Fertility in Mauritius, 2022

Mauritius
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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

Year

-5 -1   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius was 1.27 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (73 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 12,128 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.27
Births
12,128
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
1,276,130
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%23
15-1920.17.9%926
20-2446.818.4%2,173
25-2970.027.5%3,443
30-3472.728.5%3,588
35-3935.914.1%1,553
40-448.13.2%403
45-490.50.2%22
50-540.00.0%0