Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Fertility rate, total
Costa Rica
1.32 births per woman
in 2024
Switzerland
1.29 births per woman
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
190th
Switzerland rank
192nd
Fertility rate, total over time
- Costa Rica
- Switzerland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.32 births per woman against 1.29 births per woman in Switzerland, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 190th and Switzerland ranks 192nd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.94 births per woman | 2.48 births per woman | 3.46 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.96 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 3.46 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman | 1.92 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 2.81 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman | 1.29 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.09 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman | 0.6481 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.77 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman | 0.2477 births per woman | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.36 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman | 0.0412 births per woman | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Costa Rica or Switzerland?
- Costa Rica, at 1.32 births per woman against 1.29 births per woman in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Costa Rica and Switzerland?
- 0.03 births per woman, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Switzerland?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Switzerland rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Costa Rica ranks 190th and Switzerland ranks 192nd 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.