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How many babies are born in Costa Rica?

50.2 thousand babies born in Costa Rica in 2026. That is 0.04% of all births worldwide, and the 134th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Costa Rica: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Costa Rica’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~5K ~120K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~12K ~290K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~13K ~450K 28.6 Modelled estimate
1800 ~2.53K ~53K 47.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~14.9K ~317K 46.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 41.6K 927K 44.9 UN estimate
2000 79.7K 3.94M 20.2 UN estimate
2023 52K 5.11M 10.2 UN estimate
2026 50.2K 5.17M 9.7 UN projection
2050 40.9K 5.35M 7.6 UN projection
2075 31.6K 4.76M 6.6 UN projection
2100 24.3K 3.78M 6.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Costa Rica among estimates through 2023 were in 1987, at about 84.2K. That is roughly 17 times the estimated ~4.99K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.31 children per woman, fertility in Costa Rica is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Costa Rica each year?

An estimated 50.2 thousand babies are born in Costa Rica in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 137 a day and 0.04% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Costa Rica?

Costa Rica has an estimated 9.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.31 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.