Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Thailand

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	6.71	6.33
1961	6.65	6.32
1962	6.54	6.33
1963	6.39	6.34
1964	6.19	6.31
1965	5.96	6.26
1966	5.7	6.18
1967	5.42	6.08
1968	5.03	5.93
1969	4.84	5.7
1970	4.59	5.45
1971	4.36	5.25
1972	4.16	5.08
1973	3.99	4.85
1974	3.89	4.6
1975	3.8	4.36
1976	3.75	4.12
1977	3.7	3.87
1978	3.66	3.62
1979	3.65	3.45
1980	3.58	3.29
1981	3.56	3.13
1982	3.54	2.94
1983	3.53	2.76
1984	3.52	2.58
1985	3.51	2.45
1986	3.45	2.36
1987	3.38	2.26
1988	3.31	2.17
1989	3.24	2.14
1990	3.17	2.07
1991	3.08	2.04
1992	3	2.01
1993	2.93	1.97
1994	2.86	1.93
1995	2.78	1.89
1996	2.68	1.87
1997	2.59	1.85
1998	2.53	1.82
1999	2.48	1.77
2000	2.41	1.73
2001	2.31	1.71
2002	2.16	1.69
2003	2.08	1.67
2004	2.03	1.67
2005	2.04	1.64
2006	1.94	1.63
2007	1.95	1.62
2008	1.98	1.59
2009	1.95	1.57
2010	1.83	1.56
2011	1.88	1.57
2012	1.85	1.56
2013	1.78	1.53
2014	1.8	1.48
2015	1.8	1.45
2016	1.75	1.4
2017	1.71	1.36
2018	1.71	1.32
2019	1.6	1.29
2020	1.45	1.26
2021	1.35	1.23
2022	1.34	1.22
2023	1.33	1.21
2024	1.32	1.2
2025	1.31	1.19
2026	1.31	1.19
2027	1.31	1.19
2028	1.3	1.19
2029	1.31	1.19
2030	1.31	1.2
2031	1.31	1.2
2032	1.32	1.21
2033	1.32	1.21
2034	1.32	1.22
2035	1.33	1.22
2036	1.33	1.23
2037	1.34	1.23
2038	1.34	1.24
2039	1.35	1.24
2040	1.35	1.25
2041	1.35	1.25
2042	1.36	1.26
2043	1.36	1.26
2044	1.37	1.26
2045	1.37	1.27
2046	1.37	1.27
2047	1.38	1.28
2048	1.38	1.28
2049	1.38	1.28
2050	1.38	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Thailand
1960	46.4%	44.3%
1961	46.6%	44.6%
1962	46.7%	44.8%
1963	46.7%	45.1%
1964	46.6%	45.3%
1965	46.5%	45.4%
1966	46.3%	45.4%
1967	45.9%	45.3%
1968	45.5%	45.2%
1969	45%	45%
1970	44.4%	44.8%
1971	43.8%	44.4%
1972	43.1%	44%
1973	42.3%	43.5%
1974	41.5%	43%
1975	40.8%	42.4%
1976	40%	41.8%
1977	39.2%	41.1%
1978	38.6%	40.3%
1979	38%	39.5%
1980	37.5%	38.7%
1981	37.1%	37.8%
1982	36.7%	37%
1983	36.5%	36%
1984	36.4%	35.1%
1985	36.3%	34.1%
1986	36.3%	33.2%
1987	36.2%	32.4%
1988	36.2%	31.5%
1989	36.1%	30.7%
1990	36%	30%
1991	35.7%	29.2%
1992	35.4%	28.5%
1993	35%	28%
1994	34.6%	27.4%
1995	34.1%	26.9%
1996	33.6%	26.4%
1997	33%	25.9%
1998	32.4%	25.4%
1999	31.8%	24.9%
2000	31.1%	24.4%
2001	30.5%	23.9%
2002	29.8%	23.4%
2003	29.1%	23%
2004	28.4%	22.6%
2005	27.7%	22.2%
2006	27.1%	21.7%
2007	26.5%	21.3%
2008	25.9%	20.9%
2009	25.4%	20.6%
2010	24.9%	20.1%
2011	24.3%	19.7%
2012	23.9%	19.2%
2013	23.4%	18.8%
2014	23%	18.5%
2015	22.5%	18.1%
2016	22.1%	17.7%
2017	21.8%	17.3%
2018	21.4%	16.9%
2019	21.1%	16.6%
2020	20.7%	16.2%
2021	20.3%	15.8%
2022	19.8%	15.4%
2023	19.3%	15.1%
2024	18.8%	14.7%
2025	18.3%	14.4%
2026	17.8%	14.1%
2027	17.3%	13.7%
2028	16.9%	13.4%
2029	16.4%	13.1%
2030	16%	12.9%
2031	15.5%	12.7%
2032	15.1%	12.5%
2033	14.7%	12.3%
2034	14.4%	12.2%
2035	14.1%	12.1%
2036	13.9%	12%
2037	13.8%	11.9%
2038	13.7%	11.9%
2039	13.6%	11.8%
2040	13.5%	11.8%
2041	13.4%	11.8%
2042	13.3%	11.8%
2043	13.2%	11.7%
2044	13.2%	11.7%
2045	13.1%	11.7%
2046	13%	11.7%
2047	12.9%	11.6%
2048	12.8%	11.6%
2049	12.7%	11.6%
2050	12.6%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 36% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	48,857	774,190
1961	50,149	801,140
1962	51,046	828,741
1963	51,403	860,728
1964	51,435	885,137
1965	51,196	909,000
1966	50,755	929,469
1967	50,193	944,980
1968	48,361	953,806
1969	48,790	948,314
1970	48,398	937,116
1971	48,341	936,215
1972	48,417	940,420
1973	48,943	933,540
1974	50,349	923,151
1975	51,979	911,980
1976	54,019	894,072
1977	56,122	871,232
1978	58,327	847,799
1979	60,984	843,434
1980	62,561	845,575
1981	64,632	839,297
1982	66,826	817,951
1983	68,972	794,239
1984	71,062	779,856
1985	72,776	776,935
1986	73,211	783,430
1987	73,188	774,498
1988	72,944	765,252
1989	72,327	774,563
1990	71,727	760,808
1991	70,506	760,508
1992	69,830	754,999
1993	69,016	737,696
1994	68,336	712,589
1995	67,585	682,703
1996	66,094	661,397
1997	64,954	644,834
1998	64,788	617,318
1999	64,922	578,073
2000	64,268	543,884
2001	62,199	524,230
2002	58,388	504,299
2003	56,743	488,003
2004	55,769	466,542
2005	57,139	456,378
2006	54,177	441,211
2007	55,244	425,362
2008	56,491	401,730
2009	55,757	382,636
2010	50,803	370,466
2011	52,884	365,670
2012	52,036	351,485
2013	49,227	325,059
2014	49,559	294,628
2015	49,077	266,362
2016	45,565	226,255
2017	43,471	194,695
2018	42,469	159,383
2019	37,682	116,867
2020	29,164	84,107
2021	20,119	57,382
2022	21,409	-61,046
2023	24,109	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Thailand
1985	43	88
1986	42	78
1987	41	72
1988	40	67
1989	40	64
1990	40	60
1991	39	59
1992	39	58
1993	39	57
1994	39	54
1995	39	52
1996	39	49
1997	38	48
1998	37	47
1999	36	48
2000	36	49
2001	35	47
2002	34	44
2003	33	42
2004	33	44
2005	31	40
2006	30	38
2007	30	38
2008	30	37
2009	29	37
2010	29	37
2011	28	37
2012	27	36
2013	27	35
2014	27	34
2015	26	34
2016	27	34
2017	27	34
2018	28	34
2019	26	34
2020	34	36
2021	44	38
2022	27	112
2023	24	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	9.62%	14.7%
1961	9.36%	14.2%
1962	9.27%	13.7%
1963	9.25%	13.2%
1964	9.18%	12.8%
1965	9.02%	12.3%
1966	8.78%	11.8%
1967	8.49%	11.4%
1968	8.17%	10.9%
1969	7.85%	10.4%
1970	7.48%	9.95%
1971	7.02%	9.47%
1972	6.45%	9.01%
1973	5.82%	8.56%
1974	5.17%	8.14%
1975	4.54%	7.73%
1976	3.93%	7.35%
1977	3.39%	7%
1978	2.96%	6.67%
1979	2.65%	6.36%
1980	2.45%	6.07%
1981	2.33%	5.79%
1982	2.29%	5.53%
1983	2.27%	5.28%
1984	2.25%	5.03%
1985	2.2%	4.8%
1986	2.12%	4.57%
1987	2.01%	4.34%
1988	1.89%	4.12%
1989	1.78%	3.91%
1990	1.69%	3.69%
1991	1.62%	3.49%
1992	1.57%	3.3%
1993	1.53%	3.12%
1994	1.51%	2.96%
1995	1.49%	2.81%
1996	1.47%	2.67%
1997	1.45%	2.53%
1998	1.41%	2.41%
1999	1.36%	2.29%
2000	1.31%	2.18%
2001	1.26%	2.08%
2002	1.22%	1.98%
2003	1.18%	1.89%
2004	1.15%	1.81%
2005	1.13%	1.73%
2006	1.12%	1.66%
2007	1.11%	1.59%
2008	1.09%	1.53%
2009	1.07%	1.47%
2010	1.05%	1.42%
2011	1.02%	1.37%
2012	0.98%	1.32%
2013	0.95%	1.27%
2014	0.92%	1.23%
2015	0.9%	1.19%
2016	0.89%	1.15%
2017	0.89%	1.11%
2018	0.89%	1.08%
2019	0.91%	1.04%
2020	0.94%	1.01%
2021	0.97%	0.98%
2022	1.01%	0.95%
2023	1.05%	0.92%