Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 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
	Ethiopia	Mauritius
1960	6.51	5.9
1961	6.53	5.98
1962	6.56	5.88
1963	6.59	6.18
1964	6.61	5.96
1965	6.63	5.51
1966	6.66	5.46
1967	6.68	4.63
1968	6.7	4.6
1969	6.72	3.97
1970	6.78	3.82
1971	6.84	3.51
1972	6.9	3.41
1973	6.96	3.07
1974	7.02	3.45
1975	7.08	3.2
1976	7.13	3.13
1977	7.19	3.07
1978	7.23	3.01
1979	7.25	2.91
1980	7.29	2.8
1981	7.31	2.67
1982	7.34	2.53
1983	7.35	2.4
1984	7.36	2.16
1985	7.34	2.02
1986	7.32	1.99
1987	7.29	2.05
1988	7.26	2.14
1989	7.23	2.23
1990	7.2	2.32
1991	7.16	2.3
1992	7.13	2.37
1993	7.09	2.21
1994	7.05	2.25
1995	7	2.14
1996	6.93	2.12
1997	6.87	2.04
1998	6.79	1.97
1999	6.72	2.05
2000	6.65	1.99
2001	6.58	1.91
2002	6.5	1.94
2003	6.4	1.87
2004	6.3	1.92
2005	6.19	1.88
2006	6.05	1.77
2007	5.89	1.74
2008	5.7	1.67
2009	5.49	1.59
2010	5.28	1.57
2011	5.08	1.55
2012	4.89	1.54
2013	4.71	1.44
2014	4.61	1.43
2015	4.53	1.36
2016	4.47	1.4
2017	4.4	1.44
2018	4.37	1.41
2019	4.35	1.4
2020	4.27	1.44
2021	4.18	1.41
2022	4.08	1.32
2023	3.99	1.39
2024	3.91	1.37
2025	3.81	1.36
2026	3.72	1.35
2027	3.64	1.35
2028	3.57	1.35
2029	3.5	1.35
2030	3.43	1.36
2031	3.36	1.36
2032	3.3	1.37
2033	3.24	1.37
2034	3.19	1.38
2035	3.14	1.39
2036	3.08	1.39
2037	3.03	1.4
2038	2.99	1.41
2039	2.94	1.41
2040	2.9	1.42
2041	2.86	1.42
2042	2.83	1.43
2043	2.79	1.43
2044	2.75	1.44
2045	2.72	1.45
2046	2.68	1.45
2047	2.65	1.46
2048	2.62	1.46
2049	2.59	1.47
2050	2.55	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Mauritius
1960	42.2%	45%
1961	42.2%	45%
1962	42.1%	45.1%
1963	42.2%	45.1%
1964	42.3%	44.8%
1965	42.5%	44.4%
1966	42.9%	44%
1967	43.2%	43.4%
1968	43.5%	42.9%
1969	43.8%	42.3%
1970	44.2%	41.6%
1971	44.5%	40.9%
1972	44.9%	40.1%
1973	45.2%	39.1%
1974	45.4%	38.2%
1975	45.6%	37.3%
1976	45.7%	36.5%
1977	45.9%	35.7%
1978	46.1%	34.9%
1979	46.2%	34.2%
1980	46.3%	33.6%
1981	46.4%	33.1%
1982	46.5%	32.6%
1983	46.4%	32.2%
1984	46.2%	31.8%
1985	46.1%	31.4%
1986	46%	31.1%
1987	46%	30.8%
1988	46%	30.5%
1989	46.1%	30.1%
1990	46.2%	29.8%
1991	46.2%	29.4%
1992	46.2%	29%
1993	46.4%	28.5%
1994	46.5%	28%
1995	46.7%	27.5%
1996	46.9%	27%
1997	47.1%	26.6%
1998	47.4%	26.2%
1999	47.6%	25.8%
2000	47.7%	25.6%
2001	47.8%	25.3%
2002	47.8%	25%
2003	47.7%	24.7%
2004	47.6%	24.3%
2005	47.4%	23.9%
2006	47.2%	23.4%
2007	46.9%	22.9%
2008	46.6%	22.3%
2009	46.2%	21.7%
2010	45.7%	21.1%
2011	45.2%	20.6%
2012	44.6%	20.1%
2013	44%	19.7%
2014	43.4%	19.3%
2015	42.9%	18.9%
2016	42.3%	18.4%
2017	41.8%	17.9%
2018	41.3%	17.4%
2019	40.9%	16.9%
2020	40.5%	16.4%
2021	40.1%	15.9%
2022	39.7%	15.5%
2023	39.4%	15.1%
2024	39.1%	14.8%
2025	38.8%	14.5%
2026	38.5%	14.3%
2027	38.3%	14.1%
2028	38.1%	14%
2029	37.8%	13.8%
2030	37.6%	13.7%
2031	37.3%	13.6%
2032	37%	13.5%
2033	36.6%	13.4%
2034	36.2%	13.3%
2035	35.8%	13.2%
2036	35.4%	13%
2037	34.9%	12.9%
2038	34.5%	12.8%
2039	34%	12.7%
2040	33.6%	12.6%
2041	33.2%	12.5%
2042	32.8%	12.4%
2043	32.4%	12.3%
2044	32%	12.2%
2045	31.7%	12.1%
2046	31.3%	12%
2047	31%	11.8%
2048	30.7%	11.7%
2049	30.3%	11.6%
2050	30%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Mauritius
1960	511,694	19,931
1961	538,518	20,355
1962	563,650	20,660
1963	590,998	22,069
1964	618,667	22,239
1965	642,359	20,482
1966	616,281	20,758
1967	695,283	17,560
1968	715,602	17,884
1969	736,428	15,761
1970	760,821	16,190
1971	787,047	15,441
1972	779,808	14,825
1973	807,535	13,145
1974	777,306	17,561
1975	801,425	15,342
1976	899,577	16,407
1977	929,381	16,769
1978	943,388	18,670
1979	987,203	19,282
1980	1,007,516	19,321
1981	1,018,838	18,334
1982	1,080,853	15,880
1983	863,472	14,525
1984	920,670	13,665
1985	997,050	12,451
1986	1,050,277	12,340
1987	1,356,853	13,262
1988	1,393,356	14,084
1989	1,441,769	14,718
1990	1,479,663	15,564
1991	1,579,416	15,091
1992	1,673,839	15,833
1993	1,734,851	14,814
1994	1,788,133	14,355
1995	1,831,068	13,020
1996	1,896,364	13,041
1997	1,945,112	11,943
1998	1,984,989	11,489
1999	2,010,987	12,341
2000	2,083,622	12,224
2001	2,137,791	11,723
2002	2,189,683	11,685
2003	2,231,223	10,799
2004	2,296,999	10,745
2005	2,353,375	10,195
2006	2,393,585	8,515
2007	2,436,753	8,429
2008	2,465,283	7,465
2009	2,467,118	6,113
2010	2,498,048	5,877
2011	2,527,811	5,511
2012	2,533,398	5,149
2013	2,546,020	4,281
2014	2,623,647	3,657
2015	2,713,529	3,031
2016	2,809,889	2,906
2017	2,899,143	3,415
2018	3,015,231	2,151
2019	3,132,780	1,773
2020	3,199,718	2,405
2021	3,204,673	-253
2022	3,300,114	-757
2023	3,338,649	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Mauritius
1985	1,329	111
1986	1,317	106
1987	1,289	103
1988	1,306	93
1989	1,296	85
1990	1,320	77
1991	1,239	75
1992	1,218	73
1993	1,168	70
1994	1,113	63
1995	1,060	55
1996	1,008	52
1997	957	49
1998	911	48
1999	901	46
2000	870	43
2001	856	42
2002	826	42
2003	797	42
2004	764	43
2005	754	43
2006	729	45
2007	704	46
2008	678	48
2009	649	51
2010	619	53
2011	588	55
2012	545	55
2013	494	58
2014	444	60
2015	401	61
2016	364	62
2017	327	66
2018	297	67
2019	269	67
2020	244	58
2021	250	80
2022	207	61
2023	195	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia 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
	Ethiopia	Mauritius
1960	-	10.2%
1961	-	9.82%
1962	-	9.31%
1963	-	8.72%
1964	-	8.4%
1965	-	8.66%
1966	27.8%	9.25%
1967	24.9%	9.55%
1968	24.8%	9.25%
1969	24.8%	8.72%
1970	24.7%	8.35%
1971	24.7%	8.15%
1972	24.7%	7.98%
1973	24.6%	7.71%
1974	28.3%	7.24%
1975	28.2%	6.53%
1976	24.5%	5.74%
1977	24.5%	5.08%
1978	24.4%	4.62%
1979	24.2%	4.28%
1980	24%	4.02%
1981	23.8%	3.77%
1982	23.5%	3.47%
1983	32%	3.15%
1984	31.4%	2.92%
1985	30.3%	2.85%
1986	29.7%	2.88%
1987	21.5%	2.85%
1988	21%	2.7%
1989	20.6%	2.5%
1990	20.2%	2.32%
1991	19.7%	2.19%
1992	19.1%	2.13%
1993	18.5%	2.12%
1994	17.9%	2.16%
1995	17.2%	2.22%
1996	16.6%	2.26%
1997	15.9%	2.25%
1998	15.3%	2.16%
1999	14.7%	2.03%
2000	14%	1.89%
2001	13.4%	1.76%
2002	12.8%	1.66%
2003	12.1%	1.6%
2004	11.5%	1.57%
2005	10.9%	1.55%
2006	10.3%	1.54%
2007	9.74%	1.52%
2008	9.23%	1.5%
2009	8.76%	1.48%
2010	8.32%	1.48%
2011	7.91%	1.49%
2012	7.53%	1.5%
2013	7.16%	1.49%
2014	6.82%	1.47%
2015	6.49%	1.47%
2016	6.17%	1.47%
2017	5.89%	1.5%
2018	5.64%	1.53%
2019	5.41%	1.57%
2020	5.2%	1.58%
2021	5%	1.57%
2022	4.82%	1.55%
2023	4.65%	1.52%