Fertility in Mauritius, 1970

Mauritius
1970
Total fertility rate: 3.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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 3.82 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (208 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 21,197 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.82
Births
21,197
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
827,696
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
10-141.80.2%98
15-1957.77.6%2,790
20-24190.325.0%6,813
25-29208.327.4%5,292
30-34147.019.3%3,215
35-39111.514.7%2,158
40-4437.14.9%703
45-497.20.9%121
50-540.30.0%4