Which has higher number of births, Costa Rica or Slovakia?

Slovakia, at 52,271 births against 51,969 births in Costa Rica as of 2023.

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

302 births, with Slovakia ahead.

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

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 Slovakia: Number of births

Costa Rica

51,969 births

in 2023

Slovakia

52,271 births

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

133rd

Slovakia rank

132nd

Number of births over time

Costa Rica
Slovakia

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 52,271 births against 51,969 births in Costa Rica, a difference of 302 births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Slovakia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 133rd and Slovakia ranks 132nd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Slovakia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	49,859 births	97,780 births	47,920 births	Slovakia
1960s	62,045 births	82,822 births	20,777 births	Slovakia
1970s	63,208 births	94,261 births	31,053 births	Slovakia
1980s	80,425 births	88,801 births	8,376 births	Slovakia
1990s	81,152 births	66,371 births	14,781 births	Costa Rica
2000s	74,254 births	54,353 births	19,901 births	Costa Rica
2010s	69,396 births	57,921 births	11,475 births	Costa Rica
2020s	53,744 births	54,617 births	872.75 births	Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Costa Rica or Slovakia?: Slovakia, at 52,271 births against 51,969 births in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Costa Rica and Slovakia?: 302 births, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Slovakia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Slovakia rank globally for number of births?: Costa Rica ranks 133rd and Slovakia ranks 132nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Slovakia: Number of births. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-births-per-year/costa-rica/slovak-republic/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-births-per-year/costa-rica/slovak-republic/">Costa Rica vs Slovakia: Number of births</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.