1. ForecastsCosta Rica

   Costa Rica: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 96.8k births a year on average for 2020–2025; the outcome was 50.6k (−48%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 59.5k births for 2025; the outcome was 45.4k (−24%).

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Costa Rica: lower fertility than Germany
• Costa Rica: people live longer than in the US
• Costa Rica: 87% are online, but only 26% have toilet waste that is safely treated
• Most asylum applications per 1,000 residents
• Costa Rica: the UN's 2000 projection did not expect fertility this low even by 2050
• Costa Rica: 45.4k babies were born in 2025, 10% fewer than the UN expected just a year earlier

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