Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Mauritius, 2011

Mauritius
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.48 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 14,809 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.48
Births
14,809
Births per 1,000 people
11.5
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
1,286,267
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%27
15-1930.310.2%1,581
20-2476.125.6%3,761
25-2989.630.2%4,315
30-3464.521.7%3,435
35-3928.79.7%1,353
40-446.72.2%313
45-490.50.2%25
50-540.00.0%0