Fertility & birth rates in Greece and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Greece vs Mauritania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Greece was 1.32 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.

Check Greece vs Mauritania population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Greece	Mauritania
1960	2.23	6.15
1961	2.13	6.2
1962	2.16	6.24
1963	2.14	6.31
1964	2.24	6.37
1965	2.25	6.44
1966	2.32	6.52
1967	2.45	6.57
1968	2.42	6.6
1969	2.36	6.64
1970	2.4	6.68
1971	2.32	6.7
1972	2.32	6.71
1973	2.27	6.72
1974	2.38	6.73
1975	2.33	6.71
1976	2.35	6.73
1977	2.27	6.74
1978	2.28	6.73
1979	2.26	6.7
1980	2.23	6.67
1981	2.09	6.64
1982	2.03	6.59
1983	1.94	6.54
1984	1.83	6.48
1985	1.67	6.42
1986	1.6	6.34
1987	1.5	6.27
1988	1.5	6.21
1989	1.4	6.2
1990	1.39	6.18
1991	1.37	6.16
1992	1.36	6.13
1993	1.32	6.09
1994	1.33	6.06
1995	1.28	5.96
1996	1.26	5.86
1997	1.27	5.74
1998	1.24	5.62
1999	1.23	5.52
2000	1.25	5.46
2001	1.25	5.41
2002	1.28	5.37
2003	1.29	5.36
2004	1.31	5.37
2005	1.34	5.38
2006	1.4	5.4
2007	1.41	5.43
2008	1.5	5.44
2009	1.5	5.41
2010	1.48	5.38
2011	1.4	5.38
2012	1.34	5.35
2013	1.29	5.32
2014	1.3	5.26
2015	1.33	5.21
2016	1.38	5.16
2017	1.35	5.11
2018	1.35	5.04
2019	1.34	4.98
2020	1.39	4.91
2021	1.43	4.85
2022	1.32	4.77
2023	1.32	4.7
2024	1.32	4.63
2025	1.33	4.56
2026	1.33	4.48
2027	1.33	4.42
2028	1.34	4.36
2029	1.34	4.29
2030	1.34	4.24
2031	1.35	4.18
2032	1.35	4.11
2033	1.35	4.02
2034	1.35	3.97
2035	1.36	3.9
2036	1.36	3.83
2037	1.36	3.78
2038	1.37	3.71
2039	1.37	3.66
2040	1.37	3.6
2041	1.38	3.55
2042	1.38	3.5
2043	1.39	3.45
2044	1.39	3.39
2045	1.39	3.35
2046	1.39	3.3
2047	1.39	3.26
2048	1.39	3.21
2049	1.4	3.17
2050	1.4	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Greece	Mauritania
1960	26.7%	41.8%
1961	26.4%	41.8%
1962	26.1%	41.8%
1963	26%	41.8%
1964	25.9%	42%
1965	25.3%	42.4%
1966	25.5%	42.8%
1967	25.3%	43.2%
1968	25.2%	43.6%
1969	25.2%	44%
1970	24.8%	44.4%
1971	25.1%	44.7%
1972	24.8%	44.9%
1973	24.5%	45.2%
1974	24.3%	45.4%
1975	24%	45.5%
1976	23.8%	45.6%
1977	23.6%	45.7%
1978	23.5%	45.8%
1979	23.2%	45.9%
1980	23.4%	45.9%
1981	23.6%	45.9%
1982	23.2%	45.8%
1983	22.8%	45.8%
1984	22.4%	45.7%
1985	21.9%	45.6%
1986	21.4%	45.5%
1987	20.9%	45.4%
1988	20.5%	45.3%
1989	19.9%	45.4%
1990	19.4%	45.4%
1991	18.9%	45.3%
1992	18.6%	44.9%
1993	18.2%	44.4%
1994	17.8%	44.3%
1995	17.3%	44.4%
1996	16.9%	44.6%
1997	16.5%	44.7%
1998	16.2%	44.6%
1999	16%	44.4%
2000	15.8%	44.2%
2001	15.7%	44.1%
2002	15.6%	44.2%
2003	15.4%	44.2%
2004	15.2%	44.2%
2005	15%	44.2%
2006	14.8%	44.2%
2007	14.7%	44.3%
2008	14.6%	44.1%
2009	14.6%	43.9%
2010	14.6%	43.9%
2011	14.6%	43.9%
2012	14.7%	44.1%
2013	14.7%	44.2%
2014	14.6%	44.2%
2015	14.5%	44.3%
2016	14.4%	44.2%
2017	14.4%	44.2%
2018	14.4%	44.1%
2019	14.3%	44%
2020	14.2%	43.8%
2021	14%	43.6%
2022	13.8%	43.4%
2023	13.6%	43%
2024	13.2%	42.7%
2025	12.9%	42.4%
2026	12.6%	42%
2027	12.3%	41.7%
2028	12.1%	41.3%
2029	11.9%	41%
2030	11.7%	40.7%
2031	11.5%	40.4%
2032	11.3%	40%
2033	11.2%	39.7%
2034	11.1%	39.3%
2035	11%	39%
2036	10.9%	38.6%
2037	10.9%	38.3%
2038	11%	37.9%
2039	11%	37.6%
2040	11.1%	37.3%
2041	11.2%	36.9%
2042	11.3%	36.6%
2043	11.4%	36.2%
2044	11.5%	35.9%
2045	11.7%	35.5%
2046	11.8%	35.2%
2047	11.9%	34.8%
2048	12%	34.5%
2049	12.1%	34.1%
2050	12.2%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.2% of the population in Greece and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 19.4% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Greece and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Greece vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.39% in Greece 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
	Greece	Mauritania
1960	96,648	21,604
1961	86,500	22,781
1962	85,327	23,927
1963	81,404	25,250
1964	83,402	26,565
1965	83,793	28,028
1966	86,998	29,502
1967	91,183	30,853
1968	87,408	32,029
1969	82,464	33,252
1970	71,222	34,382
1971	67,116	35,279
1972	64,887	36,184
1973	59,824	37,122
1974	68,111	38,106
1975	61,516	38,975
1976	65,236	40,149
1977	59,574	41,352
1978	64,124	42,539
1979	65,882	43,537
1980	60,748	45,026
1981	54,484	46,641
1982	50,906	47,947
1983	42,341	49,187
1984	37,604	50,705
1985	22,849	52,125
1986	20,931	53,313
1987	10,001	55,037
1988	15,055	56,654
1989	9,080	58,666
1990	8,157	59,934
1991	6,192	61,782
1992	6,239	63,501
1993	4,185	68,167
1994	6,307	70,570
1995	1,056	72,244
1996	0	71,939
1997	2,133	71,327
1998	-2,144	72,045
1999	-2,153	73,554
2000	-1,081	75,929
2001	0	78,769
2002	0	80,993
2003	-1,093	83,804
2004	0	87,578
2005	2,197	90,940
2006	6,612	94,991
2007	2,210	98,895
2008	11,077	102,432
2009	8,886	105,273
2010	5,560	108,121
2011	-4,441	111,165
2012	-16,568	113,489
2013	-17,545	115,558
2014	-20,696	118,792
2015	-29,216	122,092
2016	-25,862	125,342
2017	-36,566	128,562
2018	-33,272	131,584
2019	-41,814	134,460
2020	-46,004	134,899
2021	-58,131	137,557
2022	-63,665	142,451
2023	-56,191	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Greece 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 Greece, compared to 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Greece	Mauritania
1985	9	998
1986	8	961
1987	9	914
1988	7	887
1989	7	883
1990	7	858
1991	6	845
1992	6	811
1993	5	813
1994	5	809
1995	5	815
1996	4	813
1997	4	752
1998	4	698
1999	4	669
2000	4	644
2001	3	616
2002	3	590
2003	3	571
2004	3	557
2005	3	536
2006	3	521
2007	3	516
2008	3	506
2009	3	500
2010	4	499
2011	4	494
2012	4	496
2013	4	496
2014	4	484
2015	5	469
2016	5	456
2017	5	450
2018	5	437
2019	5	424
2020	7	413
2021	9	425
2022	10	385
2023	5	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Greece 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
	Greece	Mauritania
1960	4.62%	25.3%
1961	4.51%	24.7%
1962	4.39%	24%
1963	4.25%	23.4%
1964	4.1%	22.7%
1965	3.97%	22%
1966	3.86%	21.3%
1967	3.73%	20.6%
1968	3.54%	19.9%
1969	3.33%	19.4%
1970	3.13%	19%
1971	2.96%	18.9%
1972	2.84%	18.9%
1973	2.76%	19%
1974	2.7%	19%
1975	2.62%	18.9%
1976	2.51%	18.6%
1977	2.38%	18.2%
1978	2.24%	17.6%
1979	2.09%	17.1%
1980	1.96%	16.6%
1981	1.83%	16.1%
1982	1.71%	15.6%
1983	1.62%	15.1%
1984	1.54%	14.5%
1985	1.46%	13.8%
1986	1.37%	13.2%
1987	1.27%	12.6%
1988	1.19%	12.1%
1989	1.11%	11.8%
1990	1.05%	11.5%
1991	0.99%	11.4%
1992	0.95%	11.3%
1993	0.91%	11.2%
1994	0.88%	11.2%
1995	0.85%	11.1%
1996	0.81%	11%
1997	0.77%	10.8%
1998	0.73%	10.6%
1999	0.69%	10.2%
2000	0.64%	9.82%
2001	0.6%	9.35%
2002	0.56%	8.81%
2003	0.52%	8.25%
2004	0.49%	7.7%
2005	0.46%	7.18%
2006	0.43%	6.73%
2007	0.41%	6.35%
2008	0.4%	6.04%
2009	0.4%	5.79%
2010	0.39%	5.61%
2011	0.4%	5.45%
2012	0.4%	5.31%
2013	0.41%	5.17%
2014	0.42%	5.04%
2015	0.43%	4.89%
2016	0.43%	4.74%
2017	0.43%	4.59%
2018	0.42%	4.45%
2019	0.41%	4.3%
2020	0.4%	4.17%
2021	0.39%	4.03%
2022	0.38%	3.91%
2023	0.37%	3.78%