Fertility in Mauritius, 2015

Mauritius
2015
Total fertility rate: 1.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.32 children per woman in 2015 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (81 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 12,939 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.32
Births
12,939
Births per 1,000 people
10.0
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
1,292,275
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
15-1923.38.8%1,109
20-2457.221.7%2,970
25-2981.130.7%3,858
30-3464.024.3%3,086
35-3930.211.5%1,555
40-447.12.7%317
45-490.40.2%19
50-540.00.0%0