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Costa Rica - Fertility Rate 1962

Name: Costa Rica Fertility Rate 1962
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Total fertility rate · World Bank

6.54 −0.11 from 1961 Global rank: 147th

Costa Rica's fertility rate was 6.54 in 1962, decreased +0.11 from 6.65 in 1961. This was the 147th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1962▾

Fertility Rate by Country - 1962
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hungary	1.79	-7.7%
2nd	Latvia	1.91	-1.5%
3rd	Estonia	1.95	-1.5%
4th	Japan	1.98	1.0%
5th	Romania	2.04	-6.0%
6th	Serbia	2.11	-1.1%
7th	Czechia	2.12	0.5%
8th	Ukraine	2.15	-2.0%
9th	Greece	2.16	1.4%
10th	Croatia	2.19	-1.2%
11th	Bulgaria	2.24	-2.2%
12th	Sweden	2.25	1.8%
13th	Slovenia	2.28	0.3%
14th	Russian Federation	2.36	-3.7%
15th	Luxembourg	2.37	3.5%
16th	San Marino	2.43	-9.3%
17th	Germany	2.44	-0.4%
18th	Lithuania	2.45	-3.2%
19th	Italy	2.46	0.8%
20th	Belarus	2.50	-3.5%
21st	Channel Islands	2.52	4.6%
22nd	Andorra	2.55	0.2%
23rd	Denmark	2.55	0.0%
24th	European Union	2.55	-0.6%
25th	Switzerland	2.58	2.4%
26th	Belgium	2.59	-1.5%
27th	Isle of Man	2.63	-2.0%
28th	Finland	2.68	-1.5%
29th	Poland	2.72	-3.9%
30th	Monaco	2.76	-1.0%
31st	Liechtenstein	2.80	0.7%
32nd	Austria	2.80	0.7%
33rd	Spain	2.80	1.1%
34th	Slovak Republic	2.83	-4.4%
35th	United Kingdom	2.86	2.9%
36th	Uruguay	2.87	0.7%
37th	France	2.89	0.7%
38th	Norway	2.91	-1.0%
39th	Georgia	2.94	-0.2%
40th	Moldova	3.04	-5.7%
41st	Argentina	3.13	0.2%
42nd	Netherlands	3.18	-1.2%
43rd	Portugal	3.23	0.6%
44th	Malta	3.24	-0.9%
45th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	3.41	4.6%
46th	Bermuda	3.44	-4.3%
47th	Australia	3.44	-2.8%
48th	Montenegro	3.44	-1.3%
49th	United States	3.46	-4.4%
50th	North Macedonia	3.50	-3.1%
51st	Cyprus	3.51	-3.0%
52nd	Gibraltar	3.53	8.2%
53rd	Canada	3.68	-1.9%
54th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.81	-2.1%
55th	Faroe Islands	3.84	2.1%
56th	Israel	3.85	-0.2%
57th	Ireland	3.92	3.7%
58th	Iceland	3.98	2.6%
59th	New Zealand	4.19	-2.8%
60th	Aruba	4.26	-3.6%
61st	Barbados	4.30	3.5%
62nd	Kazakhstan	4.36	-1.5%
63rd	Puerto Rico (US)	4.36	-3.3%
64th	Macao SAR, China	4.39	-6.0%
65th	Cuba	4.42	3.7%
66th	British Virgin Islands	4.51	-3.3%
67th	Armenia	4.52	-3.2%
68th	Antigua and Barbuda	4.55	-0.3%
69th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	4.57	-2.3%
70th	Gabon	4.59	1.8%
71st	Chile	4.60	-1.1%
72nd	Cayman Islands	4.79	0.3%
73rd	Curaçao	4.93	-2.3%
74th	Tuvalu	5.00	-1.7%
75th	Virgin Islands (US)	5.07	5.6%
76th	Bahamas, The	5.13	-0.6%
77th	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.18	0.2%
78th	Sri Lanka	5.18	-1.2%
79th	Singapore	5.21	-3.7%
80th	Trinidad and Tobago	5.36	-0.9%
81st	New Caledonia	5.39	-1.4%
82nd	Kyrgyz Republic	5.42	1.1%
83rd	Nauru	5.42	0.9%
84th	Seychelles	5.51	1.7%
85th	Indonesia	5.53	0.2%
86th	Korea	5.56	-4.2%
87th	Jamaica	5.64	0.7%
88th	Equatorial Guinea	5.67	0.2%
89th	Cameroon	5.73	-0.1%
90th	Lesotho	5.79	0.0%
91st	Turks and Caicos Islands	5.82	-1.5%
92nd	Northern Mariana Islands	5.85	-1.1%
93rd	Panama	5.87	0.1%
94th	Mauritius	5.88	-1.8%
95th	Guam	5.90	-0.8%
96th	Lebanon	5.90	0.2%
97th	Myanmar	5.90	0.1%
98th	Guinea-Bissau	5.94	0.2%
99th	India	5.95	0.3%
100th	Azerbaijan	5.96	0.4%
101st	French Polynesia	5.97	0.4%
102nd	Central African Republic	5.97	0.2%
103rd	Brazil	5.98	-0.6%
104th	South Africa	6.05	-0.6%
105th	St. Kitts and Nevis	6.06	-3.4%
106th	Nepal	6.08	-0.2%
107th	China	6.09	57.5%
108th	Congo, Republic of	6.10	0.1%
109th	Albania	6.11	-2.7%
110th	Dominica	6.12	-0.6%
111th	Papua New Guinea	6.14	1.0%
112th	Guinea	6.14	0.2%
113th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	6.14	0.3%
114th	Haiti	6.18	-0.1%
115th	Fiji	6.20	-1.4%
116th	Gambia, The	6.21	-0.2%
117th	Timor-Leste	6.22	-0.9%
118th	Sierra Leone	6.22	0.3%
119th	Mauritania	6.24	0.7%
120th	Kosovo	6.24	-1.1%
121st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.25	-0.2%
122nd	Viet Nam	6.26	14.3%
123rd	São Tomé and Principe	6.28	0.3%
124th	Chad	6.29	0.3%
125th	Malaysia	6.30	-1.1%
126th	Cambodia	6.30	0.0%
127th	Lao PDR	6.31	0.0%
128th	Burkina Faso	6.32	0.6%
129th	Thailand	6.33	0.1%
130th	Guyana	6.33	-0.1%
131st	Namibia	6.35	0.9%
132nd	Nigeria	6.36	0.0%
133rd	St. Martin (French part)	6.37	-0.3%
134th	Türkiye	6.38	-0.6%
135th	Kiribati	6.42	-1.0%
136th	Mozambique	6.42	0.9%
137th	Grenada	6.44	-2.8%
138th	Benin	6.46	0.9%
139th	Belize	6.46	-0.3%
140th	Paraguay	6.47	-0.3%
141st	Tajikistan	6.48	2.0%
142nd	United Arab Emirates	6.49	-0.1%
143rd	Eritrea	6.50	0.3%
144th	Liberia	6.50	0.9%
145th	Qatar	6.53	0.1%
146th	Botswana	6.54	-0.4%
147th	Costa Rica	6.54	-1.6%
148th	Tonga	6.57	-0.6%
149th	Suriname	6.57	-0.2%
150th	American Samoa	6.60	0.4%
151st	Tanzania	6.61	0.7%
152nd	Colombia	6.66	-0.7%
153rd	Vanuatu	6.67	-0.8%
154th	El Salvador	6.68	0.5%
155th	Ecuador	6.68	-0.4%
156th	Bhutan	6.69	-0.1%
157th	Sudan	6.70	0.7%
158th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	6.71	-0.7%
159th	Micronesia, Federated States of	6.73	-0.2%
160th	Turkmenistan	6.76	1.0%
161st	Greenland	6.79	0.1%
162nd	Eswatini	6.79	0.3%
163rd	Mexico	6.80	0.3%
164th	Pakistan	6.80	0.0%
165th	Bangladesh	6.81	0.4%
166th	St. Lucia	6.82	-0.2%
167th	Djibouti	6.85	0.1%
168th	Togo	6.86	0.5%
169th	Angola	6.87	1.2%
170th	Uzbekistan	6.88	1.9%
171st	Maldives	6.89	1.4%
172nd	Peru	6.90	-0.4%
173rd	Comoros	6.90	0.7%
174th	Guatemala	6.93	-0.6%
175th	Ghana	6.94	0.4%
176th	Cabo Verde	6.95	0.4%
177th	Uganda	6.96	0.5%
178th	Philippines	6.98	-0.2%
179th	Iraq	6.99	20.5%
180th	Zambia	7.01	0.4%
181st	Brunei Darussalam	7.03	-2.2%
182nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	7.03	-1.7%
183rd	Burundi	7.04	0.2%
184th	Mali	7.04	0.1%
185th	Solomon Islands	7.04	-0.1%
186th	Morocco	7.05	1.1%
187th	Senegal	7.08	0.6%
188th	Malawi	7.10	0.4%
189th	Mongolia	7.10	1.9%
190th	Nicaragua	7.10	-0.2%
191st	Palau	7.15	-0.4%
192nd	Tunisia	7.17	0.1%
193rd	Bahrain	7.19	-0.6%
194th	South Sudan	7.20	0.2%
195th	Zimbabwe	7.23	0.3%
196th	Kuwait	7.25	0.1%
197th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	7.26	0.0%
198th	Madagascar	7.26	-0.6%
199th	Afghanistan	7.29	0.1%
200th	Oman	7.32	0.4%
201st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	7.40	-0.8%
202nd	Dominican Republic	7.40	-1.1%
203rd	Honduras	7.44	-0.1%
204th	Niger	7.50	-0.1%
205th	Syrian Arab Republic	7.51	0.1%
206th	Algeria	7.61	0.6%
207th	Libya	7.61	0.7%
208th	Saudi Arabia	7.64	0.0%
209th	Côte d'Ivoire	7.75	0.4%
210th	Samoa	7.76	-0.2%
211th	Kenya	7.77	0.7%
212th	Jordan	7.79	1.1%
213th	Yemen, Republic of	8.01	0.1%
214th	Marshall Islands	8.12	0.1%
215th	Rwanda	8.27	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's fertility rate in 1962?▾

Costa Rica's fertility rate in 1962 was 6.54. This ranked 147th globally.

How did Costa Rica's fertility rate change in 1962?▾

Costa Rica's fertility rate decreased by 1.6% in 1962 compared to 1961.

Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1962?▾

Rwanda had the highest fertility rate in 1962 at 8.27.

What is the fertility rate of Costa Rica in 1962?▾

The fertility rate of Costa Rica in 1962 was 6.54. This ranked 147th globally.

How does 1962 compare to 1961 for Costa Rica's fertility rate?▾

Costa Rica's fertility rate went from 6.65 in 1961 to 6.54 in 1962, a 1.6% decrease.

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