Fertility in Mauritius, 2019

Mauritius
2019
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (79 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 13,015 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
13,015
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
1,286,270
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
10-140.70.2%28
15-1922.88.4%1,062
20-2453.319.7%2,553
25-2979.029.2%4,044
30-3471.926.6%3,268
35-3934.012.6%1,643
40-448.23.0%395
45-490.40.2%18
50-540.00.0%0