Fertility in Mauritius, 2010

Mauritius
2010
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.49 children per woman in 2010 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (91 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 14,941 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
14,941
Births per 1,000 people
11.6
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
1,282,709
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
10-140.60.2%28
15-1930.710.3%1,624
20-2478.426.2%3,792
25-2991.130.5%4,518
30-3463.121.1%3,335
35-3927.99.3%1,290
40-446.82.3%326
45-490.50.2%25
50-540.00.0%0