Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Chile vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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
	Chile	Mauritius
1960	4.7	5.9
1961	4.66	5.98
1962	4.6	5.88
1963	4.54	6.18
1964	4.46	5.96
1965	4.36	5.51
1966	4.26	5.46
1967	4.14	4.63
1968	4.03	4.6
1969	3.9	3.97
1970	3.78	3.82
1971	3.65	3.51
1972	3.53	3.41
1973	3.41	3.07
1974	3.29	3.45
1975	3.18	3.2
1976	3.08	3.13
1977	2.98	3.07
1978	2.89	3.01
1979	2.81	2.91
1980	2.74	2.8
1981	2.69	2.67
1982	2.65	2.53
1983	2.62	2.4
1984	2.6	2.16
1985	2.59	2.02
1986	2.59	1.99
1987	2.59	2.05
1988	2.59	2.14
1989	2.59	2.23
1990	2.58	2.32
1991	2.56	2.3
1992	2.48	2.37
1993	2.43	2.21
1994	2.38	2.25
1995	2.35	2.14
1996	2.28	2.12
1997	2.2	2.04
1998	2.15	1.97
1999	2.07	2.05
2000	2.05	1.99
2001	2.01	1.91
2002	1.93	1.94
2003	1.89	1.87
2004	1.84	1.92
2005	1.83	1.88
2006	1.8	1.77
2007	1.83	1.74
2008	1.85	1.67
2009	1.86	1.59
2010	1.84	1.57
2011	1.82	1.55
2012	1.8	1.54
2013	1.79	1.44
2014	1.77	1.43
2015	1.74	1.36
2016	1.69	1.4
2017	1.56	1.44
2018	1.54	1.41
2019	1.43	1.4
2020	1.31	1.44
2021	1.18	1.41
2022	1.25	1.32
2023	1.17	1.39
2024	1.14	1.37
2025	1.13	1.36
2026	1.12	1.35
2027	1.12	1.35
2028	1.12	1.35
2029	1.12	1.35
2030	1.13	1.36
2031	1.13	1.36
2032	1.14	1.37
2033	1.15	1.37
2034	1.15	1.38
2035	1.16	1.39
2036	1.17	1.39
2037	1.17	1.4
2038	1.18	1.41
2039	1.19	1.41
2040	1.19	1.42
2041	1.2	1.42
2042	1.2	1.43
2043	1.21	1.43
2044	1.21	1.44
2045	1.22	1.45
2046	1.22	1.45
2047	1.22	1.46
2048	1.23	1.46
2049	1.24	1.47
2050	1.24	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Mauritius
1960	39.7%	45%
1961	39.7%	45%
1962	39.7%	45.1%
1963	39.6%	45.1%
1964	39.4%	44.8%
1965	39.2%	44.4%
1966	39%	44%
1967	38.8%	43.4%
1968	38.5%	42.9%
1969	38.3%	42.3%
1970	38%	41.6%
1971	37.6%	40.9%
1972	37.2%	40.1%
1973	36.8%	39.1%
1974	36.3%	38.2%
1975	35.8%	37.3%
1976	35.3%	36.5%
1977	34.8%	35.7%
1978	34.3%	34.9%
1979	33.8%	34.2%
1980	33.3%	33.6%
1981	32.9%	33.1%
1982	32.4%	32.6%
1983	32%	32.2%
1984	31.5%	31.8%
1985	31.2%	31.4%
1986	30.8%	31.1%
1987	30.5%	30.8%
1988	30.2%	30.5%
1989	30%	30.1%
1990	29.8%	29.8%
1991	29.6%	29.4%
1992	29.3%	29%
1993	29.1%	28.5%
1994	28.9%	28%
1995	28.6%	27.5%
1996	28.3%	27%
1997	28%	26.6%
1998	27.7%	26.2%
1999	27.3%	25.8%
2000	26.8%	25.6%
2001	26.3%	25.3%
2002	25.8%	25%
2003	25.3%	24.7%
2004	24.7%	24.3%
2005	24.1%	23.9%
2006	23.5%	23.4%
2007	22.9%	22.9%
2008	22.4%	22.3%
2009	22%	21.7%
2010	21.5%	21.1%
2011	21.1%	20.6%
2012	20.8%	20.1%
2013	20.5%	19.7%
2014	20.2%	19.3%
2015	19.9%	18.9%
2016	19.7%	18.4%
2017	19.3%	17.9%
2018	19%	17.4%
2019	18.7%	16.9%
2020	18.4%	16.4%
2021	18.1%	15.9%
2022	17.8%	15.5%
2023	17.4%	15.1%
2024	17%	14.8%
2025	16.5%	14.5%
2026	16.1%	14.3%
2027	15.7%	14.1%
2028	15.3%	14%
2029	14.9%	13.8%
2030	14.4%	13.7%
2031	14%	13.6%
2032	13.7%	13.5%
2033	13.4%	13.4%
2034	13.1%	13.3%
2035	12.8%	13.2%
2036	12.7%	13%
2037	12.5%	12.9%
2038	12.4%	12.8%
2039	12.3%	12.7%
2040	12.2%	12.6%
2041	12.1%	12.5%
2042	12%	12.4%
2043	12%	12.3%
2044	11.9%	12.2%
2045	11.8%	12.1%
2046	11.7%	12%
2047	11.7%	11.8%
2048	11.6%	11.7%
2049	11.5%	11.6%
2050	11.5%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	Mauritius
1960	198,461	19,931
1961	198,788	20,355
1962	200,905	20,660
1963	202,370	22,069
1964	202,741	22,239
1965	203,341	20,482
1966	204,661	20,758
1967	204,377	17,560
1968	203,577	17,884
1969	202,764	15,761
1970	200,402	16,190
1971	198,523	15,441
1972	198,162	14,825
1973	197,666	13,145
1974	196,322	17,561
1975	196,890	15,342
1976	196,986	16,407
1977	197,163	16,769
1978	196,483	18,670
1979	197,198	19,282
1980	198,281	19,321
1981	198,211	18,334
1982	199,522	15,880
1983	202,352	14,525
1984	205,407	13,665
1985	208,910	12,451
1986	213,571	12,340
1987	218,034	13,262
1988	221,602	14,084
1989	224,854	14,718
1990	226,941	15,564
1991	227,180	15,091
1992	219,224	15,833
1993	215,003	14,814
1994	209,834	14,355
1995	208,017	13,020
1996	199,897	13,041
1997	190,433	11,943
1998	185,815	11,489
1999	177,995	12,341
2000	175,362	12,224
2001	171,659	11,723
2002	162,322	11,685
2003	154,287	10,799
2004	150,138	10,745
2005	147,009	10,195
2006	142,277	8,515
2007	145,043	8,429
2008	147,105	7,465
2009	147,576	6,113
2010	145,527	5,877
2011	141,053	5,511
2012	134,617	5,149
2013	133,785	4,281
2014	131,373	3,657
2015	127,074	3,031
2016	120,545	2,906
2017	106,268	3,415
2018	103,950	2,151
2019	86,006	1,773
2020	52,378	2,405
2021	27,530	-253
2022	41,041	-757
2023	48,518	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Mauritius
1985	73	111
1986	70	106
1987	67	103
1988	64	93
1989	62	85
1990	56	77
1991	54	75
1992	52	73
1993	49	70
1994	47	63
1995	44	55
1996	41	52
1997	39	49
1998	36	48
1999	35	46
2000	33	43
2001	32	42
2002	30	42
2003	29	42
2004	28	43
2005	27	43
2006	27	45
2007	26	46
2008	24	48
2009	24	51
2010	22	53
2011	20	55
2012	18	55
2013	17	58
2014	16	60
2015	14	61
2016	13	62
2017	12	66
2018	11	67
2019	11	67
2020	12	58
2021	14	80
2022	12	61
2023	10	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	Mauritius
1960	15.3%	10.2%
1961	14.9%	9.82%
1962	14.3%	9.31%
1963	13.6%	8.72%
1964	12.7%	8.4%
1965	11.6%	8.66%
1966	10.4%	9.25%
1967	9.36%	9.55%
1968	8.69%	9.25%
1969	8.26%	8.72%
1970	8.01%	8.35%
1971	7.86%	8.15%
1972	7.73%	7.98%
1973	7.54%	7.71%
1974	7.14%	7.24%
1975	6.46%	6.53%
1976	5.63%	5.74%
1977	4.85%	5.08%
1978	4.2%	4.62%
1979	3.69%	4.28%
1980	3.29%	4.02%
1981	2.98%	3.77%
1982	2.71%	3.47%
1983	2.47%	3.15%
1984	2.3%	2.92%
1985	2.23%	2.85%
1986	2.22%	2.88%
1987	2.2%	2.85%
1988	2.14%	2.7%
1989	2.03%	2.5%
1990	1.91%	2.32%
1991	1.76%	2.19%
1992	1.63%	2.13%
1993	1.5%	2.12%
1994	1.39%	2.16%
1995	1.31%	2.22%
1996	1.26%	2.26%
1997	1.22%	2.25%
1998	1.19%	2.16%
1999	1.15%	2.03%
2000	1.09%	1.89%
2001	1.03%	1.76%
2002	0.98%	1.66%
2003	0.95%	1.6%
2004	0.93%	1.57%
2005	0.91%	1.55%
2006	0.9%	1.54%
2007	0.89%	1.52%
2008	0.89%	1.5%
2009	0.88%	1.48%
2010	0.87%	1.48%
2011	0.86%	1.49%
2012	0.84%	1.5%
2013	0.82%	1.49%
2014	0.81%	1.47%
2015	0.79%	1.47%
2016	0.77%	1.47%
2017	0.75%	1.5%
2018	0.72%	1.53%
2019	0.7%	1.57%
2020	0.68%	1.58%
2021	0.67%	1.57%
2022	0.68%	1.55%
2023	0.72%	1.52%