Fertility & birth rates in Estonia and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Estonia vs Mauritania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Estonia was 1.31 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.7 in Mauritania 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
	Estonia	Mauritania
1960	1.98	6.15
1961	1.98	6.2
1962	1.95	6.24
1963	1.89	6.31
1964	1.94	6.37
1965	1.88	6.44
1966	1.87	6.52
1967	1.9	6.57
1968	2.03	6.6
1969	2.13	6.64
1970	2.17	6.68
1971	2.19	6.7
1972	2.13	6.71
1973	2.06	6.72
1974	2.07	6.73
1975	2.04	6.71
1976	2.07	6.73
1977	2.06	6.74
1978	2.02	6.73
1979	2	6.7
1980	2.02	6.67
1981	2.07	6.64
1982	2.07	6.59
1983	2.16	6.54
1984	2.17	6.48
1985	2.13	6.42
1986	2.18	6.34
1987	2.27	6.27
1988	2.27	6.21
1989	2.22	6.2
1990	2.05	6.18
1991	1.8	6.16
1992	1.71	6.13
1993	1.49	6.09
1994	1.42	6.06
1995	1.38	5.96
1996	1.37	5.86
1997	1.32	5.74
1998	1.28	5.62
1999	1.3	5.52
2000	1.36	5.46
2001	1.32	5.41
2002	1.36	5.37
2003	1.37	5.36
2004	1.47	5.37
2005	1.52	5.38
2006	1.58	5.4
2007	1.69	5.43
2008	1.72	5.44
2009	1.7	5.41
2010	1.72	5.38
2011	1.61	5.38
2012	1.56	5.35
2013	1.52	5.32
2014	1.54	5.26
2015	1.58	5.21
2016	1.6	5.16
2017	1.59	5.11
2018	1.67	5.04
2019	1.66	4.98
2020	1.58	4.91
2021	1.61	4.85
2022	1.41	4.77
2023	1.31	4.7
2024	1.32	4.63
2025	1.33	4.56
2026	1.34	4.48
2027	1.35	4.42
2028	1.36	4.36
2029	1.37	4.29
2030	1.38	4.24
2031	1.39	4.18
2032	1.39	4.11
2033	1.4	4.02
2034	1.4	3.97
2035	1.41	3.9
2036	1.41	3.83
2037	1.42	3.78
2038	1.42	3.71
2039	1.42	3.66
2040	1.43	3.6
2041	1.43	3.55
2042	1.44	3.5
2043	1.44	3.45
2044	1.44	3.39
2045	1.45	3.35
2046	1.45	3.3
2047	1.46	3.26
2048	1.46	3.21
2049	1.46	3.17
2050	1.46	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Estonia	Mauritania
1960	23.1%	41.8%
1961	23.3%	41.8%
1962	23.3%	41.8%
1963	23.2%	41.8%
1964	23%	42%
1965	22.8%	42.4%
1966	22.6%	42.8%
1967	22.3%	43.2%
1968	22.2%	43.6%
1969	22.1%	44%
1970	22.1%	44.4%
1971	22%	44.7%
1972	22%	44.9%
1973	21.9%	45.2%
1974	21.8%	45.4%
1975	21.6%	45.5%
1976	21.6%	45.6%
1977	21.5%	45.7%
1978	21.5%	45.8%
1979	21.6%	45.9%
1980	21.7%	45.9%
1981	21.8%	45.9%
1982	21.9%	45.8%
1983	22%	45.8%
1984	22.1%	45.7%
1985	22.1%	45.6%
1986	22.1%	45.5%
1987	22.2%	45.4%
1988	22.2%	45.3%
1989	22.3%	45.4%
1990	22.3%	45.4%
1991	22.1%	45.3%
1992	21.8%	44.9%
1993	21.4%	44.4%
1994	21.1%	44.3%
1995	20.7%	44.4%
1996	20.3%	44.6%
1997	19.8%	44.7%
1998	19.2%	44.6%
1999	18.4%	44.4%
2000	17.6%	44.2%
2001	17.2%	44.1%
2002	16.6%	44.2%
2003	16.1%	44.2%
2004	15.6%	44.2%
2005	15.2%	44.2%
2006	15%	44.2%
2007	14.9%	44.3%
2008	14.9%	44.1%
2009	15%	43.9%
2010	15.2%	43.9%
2011	15.4%	43.9%
2012	15.6%	44.1%
2013	15.7%	44.2%
2014	15.9%	44.2%
2015	16%	44.3%
2016	16.2%	44.2%
2017	16.3%	44.2%
2018	16.4%	44.1%
2019	16.4%	44%
2020	16.4%	43.8%
2021	16.4%	43.6%
2022	16.2%	43.4%
2023	16%	43%
2024	15.6%	42.7%
2025	15.3%	42.4%
2026	14.9%	42%
2027	14.6%	41.7%
2028	14.3%	41.3%
2029	14%	41%
2030	13.7%	40.7%
2031	13.4%	40.4%
2032	13.1%	40%
2033	12.8%	39.7%
2034	12.4%	39.3%
2035	12.2%	39%
2036	12%	38.6%
2037	11.8%	38.3%
2038	11.8%	37.9%
2039	11.9%	37.6%
2040	11.9%	37.3%
2041	12%	36.9%
2042	12.1%	36.6%
2043	12.2%	36.2%
2044	12.3%	35.9%
2045	12.5%	35.5%
2046	12.6%	35.2%
2047	12.8%	34.8%
2048	12.9%	34.5%
2049	13%	34.1%
2050	13.1%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.6% of the population in Estonia and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 22.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Estonia and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Estonia vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.21% in Estonia and +3% in Mauritania. 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
	Estonia	Mauritania
1960	7,511	21,604
1961	7,228	22,781
1962	6,457	23,927
1963	6,043	25,250
1964	6,897	26,565
1965	5,437	28,028
1966	4,842	29,502
1967	5,012	30,853
1968	5,592	32,029
1969	5,515	33,252
1970	6,257	34,382
1971	7,160	35,279
1972	6,267	36,184
1973	5,623	37,122
1974	5,956	38,106
1975	4,717	38,975
1976	4,319	40,149
1977	4,931	41,352
1978	4,088	42,539
1979	3,818	43,537
1980	3,989	45,026
1981	4,612	46,641
1982	5,244	47,947
1983	5,884	49,187
1984	5,163	50,705
1985	4,281	52,125
1986	6,160	53,313
1987	6,829	55,037
1988	6,404	56,654
1989	5,803	58,666
1990	2,825	59,934
1991	-312	61,782
1992	-1,993	63,501
1993	-5,976	68,167
1994	-8,044	70,570
1995	-7,327	72,244
1996	-5,662	71,939
1997	-6,018	71,327
1998	-7,208	72,045
1999	-6,117	73,554
2000	-5,309	75,929
2001	-5,830	78,769
2002	-5,380	80,993
2003	-5,072	83,804
2004	-3,679	87,578
2005	-2,981	90,940
2006	-2,559	94,991
2007	-1,608	98,895
2008	-668	102,432
2009	-400	105,273
2010	0	108,121
2011	-531	111,165
2012	-1,455	113,489
2013	-1,713	115,558
2014	-1,972	118,792
2015	-1,315	122,092
2016	-1,316	125,342
2017	-1,713	128,562
2018	-1,322	131,584
2019	-1,327	134,460
2020	-2,659	134,899
2021	-5,324	137,557
2022	-5,665	142,451
2023	-5,070	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Estonia vs Mauritania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Estonia, compared to 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Estonia	Mauritania
1985	56	998
1986	46	961
1987	42	914
1988	43	887
1989	48	883
1990	44	858
1991	42	845
1992	40	811
1993	46	813
1994	60	809
1995	45	815
1996	36	813
1997	31	752
1998	32	698
1999	28	669
2000	27	644
2001	25	616
2002	22	590
2003	18	571
2004	15	557
2005	15	536
2006	13	521
2007	13	516
2008	11	506
2009	10	500
2010	8	499
2011	9	494
2012	8	496
2013	6	496
2014	7	484
2015	6	469
2016	7	456
2017	5	450
2018	5	437
2019	6	424
2020	6	413
2021	8	425
2022	7	385
2023	5	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Estonia and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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
	Estonia	Mauritania
1960	-	25.3%
1961	-	24.7%
1962	-	24%
1963	-	23.4%
1964	-	22.7%
1965	-	22%
1966	-	21.3%
1967	-	20.6%
1968	-	19.9%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19%
1971	-	18.9%
1972	-	18.9%
1973	-	19%
1974	-	19%
1975	-	18.9%
1976	-	18.6%
1977	-	18.2%
1978	-	17.6%
1979	-	17.1%
1980	2.24%	16.6%
1981	2.16%	16.1%
1982	2.09%	15.6%
1983	2.02%	15.1%
1984	1.96%	14.5%
1985	1.91%	13.8%
1986	1.86%	13.2%
1987	1.83%	12.6%
1988	1.81%	12.1%
1989	1.79%	11.8%
1990	1.77%	11.5%
1991	1.75%	11.4%
1992	1.73%	11.3%
1993	1.69%	11.2%
1994	1.64%	11.2%
1995	1.57%	11.1%
1996	1.48%	11%
1997	1.39%	10.8%
1998	1.29%	10.6%
1999	1.2%	10.2%
2000	1.1%	9.82%
2001	1.01%	9.35%
2002	0.93%	8.81%
2003	0.85%	8.25%
2004	0.78%	7.7%
2005	0.71%	7.18%
2006	0.65%	6.73%
2007	0.59%	6.35%
2008	0.54%	6.04%
2009	0.5%	5.79%
2010	0.46%	5.61%
2011	0.42%	5.45%
2012	0.39%	5.31%
2013	0.36%	5.17%
2014	0.34%	5.04%
2015	0.32%	4.89%
2016	0.3%	4.74%
2017	0.28%	4.59%
2018	0.27%	4.45%
2019	0.25%	4.3%
2020	0.24%	4.17%
2021	0.23%	4.03%
2022	0.22%	3.91%
2023	0.21%	3.78%