Fertility & birth rates in India and Mauritania

Fertility rate in India vs Mauritania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 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 India 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
	India	Mauritania
1960	5.92	6.15
1961	5.94	6.2
1962	5.95	6.24
1963	5.97	6.31
1964	5.98	6.37
1965	5.94	6.44
1966	5.88	6.52
1967	5.83	6.57
1968	5.76	6.6
1969	5.68	6.64
1970	5.62	6.68
1971	5.57	6.7
1972	5.48	6.71
1973	5.4	6.72
1974	5.33	6.73
1975	5.2	6.71
1976	5.13	6.73
1977	5.01	6.74
1978	4.89	6.73
1979	4.81	6.7
1980	4.78	6.67
1981	4.7	6.64
1982	4.62	6.59
1983	4.57	6.54
1984	4.52	6.48
1985	4.43	6.42
1986	4.4	6.34
1987	4.31	6.27
1988	4.22	6.21
1989	4.13	6.2
1990	4.05	6.18
1991	3.96	6.16
1992	3.88	6.13
1993	3.8	6.09
1994	3.72	6.06
1995	3.65	5.96
1996	3.58	5.86
1997	3.51	5.74
1998	3.45	5.62
1999	3.38	5.52
2000	3.35	5.46
2001	3.3	5.41
2002	3.22	5.37
2003	3.12	5.36
2004	3.05	5.37
2005	2.96	5.38
2006	2.87	5.4
2007	2.78	5.43
2008	2.71	5.44
2009	2.67	5.41
2010	2.6	5.38
2011	2.53	5.38
2012	2.47	5.35
2013	2.4	5.32
2014	2.29	5.26
2015	2.29	5.21
2016	2.28	5.16
2017	2.19	5.11
2018	2.18	5.04
2019	2.12	4.98
2020	2.05	4.91
2021	2.01	4.85
2022	1.99	4.77
2023	1.98	4.7
2024	1.96	4.63
2025	1.94	4.56
2026	1.93	4.48
2027	1.91	4.42
2028	1.9	4.36
2029	1.89	4.29
2030	1.88	4.24
2031	1.87	4.18
2032	1.86	4.11
2033	1.85	4.02
2034	1.84	3.97
2035	1.84	3.9
2036	1.83	3.83
2037	1.82	3.78
2038	1.81	3.71
2039	1.81	3.66
2040	1.8	3.6
2041	1.8	3.55
2042	1.79	3.5
2043	1.79	3.45
2044	1.78	3.39
2045	1.78	3.35
2046	1.78	3.3
2047	1.77	3.26
2048	1.77	3.21
2049	1.77	3.17
2050	1.76	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Mauritania
1960	40.6%	41.8%
1961	40.9%	41.8%
1962	41.2%	41.8%
1963	41.5%	41.8%
1964	41.6%	42%
1965	41.7%	42.4%
1966	41.7%	42.8%
1967	41.6%	43.2%
1968	41.5%	43.6%
1969	41.5%	44%
1970	41.4%	44.4%
1971	41.2%	44.7%
1972	41.1%	44.9%
1973	41%	45.2%
1974	40.8%	45.4%
1975	40.7%	45.5%
1976	40.5%	45.6%
1977	40.3%	45.7%
1978	40.1%	45.8%
1979	40%	45.9%
1980	39.8%	45.9%
1981	39.7%	45.9%
1982	39.6%	45.8%
1983	39.5%	45.8%
1984	39.4%	45.7%
1985	39.3%	45.6%
1986	39.2%	45.5%
1987	39.1%	45.4%
1988	38.9%	45.3%
1989	38.8%	45.4%
1990	38.6%	45.4%
1991	38.4%	45.3%
1992	38.1%	44.9%
1993	37.9%	44.4%
1994	37.6%	44.3%
1995	37.3%	44.4%
1996	37%	44.6%
1997	36.7%	44.7%
1998	36.3%	44.6%
1999	35.9%	44.4%
2000	35.6%	44.2%
2001	35.2%	44.1%
2002	34.8%	44.2%
2003	34.4%	44.2%
2004	34%	44.2%
2005	33.6%	44.2%
2006	33.1%	44.2%
2007	32.7%	44.3%
2008	32.2%	44.1%
2009	31.8%	43.9%
2010	31.3%	43.9%
2011	30.9%	43.9%
2012	30.4%	44.1%
2013	29.9%	44.2%
2014	29.4%	44.2%
2015	28.9%	44.3%
2016	28.4%	44.2%
2017	27.8%	44.2%
2018	27.3%	44.1%
2019	26.8%	44%
2020	26.3%	43.8%
2021	25.9%	43.6%
2022	25.5%	43.4%
2023	25.1%	43%
2024	24.6%	42.7%
2025	24.2%	42.4%
2026	23.8%	42%
2027	23.4%	41.7%
2028	23%	41.3%
2029	22.7%	41%
2030	22.4%	40.7%
2031	22.1%	40.4%
2032	21.8%	40%
2033	21.5%	39.7%
2034	21.3%	39.3%
2035	21%	39%
2036	20.8%	38.6%
2037	20.6%	38.3%
2038	20.4%	37.9%
2039	20.2%	37.6%
2040	19.9%	37.3%
2041	19.7%	36.9%
2042	19.5%	36.6%
2043	19.3%	36.2%
2044	19.1%	35.9%
2045	18.8%	35.5%
2046	18.6%	35.2%
2047	18.4%	34.8%
2048	18.2%	34.5%
2049	18%	34.1%
2050	17.8%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in India vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India 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
	India	Mauritania
1960	10,237,489	21,604
1961	10,468,816	22,781
1962	10,743,409	23,927
1963	11,016,705	25,250
1964	11,285,378	26,565
1965	10,925,714	28,028
1966	11,089,894	29,502
1967	11,279,897	30,853
1968	12,006,807	32,029
1969	12,167,671	33,252
1970	12,417,866	34,382
1971	12,787,104	35,279
1972	13,041,792	36,184
1973	13,412,707	37,122
1974	13,795,836	38,106
1975	13,958,642	38,975
1976	14,435,504	40,149
1977	14,575,662	41,352
1978	14,898,145	42,539
1979	15,392,957	43,537
1980	16,018,786	45,026
1981	16,422,159	46,641
1982	16,790,507	47,947
1983	17,219,127	49,187
1984	17,698,810	50,705
1985	17,968,697	52,125
1986	18,455,495	53,313
1987	18,496,213	55,037
1988	18,702,916	56,654
1989	18,848,915	58,666
1990	18,893,588	59,934
1991	19,049,524	61,782
1992	19,132,757	63,501
1993	19,152,399	68,167
1994	19,310,798	70,570
1995	19,396,161	72,244
1996	19,442,699	71,939
1997	19,494,098	71,327
1998	19,569,575	72,045
1999	19,648,424	73,554
2000	19,984,160	75,929
2001	20,182,573	78,769
2002	20,024,621	80,993
2003	19,720,507	83,804
2004	19,469,758	87,578
2005	19,034,839	90,940
2006	18,641,737	94,991
2007	18,331,648	98,895
2008	18,234,926	102,432
2009	18,286,055	105,273
2010	17,991,935	108,121
2011	17,793,362	111,165
2012	17,552,365	113,489
2013	17,107,541	115,558
2014	16,165,943	118,792
2015	16,211,195	122,092
2016	16,202,593	125,342
2017	15,394,041	128,562
2018	15,451,168	131,584
2019	14,859,846	134,460
2020	13,366,946	134,899
2021	10,227,523	137,557
2022	13,912,130	142,451
2023	13,711,993	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Mauritania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 80 deaths per 100,000 live births in India, compared to 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Mauritania
1985	658	998
1986	624	961
1987	592	914
1988	562	887
1989	538	883
1990	516	858
1991	498	845
1992	482	811
1993	467	813
1994	451	809
1995	437	815
1996	422	813
1997	407	752
1998	393	698
1999	378	669
2000	362	644
2001	349	616
2002	330	590
2003	313	571
2004	296	557
2005	277	536
2006	258	521
2007	240	516
2008	223	506
2009	205	500
2010	188	499
2011	173	494
2012	160	496
2013	148	496
2014	137	484
2015	129	469
2016	121	456
2017	113	450
2018	107	437
2019	101	424
2020	101	413
2021	155	425
2022	90	385
2023	80	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India 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
	India	Mauritania
1960	24.1%	25.3%
1961	23.8%	24.7%
1962	23.5%	24%
1963	23.2%	23.4%
1964	22.9%	22.7%
1965	22.7%	22%
1966	22.4%	21.3%
1967	22.2%	20.6%
1968	22%	19.9%
1969	21.7%	19.4%
1970	21.5%	19%
1971	21.2%	18.9%
1972	20.8%	18.9%
1973	20.5%	19%
1974	20.1%	19%
1975	19.6%	18.9%
1976	19.1%	18.6%
1977	18.6%	18.2%
1978	18%	17.6%
1979	17.5%	17.1%
1980	16.9%	16.6%
1981	16.4%	16.1%
1982	15.9%	15.6%
1983	15.5%	15.1%
1984	15%	14.5%
1985	14.6%	13.8%
1986	14.2%	13.2%
1987	13.8%	12.6%
1988	13.4%	12.1%
1989	13%	11.8%
1990	12.7%	11.5%
1991	12.3%	11.4%
1992	12%	11.3%
1993	11.6%	11.2%
1994	11.3%	11.2%
1995	11%	11.1%
1996	10.6%	11%
1997	10.3%	10.8%
1998	9.89%	10.6%
1999	9.53%	10.2%
2000	9.16%	9.82%
2001	8.8%	9.35%
2002	8.45%	8.81%
2003	8.11%	8.25%
2004	7.77%	7.7%
2005	7.44%	7.18%
2006	7.11%	6.73%
2007	6.79%	6.35%
2008	6.46%	6.04%
2009	6.14%	5.79%
2010	5.82%	5.61%
2011	5.5%	5.45%
2012	5.2%	5.31%
2013	4.91%	5.17%
2014	4.63%	5.04%
2015	4.36%	4.89%
2016	4.11%	4.74%
2017	3.87%	4.59%
2018	3.64%	4.45%
2019	3.43%	4.3%
2020	3.24%	4.17%
2021	3.06%	4.03%
2022	2.91%	3.91%
2023	2.77%	3.78%