Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.39 in Mauritius in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Mauritius population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Mauritius
1960	5.09	5.9
1961	5.16	5.98
1962	5.13	5.88
1963	5.06	6.18
1964	4.97	5.96
1965	4.88	5.51
1966	4.79	5.46
1967	4.69	4.63
1968	4.56	4.6
1969	4.38	3.97
1970	4.21	3.82
1971	4.06	3.51
1972	3.89	3.41
1973	3.73	3.07
1974	3.57	3.45
1975	3.42	3.2
1976	3.3	3.13
1977	3.17	3.07
1978	3.05	3.01
1979	2.94	2.91
1980	2.84	2.8
1981	2.77	2.67
1982	2.71	2.53
1983	2.65	2.4
1984	2.59	2.16
1985	2.55	2.02
1986	2.53	1.99
1987	2.52	2.05
1988	2.52	2.14
1989	2.52	2.23
1990	2.52	2.32
1991	2.51	2.3
1992	2.71	2.37
1993	2.61	2.21
1994	2.47	2.25
1995	2.42	2.14
1996	2.35	2.12
1997	2.29	2.04
1998	2.23	1.97
1999	2.13	2.05
2000	2.06	1.99
2001	2.02	1.91
2002	1.98	1.94
2003	1.97	1.87
2004	1.98	1.92
2005	2.01	1.88
2006	2.02	1.77
2007	2.04	1.74
2008	2	1.67
2009	2.01	1.59
2010	1.84	1.57
2011	1.79	1.55
2012	1.76	1.54
2013	1.74	1.44
2014	1.69	1.43
2015	1.57	1.36
2016	1.5	1.4
2017	1.42	1.44
2018	1.4	1.41
2019	1.4	1.4
2020	1.39	1.44
2021	1.38	1.41
2022	1.38	1.32
2023	1.37	1.39
2024	1.37	1.37
2025	1.36	1.36
2026	1.36	1.35
2027	1.35	1.35
2028	1.35	1.35
2029	1.35	1.35
2030	1.35	1.36
2031	1.36	1.36
2032	1.36	1.37
2033	1.36	1.37
2034	1.37	1.38
2035	1.37	1.39
2036	1.37	1.39
2037	1.38	1.4
2038	1.38	1.41
2039	1.38	1.41
2040	1.39	1.42
2041	1.39	1.42
2042	1.39	1.43
2043	1.39	1.43
2044	1.4	1.44
2045	1.4	1.45
2046	1.4	1.45
2047	1.4	1.46
2048	1.41	1.46
2049	1.41	1.47
2050	1.41	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Mauritius
1960	41.1%	45%
1961	41%	45%
1962	40.9%	45.1%
1963	40.8%	45.1%
1964	40.7%	44.8%
1965	40.7%	44.4%
1966	40.6%	44%
1967	40.6%	43.4%
1968	40.4%	42.9%
1969	40.3%	42.3%
1970	40.1%	41.6%
1971	40%	40.9%
1972	39.9%	40.1%
1973	39.7%	39.1%
1974	39.4%	38.2%
1975	39%	37.3%
1976	38.4%	36.5%
1977	37.8%	35.7%
1978	37%	34.9%
1979	36.1%	34.2%
1980	35.3%	33.6%
1981	34.4%	33.1%
1982	33.6%	32.6%
1983	32.8%	32.2%
1984	32%	31.8%
1985	31.2%	31.4%
1986	30.6%	31.1%
1987	30%	30.8%
1988	29.5%	30.5%
1989	29.2%	30.1%
1990	28.9%	29.8%
1991	28.7%	29.4%
1992	28.6%	29%
1993	28.6%	28.5%
1994	28.6%	28%
1995	28.5%	27.5%
1996	28.5%	27%
1997	28.4%	26.6%
1998	28.2%	26.2%
1999	28.1%	25.8%
2000	27.8%	25.6%
2001	27.5%	25.3%
2002	27.2%	25%
2003	26.8%	24.7%
2004	26.3%	24.3%
2005	25.9%	23.9%
2006	25.4%	23.4%
2007	24.9%	22.9%
2008	24.3%	22.3%
2009	23.8%	21.7%
2010	23.3%	21.1%
2011	22.8%	20.6%
2012	22.4%	20.1%
2013	22%	19.7%
2014	21.6%	19.3%
2015	21.3%	18.9%
2016	20.9%	18.4%
2017	20.6%	17.9%
2018	20.2%	17.4%
2019	19.8%	16.9%
2020	19.5%	16.4%
2021	19.1%	15.9%
2022	18.8%	15.5%
2023	18.3%	15.1%
2024	17.9%	14.8%
2025	17.5%	14.5%
2026	17.2%	14.3%
2027	16.9%	14.1%
2028	16.7%	14%
2029	16.4%	13.8%
2030	16.2%	13.7%
2031	16%	13.6%
2032	15.9%	13.5%
2033	15.8%	13.4%
2034	15.7%	13.3%
2035	15.6%	13.2%
2036	15.5%	13%
2037	15.4%	12.9%
2038	15.3%	12.8%
2039	15.3%	12.7%
2040	15.2%	12.6%
2041	15.1%	12.5%
2042	15%	12.4%
2043	14.9%	12.3%
2044	14.9%	12.2%
2045	14.8%	12.1%
2046	14.7%	12%
2047	14.7%	11.8%
2048	14.6%	11.7%
2049	14.5%	11.6%
2050	14.4%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +0.15% in Mauritius. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahamas	Mauritius
1960	3,351	19,931
1961	3,577	20,355
1962	3,748	20,660
1963	3,901	22,069
1964	4,037	22,239
1965	4,193	20,482
1966	4,339	20,758
1967	4,502	17,560
1968	4,622	17,884
1969	4,688	15,761
1970	4,726	16,190
1971	4,690	15,441
1972	4,583	14,825
1973	4,467	13,145
1974	4,352	17,561
1975	4,249	15,342
1976	4,167	16,407
1977	4,069	16,769
1978	3,987	18,670
1979	3,899	19,282
1980	3,845	19,321
1981	3,851	18,334
1982	3,863	15,880
1983	3,888	14,525
1984	3,892	13,665
1985	3,918	12,451
1986	3,998	12,340
1987	4,090	13,262
1988	4,198	14,084
1989	4,323	14,718
1990	4,432	15,564
1991	4,498	15,091
1992	5,064	15,833
1993	4,877	14,814
1994	4,558	14,355
1995	4,434	13,020
1996	4,265	13,041
1997	4,107	11,943
1998	3,949	11,489
1999	3,688	12,341
2000	3,487	12,224
2001	3,377	11,723
2002	3,249	11,685
2003	3,181	10,799
2004	3,165	10,745
2005	3,220	10,195
2006	3,205	8,515
2007	3,243	8,429
2008	3,134	7,465
2009	3,163	6,113
2010	2,662	5,877
2011	2,558	5,511
2012	2,485	5,149
2013	2,432	4,281
2014	2,259	3,657
2015	1,840	3,031
2016	1,569	2,906
2017	1,289	3,415
2018	1,173	2,151
2019	740	1,773
2020	631	2,405
2021	-93	-253
2022	947	-757
2023	854	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Mauritius
1985	70	111
1986	68	106
1987	66	103
1988	66	93
1989	65	85
1990	65	77
1991	67	75
1992	67	73
1993	66	70
1994	64	63
1995	63	55
1996	62	52
1997	59	49
1998	57	48
1999	54	46
2000	51	43
2001	48	42
2002	46	42
2003	57	42
2004	69	43
2005	70	43
2006	74	45
2007	78	46
2008	80	48
2009	84	51
2010	79	53
2011	74	55
2012	71	55
2013	74	58
2014	78	60
2015	83	61
2016	77	62
2017	79	66
2018	82	67
2019	82	67
2020	84	58
2021	174	80
2022	80	61
2023	76	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 1.52% in Mauritius. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahamas	Mauritius
1960	-	10.2%
1961	-	9.82%
1962	-	9.31%
1963	-	8.72%
1964	-	8.4%
1965	-	8.66%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	9.55%
1968	2.94%	9.25%
1969	2.99%	8.72%
1970	3.03%	8.35%
1971	3.07%	8.15%
1972	3.1%	7.98%
1973	3.13%	7.71%
1974	3.14%	7.24%
1975	3.13%	6.53%
1976	3.1%	5.74%
1977	3.07%	5.08%
1978	3.03%	4.62%
1979	2.99%	4.28%
1980	2.95%	4.02%
1981	2.91%	3.77%
1982	2.88%	3.47%
1983	2.84%	3.15%
1984	2.81%	2.92%
1985	2.78%	2.85%
1986	2.73%	2.88%
1987	2.65%	2.85%
1988	2.55%	2.7%
1989	2.45%	2.5%
1990	2.34%	2.32%
1991	2.23%	2.19%
1992	2.12%	2.13%
1993	2.03%	2.12%
1994	1.93%	2.16%
1995	1.84%	2.22%
1996	1.76%	2.26%
1997	1.69%	2.25%
1998	1.65%	2.16%
1999	1.62%	2.03%
2000	1.62%	1.89%
2001	1.63%	1.76%
2002	1.65%	1.66%
2003	1.67%	1.6%
2004	1.69%	1.57%
2005	1.69%	1.55%
2006	1.68%	1.54%
2007	1.65%	1.52%
2008	1.62%	1.5%
2009	1.58%	1.48%
2010	1.54%	1.48%
2011	1.5%	1.49%
2012	1.47%	1.5%
2013	1.44%	1.49%
2014	1.42%	1.47%
2015	1.39%	1.47%
2016	1.38%	1.47%
2017	1.36%	1.5%
2018	1.35%	1.53%
2019	2.35%	1.57%
2020	1.33%	1.58%
2021	1.31%	1.57%
2022	1.29%	1.55%
2023	1.27%	1.52%