Fertility in Mauritius, 1960

Mauritius
1960
Total fertility rate: 5.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 5.90 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 26,810 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.90
Births
26,810
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
680,331
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
10-144.70.4%219
15-19110.49.4%3,974
20-24294.825.1%7,146
25-29290.024.7%6,470
30-34238.620.3%5,008
35-39171.614.6%3,095
40-4455.94.8%810
45-496.90.6%86
50-540.20.0%1