Fertility in Mauritius, 2026

Mauritius
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Mauritius is projected at 1.21 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 30-34 (73 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 11,254 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.21
Births
11,254
Births per 1,000 people
8.9
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
1,265,059
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
10-140.50.2%18
15-1918.17.5%713
20-2440.816.8%1,867
25-2964.526.6%2,940
30-3472.729.9%3,567
35-3937.515.5%1,775
40-448.03.3%348
45-490.50.2%24
50-540.00.0%0