Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1961 to 2015 of Costa Rica. No data until 1960. Number of actual observations by date: 55.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.

Categories, topics:

Health, Gender

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:

3.474

Minimum:

1.819

jan 1, 2015

Maximum:

6.451

jan 1, 1961

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1961

6.451

+6.451

0.0%

jan 1, 1962

6.405

-0.046

-0.71%

jan 1, 1963

6.322

-0.083

-1.3%

jan 1, 1964

6.201

-0.121

-1.91%

jan 1, 1965

6.044

-0.157

-2.53%

jan 1, 1966

5.853

-0.191

-3.16%

jan 1, 1967

5.63

-0.223

-3.81%

jan 1, 1968

5.383

-0.247

-4.39%

jan 1, 1969

5.123

-0.26

-4.83%

jan 1, 1970

4.861

-0.262

-5.11%

jan 1, 1971

4.611

-0.25

-5.14%

jan 1, 1972

4.385

-0.226

-4.9%

jan 1, 1973

4.188

-0.197

-4.49%

jan 1, 1974

4.026

-0.162

-3.87%

jan 1, 1975

3.898

-0.128

-3.18%

jan 1, 1976

3.805

-0.093

-2.39%

jan 1, 1977

3.741

-0.064

-1.68%

jan 1, 1978

3.695

-0.046

-1.23%

jan 1, 1979

3.657

-0.038

-1.03%

jan 1, 1980

3.622

-0.035

-0.96%

jan 1, 1981

3.588

-0.034

-0.94%

jan 1, 1982

3.552

-0.036

-1.0%

jan 1, 1983

3.517

-0.035

-0.99%

jan 1, 1984

3.482

-0.035

-1.0%

jan 1, 1985

3.448

-0.034

-0.98%

jan 1, 1986

3.411

-0.037

-1.07%

jan 1, 1987

3.371

-0.04

-1.17%

jan 1, 1988

3.328

-0.043

-1.28%

jan 1, 1989

3.281

-0.047

-1.41%

jan 1, 1990

3.229

-0.052

-1.58%

jan 1, 1991

3.172

-0.057

-1.77%

jan 1, 1992

3.11

-0.062

-1.95%

jan 1, 1993

3.044

-0.066

-2.12%

jan 1, 1994

2.973

-0.071

-2.33%

jan 1, 1995

2.899

-0.074

-2.49%

jan 1, 1996

2.821

-0.078

-2.69%

jan 1, 1997

2.737

-0.084

-2.98%

jan 1, 1998

2.649

-0.088

-3.22%

jan 1, 1999

2.557

-0.092

-3.47%

jan 1, 2000

2.463

-0.094

-3.68%

jan 1, 2001

2.373

-0.09

-3.65%

jan 1, 2002

2.29

-0.083

-3.5%

jan 1, 2003

2.216

-0.074

-3.23%

jan 1, 2004

2.155

-0.061

-2.75%

jan 1, 2005

2.105

-0.05

-2.32%

jan 1, 2006

2.065

-0.04

-1.9%

jan 1, 2007

2.034

-0.031

-1.5%

jan 1, 2008

2.006

-0.028

-1.38%

jan 1, 2009

1.979

-0.027

-1.35%

jan 1, 2010

1.951

-0.028

-1.41%

jan 1, 2011

1.922

-0.029

-1.49%

jan 1, 2012

1.893

-0.029

-1.51%

jan 1, 2013

1.866

-0.027

-1.43%

jan 1, 2014

1.841

-0.025

-1.34%

jan 1, 2015

1.819

-0.022

-1.2%

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)

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