Fertility in Mauritius, 2009

Mauritius
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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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-5 -1   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.53 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (93 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 15,284 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
15,284
Births per 1,000 people
12.0
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
1,278,972
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%34
15-1931.610.3%1,673
20-2480.826.5%3,845
25-2993.230.5%4,774
30-3463.620.8%3,303
35-3927.99.1%1,277
40-447.12.3%353
45-490.50.2%26
50-540.00.0%0