Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritius, 1981

Mauritius
1981
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 2.67 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 22,987 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
22,987
Births per 1,000 people
23.7
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
969,218
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%35
15-1950.79.5%2,922
20-24155.529.0%7,955
25-29156.829.3%6,922
30-3498.918.5%3,436
35-3952.29.7%1,291
40-4418.53.5%379
45-492.50.5%46
50-540.10.0%2