Fertility & birth rates in Brazil and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Brazil vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brazil was 1.62 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brazil	Mauritius
1960	6.05	5.9
1961	6.02	5.98
1962	5.98	5.88
1963	5.93	6.18
1964	5.82	5.96
1965	5.68	5.51
1966	5.52	5.46
1967	5.34	4.63
1968	5.17	4.6
1969	5.04	3.97
1970	4.93	3.82
1971	4.84	3.51
1972	4.74	3.41
1973	4.64	3.07
1974	4.5	3.45
1975	4.42	3.2
1976	4.34	3.13
1977	4.27	3.07
1978	4.2	3.01
1979	4.12	2.91
1980	4.04	2.8
1981	3.94	2.67
1982	3.84	2.53
1983	3.72	2.4
1984	3.6	2.16
1985	3.48	2.02
1986	3.36	1.99
1987	3.23	2.05
1988	3.11	2.14
1989	3.01	2.23
1990	2.9	2.32
1991	2.81	2.3
1992	2.71	2.37
1993	2.66	2.21
1994	2.6	2.25
1995	2.57	2.14
1996	2.51	2.12
1997	2.47	2.04
1998	2.42	1.97
1999	2.34	2.05
2000	2.25	1.99
2001	2.16	1.91
2002	2.08	1.94
2003	2.01	1.87
2004	1.97	1.92
2005	1.94	1.88
2006	1.9	1.77
2007	1.85	1.74
2008	1.82	1.67
2009	1.8	1.59
2010	1.79	1.57
2011	1.78	1.55
2012	1.77	1.54
2013	1.76	1.44
2014	1.78	1.43
2015	1.78	1.36
2016	1.73	1.4
2017	1.74	1.44
2018	1.74	1.41
2019	1.71	1.4
2020	1.65	1.44
2021	1.64	1.41
2022	1.63	1.32
2023	1.62	1.39
2024	1.61	1.37
2025	1.6	1.36
2026	1.59	1.35
2027	1.58	1.35
2028	1.58	1.35
2029	1.58	1.35
2030	1.58	1.36
2031	1.57	1.36
2032	1.57	1.37
2033	1.57	1.37
2034	1.57	1.38
2035	1.57	1.39
2036	1.57	1.39
2037	1.57	1.4
2038	1.57	1.41
2039	1.57	1.41
2040	1.57	1.42
2041	1.57	1.42
2042	1.57	1.43
2043	1.57	1.43
2044	1.57	1.44
2045	1.57	1.45
2046	1.57	1.45
2047	1.56	1.46
2048	1.56	1.46
2049	1.56	1.47
2050	1.56	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	Mauritius
1960	44.2%	45%
1961	44.3%	45%
1962	44.4%	45.1%
1963	44.5%	45.1%
1964	44.4%	44.8%
1965	44.2%	44.4%
1966	44%	44%
1967	43.8%	43.4%
1968	43.4%	42.9%
1969	43%	42.3%
1970	42.7%	41.6%
1971	42.2%	40.9%
1972	41.8%	40.1%
1973	41.4%	39.1%
1974	40.9%	38.2%
1975	40.5%	37.3%
1976	40%	36.5%
1977	39.6%	35.7%
1978	39.1%	34.9%
1979	38.8%	34.2%
1980	38.4%	33.6%
1981	38.1%	33.1%
1982	37.9%	32.6%
1983	37.7%	32.2%
1984	37.4%	31.8%
1985	37.2%	31.4%
1986	36.9%	31.1%
1987	36.6%	30.8%
1988	36.3%	30.5%
1989	35.9%	30.1%
1990	35.5%	29.8%
1991	35%	29.4%
1992	34.5%	29%
1993	34%	28.5%
1994	33.4%	28%
1995	32.8%	27.5%
1996	32.2%	27%
1997	31.6%	26.6%
1998	31%	26.2%
1999	30.5%	25.8%
2000	29.9%	25.6%
2001	29.3%	25.3%
2002	28.7%	25%
2003	28.2%	24.7%
2004	27.6%	24.3%
2005	27.1%	23.9%
2006	26.6%	23.4%
2007	26.1%	22.9%
2008	25.7%	22.3%
2009	25.2%	21.7%
2010	24.7%	21.1%
2011	24.2%	20.6%
2012	23.7%	20.1%
2013	23.3%	19.7%
2014	22.8%	19.3%
2015	22.4%	18.9%
2016	22%	18.4%
2017	21.7%	17.9%
2018	21.4%	17.4%
2019	21.1%	16.9%
2020	20.8%	16.4%
2021	20.5%	15.9%
2022	20.2%	15.5%
2023	19.9%	15.1%
2024	19.7%	14.8%
2025	19.4%	14.5%
2026	19.1%	14.3%
2027	18.8%	14.1%
2028	18.5%	14%
2029	18.2%	13.8%
2030	17.9%	13.7%
2031	17.7%	13.6%
2032	17.4%	13.5%
2033	17.1%	13.4%
2034	16.9%	13.3%
2035	16.6%	13.2%
2036	16.4%	13%
2037	16.2%	12.9%
2038	16.1%	12.8%
2039	15.9%	12.7%
2040	15.8%	12.6%
2041	15.6%	12.5%
2042	15.5%	12.4%
2043	15.4%	12.3%
2044	15.3%	12.2%
2045	15.2%	12.1%
2046	15.1%	12%
2047	15%	11.8%
2048	14.9%	11.7%
2049	14.8%	11.6%
2050	14.6%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.7% of the population in Brazil and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 35.5% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brazil and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Brazil vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.68% in Brazil 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
	Brazil	Mauritius
1960	2,190,392	19,931
1961	2,240,178	20,355
1962	2,286,666	20,660
1963	2,326,400	22,069
1964	2,338,478	22,239
1965	2,336,415	20,482
1966	2,325,332	20,758
1967	2,307,560	17,560
1968	2,301,561	17,884
1969	2,324,190	15,761
1970	2,362,073	16,190
1971	2,407,319	15,441
1972	2,454,698	14,825
1973	2,501,309	13,145
1974	2,524,254	17,561
1975	2,585,130	15,342
1976	2,648,647	16,407
1977	2,715,328	16,769
1978	2,778,815	18,670
1979	2,836,759	19,282
1980	2,887,768	19,321
1981	2,928,262	18,334
1982	2,948,552	15,880
1983	2,952,335	14,525
1984	2,931,496	13,665
1985	2,912,908	12,451
1986	2,880,440	12,340
1987	2,825,485	13,262
1988	2,768,082	14,084
1989	2,717,923	14,718
1990	2,652,959	15,564
1991	2,606,167	15,091
1992	2,547,698	15,833
1993	2,545,874	14,814
1994	2,532,951	14,355
1995	2,546,195	13,020
1996	2,530,690	13,041
1997	2,531,758	11,943
1998	2,514,728	11,489
1999	2,450,869	12,341
2000	2,372,043	12,224
2001	2,291,210	11,723
2002	2,207,017	11,685
2003	2,128,819	10,799
2004	2,108,072	10,745
2005	2,083,281	10,195
2006	2,026,119	8,515
2007	1,970,372	8,429
2008	1,908,051	7,465
2009	1,878,542	6,113
2010	1,847,336	5,877
2011	1,815,758	5,511
2012	1,782,516	5,149
2013	1,758,716	4,281
2014	1,757,948	3,657
2015	1,742,275	3,031
2016	1,609,488	2,906
2017	1,610,402	3,415
2018	1,583,935	2,151
2019	1,472,104	1,773
2020	1,146,174	2,405
2021	919,507	-253
2022	1,054,897	-757
2023	1,107,434	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Brazil vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brazil, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brazil	Mauritius
1985	186	111
1986	176	106
1987	167	103
1988	161	93
1989	150	85
1990	140	77
1991	128	75
1992	118	73
1993	113	70
1994	108	63
1995	103	55
1996	98	52
1997	92	49
1998	84	48
1999	75	46
2000	69	43
2001	66	42
2002	66	42
2003	67	42
2004	70	43
2005	71	43
2006	72	45
2007	73	46
2008	71	48
2009	69	51
2010	66	53
2011	62	55
2012	60	55
2013	61	58
2014	63	60
2015	63	61
2016	64	62
2017	61	66
2018	62	67
2019	65	67
2020	85	58
2021	128	80
2022	104	61
2023	67	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.44% in Brazil 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
	Brazil	Mauritius
1960	16.9%	10.2%
1961	16.5%	9.82%
1962	16%	9.31%
1963	15.6%	8.72%
1964	15.2%	8.4%
1965	14.9%	8.66%
1966	14.5%	9.25%
1967	14.2%	9.55%
1968	13.9%	9.25%
1969	13.6%	8.72%
1970	13.2%	8.35%
1971	12.9%	8.15%
1972	12.6%	7.98%
1973	12.2%	7.71%
1974	11.9%	7.24%
1975	11.6%	6.53%
1976	11.2%	5.74%
1977	10.8%	5.08%
1978	10.4%	4.62%
1979	10%	4.28%
1980	9.57%	4.02%
1981	9.14%	3.77%
1982	8.73%	3.47%
1983	8.34%	3.15%
1984	7.98%	2.92%
1985	7.67%	2.85%
1986	7.38%	2.88%
1987	7.11%	2.85%
1988	6.84%	2.7%
1989	6.58%	2.5%
1990	6.31%	2.32%
1991	6.02%	2.19%
1992	5.72%	2.13%
1993	5.41%	2.12%
1994	5.09%	2.16%
1995	4.77%	2.22%
1996	4.47%	2.26%
1997	4.19%	2.25%
1998	3.93%	2.16%
1999	3.68%	2.03%
2000	3.45%	1.89%
2001	3.22%	1.76%
2002	3.01%	1.66%
2003	2.81%	1.6%
2004	2.63%	1.57%
2005	2.46%	1.55%
2006	2.31%	1.54%
2007	2.17%	1.52%
2008	2.05%	1.5%
2009	1.95%	1.48%
2010	1.86%	1.48%
2011	1.79%	1.49%
2012	1.72%	1.5%
2013	1.67%	1.49%
2014	1.63%	1.47%
2015	1.6%	1.47%
2016	1.68%	1.47%
2017	1.54%	1.5%
2018	1.52%	1.53%
2019	1.5%	1.57%
2020	1.49%	1.58%
2021	1.47%	1.57%
2022	1.46%	1.55%
2023	1.44%	1.52%