Fertility in Mauritius, 2017

Mauritius
2017
Total fertility rate: 1.40
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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 1.40 children per woman in 2017 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (85 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 13,565 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.40
Births
13,565
Births per 1,000 people
10.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
1,290,655
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
15-1924.08.6%1,119
20-2457.220.5%2,869
25-2985.330.5%4,269
30-3470.425.2%3,187
35-3933.412.0%1,715
40-447.82.8%360
45-490.40.1%18
50-540.00.0%0