Fertility in Mauritius, 2018

Mauritius
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 1.37 children per woman in 2018 — 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 28.6 years old. In total, 13,207 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.37
Births
13,207
Births per 1,000 people
10.2
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
1,288,833
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
15-1923.38.5%1,085
20-2454.620.0%2,669
25-2981.329.7%4,140
30-3471.826.3%3,226
35-3933.212.1%1,663
40-448.02.9%378
45-490.40.2%18
50-540.00.0%0