Canada vs Costa Rica: Fertility rate, total
Canada
1.25 births per woman
in 2024
Costa Rica
1.32 births per woman
in 2024
Canada rank
193rd
Costa Rica rank
190th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Canada
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.32 births per woman against 1.25 births per woman in Canada, a difference of 0.07 births per woman.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Canada ranks 193rd and Costa Rica ranks 190th of 218 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.14 births per woman | 5.94 births per woman | 2.8 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.9 births per woman | 3.96 births per woman | 2.05 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.69 births per woman | 3.46 births per woman | 1.77 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.66 births per woman | 2.81 births per woman | 1.15 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1.59 births per woman | 2.09 births per woman | 0.4911 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.58 births per woman | 1.77 births per woman | 0.1847 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman | 0.0148 births per woman | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Canada or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.32 births per woman against 1.25 births per woman in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Canada and Costa Rica?
- 0.07 births per woman, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Canada ranks 193rd 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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About this data
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.