Fertility in Mauritius, 2023

Mauritius
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.24
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 1.24 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (71 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 11,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.24
Births
11,804
Births per 1,000 people
9.3
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
1,273,588
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%21
15-1919.87.9%888
20-2445.718.4%2,115
25-2968.427.5%3,296
30-3470.928.5%3,548
35-3935.414.2%1,536
40-447.83.1%379
45-490.50.2%24
50-540.00.0%0