Which has higher number of births, Costa Rica or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 54,694 births against 51,969 births in Costa Rica as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?

2,725 births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Equatorial Guinea: Number of births

Costa Rica

51,969 births

in 2023

Equatorial Guinea

54,694 births

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

133rd

Equatorial Guinea rank

130th

Number of births over time

Costa Rica
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 54,694 births against 51,969 births in Costa Rica, a difference of 2,725 births.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 133rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 130th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 7 and Equatorial Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	49,859 births	10,184 births	39,675 births	Costa Rica
1960s	62,045 births	12,032 births	50,012 births	Costa Rica
1970s	63,208 births	12,645 births	50,563 births	Costa Rica
1980s	80,425 births	16,789 births	63,636 births	Costa Rica
1990s	81,152 births	24,789 births	56,362 births	Costa Rica
2000s	74,254 births	36,481 births	37,773 births	Costa Rica
2010s	69,396 births	49,553 births	19,843 births	Costa Rica
2020s	53,744 births	54,209 births	464.25 births	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Costa Rica or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 54,694 births against 51,969 births in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?: 2,725 births, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for number of births?: Costa Rica ranks 133rd and Equatorial Guinea ranks 130th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.