1. PopulationCosta Rica

   Costa Rica: 46% fewer births than in 1987

   The peak was 84.2k births in 1987; in 2025, 45.4k.

   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
• Costa Rica: all 12 UN projections since 1998 expected more births
• Most asylum applications per 1,000 residents
• Costa Rica: the UN's 2000 projection did not expect fertility this low even by 2050

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