Fertility in Mauritius, 1961

Mauritius
1961
Total fertility rate: 5.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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   1961  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 5.98 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 27,288 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.98
Births
27,288
Births per 1,000 people
39.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
692,529
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
10-144.60.4%209
15-19108.99.1%3,874
20-24300.225.2%7,414
25-29297.825.0%6,577
30-34243.620.4%5,044
35-39170.314.3%3,211
40-4459.15.0%870
45-496.90.6%87
50-540.20.0%1