Fertility & birth rates in Eritrea and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Eritrea vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Eritrea was 3.71 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
	Eritrea	Mauritius
1960	6.48	5.9
1961	6.47	5.98
1962	6.5	5.88
1963	6.48	6.18
1964	6.49	5.96
1965	6.49	5.51
1966	6.5	5.46
1967	6.5	4.63
1968	6.5	4.6
1969	6.5	3.97
1970	6.54	3.82
1971	6.54	3.51
1972	6.54	3.41
1973	6.55	3.07
1974	6.57	3.45
1975	6.59	3.2
1976	6.6	3.13
1977	6.61	3.07
1978	6.61	3.01
1979	6.62	2.91
1980	6.61	2.8
1981	6.62	2.67
1982	6.63	2.53
1983	6.65	2.4
1984	6.62	2.16
1985	6.59	2.02
1986	6.56	1.99
1987	6.52	2.05
1988	6.47	2.14
1989	6.41	2.23
1990	6.34	2.32
1991	6.24	2.3
1992	6.16	2.37
1993	6.07	2.21
1994	6.01	2.25
1995	5.94	2.14
1996	5.84	2.12
1997	5.74	2.04
1998	5.63	1.97
1999	5.52	2.05
2000	5.4	1.99
2001	5.31	1.91
2002	5.23	1.94
2003	5.14	1.87
2004	5.04	1.92
2005	4.93	1.88
2006	4.88	1.77
2007	4.81	1.74
2008	4.74	1.67
2009	4.66	1.59
2010	4.57	1.57
2011	4.49	1.55
2012	4.41	1.54
2013	4.34	1.44
2014	4.27	1.43
2015	4.22	1.36
2016	4.16	1.4
2017	4.11	1.44
2018	4.06	1.41
2019	4	1.4
2020	3.93	1.44
2021	3.87	1.41
2022	3.79	1.32
2023	3.71	1.39
2024	3.68	1.37
2025	3.61	1.36
2026	3.55	1.35
2027	3.49	1.35
2028	3.43	1.35
2029	3.38	1.35
2030	3.32	1.36
2031	3.27	1.36
2032	3.22	1.37
2033	3.18	1.37
2034	3.13	1.38
2035	3.09	1.39
2036	3.04	1.39
2037	3.01	1.4
2038	2.97	1.41
2039	2.93	1.41
2040	2.9	1.42
2041	2.86	1.42
2042	2.83	1.43
2043	2.8	1.43
2044	2.77	1.44
2045	2.74	1.45
2046	2.71	1.45
2047	2.68	1.46
2048	2.65	1.46
2049	2.63	1.47
2050	2.6	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eritrea	Mauritius
1960	41.5%	45%
1961	41.4%	45%
1962	41.4%	45.1%
1963	41.5%	45.1%
1964	41.6%	44.8%
1965	41.8%	44.4%
1966	42.1%	44%
1967	42.4%	43.4%
1968	42.8%	42.9%
1969	43%	42.3%
1970	43.3%	41.6%
1971	43.6%	40.9%
1972	43.8%	40.1%
1973	44%	39.1%
1974	44.1%	38.2%
1975	44.1%	37.3%
1976	44.2%	36.5%
1977	44.3%	35.7%
1978	44.3%	34.9%
1979	44.4%	34.2%
1980	44.4%	33.6%
1981	44.4%	33.1%
1982	44.4%	32.6%
1983	44.4%	32.2%
1984	44.2%	31.8%
1985	44.1%	31.4%
1986	44%	31.1%
1987	44%	30.8%
1988	44.2%	30.5%
1989	44.3%	30.1%
1990	44.5%	29.8%
1991	44.6%	29.4%
1992	44.7%	29%
1993	44.5%	28.5%
1994	44.4%	28%
1995	43.5%	27.5%
1996	42.9%	27%
1997	43.7%	26.6%
1998	44.4%	26.2%
1999	44.9%	25.8%
2000	45.2%	25.6%
2001	45%	25.3%
2002	44.4%	25%
2003	43.7%	24.7%
2004	43%	24.3%
2005	42.9%	23.9%
2006	43.1%	23.4%
2007	43.3%	22.9%
2008	43%	22.3%
2009	42.7%	21.7%
2010	42.6%	21.1%
2011	42.3%	20.6%
2012	42.1%	20.1%
2013	42%	19.7%
2014	42%	19.3%
2015	42.1%	18.9%
2016	42.1%	18.4%
2017	41.9%	17.9%
2018	41.5%	17.4%
2019	41%	16.9%
2020	40.4%	16.4%
2021	39.8%	15.9%
2022	39.2%	15.5%
2023	38.7%	15.1%
2024	38.1%	14.8%
2025	37.6%	14.5%
2026	37.1%	14.3%
2027	36.6%	14.1%
2028	36.3%	14%
2029	35.9%	13.8%
2030	35.7%	13.7%
2031	35.5%	13.6%
2032	35.3%	13.5%
2033	35.2%	13.4%
2034	35%	13.3%
2035	34.8%	13.2%
2036	34.7%	13%
2037	34.4%	12.9%
2038	34.2%	12.8%
2039	34%	12.7%
2040	33.7%	12.6%
2041	33.4%	12.5%
2042	33.1%	12.4%
2043	32.7%	12.3%
2044	32.3%	12.2%
2045	31.9%	12.1%
2046	31.5%	12%
2047	31.1%	11.8%
2048	30.7%	11.7%
2049	30.3%	11.6%
2050	29.9%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Eritrea and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eritrea and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Eritrea vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	Mauritius
1960	21,424	19,931
1961	22,351	20,355
1962	23,478	20,660
1963	24,393	22,069
1964	25,327	22,239
1965	26,285	20,482
1966	24,713	20,758
1967	27,992	17,560
1968	28,777	17,884
1969	29,535	15,761
1970	30,686	16,190
1971	31,490	15,441
1972	30,951	14,825
1973	31,969	13,145
1974	30,111	17,561
1975	30,971	15,342
1976	36,250	16,407
1977	37,295	16,769
1978	38,353	18,670
1979	39,577	19,282
1980	41,392	19,321
1981	42,924	18,334
1982	44,146	15,880
1983	33,420	14,525
1984	35,101	13,665
1985	37,362	12,451
1986	39,470	12,340
1987	52,229	13,262
1988	54,163	14,084
1989	54,299	14,718
1990	56,903	15,564
1991	57,741	15,091
1992	51,443	15,833
1993	51,679	14,814
1994	56,288	14,355
1995	56,157	13,020
1996	66,557	13,041
1997	63,953	11,943
1998	55,332	11,489
1999	45,120	12,341
2000	60,274	12,224
2001	61,180	11,723
2002	65,436	11,685
2003	66,291	10,799
2004	72,147	10,745
2005	72,930	10,195
2006	74,470	8,515
2007	73,101	8,429
2008	73,391	7,465
2009	76,206	6,113
2010	76,098	5,877
2011	76,806	5,511
2012	76,416	5,149
2013	75,562	4,281
2014	75,729	3,657
2015	73,682	3,031
2016	73,002	2,906
2017	72,291	3,415
2018	72,511	2,151
2019	73,572	1,773
2020	73,362	2,405
2021	74,394	-253
2022	76,221	-757
2023	78,073	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Eritrea vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 291 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eritrea, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eritrea	Mauritius
1985	1,678	111
1986	1,625	106
1987	1,555	103
1988	1,499	93
1989	1,473	85
1990	1,352	77
1991	1,384	75
1992	1,149	73
1993	1,040	70
1994	998	63
1995	854	55
1996	878	52
1997	817	49
1998	865	48
1999	734	46
2000	741	43
2001	651	42
2002	636	42
2003	588	42
2004	588	43
2005	567	43
2006	555	45
2007	541	46
2008	530	48
2009	515	51
2010	498	53
2011	478	55
2012	458	55
2013	443	58
2014	430	60
2015	413	61
2016	395	62
2017	379	66
2018	363	67
2019	351	67
2020	334	58
2021	338	80
2022	301	61
2023	291	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.54% in Eritrea 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
	Eritrea	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	-	8.35%
1971	-	8.15%
1972	-	7.98%
1973	-	7.71%
1974	25.6%	7.24%
1975	25%	6.53%
1976	20.8%	5.74%
1977	20.4%	5.08%
1978	20%	4.62%
1979	19.7%	4.28%
1980	19.4%	4.02%
1981	19.1%	3.77%
1982	18.8%	3.47%
1983	27.8%	3.15%
1984	27.2%	2.92%
1985	26.2%	2.85%
1986	25.6%	2.88%
1987	17.1%	2.85%
1988	16.6%	2.7%
1989	16%	2.5%
1990	15.4%	2.32%
1991	14.7%	2.19%
1992	13.9%	2.13%
1993	13.1%	2.12%
1994	12.3%	2.16%
1995	11.5%	2.22%
1996	10.8%	2.26%
1997	10.1%	2.25%
1998	9.51%	2.16%
1999	10.9%	2.03%
2000	8.53%	1.89%
2001	8.11%	1.76%
2002	7.73%	1.66%
2003	7.38%	1.6%
2004	7.05%	1.57%
2005	6.75%	1.55%
2006	6.46%	1.54%
2007	6.19%	1.52%
2008	5.94%	1.5%
2009	5.71%	1.48%
2010	5.5%	1.48%
2011	5.31%	1.49%
2012	5.12%	1.5%
2013	4.94%	1.49%
2014	4.78%	1.47%
2015	4.61%	1.47%
2016	4.46%	1.47%
2017	4.32%	1.5%
2018	4.17%	1.53%
2019	4.03%	1.57%
2020	3.91%	1.58%
2021	3.79%	1.57%
2022	3.66%	1.55%
2023	3.54%	1.52%