Población infantil de 0 a 12 años en Costa Rica cae 18,5% en una década

Costa Rica Faces a Future with Far Fewer Children

Costa Rica marked Children’s Day on Wednesday with a demographic reality that is already changing the schools and will eventually reshape its workforce: there are 180,220 fewer children ages 0 to 12 than there were a decade ago. The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC ) estimates that Costa Rica has 794,618 children in that age group in 2026, down from 974,838 in 2016. The decline amounts to about 18.5% in just 10 years. And the trend is expected to continue. By 2036, INEC projects that Costa Rica will have 607,548 children ages 0 to 12. If that estimate holds, Costa Rica would have 187,070 fewer children than today and 367,290 fewer than in 2016, a decline of nearly 38% over

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