Costa Rica Birth Rate 1960-2025

Costa Rica birth rate for 2022 was 11.69, a 1.58% decline from 2021.
  • Costa Rica birth rate for 2021 was 11.87, a 2.3% decline from 2020.
  • Costa Rica birth rate for 2020 was 12.15, a 5.41% decline from 2019.
  • Costa Rica birth rate for 2019 was 12.85, a 5.27% decline from 2018.
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.