Fertility in Mauritius, 2016

Mauritius
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 1.35 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (84 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 13,198 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
13,198
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
1,291,803
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
15-1923.58.7%1,105
20-2457.121.1%2,925
25-2983.730.9%4,085
30-3466.824.7%3,101
35-3931.211.5%1,611
40-447.22.7%325
45-490.40.2%18
50-540.00.0%0