Austria vs Costa Rica: Fertility rate, total

Austria
1.31 births per woman
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.32 births per woman
in 2024
Austria rank
191st
Costa Rica rank
190th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Austria
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 1.32 births per woman against 1.31 births per woman in Austria, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Austria ranks 191st and Costa Rica ranks 190th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1960s 2.69 births per woman 5.94 births per woman 3.25 births per woman Costa Rica
1970s 1.88 births per woman 3.96 births per woman 2.08 births per woman Costa Rica
1980s 1.53 births per woman 3.46 births per woman 1.93 births per woman Costa Rica
1990s 1.44 births per woman 2.81 births per woman 1.37 births per woman Costa Rica
2000s 1.39 births per woman 2.09 births per woman 0.6971 births per woman Costa Rica
2010s 1.47 births per woman 1.77 births per woman 0.3017 births per woman Costa Rica
2020s 1.39 births per woman 1.36 births per woman 0.0352 births per woman Austria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Austria or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 1.32 births per woman against 1.31 births per woman in Austria as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Austria and Costa Rica?
0.01 births per woman, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Costa Rica?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Austria and Costa Rica rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Austria ranks 191st and Costa Rica ranks 190th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.