Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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
	Comoros	Mauritius
1960	6.79	5.9
1961	6.85	5.98
1962	6.9	5.88
1963	6.92	6.18
1964	6.94	5.96
1965	6.97	5.51
1966	7	5.46
1967	7.02	4.63
1968	7.05	4.6
1969	7.07	3.97
1970	7.1	3.82
1971	7.12	3.51
1972	7.14	3.41
1973	7.17	3.07
1974	7.16	3.45
1975	7.16	3.2
1976	7.16	3.13
1977	7.15	3.07
1978	7.16	3.01
1979	7.16	2.91
1980	7.15	2.8
1981	7.14	2.67
1982	7.13	2.53
1983	7.11	2.4
1984	7.07	2.16
1985	7.02	2.02
1986	6.95	1.99
1987	6.87	2.05
1988	6.76	2.14
1989	6.65	2.23
1990	6.51	2.32
1991	6.35	2.3
1992	6.19	2.37
1993	6.02	2.21
1994	5.86	2.25
1995	5.73	2.14
1996	5.63	2.12
1997	5.51	2.04
1998	5.39	1.97
1999	5.28	2.05
2000	5.23	1.99
2001	5.2	1.91
2002	5.16	1.94
2003	5.12	1.87
2004	5.07	1.92
2005	5.01	1.88
2006	4.93	1.77
2007	4.86	1.74
2008	4.81	1.67
2009	4.78	1.59
2010	4.76	1.57
2011	4.72	1.55
2012	4.65	1.54
2013	4.57	1.44
2014	4.49	1.43
2015	4.42	1.36
2016	4.35	1.4
2017	4.28	1.44
2018	4.21	1.41
2019	4.14	1.4
2020	4.07	1.44
2021	4	1.41
2022	3.94	1.32
2023	3.88	1.39
2024	3.82	1.37
2025	3.76	1.36
2026	3.71	1.35
2027	3.65	1.35
2028	3.6	1.35
2029	3.55	1.35
2030	3.5	1.36
2031	3.44	1.36
2032	3.4	1.37
2033	3.36	1.37
2034	3.31	1.38
2035	3.27	1.39
2036	3.23	1.39
2037	3.19	1.4
2038	3.15	1.41
2039	3.11	1.41
2040	3.07	1.42
2041	3.04	1.42
2042	3	1.43
2043	2.97	1.43
2044	2.93	1.44
2045	2.9	1.45
2046	2.87	1.45
2047	2.84	1.46
2048	2.81	1.46
2049	2.78	1.47
2050	2.76	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Mauritius
1960	41.6%	45%
1961	42%	45%
1962	42.5%	45.1%
1963	43.1%	45.1%
1964	43.7%	44.8%
1965	44.1%	44.4%
1966	44.5%	44%
1967	44.9%	43.4%
1968	45.3%	42.9%
1969	45.6%	42.3%
1970	45.8%	41.6%
1971	45.9%	40.9%
1972	46%	40.1%
1973	46.2%	39.1%
1974	46.3%	38.2%
1975	46.4%	37.3%
1976	46.6%	36.5%
1977	46.7%	35.7%
1978	46.8%	34.9%
1979	46.9%	34.2%
1980	46.9%	33.6%
1981	46.9%	33.1%
1982	46.9%	32.6%
1983	46.9%	32.2%
1984	46.8%	31.8%
1985	46.9%	31.4%
1986	46.9%	31.1%
1987	46.9%	30.8%
1988	46.9%	30.5%
1989	47%	30.1%
1990	47%	29.8%
1991	46.9%	29.4%
1992	47.1%	29%
1993	47.5%	28.5%
1994	47.7%	28%
1995	47.9%	27.5%
1996	47.9%	27%
1997	47.9%	26.6%
1998	47.7%	26.2%
1999	47.4%	25.8%
2000	47%	25.6%
2001	46.7%	25.3%
2002	46.6%	25%
2003	46.3%	24.7%
2004	45.7%	24.3%
2005	45%	23.9%
2006	44.3%	23.4%
2007	43.6%	22.9%
2008	42.9%	22.3%
2009	42.2%	21.7%
2010	41.6%	21.1%
2011	41%	20.6%
2012	40.5%	20.1%
2013	40.2%	19.7%
2014	40%	19.3%
2015	39.8%	18.9%
2016	39.6%	18.4%
2017	39.3%	17.9%
2018	38.9%	17.4%
2019	38.6%	16.9%
2020	38.3%	16.4%
2021	38%	15.9%
2022	37.7%	15.5%
2023	37.4%	15.1%
2024	37.1%	14.8%
2025	36.9%	14.5%
2026	36.6%	14.3%
2027	36.3%	14.1%
2028	36%	14%
2029	35.7%	13.8%
2030	35.3%	13.7%
2031	35%	13.6%
2032	34.7%	13.5%
2033	34.4%	13.4%
2034	34%	13.3%
2035	33.7%	13.2%
2036	33.4%	13%
2037	33.1%	12.9%
2038	32.8%	12.8%
2039	32.5%	12.7%
2040	32.2%	12.6%
2041	32%	12.5%
2042	31.7%	12.4%
2043	31.5%	12.3%
2044	31.2%	12.2%
2045	31%	12.1%
2046	30.8%	12%
2047	30.6%	11.8%
2048	30.3%	11.7%
2049	30.1%	11.6%
2050	29.9%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 47% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Mauritius
1960	4,886	19,931
1961	5,027	20,355
1962	5,157	20,660
1963	5,249	22,069
1964	5,359	22,239
1965	5,465	20,482
1966	5,601	20,758
1967	5,741	17,560
1968	5,960	17,884
1969	6,189	15,761
1970	6,456	16,190
1971	6,722	15,441
1972	7,019	14,825
1973	7,328	13,145
1974	7,654	17,561
1975	7,752	15,342
1976	8,371	16,407
1977	8,750	16,769
1978	9,189	18,670
1979	9,637	19,282
1980	10,095	19,321
1981	10,569	18,334
1982	11,002	15,880
1983	11,367	14,525
1984	11,830	13,665
1985	12,202	12,451
1986	12,566	12,340
1987	12,869	13,262
1988	13,144	14,084
1989	13,374	14,718
1990	13,610	15,564
1991	13,783	15,091
1992	13,867	15,833
1993	13,667	14,814
1994	13,465	14,355
1995	13,403	13,020
1996	13,390	13,041
1997	13,254	11,943
1998	13,099	11,489
1999	13,161	12,341
2000	13,270	12,224
2001	13,598	11,723
2002	13,760	11,685
2003	14,031	10,799
2004	14,349	10,745
2005	14,810	10,195
2006	15,124	8,515
2007	15,393	8,429
2008	15,804	7,465
2009	16,315	6,113
2010	16,849	5,877
2011	17,313	5,511
2012	17,565	5,149
2013	17,776	4,281
2014	17,876	3,657
2015	17,961	3,031
2016	17,913	2,906
2017	17,798	3,415
2018	17,883	2,151
2019	17,936	1,773
2020	17,906	2,405
2021	17,645	-253
2022	18,154	-757
2023	18,247	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Mauritius
1985	850	111
1986	825	106
1987	811	103
1988	791	93
1989	768	85
1990	737	77
1991	704	75
1992	675	73
1993	642	70
1994	602	63
1995	571	55
1996	545	52
1997	520	49
1998	515	48
1999	486	46
2000	476	43
2001	440	42
2002	428	42
2003	400	42
2004	385	43
2005	373	43
2006	360	45
2007	352	46
2008	334	48
2009	320	51
2010	305	53
2011	291	55
2012	274	55
2013	260	58
2014	247	60
2015	237	61
2016	225	62
2017	219	66
2018	209	67
2019	202	67
2020	198	58
2021	215	80
2022	186	61
2023	179	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	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	-	8.72%
1970	23.2%	8.35%
1971	22.5%	8.15%
1972	22%	7.98%
1973	21.4%	7.71%
1974	20.8%	7.24%
1975	20.3%	6.53%
1976	19.7%	5.74%
1977	19.1%	5.08%
1978	18.6%	4.62%
1979	18%	4.28%
1980	17.4%	4.02%
1981	16.8%	3.77%
1982	16.2%	3.47%
1983	15.7%	3.15%
1984	15.1%	2.92%
1985	14.6%	2.85%
1986	14%	2.88%
1987	13.5%	2.85%
1988	13%	2.7%
1989	12.6%	2.5%
1990	12.1%	2.32%
1991	11.6%	2.19%
1992	11.1%	2.13%
1993	10.7%	2.12%
1994	10.2%	2.16%
1995	9.78%	2.22%
1996	9.37%	2.26%
1997	9%	2.25%
1998	8.63%	2.16%
1999	8.28%	2.03%
2000	7.96%	1.89%
2001	7.65%	1.76%
2002	7.36%	1.66%
2003	7.07%	1.6%
2004	6.8%	1.57%
2005	6.55%	1.55%
2006	6.31%	1.54%
2007	6.08%	1.52%
2008	5.88%	1.5%
2009	5.69%	1.48%
2010	5.51%	1.48%
2011	5.36%	1.49%
2012	5.21%	1.5%
2013	5.08%	1.49%
2014	4.97%	1.47%
2015	4.87%	1.47%
2016	4.76%	1.47%
2017	4.66%	1.5%
2018	4.56%	1.53%
2019	4.46%	1.57%
2020	4.35%	1.58%
2021	4.24%	1.57%
2022	4.11%	1.55%
2023	3.98%	1.52%