Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritius, 1993

Mauritius
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 2.31 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 22,894 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
22,894
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
1,132,393
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
10-140.60.1%33
15-1942.79.2%2,234
20-24150.632.6%7,197
25-29136.329.5%7,248
30-3483.918.2%4,188
35-3937.48.1%1,607
40-449.92.1%364
45-490.70.1%18
50-540.10.0%2