Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Japan vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Japan was 1.2 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
	Japan	Mauritius
1960	2	5.9
1961	1.96	5.98
1962	1.98	5.88
1963	2	6.18
1964	2.05	5.96
1965	2.14	5.51
1966	1.58	5.46
1967	2.23	4.63
1968	2.13	4.6
1969	2.13	3.97
1970	2.13	3.82
1971	2.16	3.51
1972	2.14	3.41
1973	2.14	3.07
1974	2.05	3.45
1975	1.91	3.2
1976	1.85	3.13
1977	1.8	3.07
1978	1.79	3.01
1979	1.77	2.91
1980	1.75	2.8
1981	1.74	2.67
1982	1.77	2.53
1983	1.8	2.4
1984	1.81	2.16
1985	1.76	2.02
1986	1.72	1.99
1987	1.69	2.05
1988	1.66	2.14
1989	1.57	2.23
1990	1.54	2.32
1991	1.53	2.3
1992	1.5	2.37
1993	1.46	2.21
1994	1.5	2.25
1995	1.42	2.14
1996	1.43	2.12
1997	1.39	2.04
1998	1.38	1.97
1999	1.34	2.05
2000	1.36	1.99
2001	1.33	1.91
2002	1.32	1.94
2003	1.29	1.87
2004	1.29	1.92
2005	1.26	1.88
2006	1.32	1.77
2007	1.34	1.74
2008	1.37	1.67
2009	1.37	1.59
2010	1.39	1.57
2011	1.39	1.55
2012	1.41	1.54
2013	1.43	1.44
2014	1.42	1.43
2015	1.45	1.36
2016	1.44	1.4
2017	1.43	1.44
2018	1.42	1.41
2019	1.36	1.4
2020	1.33	1.44
2021	1.3	1.41
2022	1.26	1.32
2023	1.2	1.39
2024	1.21	1.37
2025	1.22	1.36
2026	1.22	1.35
2027	1.23	1.35
2028	1.24	1.35
2029	1.25	1.35
2030	1.25	1.36
2031	1.26	1.36
2032	1.26	1.37
2033	1.27	1.37
2034	1.28	1.38
2035	1.28	1.39
2036	1.29	1.39
2037	1.29	1.4
2038	1.3	1.41
2039	1.3	1.41
2040	1.3	1.42
2041	1.31	1.42
2042	1.31	1.43
2043	1.31	1.43
2044	1.32	1.44
2045	1.32	1.45
2046	1.33	1.45
2047	1.33	1.46
2048	1.33	1.46
2049	1.34	1.47
2050	1.34	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Mauritius
1960	29.8%	45%
1961	29.1%	45%
1962	28%	45.1%
1963	26.8%	45.1%
1964	25.8%	44.8%
1965	25.1%	44.4%
1966	24.4%	44%
1967	23.8%	43.4%
1968	23.5%	42.9%
1969	23.4%	42.3%
1970	23.3%	41.6%
1971	23.3%	40.9%
1972	23.4%	40.1%
1973	23.6%	39.1%
1974	23.8%	38.2%
1975	23.8%	37.3%
1976	23.9%	36.5%
1977	23.9%	35.7%
1978	23.8%	34.9%
1979	23.7%	34.2%
1980	23.4%	33.6%
1981	23.3%	33.1%
1982	23.1%	32.6%
1983	22.6%	32.2%
1984	22.2%	31.8%
1985	21.7%	31.4%
1986	21%	31.1%
1987	20.3%	30.8%
1988	19.5%	30.5%
1989	18.8%	30.1%
1990	18%	29.8%
1991	17.4%	29.4%
1992	16.9%	29%
1993	16.4%	28.5%
1994	16%	28%
1995	15.6%	27.5%
1996	15.3%	27%
1997	15.1%	26.6%
1998	14.8%	26.2%
1999	14.6%	25.8%
2000	14.4%	25.6%
2001	14.2%	25.3%
2002	14.1%	25%
2003	13.9%	24.7%
2004	13.8%	24.3%
2005	13.8%	23.9%
2006	13.7%	23.4%
2007	13.6%	22.9%
2008	13.5%	22.3%
2009	13.5%	21.7%
2010	13.4%	21.1%
2011	13.3%	20.6%
2012	13.2%	20.1%
2013	13.1%	19.7%
2014	13%	19.3%
2015	12.8%	18.9%
2016	12.7%	18.4%
2017	12.6%	17.9%
2018	12.5%	17.4%
2019	12.4%	16.9%
2020	12.2%	16.4%
2021	12%	15.9%
2022	11.9%	15.5%
2023	11.6%	15.1%
2024	11.4%	14.8%
2025	11.2%	14.5%
2026	11%	14.3%
2027	10.9%	14.1%
2028	10.7%	14%
2029	10.5%	13.8%
2030	10.4%	13.7%
2031	10.3%	13.6%
2032	10.2%	13.5%
2033	10.1%	13.4%
2034	10.1%	13.3%
2035	10.1%	13.2%
2036	10.1%	13%
2037	10.1%	12.9%
2038	10.2%	12.8%
2039	10.3%	12.7%
2040	10.4%	12.6%
2041	10.5%	12.5%
2042	10.6%	12.4%
2043	10.7%	12.3%
2044	10.8%	12.2%
2045	10.9%	12.1%
2046	11%	12%
2047	11.1%	11.8%
2048	11.2%	11.7%
2049	11.2%	11.6%
2050	11.2%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 18% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan 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
	Japan	Mauritius
1960	894,874	19,931
1961	893,522	20,355
1962	901,864	20,660
1963	987,770	22,069
1964	1,046,553	22,239
1965	1,126,448	20,482
1966	682,072	20,758
1967	1,258,475	17,560
1968	1,191,930	17,884
1969	1,195,962	15,761
1970	1,230,496	16,190
1971	1,331,782	15,441
1972	1,372,006	14,825
1973	1,391,449	13,145
1974	1,332,960	17,561
1975	1,204,989	15,342
1976	1,127,750	16,407
1977	1,070,397	16,769
1978	1,011,234	18,670
1979	950,298	19,282
1980	864,372	19,321
1981	811,861	18,334
1982	805,664	15,880
1983	775,495	14,525
1984	756,523	13,665
1985	676,687	12,451
1986	631,706	12,340
1987	598,138	13,262
1988	527,085	14,084
1989	467,662	14,718
1990	407,478	15,564
1991	396,685	15,091
1992	360,833	15,833
1993	312,073	14,814
1994	363,017	14,355
1995	276,039	13,020
1996	314,392	13,041
1997	277,325	11,943
1998	265,440	11,489
1999	202,610	12,341
2000	228,317	12,224
2001	203,438	11,723
2002	178,423	11,685
2003	114,946	10,799
2004	76,656	10,745
2005	-25,554	10,195
2006	12,785	8,515
2007	-25,600	8,429
2008	-51,225	7,465
2009	-76,828	6,113
2010	-128,070	5,877
2011	-204,533	5,511
2012	-229,733	5,149
2013	-242,146	4,281
2014	-267,279	3,657
2015	-292,424	3,031
2016	-343,106	2,906
2017	-406,310	3,415
2018	-456,520	2,151
2019	-531,858	1,773
2020	-542,923	2,405
2021	-640,976	-253
2022	-825,825	-757
2023	-871,617	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Mauritius
1985	19	111
1986	18	106
1987	17	103
1988	16	93
1989	15	85
1990	14	77
1991	13	75
1992	13	73
1993	12	70
1994	11	63
1995	11	55
1996	11	52
1997	10	49
1998	10	48
1999	9	46
2000	9	43
2001	8	42
2002	8	42
2003	8	42
2004	7	43
2005	7	43
2006	7	45
2007	6	46
2008	6	48
2009	6	51
2010	6	53
2011	6	55
2012	6	55
2013	5	58
2014	5	60
2015	5	61
2016	5	62
2017	5	66
2018	5	67
2019	5	67
2020	4	58
2021	4	80
2022	5	61
2023	3	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan 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
	Japan	Mauritius
1960	3.97%	10.2%
1961	3.62%	9.82%
1962	3.29%	9.31%
1963	2.98%	8.72%
1964	2.7%	8.4%
1965	2.46%	8.66%
1966	2.26%	9.25%
1967	2.1%	9.55%
1968	1.96%	9.25%
1969	1.85%	8.72%
1970	1.75%	8.35%
1971	1.65%	8.15%
1972	1.57%	7.98%
1973	1.49%	7.71%
1974	1.41%	7.24%
1975	1.33%	6.53%
1976	1.25%	5.74%
1977	1.18%	5.08%
1978	1.11%	4.62%
1979	1.05%	4.28%
1980	0.99%	4.02%
1981	0.93%	3.77%
1982	0.88%	3.47%
1983	0.83%	3.15%
1984	0.79%	2.92%
1985	0.75%	2.85%
1986	0.71%	2.88%
1987	0.68%	2.85%
1988	0.66%	2.7%
1989	0.64%	2.5%
1990	0.63%	2.32%
1991	0.62%	2.19%
1992	0.61%	2.13%
1993	0.6%	2.12%
1994	0.59%	2.16%
1995	0.57%	2.22%
1996	0.55%	2.26%
1997	0.52%	2.25%
1998	0.5%	2.16%
1999	0.47%	2.03%
2000	0.45%	1.89%
2001	0.43%	1.76%
2002	0.41%	1.66%
2003	0.4%	1.6%
2004	0.39%	1.57%
2005	0.37%	1.55%
2006	0.36%	1.54%
2007	0.35%	1.52%
2008	0.34%	1.5%
2009	0.34%	1.48%
2010	0.33%	1.48%
2011	0.33%	1.49%
2012	0.31%	1.5%
2013	0.3%	1.49%
2014	0.29%	1.47%
2015	0.28%	1.47%
2016	0.27%	1.47%
2017	0.26%	1.5%
2018	0.25%	1.53%
2019	0.25%	1.57%
2020	0.24%	1.58%
2021	0.24%	1.57%
2022	0.24%	1.55%
2023	0.24%	1.52%