Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Mauritania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 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 Jordan 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
	Jordan	Mauritania
1960	7.6	6.15
1961	7.7	6.2
1962	7.79	6.24
1963	7.85	6.31
1964	7.91	6.37
1965	7.93	6.44
1966	7.99	6.52
1967	8.06	6.57
1968	8.14	6.6
1969	8.19	6.64
1970	8.18	6.68
1971	8.15	6.7
1972	8.12	6.71
1973	8.06	6.72
1974	8	6.73
1975	7.93	6.71
1976	7.83	6.73
1977	7.72	6.74
1978	7.59	6.73
1979	7.45	6.7
1980	7.29	6.67
1981	7.12	6.64
1982	6.96	6.59
1983	6.81	6.54
1984	6.67	6.48
1985	6.53	6.42
1986	6.39	6.34
1987	6.2	6.27
1988	6.01	6.21
1989	5.8	6.2
1990	5.54	6.18
1991	5.33	6.16
1992	5.14	6.13
1993	4.97	6.09
1994	4.82	6.06
1995	4.68	5.96
1996	4.51	5.86
1997	4.32	5.74
1998	4.11	5.62
1999	3.97	5.52
2000	3.86	5.46
2001	3.8	5.41
2002	3.81	5.37
2003	3.82	5.36
2004	3.73	5.37
2005	3.65	5.38
2006	3.71	5.4
2007	3.8	5.43
2008	3.88	5.44
2009	3.84	5.41
2010	3.78	5.38
2011	3.69	5.38
2012	3.57	5.35
2013	3.45	5.32
2014	3.3	5.26
2015	3.14	5.21
2016	3.07	5.16
2017	2.99	5.11
2018	2.92	5.04
2019	2.86	4.98
2020	2.79	4.91
2021	2.74	4.85
2022	2.68	4.77
2023	2.64	4.7
2024	2.6	4.63
2025	2.57	4.56
2026	2.54	4.48
2027	2.51	4.42
2028	2.48	4.36
2029	2.44	4.29
2030	2.42	4.24
2031	2.39	4.18
2032	2.36	4.11
2033	2.33	4.02
2034	2.3	3.97
2035	2.27	3.9
2036	2.25	3.83
2037	2.23	3.78
2038	2.21	3.71
2039	2.19	3.66
2040	2.16	3.6
2041	2.14	3.55
2042	2.12	3.5
2043	2.1	3.45
2044	2.08	3.39
2045	2.07	3.35
2046	2.05	3.3
2047	2.04	3.26
2048	2.02	3.21
2049	2.01	3.17
2050	1.99	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Mauritania
1960	46.1%	41.8%
1961	46.6%	41.8%
1962	47.2%	41.8%
1963	47.7%	41.8%
1964	48.2%	42%
1965	48.7%	42.4%
1966	49.1%	42.8%
1967	49.4%	43.2%
1968	49.8%	43.6%
1969	50%	44%
1970	50.3%	44.4%
1971	50.4%	44.7%
1972	50.6%	44.9%
1973	50.6%	45.2%
1974	50.6%	45.4%
1975	50.6%	45.5%
1976	50.5%	45.6%
1977	50.4%	45.7%
1978	50.2%	45.8%
1979	50%	45.9%
1980	49.7%	45.9%
1981	49.5%	45.9%
1982	49.2%	45.8%
1983	48.9%	45.8%
1984	48.6%	45.7%
1985	48.2%	45.6%
1986	47.9%	45.5%
1987	47.6%	45.4%
1988	47.2%	45.3%
1989	46.8%	45.4%
1990	45%	45.4%
1991	43.1%	45.3%
1992	42.2%	44.9%
1993	41.5%	44.4%
1994	40.9%	44.3%
1995	40.5%	44.4%
1996	40.4%	44.6%
1997	40.4%	44.7%
1998	40.3%	44.6%
1999	40.2%	44.4%
2000	40.1%	44.2%
2001	39.8%	44.1%
2002	39.5%	44.2%
2003	39.2%	44.2%
2004	38.8%	44.2%
2005	38.4%	44.2%
2006	38%	44.2%
2007	37.5%	44.3%
2008	37%	44.1%
2009	36.5%	43.9%
2010	36%	43.9%
2011	35.5%	43.9%
2012	35.1%	44.1%
2013	34.9%	44.2%
2014	34.9%	44.2%
2015	34.8%	44.3%
2016	34.5%	44.2%
2017	34.1%	44.2%
2018	33.7%	44.1%
2019	33.3%	44%
2020	32.8%	43.8%
2021	32.4%	43.6%
2022	31.9%	43.4%
2023	31.2%	43%
2024	30.7%	42.7%
2025	30.2%	42.4%
2026	29.6%	42%
2027	29%	41.7%
2028	28.4%	41.3%
2029	27.8%	41%
2030	27.3%	40.7%
2031	26.9%	40.4%
2032	26.6%	40%
2033	26.2%	39.7%
2034	25.9%	39.3%
2035	25.7%	39%
2036	25.4%	38.6%
2037	25.2%	38.3%
2038	25%	37.9%
2039	24.9%	37.6%
2040	24.7%	37.3%
2041	24.6%	36.9%
2042	24.4%	36.6%
2043	24.3%	36.2%
2044	24.1%	35.9%
2045	23.9%	35.5%
2046	23.7%	35.2%
2047	23.5%	34.8%
2048	23.3%	34.5%
2049	23.1%	34.1%
2050	22.8%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 45% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Mauritania
1960	29,491	21,604
1961	32,143	22,781
1962	34,598	23,927
1963	36,858	25,250
1964	39,205	26,565
1965	41,635	28,028
1966	44,580	29,502
1967	48,791	30,853
1968	53,336	32,029
1969	57,431	33,252
1970	60,321	34,382
1971	64,763	35,279
1972	67,707	36,184
1973	70,058	37,122
1974	72,212	38,106
1975	74,392	38,975
1976	75,981	40,149
1977	78,101	41,352
1978	79,908	42,539
1979	82,076	43,537
1980	84,508	45,026
1981	86,751	46,641
1982	89,473	47,947
1983	92,863	49,187
1984	96,092	50,705
1985	99,801	52,125
1986	103,551	53,313
1987	106,536	55,037
1988	109,754	56,654
1989	112,608	58,666
1990	114,912	59,934
1991	129,642	61,782
1992	134,241	63,501
1993	139,467	68,167
1994	144,199	70,570
1995	147,652	72,244
1996	147,852	71,939
1997	145,358	71,327
1998	140,696	72,045
1999	138,201	73,554
2000	136,414	75,929
2001	136,450	78,769
2002	139,250	80,993
2003	142,443	83,804
2004	141,752	87,578
2005	141,816	90,940
2006	147,643	94,991
2007	167,574	98,895
2008	175,048	102,432
2009	177,651	105,273
2010	177,748	108,121
2011	177,076	111,165
2012	175,437	113,489
2013	170,473	115,558
2014	184,169	118,792
2015	195,495	122,092
2016	205,891	125,342
2017	205,903	128,562
2018	205,333	131,584
2019	204,933	134,460
2020	198,138	134,899
2021	190,795	137,557
2022	199,900	142,451
2023	200,895	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Mauritania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Mauritania
1985	100	998
1986	93	961
1987	87	914
1988	82	887
1989	79	883
1990	72	858
1991	74	845
1992	72	811
1993	71	813
1994	70	809
1995	70	815
1996	69	813
1997	67	752
1998	65	698
1999	63	669
2000	61	644
2001	60	616
2002	58	590
2003	56	571
2004	54	557
2005	53	536
2006	49	521
2007	50	516
2008	50	506
2009	49	500
2010	48	499
2011	47	494
2012	47	496
2013	44	496
2014	43	484
2015	41	469
2016	40	456
2017	38	450
2018	36	437
2019	35	424
2020	41	413
2021	79	425
2022	35	385
2023	31	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Mauritania
1960	15.5%	25.3%
1961	14.6%	24.7%
1962	13.8%	24%
1963	13%	23.4%
1964	12.3%	22.7%
1965	11.6%	22%
1966	11%	21.3%
1967	10.4%	20.6%
1968	9.87%	19.9%
1969	9.38%	19.4%
1970	8.91%	19%
1971	8.48%	18.9%
1972	8.06%	18.9%
1973	7.67%	19%
1974	7.31%	19%
1975	6.96%	18.9%
1976	6.63%	18.6%
1977	6.31%	18.2%
1978	6.02%	17.6%
1979	5.74%	17.1%
1980	5.48%	16.6%
1981	5.22%	16.1%
1982	4.99%	15.6%
1983	4.76%	15.1%
1984	4.55%	14.5%
1985	4.34%	13.8%
1986	4.16%	13.2%
1987	3.98%	12.6%
1988	3.82%	12.1%
1989	3.68%	11.8%
1990	3.54%	11.5%
1991	3.42%	11.4%
1992	3.31%	11.3%
1993	3.2%	11.2%
1994	3.1%	11.2%
1995	3.01%	11.1%
1996	2.91%	11%
1997	2.83%	10.8%
1998	2.74%	10.6%
1999	2.66%	10.2%
2000	2.58%	9.82%
2001	2.5%	9.35%
2002	2.42%	8.81%
2003	2.35%	8.25%
2004	2.27%	7.7%
2005	2.2%	7.18%
2006	2.13%	6.73%
2007	2.07%	6.35%
2008	2%	6.04%
2009	1.94%	5.79%
2010	1.89%	5.61%
2011	1.83%	5.45%
2012	1.78%	5.31%
2013	1.74%	5.17%
2014	1.69%	5.04%
2015	1.65%	4.89%
2016	1.6%	4.74%
2017	1.56%	4.59%
2018	1.52%	4.45%
2019	1.48%	4.3%
2020	1.44%	4.17%
2021	1.4%	4.03%
2022	1.36%	3.91%
2023	1.32%	3.78%