Fertility in Mauritius, 1980

Mauritius
1980
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 2.80 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 23,469 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
23,469
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
954,216
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
10-140.70.1%36
15-1952.39.3%2,989
20-24162.128.8%8,154
25-29163.729.1%7,106
30-34104.618.6%3,389
35-3956.09.9%1,320
40-4420.83.7%424
45-492.70.5%48
50-540.10.0%2