Fertility in Mauritius, 2008

Mauritius
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.60 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 16,048 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
16,048
Births per 1,000 people
12.6
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
1,274,635
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
10-140.70.2%36
15-1932.810.3%1,719
20-2486.227.0%4,086
25-2999.431.1%5,234
30-3464.520.2%3,268
35-3928.48.9%1,305
40-447.32.3%374
45-490.50.2%24
50-540.00.0%0