Fertility in Mauritius, 1990

Mauritius
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 2.30 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 22,622 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.30
Births
22,622
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,089,024
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
10-140.50.1%27
15-1943.89.5%2,129
20-24147.732.0%7,546
25-29137.229.7%7,268
30-3481.017.6%3,739
35-3938.68.4%1,544
40-4411.42.5%351
45-490.90.2%20
50-540.10.0%1