Fertility & birth rates in Costa Rica and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Costa Rica vs Vietnam 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 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Costa Rica vs Vietnam 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	Vietnam
1960	6.71	6.27
1961	6.65	5.48
1962	6.54	6.26
1963	6.39	6.39
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	5.96	6.16
1966	5.7	5.97
1967	5.42	5.88
1968	5.03	6.03
1969	4.84	6.01
1970	4.59	6.02
1971	4.36	6.07
1972	4.16	6.1
1973	3.99	6.11
1974	3.89	5.78
1975	3.8	5.62
1976	3.75	5.46
1977	3.7	5.29
1978	3.66	5.1
1979	3.65	4.94
1980	3.58	4.8
1981	3.56	4.67
1982	3.54	4.59
1983	3.53	4.52
1984	3.52	4.41
1985	3.51	4.21
1986	3.45	3.96
1987	3.38	3.72
1988	3.31	3.62
1989	3.24	3.64
1990	3.17	3.6
1991	3.08	3.52
1992	3	3.35
1993	2.93	3.17
1994	2.86	2.94
1995	2.78	2.7
1996	2.68	2.47
1997	2.59	2.27
1998	2.53	2.1
1999	2.48	2
2000	2.41	2.03
2001	2.31	2.02
2002	2.16	2.01
2003	2.08	2
2004	2.03	1.97
2005	2.04	1.89
2006	1.94	1.87
2007	1.95	1.91
2008	1.98	1.93
2009	1.95	1.92
2010	1.83	1.91
2011	1.88	1.93
2012	1.85	1.97
2013	1.78	1.98
2014	1.8	2.09
2015	1.8	2.1
2016	1.75	2
2017	1.71	1.99
2018	1.71	1.88
2019	1.6	1.94
2020	1.45	1.96
2021	1.35	1.94
2022	1.34	1.93
2023	1.33	1.91
2024	1.32	1.9
2025	1.31	1.88
2026	1.31	1.86
2027	1.31	1.85
2028	1.3	1.84
2029	1.31	1.83
2030	1.31	1.82
2031	1.31	1.81
2032	1.32	1.8
2033	1.32	1.79
2034	1.32	1.79
2035	1.33	1.78
2036	1.33	1.78
2037	1.34	1.78
2038	1.34	1.77
2039	1.35	1.77
2040	1.35	1.77
2041	1.35	1.77
2042	1.36	1.77
2043	1.36	1.76
2044	1.37	1.76
2045	1.37	1.76
2046	1.37	1.76
2047	1.38	1.75
2048	1.38	1.75
2049	1.38	1.75
2050	1.38	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
1960	46.4%	41.1%
1961	46.6%	41.8%
1962	46.7%	42.4%
1963	46.7%	43.1%
1964	46.6%	43.4%
1965	46.5%	43.5%
1966	46.3%	43.6%
1967	45.9%	43.5%
1968	45.5%	43.4%
1969	45%	43.2%
1970	44.4%	42.9%
1971	43.8%	42.7%
1972	43.1%	42.4%
1973	42.3%	42.1%
1974	41.5%	41.8%
1975	40.8%	41.4%
1976	40%	41.2%
1977	39.2%	41%
1978	38.6%	40.6%
1979	38%	40.4%
1980	37.5%	40.3%
1981	37.1%	40.2%
1982	36.7%	40.2%
1983	36.5%	40.2%
1984	36.4%	40.1%
1985	36.3%	40.1%
1986	36.3%	39.9%
1987	36.2%	39.6%
1988	36.2%	39.2%
1989	36.1%	38.8%
1990	36%	38.5%
1991	35.7%	38.1%
1992	35.4%	37.7%
1993	35%	37.2%
1994	34.6%	36.7%
1995	34.1%	36.1%
1996	33.6%	35.4%
1997	33%	34.5%
1998	32.4%	33.5%
1999	31.8%	32.5%
2000	31.1%	31.5%
2001	30.5%	30.6%
2002	29.8%	29.9%
2003	29.1%	29.2%
2004	28.4%	28.5%
2005	27.7%	27.7%
2006	27.1%	26.9%
2007	26.5%	26.2%
2008	25.9%	25.6%
2009	25.4%	25.1%
2010	24.9%	24.6%
2011	24.3%	24.2%
2012	23.9%	24%
2013	23.4%	23.9%
2014	23%	24%
2015	22.5%	24%
2016	22.1%	24.1%
2017	21.8%	24.4%
2018	21.4%	24.6%
2019	21.1%	24.5%
2020	20.7%	24.4%
2021	20.3%	24.2%
2022	19.8%	23.9%
2023	19.3%	23.6%
2024	18.8%	23.2%
2025	18.3%	22.9%
2026	17.8%	22.4%
2027	17.3%	21.8%
2028	16.9%	21.1%
2029	16.4%	20.5%
2030	16%	19.9%
2031	15.5%	19.5%
2032	15.1%	19.1%
2033	14.7%	18.8%
2034	14.4%	18.5%
2035	14.1%	18.3%
2036	13.9%	18.1%
2037	13.8%	17.9%
2038	13.7%	17.8%
2039	13.6%	17.7%
2040	13.5%	17.6%
2041	13.4%	17.5%
2042	13.3%	17.5%
2043	13.2%	17.5%
2044	13.2%	17.4%
2045	13.1%	17.4%
2046	13%	17.3%
2047	12.9%	17.3%
2048	12.8%	17.2%
2049	12.7%	17.1%
2050	12.6%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.8% of the population in Costa Rica and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 36% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Costa Rica and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Costa Rica vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Costa Rica and +0.97% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	48,857	955,268
1961	50,149	798,978
1962	51,046	960,046
1963	51,403	961,067
1964	51,435	950,219
1965	51,196	913,761
1966	50,755	876,283
1967	50,193	862,071
1968	48,361	815,116
1969	48,790	878,359
1970	48,398	905,902
1971	48,341	963,259
1972	48,417	921,524
1973	48,943	1,061,707
1974	50,349	1,000,505
1975	51,979	1,175,181
1976	54,019	1,232,608
1977	56,122	1,259,315
1978	58,327	1,286,991
1979	60,984	1,314,563
1980	62,561	1,321,595
1981	64,632	1,358,500
1982	66,826	1,407,959
1983	68,972	1,453,913
1984	71,062	1,477,448
1985	72,776	1,453,954
1986	73,211	1,407,957
1987	73,188	1,359,481
1988	72,944	1,370,108
1989	72,327	1,423,622
1990	71,727	1,449,157
1991	70,506	1,459,311
1992	69,830	1,419,952
1993	69,016	1,370,365
1994	68,336	1,291,534
1995	67,585	1,203,666
1996	66,094	1,108,686
1997	64,954	1,028,116
1998	64,788	959,016
1999	64,922	925,519
2000	64,268	966,894
2001	62,199	985,610
2002	58,388	991,427
2003	56,743	1,001,470
2004	55,769	985,438
2005	57,139	942,084
2006	54,177	943,041
2007	55,244	981,689
2008	56,491	1,008,141
2009	55,757	1,007,778
2010	50,803	1,005,559
2011	52,884	1,029,859
2012	52,036	1,063,741
2013	49,227	1,071,570
2014	49,559	1,151,221
2015	49,077	1,145,903
2016	45,565	1,045,094
2017	43,471	1,001,833
2018	42,469	882,977
2019	37,682	895,262
2020	29,164	924,004
2021	20,119	799,593
2022	21,409	775,914
2023	24,109	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Costa Rica vs Vietnam

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 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Costa Rica	Vietnam
1985	43	186
1986	42	174
1987	41	163
1988	40	155
1989	40	152
1990	40	147
1991	39	142
1992	39	139
1993	39	135
1994	39	130
1995	39	119
1996	39	111
1997	38	104
1998	37	93
1999	36	86
2000	36	83
2001	35	78
2002	34	74
2003	33	71
2004	33	72
2005	31	69
2006	30	67
2007	30	66
2008	30	65
2009	29	64
2010	29	62
2011	28	61
2012	27	60
2013	27	60
2014	27	59
2015	26	58
2016	27	56
2017	27	55
2018	28	53
2019	26	52
2020	34	51
2021	44	52
2022	27	49
2023	24	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.05% in Costa Rica and 2% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	9.62%	-
1961	9.36%	-
1962	9.27%	-
1963	9.25%	-
1964	9.18%	8.73%
1965	9.02%	9.93%
1966	8.78%	9.97%
1967	8.49%	10%
1968	8.17%	11.6%
1969	7.85%	10.8%
1970	7.48%	10.7%
1971	7.02%	10.5%
1972	6.45%	11.9%
1973	5.82%	10.4%
1974	5.17%	10.7%
1975	4.54%	7.75%
1976	3.93%	7.6%
1977	3.39%	7.44%
1978	2.96%	7.27%
1979	2.65%	7.1%
1980	2.45%	6.94%
1981	2.33%	6.79%
1982	2.29%	6.64%
1983	2.27%	6.5%
1984	2.25%	6.36%
1985	2.2%	6.21%
1986	2.12%	6.04%
1987	2.01%	5.85%
1988	1.89%	5.64%
1989	1.78%	5.4%
1990	1.69%	5.15%
1991	1.62%	4.9%
1992	1.57%	4.64%
1993	1.53%	4.39%
1994	1.51%	4.14%
1995	1.49%	3.9%
1996	1.47%	3.68%
1997	1.45%	3.48%
1998	1.41%	3.29%
1999	1.36%	3.13%
2000	1.31%	2.98%
2001	1.26%	2.86%
2002	1.22%	2.74%
2003	1.18%	2.65%
2004	1.15%	2.57%
2005	1.13%	2.5%
2006	1.12%	2.45%
2007	1.11%	2.4%
2008	1.09%	2.36%
2009	1.07%	2.33%
2010	1.05%	2.31%
2011	1.02%	2.28%
2012	0.98%	2.26%
2013	0.95%	2.24%
2014	0.92%	2.22%
2015	0.9%	2.2%
2016	0.89%	2.18%
2017	0.89%	2.15%
2018	0.89%	2.14%
2019	0.91%	2.12%
2020	0.94%	2.1%
2021	0.97%	2.07%
2022	1.01%	2.04%
2023	1.05%	2%