Fertility in Mauritius, 2020

Mauritius
2020
Total fertility rate: 1.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.39 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (80 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 13,324 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.39
Births
13,324
Births per 1,000 people
10.4
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
1,283,223
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%26
15-1922.88.2%1,064
20-2453.419.2%2,518
25-2980.529.0%4,091
30-3476.427.5%3,565
35-3934.712.5%1,604
40-448.93.2%438
45-490.50.2%19
50-540.00.0%0