Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Costa Rica	Ukraine
1960	6.71	2.29
1961	6.65	2.2
1962	6.54	2.15
1963	6.39	2.11
1964	6.19	2.01
1965	5.96	1.94
1966	5.7	2.04
1967	5.42	2.04
1968	5.03	2.03
1969	4.84	2.01
1970	4.59	2.08
1971	4.36	2.11
1972	4.16	2.13
1973	3.99	2.04
1974	3.89	2.06
1975	3.8	2.05
1976	3.75	2.04
1977	3.7	1.98
1978	3.66	1.97
1979	3.65	1.96
1980	3.58	1.95
1981	3.56	1.92
1982	3.54	1.95
1983	3.53	2.1
1984	3.52	2.08
1985	3.51	2.03
1986	3.45	2.12
1987	3.38	2.07
1988	3.31	2.04
1989	3.24	1.93
1990	3.17	1.85
1991	3.08	1.77
1992	3	1.67
1993	2.93	1.56
1994	2.86	1.47
1995	2.78	1.4
1996	2.68	1.33
1997	2.59	1.27
1998	2.53	1.21
1999	2.48	1.13
2000	2.41	1.11
2001	2.31	1.09
2002	2.16	1.13
2003	2.08	1.17
2004	2.03	1.22
2005	2.04	1.22
2006	1.94	1.3
2007	1.95	1.34
2008	1.98	1.44
2009	1.95	1.47
2010	1.83	1.44
2011	1.88	1.46
2012	1.85	1.53
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.8	1.47
2015	1.8	1.39
2016	1.75	1.39
2017	1.71	1.3
2018	1.71	1.23
2019	1.6	1.22
2020	1.45	1.21
2021	1.35	1.15
2022	1.34	0.9
2023	1.33	0.98
2024	1.32	0.99
2025	1.31	1
2026	1.31	1
2027	1.31	1.01
2028	1.3	1.02
2029	1.31	1.02
2030	1.31	1.03
2031	1.31	1.04
2032	1.32	1.04
2033	1.32	1.05
2034	1.32	1.05
2035	1.33	1.06
2036	1.33	1.06
2037	1.34	1.07
2038	1.34	1.07
2039	1.35	1.08
2040	1.35	1.09
2041	1.35	1.09
2042	1.36	1.1
2043	1.36	1.1
2044	1.37	1.11
2045	1.37	1.11
2046	1.37	1.12
2047	1.38	1.13
2048	1.38	1.13
2049	1.38	1.14
2050	1.38	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Ukraine
1960	46.4%	26.7%
1961	46.6%	27%
1962	46.7%	27.1%
1963	46.7%	27.1%
1964	46.6%	26.8%
1965	46.5%	26.4%
1966	46.3%	26.1%
1967	45.9%	25.8%
1968	45.5%	25.5%
1969	45%	25.1%
1970	44.4%	24.8%
1971	43.8%	24.4%
1972	43.1%	24%
1973	42.3%	23.6%
1974	41.5%	23.2%
1975	40.8%	22.8%
1976	40%	22.4%
1977	39.2%	22.1%
1978	38.6%	21.7%
1979	38%	21.5%
1980	37.5%	21.4%
1981	37.1%	21.4%
1982	36.7%	21.4%
1983	36.5%	21.5%
1984	36.4%	21.6%
1985	36.3%	21.7%
1986	36.3%	21.7%
1987	36.2%	21.7%
1988	36.2%	21.7%
1989	36.1%	21.7%
1990	36%	21.6%
1991	35.7%	21.5%
1992	35.4%	21.4%
1993	35%	21.2%
1994	34.6%	21%
1995	34.1%	20.6%
1996	33.6%	20.2%
1997	33%	19.7%
1998	32.4%	19.2%
1999	31.8%	18.5%
2000	31.1%	17.9%
2001	30.5%	17.1%
2002	29.8%	16.3%
2003	29.1%	15.7%
2004	28.4%	15.1%
2005	27.7%	14.7%
2006	27.1%	14.3%
2007	26.5%	14.1%
2008	25.9%	14%
2009	25.4%	14%
2010	24.9%	14.1%
2011	24.3%	14.2%
2012	23.9%	14.4%
2013	23.4%	14.6%
2014	23%	14.9%
2015	22.5%	15.1%
2016	22.1%	15.3%
2017	21.8%	15.4%
2018	21.4%	15.4%
2019	21.1%	15.4%
2020	20.7%	15.3%
2021	20.3%	15.1%
2022	19.8%	14.8%
2023	19.3%	14.3%
2024	18.8%	13.9%
2025	18.3%	13.7%
2026	17.8%	13.4%
2027	17.3%	12.9%
2028	16.9%	12.4%
2029	16.4%	12%
2030	16%	11.6%
2031	15.5%	11.2%
2032	15.1%	10.9%
2033	14.7%	10.6%
2034	14.4%	10.4%
2035	14.1%	10.2%
2036	13.9%	10%
2037	13.8%	9.95%
2038	13.7%	9.95%
2039	13.6%	9.92%
2040	13.5%	9.9%
2041	13.4%	9.92%
2042	13.3%	9.97%
2043	13.2%	10%
2044	13.2%	10.1%
2045	13.1%	10.1%
2046	13%	10.2%
2047	12.9%	10.2%
2048	12.8%	10.2%
2049	12.7%	10.2%
2050	12.6%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 36% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	48,857	538,812
1961	50,149	508,602
1962	51,046	481,887
1963	51,403	449,648
1964	51,435	391,120
1965	51,196	334,365
1966	50,755	337,794
1967	50,193	313,899
1968	48,361	295,162
1969	48,790	274,858
1970	48,398	291,839
1971	48,341	305,849
1972	48,417	309,785
1973	48,943	274,938
1974	50,349	273,486
1975	51,979	256,787
1976	54,019	247,323
1977	56,122	216,932
1978	58,327	206,554
1979	60,984	197,294
1980	62,561	197,223
1981	64,632	182,839
1982	66,826	194,101
1983	68,972	241,741
1984	71,062	222,430
1985	72,776	201,011
1986	73,211	225,751
1987	73,188	198,850
1988	72,944	162,002
1989	72,327	106,431
1990	71,727	48,463
1991	70,506	-16,486
1992	69,830	-95,857
1993	69,016	-169,405
1994	68,336	-238,820
1995	67,585	-281,629
1996	66,094	-305,154
1997	64,954	-306,549
1998	64,788	-318,299
1999	64,922	-348,286
2000	64,268	-364,143
2001	62,199	-374,734
2002	58,388	-364,544
2003	56,743	-351,299
2004	55,769	-344,157
2005	57,139	-337,857
2006	54,177	-300,787
2007	55,244	-282,659
2008	56,491	-229,086
2009	55,757	-197,918
2010	50,803	-180,388
2011	52,884	-158,372
2012	52,036	-130,451
2013	49,227	-129,662
2014	49,559	-140,216
2015	49,077	-147,107
2016	45,565	-135,710
2017	43,471	-158,390
2018	42,469	-227,491
2019	37,682	-236,296
2020	29,164	-307,533
2021	20,119	-449,941
2022	21,409	-349,284
2023	24,109	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Ukraine
1985	43	53
1986	42	50
1987	41	46
1988	40	44
1989	40	42
1990	40	40
1991	39	40
1992	39	40
1993	39	42
1994	39	45
1995	39	46
1996	39	45
1997	38	41
1998	37	37
1999	36	34
2000	36	32
2001	35	30
2002	34	28
2003	33	28
2004	33	27
2005	31	27
2006	30	27
2007	30	27
2008	30	26
2009	29	24
2010	29	21
2011	28	20
2012	27	20
2013	27	20
2014	27	19
2015	26	17
2016	27	17
2017	27	16
2018	28	16
2019	26	16
2020	34	18
2021	44	26
2022	27	16
2023	24	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	9.62%	-
1961	9.36%	-
1962	9.27%	-
1963	9.25%	-
1964	9.18%	-
1965	9.02%	-
1966	8.78%	-
1967	8.49%	-
1968	8.17%	-
1969	7.85%	-
1970	7.48%	-
1971	7.02%	3.23%
1972	6.45%	3.13%
1973	5.82%	3.04%
1974	5.17%	2.96%
1975	4.54%	2.89%
1976	3.93%	2.84%
1977	3.39%	2.78%
1978	2.96%	2.74%
1979	2.65%	2.69%
1980	2.45%	2.62%
1981	2.33%	2.55%
1982	2.29%	2.47%
1983	2.27%	2.39%
1984	2.25%	2.29%
1985	2.2%	2.21%
1986	2.12%	2.13%
1987	2.01%	2.05%
1988	1.89%	1.99%
1989	1.78%	1.95%
1990	1.69%	1.92%
1991	1.62%	1.92%
1992	1.57%	1.94%
1993	1.53%	1.97%
1994	1.51%	2%
1995	1.49%	2.02%
1996	1.47%	2.03%
1997	1.45%	2.01%
1998	1.41%	1.97%
1999	1.36%	1.9%
2000	1.31%	1.83%
2001	1.26%	1.75%
2002	1.22%	1.66%
2003	1.18%	1.58%
2004	1.15%	1.51%
2005	1.13%	1.45%
2006	1.12%	1.4%
2007	1.11%	1.34%
2008	1.09%	1.29%
2009	1.07%	1.23%
2010	1.05%	1.17%
2011	1.02%	1.12%
2012	0.98%	1.07%
2013	0.95%	1.02%
2014	0.92%	0.98%
2015	0.9%	0.94%
2016	0.89%	0.91%
2017	0.89%	0.89%
2018	0.89%	0.87%
2019	0.91%	0.85%
2020	0.94%	0.84%
2021	0.97%	0.82%
2022	1.01%	0.85%
2023	1.05%	0.81%