Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritius, 1982

Mauritius
1982
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 2.53 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 22,455 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
22,455
Births per 1,000 people
22.8
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
983,610
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%34
15-1949.29.7%2,832
20-24148.929.2%7,764
25-29149.929.4%6,727
30-3493.018.3%3,441
35-3948.79.6%1,271
40-4416.63.3%341
45-492.30.4%44
50-540.10.0%2