Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Mauritius 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 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
	Jordan	Mauritius
1960	7.6	5.9
1961	7.7	5.98
1962	7.79	5.88
1963	7.85	6.18
1964	7.91	5.96
1965	7.93	5.51
1966	7.99	5.46
1967	8.06	4.63
1968	8.14	4.6
1969	8.19	3.97
1970	8.18	3.82
1971	8.15	3.51
1972	8.12	3.41
1973	8.06	3.07
1974	8	3.45
1975	7.93	3.2
1976	7.83	3.13
1977	7.72	3.07
1978	7.59	3.01
1979	7.45	2.91
1980	7.29	2.8
1981	7.12	2.67
1982	6.96	2.53
1983	6.81	2.4
1984	6.67	2.16
1985	6.53	2.02
1986	6.39	1.99
1987	6.2	2.05
1988	6.01	2.14
1989	5.8	2.23
1990	5.54	2.32
1991	5.33	2.3
1992	5.14	2.37
1993	4.97	2.21
1994	4.82	2.25
1995	4.68	2.14
1996	4.51	2.12
1997	4.32	2.04
1998	4.11	1.97
1999	3.97	2.05
2000	3.86	1.99
2001	3.8	1.91
2002	3.81	1.94
2003	3.82	1.87
2004	3.73	1.92
2005	3.65	1.88
2006	3.71	1.77
2007	3.8	1.74
2008	3.88	1.67
2009	3.84	1.59
2010	3.78	1.57
2011	3.69	1.55
2012	3.57	1.54
2013	3.45	1.44
2014	3.3	1.43
2015	3.14	1.36
2016	3.07	1.4
2017	2.99	1.44
2018	2.92	1.41
2019	2.86	1.4
2020	2.79	1.44
2021	2.74	1.41
2022	2.68	1.32
2023	2.64	1.39
2024	2.6	1.37
2025	2.57	1.36
2026	2.54	1.35
2027	2.51	1.35
2028	2.48	1.35
2029	2.44	1.35
2030	2.42	1.36
2031	2.39	1.36
2032	2.36	1.37
2033	2.33	1.37
2034	2.3	1.38
2035	2.27	1.39
2036	2.25	1.39
2037	2.23	1.4
2038	2.21	1.41
2039	2.19	1.41
2040	2.16	1.42
2041	2.14	1.42
2042	2.12	1.43
2043	2.1	1.43
2044	2.08	1.44
2045	2.07	1.45
2046	2.05	1.45
2047	2.04	1.46
2048	2.02	1.46
2049	2.01	1.47
2050	1.99	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Mauritius
1960	46.1%	45%
1961	46.6%	45%
1962	47.2%	45.1%
1963	47.7%	45.1%
1964	48.2%	44.8%
1965	48.7%	44.4%
1966	49.1%	44%
1967	49.4%	43.4%
1968	49.8%	42.9%
1969	50%	42.3%
1970	50.3%	41.6%
1971	50.4%	40.9%
1972	50.6%	40.1%
1973	50.6%	39.1%
1974	50.6%	38.2%
1975	50.6%	37.3%
1976	50.5%	36.5%
1977	50.4%	35.7%
1978	50.2%	34.9%
1979	50%	34.2%
1980	49.7%	33.6%
1981	49.5%	33.1%
1982	49.2%	32.6%
1983	48.9%	32.2%
1984	48.6%	31.8%
1985	48.2%	31.4%
1986	47.9%	31.1%
1987	47.6%	30.8%
1988	47.2%	30.5%
1989	46.8%	30.1%
1990	45%	29.8%
1991	43.1%	29.4%
1992	42.2%	29%
1993	41.5%	28.5%
1994	40.9%	28%
1995	40.5%	27.5%
1996	40.4%	27%
1997	40.4%	26.6%
1998	40.3%	26.2%
1999	40.2%	25.8%
2000	40.1%	25.6%
2001	39.8%	25.3%
2002	39.5%	25%
2003	39.2%	24.7%
2004	38.8%	24.3%
2005	38.4%	23.9%
2006	38%	23.4%
2007	37.5%	22.9%
2008	37%	22.3%
2009	36.5%	21.7%
2010	36%	21.1%
2011	35.5%	20.6%
2012	35.1%	20.1%
2013	34.9%	19.7%
2014	34.9%	19.3%
2015	34.8%	18.9%
2016	34.5%	18.4%
2017	34.1%	17.9%
2018	33.7%	17.4%
2019	33.3%	16.9%
2020	32.8%	16.4%
2021	32.4%	15.9%
2022	31.9%	15.5%
2023	31.2%	15.1%
2024	30.7%	14.8%
2025	30.2%	14.5%
2026	29.6%	14.3%
2027	29%	14.1%
2028	28.4%	14%
2029	27.8%	13.8%
2030	27.3%	13.7%
2031	26.9%	13.6%
2032	26.6%	13.5%
2033	26.2%	13.4%
2034	25.9%	13.3%
2035	25.7%	13.2%
2036	25.4%	13%
2037	25.2%	12.9%
2038	25%	12.8%
2039	24.9%	12.7%
2040	24.7%	12.6%
2041	24.6%	12.5%
2042	24.4%	12.4%
2043	24.3%	12.3%
2044	24.1%	12.2%
2045	23.9%	12.1%
2046	23.7%	12%
2047	23.5%	11.8%
2048	23.3%	11.7%
2049	23.1%	11.6%
2050	22.8%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 45% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Mauritius
1960	29,491	19,931
1961	32,143	20,355
1962	34,598	20,660
1963	36,858	22,069
1964	39,205	22,239
1965	41,635	20,482
1966	44,580	20,758
1967	48,791	17,560
1968	53,336	17,884
1969	57,431	15,761
1970	60,321	16,190
1971	64,763	15,441
1972	67,707	14,825
1973	70,058	13,145
1974	72,212	17,561
1975	74,392	15,342
1976	75,981	16,407
1977	78,101	16,769
1978	79,908	18,670
1979	82,076	19,282
1980	84,508	19,321
1981	86,751	18,334
1982	89,473	15,880
1983	92,863	14,525
1984	96,092	13,665
1985	99,801	12,451
1986	103,551	12,340
1987	106,536	13,262
1988	109,754	14,084
1989	112,608	14,718
1990	114,912	15,564
1991	129,642	15,091
1992	134,241	15,833
1993	139,467	14,814
1994	144,199	14,355
1995	147,652	13,020
1996	147,852	13,041
1997	145,358	11,943
1998	140,696	11,489
1999	138,201	12,341
2000	136,414	12,224
2001	136,450	11,723
2002	139,250	11,685
2003	142,443	10,799
2004	141,752	10,745
2005	141,816	10,195
2006	147,643	8,515
2007	167,574	8,429
2008	175,048	7,465
2009	177,651	6,113
2010	177,748	5,877
2011	177,076	5,511
2012	175,437	5,149
2013	170,473	4,281
2014	184,169	3,657
2015	195,495	3,031
2016	205,891	2,906
2017	205,903	3,415
2018	205,333	2,151
2019	204,933	1,773
2020	198,138	2,405
2021	190,795	-253
2022	199,900	-757
2023	200,895	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Mauritius

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 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Mauritius
1985	100	111
1986	93	106
1987	87	103
1988	82	93
1989	79	85
1990	72	77
1991	74	75
1992	72	73
1993	71	70
1994	70	63
1995	70	55
1996	69	52
1997	67	49
1998	65	48
1999	63	46
2000	61	43
2001	60	42
2002	58	42
2003	56	42
2004	54	43
2005	53	43
2006	49	45
2007	50	46
2008	50	48
2009	49	51
2010	48	53
2011	47	55
2012	47	55
2013	44	58
2014	43	60
2015	41	61
2016	40	62
2017	38	66
2018	36	67
2019	35	67
2020	41	58
2021	79	80
2022	35	61
2023	31	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Mauritius
1960	15.5%	10.2%
1961	14.6%	9.82%
1962	13.8%	9.31%
1963	13%	8.72%
1964	12.3%	8.4%
1965	11.6%	8.66%
1966	11%	9.25%
1967	10.4%	9.55%
1968	9.87%	9.25%
1969	9.38%	8.72%
1970	8.91%	8.35%
1971	8.48%	8.15%
1972	8.06%	7.98%
1973	7.67%	7.71%
1974	7.31%	7.24%
1975	6.96%	6.53%
1976	6.63%	5.74%
1977	6.31%	5.08%
1978	6.02%	4.62%
1979	5.74%	4.28%
1980	5.48%	4.02%
1981	5.22%	3.77%
1982	4.99%	3.47%
1983	4.76%	3.15%
1984	4.55%	2.92%
1985	4.34%	2.85%
1986	4.16%	2.88%
1987	3.98%	2.85%
1988	3.82%	2.7%
1989	3.68%	2.5%
1990	3.54%	2.32%
1991	3.42%	2.19%
1992	3.31%	2.13%
1993	3.2%	2.12%
1994	3.1%	2.16%
1995	3.01%	2.22%
1996	2.91%	2.26%
1997	2.83%	2.25%
1998	2.74%	2.16%
1999	2.66%	2.03%
2000	2.58%	1.89%
2001	2.5%	1.76%
2002	2.42%	1.66%
2003	2.35%	1.6%
2004	2.27%	1.57%
2005	2.2%	1.55%
2006	2.13%	1.54%
2007	2.07%	1.52%
2008	2%	1.5%
2009	1.94%	1.48%
2010	1.89%	1.48%
2011	1.83%	1.49%
2012	1.78%	1.5%
2013	1.74%	1.49%
2014	1.69%	1.47%
2015	1.65%	1.47%
2016	1.6%	1.47%
2017	1.56%	1.5%
2018	1.52%	1.53%
2019	1.48%	1.57%
2020	1.44%	1.58%
2021	1.4%	1.57%
2022	1.36%	1.55%
2023	1.32%	1.52%