Fertility in Mauritius, 1959

Mauritius
1959
Total fertility rate: 5.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 5.88 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (294 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 25,946 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.88
Births
25,946
Births per 1,000 people
39.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
664,835
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-144.50.4%208
15-19110.09.4%3,587
20-24293.625.1%6,979
25-29288.624.7%6,403
30-34237.620.3%4,923
35-39171.314.7%2,974
40-4456.04.8%788
45-497.00.6%83
50-540.20.0%1