Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Fertility rate, total
Costa Rica
1.32 births per woman
in 2024
Jamaica
1.35 births per woman
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
190th
Jamaica rank
188th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 1.35 births per woman against 1.32 births per woman in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 190th and Jamaica ranks 188th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.94 births per woman | 5.64 births per woman | 0.301 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.96 births per woman | 4.55 births per woman | 0.5937 births per woman | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 3.46 births per woman | 3.25 births per woman | 0.2079 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 2.81 births per woman | 2.82 births per woman | 0.0147 births per woman | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 2.09 births per woman | 2.14 births per woman | 0.0585 births per woman | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.77 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman | 0.2208 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.36 births per woman | 1.37 births per woman | 0.0116 births per woman | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 1.35 births per woman against 1.32 births per woman in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 0.03 births per woman, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Costa Rica ranks 190th and Jamaica ranks 188th 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.