017	43,471	187,993
2018	42,469	183,610
2019	37,682	172,243
2020	29,164	170,968
2021	20,119	121,858
2022	21,409	95,378
2023	24,109	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Sri Lanka
1985	43	68
1986	42	66
1987	41	64
1988	40	62
1989	40	61
1990	40	59
1991	39	57
1992	39	54
1993	39	51
1994	39	49
1995	39	48
1996	39	47
1997	38	45
1998	37	43
1999	36	41
2000	36	39
2001	35	37
2002	34	36
2003	33	35
2004	33	37
2005	31	32
2006	30	32
2007	30	31
2008	30	30
2009	29	28
2010	29	26
2011	28	25
2012	27	24
2013	27	23
2014	27	23
2015	26	22
2016	27	22
2017	27	21
2018	28	21
2019	26	20
2020	34	23
2021	44	34
2022	27	22
2023	24	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	9.62%	9.41%
1961	9.36%	8.95%
1962	9.27%	8.66%
1963	9.25%	8.48%
1964	9.18%	8.3%
1965	9.02%	8.07%
1966	8.78%	7.81%
1967	8.49%	7.55%
1968	8.17%	7.32%
1969	7.85%	7.14%
1970	7.48%	7.02%
1971	7.02%	6.94%
1972	6.45%	6.86%
1973	5.82%	6.77%
1974	5.17%	6.62%
1975	4.54%	6.41%
1976	3.93%	6.12%
1977	3.39%	5.77%
1978	2.96%	5.38%
1979	2.65%	4.99%
1980	2.45%	4.63%
1981	2.33%	4.29%
1982	2.29%	3.98%
1983	2.27%	3.67%
1984	2.25%	3.35%
1985	2.2%	3.02%
1986	2.12%	2.74%
1987	2.01%	2.54%
1988	1.89%	2.41%
1989	1.78%	2.74%
1990	1.69%	2.33%
1991	1.62%	2.32%
1992	1.57%	2.29%
1993	1.53%	2.22%
1994	1.51%	2.14%
1995	1.49%	2.05%
1996	1.47%	1.95%
1997	1.45%	1.86%
1998	1.41%	1.76%
1999	1.36%	1.69%
2000	1.31%	1.63%
2001	1.26%	1.58%
2002	1.22%	1.55%
2003	1.18%	1.52%
2004	1.15%	2.88%
2005	1.13%	1.4%
2006	1.12%	1.33%
2007	1.11%	1.26%
2008	1.09%	1.2%
2009	1.07%	2.08%
2010	1.05%	1.12%
2011	1.02%	1.08%
2012	0.98%	1.03%
2013	0.95%	0.98%
2014	0.92%	0.92%
2015	0.9%	0.87%
2016	0.89%	0.83%
2017	0.89%	0.79%
2018	0.89%	0.76%
2019	0.91%	0.72%
2020	0.94%	0.69%
2021	0.97%	0.66%
2022	1.01%	0.64%
2023	1.05%	0.61%