Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.71	6.38
1961	6.65	6.3
1962	6.54	6.23
1963	6.39	6.16
1964	6.19	6.07
1965	5.96	5.98
1966	5.7	5.87
1967	5.42	5.75
1968	5.03	5.61
1969	4.84	5.47
1970	4.59	5.32
1971	4.36	5.17
1972	4.16	5.04
1973	3.99	4.91
1974	3.89	4.79
1975	3.8	4.69
1976	3.75	4.59
1977	3.7	4.49
1978	3.66	4.4
1979	3.65	4.3
1980	3.58	4.2
1981	3.56	4.1
1982	3.54	4.01
1983	3.53	3.93
1984	3.52	3.86
1985	3.51	3.79
1986	3.45	3.73
1987	3.38	3.67
1988	3.31	3.6
1989	3.24	3.52
1990	3.17	3.45
1991	3.08	3.37
1992	3	3.29
1993	2.93	3.22
1994	2.86	3.15
1995	2.78	3.08
1996	2.68	3.02
1997	2.59	2.97
1998	2.53	2.91
1999	2.48	2.86
2000	2.41	2.79
2001	2.31	2.78
2002	2.16	2.74
2003	2.08	2.7
2004	2.03	2.64
2005	2.04	2.63
2006	1.94	2.6
2007	1.95	2.52
2008	1.98	2.48
2009	1.95	2.42
2010	1.83	2.4
2011	1.88	2.4
2012	1.85	2.38
2013	1.78	2.33
2014	1.8	2.3
2015	1.8	2.25
2016	1.75	2.22
2017	1.71	2.18
2018	1.71	2.15
2019	1.6	2.13
2020	1.45	2.12
2021	1.35	2.11
2022	1.34	2.09
2023	1.33	2.08
2024	1.32	2.08
2025	1.31	2.06
2026	1.31	2.04
2027	1.31	2.03
2028	1.3	2.01
2029	1.31	2
2030	1.31	1.99
2031	1.31	1.98
2032	1.32	1.97
2033	1.32	1.96
2034	1.32	1.95
2035	1.33	1.94
2036	1.33	1.93
2037	1.34	1.92
2038	1.34	1.91
2039	1.35	1.91
2040	1.35	1.9
2041	1.35	1.89
2042	1.36	1.88
2043	1.36	1.87
2044	1.37	1.86
2045	1.37	1.86
2046	1.37	1.85
2047	1.38	1.84
2048	1.38	1.84
2049	1.38	1.83
2050	1.38	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Venezuela
1960	46.4%	46.8%
1961	46.6%	46.9%
1962	46.7%	47%
1963	46.7%	47%
1964	46.6%	47%
1965	46.5%	46.9%
1966	46.3%	46.8%
1967	45.9%	46.6%
1968	45.5%	46.3%
1969	45%	46%
1970	44.4%	45.6%
1971	43.8%	45.2%
1972	43.1%	44.7%
1973	42.3%	44.3%
1974	41.5%	43.8%
1975	40.8%	43.3%
1976	40%	42.9%
1977	39.2%	42.5%
1978	38.6%	42.1%
1979	38%	41.7%
1980	37.5%	41.3%
1981	37.1%	41%
1982	36.7%	40.6%
1983	36.5%	40.3%
1984	36.4%	39.9%
1985	36.3%	39.6%
1986	36.3%	39.3%
1987	36.2%	39%
1988	36.2%	38.7%
1989	36.1%	38.4%
1990	36%	38.1%
1991	35.7%	37.8%
1992	35.4%	37.4%
1993	35%	37%
1994	34.6%	36.6%
1995	34.1%	36.2%
1996	33.6%	35.8%
1997	33%	35.3%
1998	32.4%	34.9%
1999	31.8%	34.5%
2000	31.1%	34%
2001	30.5%	33.6%
2002	29.8%	33.1%
2003	29.1%	32.7%
2004	28.4%	32.2%
2005	27.7%	31.8%
2006	27.1%	31.4%
2007	26.5%	31%
2008	25.9%	30.6%
2009	25.4%	30.3%
2010	24.9%	29.9%
2011	24.3%	29.5%
2012	23.9%	29.2%
2013	23.4%	28.9%
2014	23%	28.5%
2015	22.5%	28.2%
2016	22.1%	27.9%
2017	21.8%	27.8%
2018	21.4%	27.9%
2019	21.1%	28%
2020	20.7%	27.8%
2021	20.3%	27.4%
2022	19.8%	26.8%
2023	19.3%	26.2%
2024	18.8%	25.5%
2025	18.3%	24.9%
2026	17.8%	24.3%
2027	17.3%	23.8%
2028	16.9%	23.2%
2029	16.4%	22.8%
2030	16%	22.4%
2031	15.5%	22%
2032	15.1%	21.7%
2033	14.7%	21.5%
2034	14.4%	21.4%
2035	14.1%	21.4%
2036	13.9%	21.4%
2037	13.8%	21.5%
2038	13.7%	21.5%
2039	13.6%	21.4%
2040	13.5%	21.4%
2041	13.4%	21.3%
2042	13.3%	21.2%
2043	13.2%	21.1%
2044	13.2%	20.9%
2045	13.1%	20.7%
2046	13%	20.5%
2047	12.9%	20.3%
2048	12.8%	20%
2049	12.7%	19.8%
2050	12.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 36% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	48,857	285,105
1961	50,149	292,109
1962	51,046	299,345
1963	51,403	307,279
1964	51,435	314,397
1965	51,196	321,695
1966	50,755	329,697
1967	50,193	335,813
1968	48,361	340,973
1969	48,790	343,596
1970	48,398	350,709
1971	48,341	355,212
1972	48,417	360,749
1973	48,943	367,612
1974	50,349	375,678
1975	51,979	385,045
1976	54,019	395,344
1977	56,122	405,315
1978	58,327	414,032
1979	60,984	421,256
1980	62,561	425,613
1981	64,632	432,059
1982	66,826	436,564
1983	68,972	443,569
1984	71,062	449,186
1985	72,776	455,517
1986	73,211	468,252
1987	73,188	474,204
1988	72,944	477,569
1989	72,327	478,053
1990	71,727	478,168
1991	70,506	477,917
1992	69,830	474,824
1993	69,016	473,189
1994	68,336	469,178
1995	67,585	469,267
1996	66,094	468,653
1997	64,954	472,002
1998	64,788	469,123
1999	64,922	463,787
2000	64,268	459,802
2001	62,199	451,487
2002	58,388	466,821
2003	56,743	456,902
2004	55,769	455,881
2005	57,139	463,260
2006	54,177	460,152
2007	55,244	452,482
2008	56,491	435,870
2009	55,757	427,257
2010	50,803	425,397
2011	52,884	425,958
2012	52,036	420,758
2013	49,227	408,930
2014	49,559	395,088
2015	49,077	384,560
2016	45,565	359,651
2017	43,471	340,222
2018	42,469	317,302
2019	37,682	274,826
2020	29,164	237,223
2021	20,119	207,746
2022	21,409	216,619
2023	24,109	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Venezuela
1985	43	83
1986	42	81
1987	41	81
1988	40	80
1989	40	80
1990	40	83
1991	39	80
1992	39	82
1993	39	82
1994	39	84
1995	39	84
1996	39	86
1997	38	82
1998	37	82
1999	36	88
2000	36	86
2001	35	101
2002	34	87
2003	33	97
2004	33	94
2005	31	93
2006	30	96
2007	30	92
2008	30	103
2009	29	109
2010	29	110
2011	28	104
2012	27	113
2013	27	123
2014	27	133
2015	26	136
2016	27	162
2017	27	195
2018	28	205
2019	26	202
2020	34	207
2021	44	251
2022	27	219
2023	24	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	9.62%	7.97%
1961	9.36%	7.72%
1962	9.27%	7.49%
1963	9.25%	7.3%
1964	9.18%	7.14%
1965	9.02%	7%
1966	8.78%	6.87%
1967	8.49%	6.75%
1968	8.17%	6.61%
1969	7.85%	6.47%
1970	7.48%	6.3%
1971	7.02%	6.12%
1972	6.45%	5.94%
1973	5.82%	5.75%
1974	5.17%	5.57%
1975	4.54%	5.38%
1976	3.93%	5.2%
1977	3.39%	5.01%
1978	2.96%	4.82%
1979	2.65%	4.62%
1980	2.45%	4.42%
1981	2.33%	4.24%
1982	2.29%	4.07%
1983	2.27%	3.91%
1984	2.25%	3.77%
1985	2.2%	3.64%
1986	2.12%	3.5%
1987	2.01%	3.37%
1988	1.89%	3.23%
1989	1.78%	3.09%
1990	1.69%	2.96%
1991	1.62%	2.86%
1992	1.57%	2.78%
1993	1.53%	2.73%
1994	1.51%	2.68%
1995	1.49%	2.63%
1996	1.47%	2.55%
1997	1.45%	2.45%
1998	1.41%	2.34%
1999	1.36%	2.24%
2000	1.31%	2.15%
2001	1.26%	2.09%
2002	1.22%	2.03%
2003	1.18%	1.98%
2004	1.15%	1.91%
2005	1.13%	1.85%
2006	1.12%	1.79%
2007	1.11%	1.74%
2008	1.09%	1.72%
2009	1.07%	1.71%
2010	1.05%	1.72%
2011	1.02%	1.73%
2012	0.98%	1.76%
2013	0.95%	1.79%
2014	0.92%	1.83%
2015	0.9%	1.92%
2016	0.89%	2.43%
2017	0.89%	2.43%
2018	0.89%	2.43%
2019	0.91%	2.43%
2020	0.94%	2.43%
2021	0.97%	2.43%
2022	1.01%	2.43%
2023	1.05%	2.43%