Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Dominica was 1.48 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
	Dominica	Mauritius
1960	6.18	5.9
1961	6.16	5.98
1962	6.12	5.88
1963	6.08	6.18
1964	6.03	5.96
1965	5.95	5.51
1966	5.86	5.46
1967	5.74	4.63
1968	5.59	4.6
1969	5.41	3.97
1970	5.22	3.82
1971	4.99	3.51
1972	4.67	3.41
1973	4.28	3.07
1974	3.84	3.45
1975	3.46	3.2
1976	3.19	3.13
1977	3.02	3.07
1978	2.96	3.01
1979	2.96	2.91
1980	3.04	2.8
1981	3.11	2.67
1982	3.17	2.53
1983	3.18	2.4
1984	3.15	2.16
1985	3.12	2.02
1986	3.08	1.99
1987	3.06	2.05
1988	3.06	2.14
1989	3.06	2.23
1990	3.09	2.32
1991	3.15	2.3
1992	3.18	2.37
1993	3.2	2.21
1994	2.96	2.25
1995	2.71	2.14
1996	2.55	2.12
1997	2.41	2.04
1998	2.32	1.97
1999	2.46	2.05
2000	2.35	1.99
2001	2.4	1.91
2002	2.16	1.94
2003	2.08	1.87
2004	2.02	1.92
2005	2	1.88
2006	2.07	1.77
2007	2.02	1.74
2008	1.97	1.67
2009	1.92	1.59
2010	1.89	1.57
2011	1.86	1.55
2012	1.83	1.54
2013	1.78	1.44
2014	1.71	1.43
2015	1.65	1.36
2016	1.58	1.4
2017	1.54	1.44
2018	1.52	1.41
2019	1.5	1.4
2020	1.5	1.44
2021	1.48	1.41
2022	1.48	1.32
2023	1.48	1.39
2024	1.48	1.37
2025	1.47	1.36
2026	1.46	1.35
2027	1.46	1.35
2028	1.46	1.35
2029	1.46	1.35
2030	1.46	1.36
2031	1.46	1.36
2032	1.46	1.37
2033	1.46	1.37
2034	1.46	1.38
2035	1.46	1.39
2036	1.46	1.39
2037	1.47	1.4
2038	1.47	1.41
2039	1.47	1.41
2040	1.47	1.42
2041	1.48	1.42
2042	1.48	1.43
2043	1.48	1.43
2044	1.48	1.44
2045	1.49	1.45
2046	1.49	1.45
2047	1.49	1.46
2048	1.49	1.46
2049	1.5	1.47
2050	1.5	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Mauritius
1960	44.7%	45%
1961	45%	45%
1962	45.3%	45.1%
1963	45.6%	45.1%
1964	46%	44.8%
1965	46.4%	44.4%
1966	46.9%	44%
1967	47.5%	43.4%
1968	48.1%	42.9%
1969	48.7%	42.3%
1970	48.7%	41.6%
1971	48.1%	40.9%
1972	47.3%	40.1%
1973	46.5%	39.1%
1974	45.7%	38.2%
1975	44.9%	37.3%
1976	44.1%	36.5%
1977	43.3%	35.7%
1978	42.5%	34.9%
1979	41.7%	34.2%
1980	40.7%	33.6%
1981	39.6%	33.1%
1982	38.2%	32.6%
1983	36.9%	32.2%
1984	35.8%	31.8%
1985	34.9%	31.4%
1986	34.2%	31.1%
1987	33.6%	30.8%
1988	33.2%	30.5%
1989	33.1%	30.1%
1990	33.1%	29.8%
1991	33.2%	29.4%
1992	33%	29%
1993	32.8%	28.5%
1994	32.6%	28%
1995	32.3%	27.5%
1996	31.9%	27%
1997	31.5%	26.6%
1998	31.1%	26.2%
1999	30.6%	25.8%
2000	30%	25.6%
2001	29.3%	25.3%
2002	28.7%	25%
2003	28%	24.7%
2004	27.4%	24.3%
2005	26.8%	23.9%
2006	26.2%	23.4%
2007	25.5%	22.9%
2008	24.7%	22.3%
2009	24.1%	21.7%
2010	23.5%	21.1%
2011	23.1%	20.6%
2012	22.6%	20.1%
2013	22.5%	19.7%
2014	22.3%	19.3%
2015	21.7%	18.9%
2016	20.8%	18.4%
2017	19.9%	17.9%
2018	19.5%	17.4%
2019	19.2%	16.9%
2020	18.8%	16.4%
2021	18.5%	15.9%
2022	18.3%	15.5%
2023	18.1%	15.1%
2024	17.9%	14.8%
2025	17.6%	14.5%
2026	17.4%	14.3%
2027	17.1%	14.1%
2028	16.8%	14%
2029	16.5%	13.8%
2030	16.3%	13.7%
2031	16%	13.6%
2032	15.9%	13.5%
2033	15.7%	13.4%
2034	15.6%	13.3%
2035	15.5%	13.2%
2036	15.4%	13%
2037	15.3%	12.9%
2038	15.3%	12.8%
2039	15.2%	12.7%
2040	15.2%	12.6%
2041	15.2%	12.5%
2042	15.1%	12.4%
2043	15.1%	12.3%
2044	15.1%	12.2%
2045	15.1%	12.1%
2046	15.1%	12%
2047	15%	11.8%
2048	15%	11.7%
2049	15%	11.6%
2050	14.9%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica 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
	Dominica	Mauritius
1960	1,720	19,931
1961	1,762	20,355
1962	1,786	20,660
1963	1,796	22,069
1964	1,792	22,239
1965	1,778	20,482
1966	1,752	20,758
1967	1,716	17,560
1968	1,673	17,884
1969	1,628	15,761
1970	1,574	16,190
1971	1,549	15,441
1972	1,497	14,825
1973	1,400	13,145
1974	1,267	17,561
1975	1,142	15,342
1976	1,050	16,407
1977	996	16,769
1978	991	18,670
1979	981	19,282
1980	1,090	19,321
1981	1,169	18,334
1982	1,250	15,880
1983	1,301	14,525
1984	1,308	13,665
1985	1,302	12,451
1986	1,285	12,340
1987	1,256	13,262
1988	1,222	14,084
1989	1,178	14,718
1990	1,138	15,564
1991	1,103	15,091
1992	1,111	15,833
1993	1,130	14,814
1994	1,002	14,355
1995	853	13,020
1996	753	13,041
1997	662	11,943
1998	595	11,489
1999	647	12,341
2000	561	12,224
2001	556	11,723
2002	429	11,685
2003	387	10,799
2004	360	10,745
2005	339	10,195
2006	364	8,515
2007	319	8,429
2008	272	7,465
2009	220	6,113
2010	171	5,877
2011	121	5,511
2012	167	5,149
2013	110	4,281
2014	257	3,657
2015	157	3,031
2016	177	2,906
2017	-124	3,415
2018	-60	2,151
2019	-75	1,773
2020	-88	2,405
2021	-205	-253
2022	-118	-757
2023	-111	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Dominica, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Mauritius
1985	61	111
1986	63	106
1987	63	103
1988	68	93
1989	69	85
1990	77	77
1991	81	75
1992	80	73
1993	79	70
1994	77	63
1995	73	55
1996	71	52
1997	67	49
1998	64	48
1999	64	46
2000	61	43
2001	58	42
2002	56	42
2003	55	42
2004	54	43
2005	54	43
2006	54	45
2007	53	46
2008	53	48
2009	50	51
2010	50	53
2011	49	55
2012	51	55
2013	50	58
2014	53	60
2015	63	61
2016	48	62
2017	44	66
2018	43	67
2019	41	67
2020	47	58
2021	110	80
2022	44	61
2023	36	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica 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
	Dominica	Mauritius
1960	13.6%	10.2%
1961	12.4%	9.82%
1962	11.3%	9.31%
1963	10.3%	8.72%
1964	9.41%	8.4%
1965	8.59%	8.66%
1966	7.84%	9.25%
1967	7.16%	9.55%
1968	6.54%	9.25%
1969	5.98%	8.72%
1970	5.48%	8.35%
1971	5.02%	8.15%
1972	4.61%	7.98%
1973	4.24%	7.71%
1974	3.91%	7.24%
1975	3.61%	6.53%
1976	3.35%	5.74%
1977	3.12%	5.08%
1978	2.92%	4.62%
1979	2.74%	4.28%
1980	2.58%	4.02%
1981	2.45%	3.77%
1982	2.33%	3.47%
1983	2.22%	3.15%
1984	2.14%	2.92%
1985	2.06%	2.85%
1986	2%	2.88%
1987	1.95%	2.85%
1988	1.91%	2.7%
1989	1.88%	2.5%
1990	1.85%	2.32%
1991	1.84%	2.19%
1992	1.82%	2.13%
1993	1.82%	2.12%
1994	1.82%	2.16%
1995	1.83%	2.22%
1996	1.84%	2.26%
1997	1.86%	2.25%
1998	1.88%	2.16%
1999	1.91%	2.03%
2000	1.94%	1.89%
2001	1.97%	1.76%
2002	2.01%	1.66%
2003	2.06%	1.6%
2004	2.11%	1.57%
2005	2.16%	1.55%
2006	2.22%	1.54%
2007	2.28%	1.52%
2008	2.35%	1.5%
2009	2.42%	1.48%
2010	2.5%	1.48%
2011	2.57%	1.49%
2012	2.66%	1.5%
2013	2.74%	1.49%
2014	2.83%	1.47%
2015	2.93%	1.47%
2016	3.02%	1.47%
2017	3.12%	1.5%
2018	3.21%	1.53%
2019	3.3%	1.57%
2020	3.38%	1.58%
2021	3.45%	1.57%
2022	3.51%	1.55%
2023	3.55%	1.52%