Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Grenada vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 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.

Check Grenada vs Mauritius population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Grenada	Mauritius
1960	6.74	5.9
1961	6.63	5.98
1962	6.44	5.88
1963	6.2	6.18
1964	5.91	5.96
1965	5.6	5.51
1966	5.3	5.46
1967	5.04	4.63
1968	4.84	4.6
1969	4.69	3.97
1970	4.46	3.82
1971	4.31	3.51
1972	4.18	3.41
1973	4.05	3.07
1974	3.92	3.45
1975	3.75	3.2
1976	3.6	3.13
1977	3.46	3.07
1978	3.35	3.01
1979	3.34	2.91
1980	3.3	2.8
1981	2.99	2.67
1982	3.15	2.53
1983	3.31	2.4
1984	3.22	2.16
1985	3.48	2.02
1986	3.58	1.99
1987	3.58	2.05
1988	3.19	2.14
1989	3.23	2.23
1990	3.06	2.32
1991	3.11	2.3
1992	2.97	2.37
1993	2.81	2.21
1994	2.79	2.25
1995	2.82	2.14
1996	2.85	2.12
1997	2.8	2.04
1998	2.49	1.97
1999	2.39	2.05
2000	2.44	1.99
2001	2.42	1.91
2002	2.38	1.94
2003	2.33	1.87
2004	2.29	1.92
2005	2.24	1.88
2006	2.19	1.77
2007	2.15	1.74
2008	2.12	1.67
2009	2.08	1.59
2010	2.04	1.57
2011	2.01	1.55
2012	1.97	1.54
2013	1.91	1.44
2014	1.8	1.43
2015	1.72	1.36
2016	1.62	1.4
2017	1.44	1.44
2018	1.53	1.41
2019	1.54	1.4
2020	1.53	1.44
2021	1.52	1.41
2022	1.5	1.32
2023	1.49	1.39
2024	1.47	1.37
2025	1.46	1.36
2026	1.45	1.35
2027	1.44	1.35
2028	1.44	1.35
2029	1.44	1.35
2030	1.44	1.36
2031	1.44	1.36
2032	1.44	1.37
2033	1.44	1.37
2034	1.44	1.38
2035	1.45	1.39
2036	1.45	1.39
2037	1.45	1.4
2038	1.45	1.41
2039	1.46	1.41
2040	1.46	1.42
2041	1.46	1.42
2042	1.46	1.43
2043	1.47	1.43
2044	1.47	1.44
2045	1.47	1.45
2046	1.47	1.45
2047	1.47	1.46
2048	1.47	1.46
2049	1.48	1.47
2050	1.48	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	Mauritius
1960	47.3%	45%
1961	47.2%	45%
1962	47.2%	45.1%
1963	47.1%	45.1%
1964	46.9%	44.8%
1965	47%	44.4%
1966	47.5%	44%
1967	47.6%	43.4%
1968	47.5%	42.9%
1969	47.2%	42.3%
1970	46.8%	41.6%
1971	46.2%	40.9%
1972	45.5%	40.1%
1973	44.7%	39.1%
1974	43.9%	38.2%
1975	43.1%	37.3%
1976	42.3%	36.5%
1977	41.5%	35.7%
1978	40.8%	34.9%
1979	40%	34.2%
1980	39.4%	33.6%
1981	38.6%	33.1%
1982	37.5%	32.6%
1983	36.5%	32.2%
1984	35.6%	31.8%
1985	34.8%	31.4%
1986	34.1%	31.1%
1987	33.6%	30.8%
1988	33.2%	30.5%
1989	33%	30.1%
1990	32.8%	29.8%
1991	32.8%	29.4%
1992	32.9%	29%
1993	33.1%	28.5%
1994	33.3%	28%
1995	33.5%	27.5%
1996	33.6%	27%
1997	33.6%	26.6%
1998	33.5%	26.2%
1999	33.3%	25.8%
2000	32.9%	25.6%
2001	32.1%	25.3%
2002	31%	25%
2003	29.8%	24.7%
2004	28.7%	24.3%
2005	27.7%	23.9%
2006	26.7%	23.4%
2007	25.9%	22.9%
2008	25.2%	22.3%
2009	24.6%	21.7%
2010	24%	21.1%
2011	23.6%	20.6%
2012	23.3%	20.1%
2013	23%	19.7%
2014	22.7%	19.3%
2015	22.4%	18.9%
2016	22.1%	18.4%
2017	21.8%	17.9%
2018	21.5%	17.4%
2019	21.2%	16.9%
2020	20.9%	16.4%
2021	20.6%	15.9%
2022	20.2%	15.5%
2023	19.8%	15.1%
2024	19.4%	14.8%
2025	19%	14.5%
2026	18.6%	14.3%
2027	18.1%	14.1%
2028	17.7%	14%
2029	17.3%	13.8%
2030	17%	13.7%
2031	16.7%	13.6%
2032	16.5%	13.5%
2033	16.4%	13.4%
2034	16.2%	13.3%
2035	16%	13.2%
2036	15.8%	13%
2037	15.6%	12.9%
2038	15.4%	12.8%
2039	15.2%	12.7%
2040	15%	12.6%
2041	14.9%	12.5%
2042	14.8%	12.4%
2043	14.6%	12.3%
2044	14.5%	12.2%
2045	14.4%	12.1%
2046	14.3%	12%
2047	14.1%	11.8%
2048	14%	11.7%
2049	13.9%	11.6%
2050	13.8%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Mauritius
1960	3,678	19,931
1961	3,703	20,355
1962	3,674	20,660
1963	3,601	22,069
1964	3,508	22,239
1965	3,399	20,482
1966	3,278	20,758
1967	3,158	17,560
1968	3,040	17,884
1969	2,948	15,761
1970	2,793	16,190
1971	2,705	15,441
1972	2,578	14,825
1973	2,464	13,145
1974	2,360	17,561
1975	2,224	15,342
1976	2,092	16,407
1977	1,974	16,769
1978	1,882	18,670
1979	1,871	19,282
1980	1,840	19,321
1981	1,625	18,334
1982	1,798	15,880
1983	1,817	14,525
1984	1,975	13,665
1985	2,215	12,451
1986	2,324	12,340
1987	2,345	13,262
1988	2,044	14,084
1989	2,084	14,718
1990	1,931	15,564
1991	1,953	15,091
1992	1,811	15,833
1993	1,641	14,814
1994	1,596	14,355
1995	1,580	13,020
1996	1,559	13,041
1997	1,480	11,943
1998	1,204	11,489
1999	1,092	12,341
2000	1,105	12,224
2001	1,082	11,723
2002	1,077	11,685
2003	1,074	10,799
2004	1,034	10,745
2005	1,075	10,195
2006	1,068	8,515
2007	1,059	8,429
2008	1,046	7,465
2009	1,024	6,113
2010	989	5,877
2011	954	5,511
2012	925	5,149
2013	878	4,281
2014	772	3,657
2015	684	3,031
2016	579	2,906
2017	402	3,415
2018	470	2,151
2019	462	1,773
2020	433	2,405
2021	343	-253
2022	371	-757
2023	334	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	Mauritius
1985	71	111
1986	68	106
1987	68	103
1988	61	93
1989	64	85
1990	61	77
1991	59	75
1992	56	73
1993	53	70
1994	55	63
1995	54	55
1996	51	52
1997	50	49
1998	50	48
1999	48	46
2000	46	43
2001	45	42
2002	42	42
2003	42	42
2004	48	43
2005	40	43
2006	39	45
2007	40	46
2008	41	48
2009	41	51
2010	43	53
2011	44	55
2012	44	55
2013	44	58
2014	45	60
2015	46	61
2016	44	62
2017	45	66
2018	46	67
2019	48	67
2020	51	58
2021	52	80
2022	50	61
2023	48	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Mauritius
1960	9.5%	10.2%
1961	8.83%	9.82%
1962	8.15%	9.31%
1963	7.5%	8.72%
1964	6.91%	8.4%
1965	6.39%	8.66%
1966	5.95%	9.25%
1967	5.59%	9.55%
1968	5.3%	9.25%
1969	5.06%	8.72%
1970	4.87%	8.35%
1971	4.71%	8.15%
1972	4.58%	7.98%
1973	4.47%	7.71%
1974	4.36%	7.24%
1975	4.25%	6.53%
1976	4.15%	5.74%
1977	4.03%	5.08%
1978	3.9%	4.62%
1979	3.77%	4.28%
1980	3.62%	4.02%
1981	3.46%	3.77%
1982	3.3%	3.47%
1983	3.15%	3.15%
1984	2.99%	2.92%
1985	2.85%	2.85%
1986	2.71%	2.88%
1987	2.58%	2.85%
1988	2.46%	2.7%
1989	2.35%	2.5%
1990	2.24%	2.32%
1991	2.13%	2.19%
1992	2.04%	2.13%
1993	1.95%	2.12%
1994	1.87%	2.16%
1995	1.79%	2.22%
1996	1.73%	2.26%
1997	1.67%	2.25%
1998	1.62%	2.16%
1999	1.58%	2.03%
2000	1.55%	1.89%
2001	1.52%	1.76%
2002	1.5%	1.66%
2003	1.49%	1.6%
2004	1.49%	1.57%
2005	1.48%	1.55%
2006	1.49%	1.54%
2007	1.5%	1.52%
2008	1.51%	1.5%
2009	1.54%	1.48%
2010	1.57%	1.48%
2011	1.6%	1.49%
2012	1.64%	1.5%
2013	1.68%	1.49%
2014	1.72%	1.47%
2015	1.75%	1.47%
2016	1.79%	1.47%
2017	1.81%	1.5%
2018	1.83%	1.53%
2019	1.85%	1.57%
2020	1.87%	1.58%
2021	1.87%	1.57%
2022	1.85%	1.55%
2023	1.83%	1.52%