Fertility & birth rates in China and Mauritius

Fertility rate in China vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 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
	China	Mauritius
1960	4.45	5.9
1961	3.86	5.98
1962	6.09	5.88
1963	7.51	6.18
1964	6.67	5.96
1965	6.61	5.51
1966	6.31	5.46
1967	5.81	4.63
1968	6.51	4.6
1969	6.18	3.97
1970	6.09	3.82
1971	5.52	3.51
1972	5.11	3.41
1973	4.73	3.07
1974	4.17	3.45
1975	3.57	3.2
1976	3.24	3.13
1977	2.84	3.07
1978	2.72	3.01
1979	2.75	2.91
1980	2.74	2.8
1981	2.79	2.67
1982	2.97	2.53
1983	2.56	2.4
1984	2.61	2.16
1985	2.63	2.02
1986	2.72	1.99
1987	2.76	2.05
1988	2.54	2.14
1989	2.52	2.23
1990	2.51	2.32
1991	1.93	2.3
1992	1.78	2.37
1993	1.69	2.21
1994	1.63	2.25
1995	1.59	2.14
1996	1.55	2.12
1997	1.53	2.04
1998	1.52	1.97
1999	1.53	2.05
2000	1.63	1.99
2001	1.56	1.91
2002	1.57	1.94
2003	1.57	1.87
2004	1.61	1.92
2005	1.62	1.88
2006	1.64	1.77
2007	1.67	1.74
2008	1.7	1.67
2009	1.71	1.59
2010	1.69	1.57
2011	1.67	1.55
2012	1.8	1.54
2013	1.71	1.44
2014	1.77	1.43
2015	1.67	1.36
2016	1.77	1.4
2017	1.8	1.44
2018	1.54	1.41
2019	1.5	1.4
2020	1.24	1.44
2021	1.12	1.41
2022	1.03	1.32
2023	1	1.39
2024	1.01	1.37
2025	1.02	1.36
2026	1.03	1.35
2027	1.04	1.35
2028	1.05	1.35
2029	1.05	1.35
2030	1.06	1.36
2031	1.07	1.36
2032	1.08	1.37
2033	1.08	1.37
2034	1.09	1.38
2035	1.1	1.39
2036	1.1	1.39
2037	1.11	1.4
2038	1.12	1.41
2039	1.12	1.41
2040	1.13	1.42
2041	1.13	1.42
2042	1.14	1.43
2043	1.15	1.43
2044	1.15	1.44
2045	1.16	1.45
2046	1.16	1.45
2047	1.17	1.46
2048	1.17	1.46
2049	1.18	1.47
2050	1.18	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Mauritius
1960	40.3%	45%
1961	40%	45%
1962	40%	45.1%
1963	40.6%	45.1%
1964	41.2%	44.8%
1965	41.5%	44.4%
1966	41.5%	44%
1967	41.3%	43.4%
1968	41%	42.9%
1969	41%	42.3%
1970	40.8%	41.6%
1971	40.7%	40.9%
1972	40.4%	40.1%
1973	40.1%	39.1%
1974	40.2%	38.2%
1975	40.2%	37.3%
1976	40.3%	36.5%
1977	39.8%	35.7%
1978	38.6%	34.9%
1979	37.2%	34.2%
1980	36.1%	33.6%
1981	35.1%	33.1%
1982	34.3%	32.6%
1983	33.3%	32.2%
1984	32.2%	31.8%
1985	31.2%	31.4%
1986	30.4%	31.1%
1987	29.8%	30.8%
1988	29.3%	30.5%
1989	28.9%	30.1%
1990	28.8%	29.8%
1991	28.6%	29.4%
1992	28.4%	29%
1993	28.2%	28.5%
1994	27.8%	28%
1995	27.4%	27.5%
1996	27%	27%
1997	26.3%	26.6%
1998	25.7%	26.2%
1999	25.2%	25.8%
2000	24.5%	25.6%
2001	23.8%	25.3%
2002	22.9%	25%
2003	22%	24.7%
2004	21.2%	24.3%
2005	20.3%	23.9%
2006	19.6%	23.4%
2007	19.2%	22.9%
2008	18.9%	22.3%
2009	18.6%	21.7%
2010	18.5%	21.1%
2011	18.3%	20.6%
2012	18.3%	20.1%
2013	18.3%	19.7%
2014	18.3%	19.3%
2015	18.3%	18.9%
2016	18.3%	18.4%
2017	18.4%	17.9%
2018	18.3%	17.4%
2019	18.2%	16.9%
2020	18%	16.4%
2021	17.6%	15.9%
2022	17.1%	15.5%
2023	16.6%	15.1%
2024	16%	14.8%
2025	15.4%	14.5%
2026	14.8%	14.3%
2027	14.1%	14.1%
2028	13.5%	14%
2029	12.8%	13.8%
2030	12.1%	13.7%
2031	11.5%	13.6%
2032	10.8%	13.5%
2033	10.3%	13.4%
2034	9.83%	13.3%
2035	9.53%	13.2%
2036	9.37%	13%
2037	9.31%	12.9%
2038	9.31%	12.8%
2039	9.34%	12.7%
2040	9.38%	12.6%
2041	9.43%	12.5%
2042	9.49%	12.4%
2043	9.56%	12.3%
2044	9.63%	12.2%
2045	9.71%	12.1%
2046	9.78%	12%
2047	9.85%	11.8%
2048	9.9%	11.7%
2049	9.93%	11.6%
2050	9.94%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in China vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China 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
	China	Mauritius
1960	-3,048,510	19,931
1961	2,496,047	20,355
1962	17,969,132	20,660
1963	22,742,225	22,069
1964	19,302,532	22,239
1965	20,296,950	20,482
1966	19,282,187	20,758
1967	19,263,662	17,560
1968	21,206,083	17,884
1969	20,760,332	15,761
1970	21,137,076	16,190
1971	19,622,980	15,441
1972	19,102,585	14,825
1973	18,423,727	13,145
1974	15,738,118	17,561
1975	14,378,237	15,342
1976	11,782,472	16,407
1977	11,378,068	16,769
1978	11,473,980	18,670
1979	11,250,148	19,282
1980	11,647,260	19,321
1981	14,461,027	18,334
1982	15,815,318	15,880
1983	13,599,789	14,525
1984	13,561,671	13,665
1985	14,987,830	12,451
1986	16,609,920	12,340
1987	18,005,821	13,262
1988	17,328,640	14,084
1989	16,824,495	14,718
1990	16,335,313	15,564
1991	14,937,124	15,091
1992	13,548,601	15,833
1993	13,493,138	14,814
1994	13,360,470	14,355
1995	12,711,220	13,020
1996	12,686,872	13,041
1997	12,374,554	11,943
1998	11,351,286	11,489
1999	10,247,372	12,341
2000	9,570,849	12,224
2001	8,839,358	11,723
2002	8,258,580	11,685
2003	7,743,284	10,799
2004	7,607,960	10,745
2005	7,678,911	10,195
2006	6,922,185	8,515
2007	6,813,465	8,429
2008	6,729,247	7,465
2009	6,483,236	6,113
2010	6,407,607	5,877
2011	8,245,065	5,511
2012	10,075,174	5,149
2013	8,043,116	4,281
2014	9,205,180	3,657
2015	6,788,911	3,031
2016	9,062,269	2,906
2017	7,790,880	3,415
2018	5,302,433	2,151
2019	4,673,713	1,773
2020	2,046,095	2,405
2021	480,203	-253
2022	-847,305	-757
2023	-2,087,851	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in China, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Mauritius
1985	125	111
1986	120	106
1987	114	103
1988	108	93
1989	104	85
1990	102	77
1991	92	75
1992	86	73
1993	80	70
1994	76	63
1995	71	55
1996	67	52
1997	63	49
1998	60	48
1999	58	46
2000	56	43
2001	52	42
2002	50	42
2003	47	42
2004	45	43
2005	42	43
2006	40	45
2007	38	46
2008	38	48
2009	35	51
2010	34	53
2011	33	55
2012	32	55
2013	30	58
2014	28	60
2015	26	61
2016	25	62
2017	24	66
2018	22	67
2019	21	67
2020	20	58
2021	21	80
2022	18	61
2023	16	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China 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
	China	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	-	9.25%
1969	11.9%	8.72%
1970	11.3%	8.35%
1971	10.7%	8.15%
1972	10.2%	7.98%
1973	9.61%	7.71%
1974	9.05%	7.24%
1975	8.5%	6.53%
1976	7.97%	5.74%
1977	7.47%	5.08%
1978	7.01%	4.62%
1979	6.62%	4.28%
1980	6.28%	4.02%
1981	6%	3.77%
1982	5.78%	3.47%
1983	5.61%	3.15%
1984	5.5%	2.92%
1985	5.43%	2.85%
1986	5.4%	2.88%
1987	5.4%	2.85%
1988	5.4%	2.7%
1989	5.39%	2.5%
1990	5.37%	2.32%
1991	5.31%	2.19%
1992	5.22%	2.13%
1993	5.08%	2.12%
1994	4.93%	2.16%
1995	4.75%	2.22%
1996	4.56%	2.26%
1997	4.36%	2.25%
1998	4.14%	2.16%
1999	3.91%	2.03%
2000	3.67%	1.89%
2001	3.42%	1.76%
2002	3.15%	1.66%
2003	2.89%	1.6%
2004	2.64%	1.57%
2005	2.4%	1.55%
2006	2.19%	1.54%
2007	2.01%	1.52%
2008	1.85%	1.5%
2009	1.71%	1.48%
2010	1.58%	1.48%
2011	1.46%	1.49%
2012	1.35%	1.5%
2013	1.25%	1.49%
2014	1.15%	1.47%
2015	1.07%	1.47%
2016	0.99%	1.47%
2017	0.92%	1.5%
2018	0.86%	1.53%
2019	0.8%	1.57%
2020	0.75%	1.58%
2021	0.7%	1.57%
2022	0.66%	1.55%
2023	0.62%	1.52%