Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Mauritania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.7 in Mauritania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	Mauritania
1960	7.26	6.15
1961	7.23	6.2
1962	7.19	6.24
1963	7.14	6.31
1964	7.09	6.37
1965	7.03	6.44
1966	6.94	6.52
1967	6.84	6.57
1968	6.71	6.6
1969	6.57	6.64
1970	6.43	6.68
1971	6.28	6.7
1972	6.14	6.71
1973	5.97	6.72
1974	5.79	6.73
1975	5.62	6.71
1976	5.45	6.73
1977	5.29	6.74
1978	5.12	6.73
1979	4.94	6.7
1980	4.76	6.67
1981	4.6	6.64
1982	4.51	6.59
1983	4.41	6.54
1984	4.3	6.48
1985	4.28	6.42
1986	4.25	6.34
1987	4.13	6.27
1988	4.04	6.21
1989	3.96	6.2
1990	3.82	6.18
1991	3.63	6.16
1992	3.55	6.13
1993	3.46	6.09
1994	3.29	6.06
1995	3.13	5.96
1996	2.99	5.86
1997	2.92	5.74
1998	2.89	5.62
1999	2.9	5.52
2000	2.8	5.46
2001	2.65	5.41
2002	2.7	5.37
2003	2.78	5.36
2004	2.77	5.37
2005	2.67	5.38
2006	2.46	5.4
2007	2.28	5.43
2008	2.15	5.44
2009	2.05	5.41
2010	1.99	5.38
2011	2.03	5.38
2012	2.11	5.35
2013	2.17	5.32
2014	2.15	5.26
2015	2.11	5.21
2016	2.04	5.16
2017	1.98	5.11
2018	1.91	5.04
2019	1.84	4.98
2020	1.86	4.91
2021	1.85	4.85
2022	1.84	4.77
2023	1.82	4.7
2024	1.8	4.63
2025	1.78	4.56
2026	1.77	4.48
2027	1.75	4.42
2028	1.74	4.36
2029	1.74	4.29
2030	1.73	4.24
2031	1.72	4.18
2032	1.72	4.11
2033	1.71	4.02
2034	1.71	3.97
2035	1.7	3.9
2036	1.7	3.83
2037	1.69	3.78
2038	1.69	3.71
2039	1.69	3.66
2040	1.68	3.6
2041	1.68	3.55
2042	1.68	3.5
2043	1.68	3.45
2044	1.68	3.39
2045	1.67	3.35
2046	1.67	3.3
2047	1.67	3.26
2048	1.67	3.21
2049	1.66	3.17
2050	1.66	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Mauritania
1960	42.7%	41.8%
1961	42.9%	41.8%
1962	43.2%	41.8%
1963	43.6%	41.8%
1964	44.1%	42%
1965	44.7%	42.4%
1966	45.3%	42.8%
1967	45.9%	43.2%
1968	46.1%	43.6%
1969	45.8%	44%
1970	45.3%	44.4%
1971	44.4%	44.7%
1972	43.4%	44.9%
1973	42.2%	45.2%
1974	41%	45.4%
1975	39.8%	45.5%
1976	38.7%	45.6%
1977	37.7%	45.7%
1978	36.8%	45.8%
1979	36%	45.9%
1980	35.3%	45.9%
1981	34.8%	45.9%
1982	34.4%	45.8%
1983	34%	45.8%
1984	33.7%	45.7%
1985	33.4%	45.6%
1986	33.3%	45.5%
1987	33.3%	45.4%
1988	33.3%	45.3%
1989	33.4%	45.4%
1990	33.6%	45.4%
1991	33.6%	45.3%
1992	33.5%	44.9%
1993	33.1%	44.4%
1994	32.6%	44.3%
1995	32.2%	44.4%
1996	31.7%	44.6%
1997	31.2%	44.7%
1998	30.7%	44.6%
1999	30.2%	44.4%
2000	29.8%	44.2%
2001	28.9%	44.1%
2002	27.6%	44.2%
2003	26.2%	44.2%
2004	24.9%	44.2%
2005	23.7%	44.2%
2006	22.8%	44.2%
2007	22%	44.3%
2008	21.3%	44.1%
2009	20.6%	43.9%
2010	20.4%	43.9%
2011	20.4%	43.9%
2012	19.9%	44.1%
2013	19.8%	44.2%
2014	20.3%	44.2%
2015	20.5%	44.3%
2016	20.1%	44.2%
2017	19.8%	44.2%
2018	19.8%	44.1%
2019	20.1%	44%
2020	19.9%	43.8%
2021	19.3%	43.6%
2022	19.1%	43.4%
2023	19%	43%
2024	18.7%	42.7%
2025	18.4%	42.4%
2026	18.2%	42%
2027	17.9%	41.7%
2028	17.7%	41.3%
2029	17.6%	41%
2030	17.4%	40.7%
2031	17.3%	40.4%
2032	17.2%	40%
2033	17.1%	39.7%
2034	17.1%	39.3%
2035	17.1%	39%
2036	17.2%	38.6%
2037	17.3%	38.3%
2038	17.3%	37.9%
2039	17.3%	37.6%
2040	17.3%	37.3%
2041	17.3%	36.9%
2042	17.3%	36.6%
2043	17.3%	36.2%
2044	17.3%	35.9%
2045	17.3%	35.5%
2046	17.3%	35.2%
2047	17.3%	34.8%
2048	17.2%	34.5%
2049	17.2%	34.1%
2050	17.1%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +3% in Mauritania. 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
	Bahrain	Mauritania
1960	5,513	21,604
1961	5,882	22,781
1962	6,232	23,927
1963	6,557	25,250
1964	6,873	26,565
1965	7,148	28,028
1966	7,342	29,502
1967	7,492	30,853
1968	7,584	32,029
1969	7,277	33,252
1970	6,973	34,382
1971	6,650	35,279
1972	6,763	36,184
1973	7,012	37,122
1974	7,265	38,106
1975	7,535	38,975
1976	7,818	40,149
1977	8,093	41,352
1978	8,358	42,539
1979	8,587	43,537
1980	8,802	45,026
1981	9,020	46,641
1982	9,396	47,947
1983	9,821	49,187
1984	10,269	50,705
1985	10,924	52,125
1986	11,455	53,313
1987	11,709	55,037
1988	11,995	56,654
1989	12,293	58,666
1990	12,337	59,934
1991	11,491	61,782
1992	11,577	63,501
1993	11,521	68,167
1994	11,133	70,570
1995	10,824	72,244
1996	10,607	71,939
1997	10,739	71,327
1998	10,970	72,045
1999	11,397	73,554
2000	11,339	75,929
2001	10,948	78,769
2002	11,875	80,993
2003	13,243	83,804
2004	14,454	87,578
2005	15,196	90,940
2006	15,248	94,991
2007	15,393	98,895
2008	15,541	102,432
2009	15,795	105,273
2010	16,474	108,121
2011	15,990	111,165
2012	16,219	113,489
2013	17,044	115,558
2014	17,826	118,792
2015	18,193	122,092
2016	17,996	125,342
2017	18,140	128,562
2018	17,445	131,584
2019	16,639	134,460
2020	15,056	134,899
2021	15,401	137,557
2022	17,058	142,451
2023	16,356	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Mauritania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Mauritania
1985	37	998
1986	37	961
1987	36	914
1988	36	887
1989	35	883
1990	35	858
1991	34	845
1992	34	811
1993	33	813
1994	33	809
1995	31	815
1996	30	813
1997	28	752
1998	27	698
1999	26	669
2000	25	644
2001	24	616
2002	23	590
2003	22	571
2004	21	557
2005	20	536
2006	20	521
2007	19	516
2008	19	506
2009	18	500
2010	18	499
2011	18	494
2012	17	496
2013	17	496
2014	16	484
2015	16	469
2016	17	456
2017	17	450
2018	16	437
2019	17	424
2020	7	413
2021	10	425
2022	5	385
2023	17	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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
	Bahrain	Mauritania
1960	19.8%	25.3%
1961	18.2%	24.7%
1962	16.6%	24%
1963	15.2%	23.4%
1964	13.9%	22.7%
1965	12.7%	22%
1966	11.5%	21.3%
1967	10.5%	20.6%
1968	9.5%	19.9%
1969	8.6%	19.4%
1970	7.79%	19%
1971	7.05%	18.9%
1972	6.38%	18.9%
1973	5.8%	19%
1974	5.29%	19%
1975	4.84%	18.9%
1976	4.45%	18.6%
1977	4.11%	18.2%
1978	3.81%	17.6%
1979	3.54%	17.1%
1980	3.3%	16.6%
1981	3.09%	16.1%
1982	2.91%	15.6%
1983	2.76%	15.1%
1984	2.63%	14.5%
1985	2.52%	13.8%
1986	2.44%	13.2%
1987	2.38%	12.6%
1988	2.34%	12.1%
1989	2.32%	11.8%
1990	2.31%	11.5%
1991	2.27%	11.4%
1992	2.21%	11.3%
1993	2.1%	11.2%
1994	1.97%	11.2%
1995	1.82%	11.1%
1996	1.66%	11%
1997	1.52%	10.8%
1998	1.41%	10.6%
1999	1.32%	10.2%
2000	1.25%	9.82%
2001	1.2%	9.35%
2002	1.16%	8.81%
2003	1.13%	8.25%
2004	1.1%	7.7%
2005	1.06%	7.18%
2006	1.03%	6.73%
2007	0.98%	6.35%
2008	0.94%	6.04%
2009	0.9%	5.79%
2010	0.86%	5.61%
2011	0.83%	5.45%
2012	0.81%	5.31%
2013	0.79%	5.17%
2014	0.78%	5.04%
2015	0.77%	4.89%
2016	0.76%	4.74%
2017	0.77%	4.59%
2018	0.77%	4.45%
2019	0.78%	4.3%
2020	0.8%	4.17%
2021	0.82%	4.03%
2022	0.84%	3.91%
2023	0.86%	3.78%