Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Birth rate
Costa Rica
10.18 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kuwait
10.2 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
167th
Kuwait rank
166th
Birth rate over time
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 10.2 births per 1,000 people against 10.18 births per 1,000 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.02 births per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 167th and Kuwait ranks 166th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Kuwait in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 45.67 births per 1,000 people | 45.11 births per 1,000 people | 0.5601 births per 1,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 40.16 births per 1,000 people | 44.26 births per 1,000 people | 4.1 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 30.53 births per 1,000 people | 39.92 births per 1,000 people | 9.39 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 29.75 births per 1,000 people | 30.11 births per 1,000 people | 0.362 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 23.36 births per 1,000 people | 23.98 births per 1,000 people | 0.6187 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 17.62 births per 1,000 people | 21.58 births per 1,000 people | 3.97 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 14.52 births per 1,000 people | 15.73 births per 1,000 people | 1.21 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 10.6 births per 1,000 people | 10.67 births per 1,000 people | 0.0728 births per 1,000 people | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 10.2 births per 1,000 people against 10.18 births per 1,000 people in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth rate between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 0.02 births per 1,000 people, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for birth rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 167th and Kuwait ranks 166th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.