Fertility & birth rates in Kuwait and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Kuwait vs Mauritania chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kuwait was 1.52 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Mauritania
1960	7.22	6.15
1961	7.25	6.2
1962	7.25	6.24
1963	7.28	6.31
1964	7.29	6.37
1965	7.31	6.44
1966	7.34	6.52
1967	7.33	6.57
1968	7.28	6.6
1969	7.18	6.64
1970	7.03	6.68
1971	6.84	6.7
1972	6.64	6.71
1973	6.43	6.72
1974	6.23	6.73
1975	6.06	6.71
1976	5.9	6.73
1977	5.71	6.74
1978	5.52	6.73
1979	5.33	6.7
1980	5.18	6.67
1981	5.02	6.64
1982	4.85	6.59
1983	4.66	6.54
1984	4.45	6.48
1985	4.22	6.42
1986	4	6.34
1987	3.83	6.27
1988	3.7	6.21
1989	3.59	6.2
1990	3.49	6.18
1991	3.4	6.16
1992	3.35	6.13
1993	3.31	6.09
1994	3.27	6.06
1995	3.25	5.96
1996	3.22	5.86
1997	3.14	5.74
1998	3.04	5.62
1999	2.95	5.52
2000	2.89	5.46
2001	2.84	5.41
2002	2.8	5.37
2003	2.77	5.36
2004	2.76	5.37
2005	2.73	5.38
2006	2.59	5.4
2007	2.41	5.43
2008	2.27	5.44
2009	2.15	5.41
2010	2.04	5.38
2011	1.96	5.38
2012	1.99	5.35
2013	1.97	5.32
2014	2.06	5.26
2015	2.03	5.21
2016	2.06	5.16
2017	2.16	5.11
2018	2.12	5.04
2019	2.08	4.98
2020	2.03	4.91
2021	2.15	4.85
2022	1.55	4.77
2023	1.52	4.7
2024	1.51	4.63
2025	1.5	4.56
2026	1.49	4.48
2027	1.48	4.42
2028	1.48	4.36
2029	1.48	4.29
2030	1.48	4.24
2031	1.48	4.18
2032	1.48	4.11
2033	1.48	4.02
2034	1.48	3.97
2035	1.48	3.9
2036	1.48	3.83
2037	1.48	3.78
2038	1.48	3.71
2039	1.48	3.66
2040	1.48	3.6
2041	1.49	3.55
2042	1.49	3.5
2043	1.49	3.45
2044	1.5	3.39
2045	1.5	3.35
2046	1.5	3.3
2047	1.5	3.26
2048	1.5	3.21
2049	1.5	3.17
2050	1.5	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	Mauritania
1960	37.4%	41.8%
1961	37.8%	41.8%
1962	38.3%	41.8%
1963	39%	41.8%
1964	39.5%	42%
1965	40%	42.4%
1966	40.7%	42.8%
1967	41.5%	43.2%
1968	42.3%	43.6%
1969	43%	44%
1970	43.6%	44.4%
1971	43.9%	44.7%
1972	43.8%	44.9%
1973	43.6%	45.2%
1974	43.3%	45.4%
1975	43%	45.5%
1976	42.3%	45.6%
1977	41.4%	45.7%
1978	40.6%	45.8%
1979	39.9%	45.9%
1980	39.3%	45.9%
1981	38.8%	45.9%
1982	38.1%	45.8%
1983	37.5%	45.8%
1984	37.1%	45.7%
1985	36.8%	45.6%
1986	36.6%	45.5%
1987	36.7%	45.4%
1988	36.6%	45.3%
1989	36.5%	45.4%
1990	36%	45.4%
1991	35.1%	45.3%
1992	34.6%	44.9%
1993	33.8%	44.4%
1994	33.4%	44.3%
1995	33.4%	44.4%
1996	33%	44.6%
1997	32.3%	44.7%
1998	31.4%	44.6%
1999	30.4%	44.4%
2000	29.4%	44.2%
2001	28.3%	44.1%
2002	27.4%	44.2%
2003	26.4%	44.2%
2004	25.6%	44.2%
2005	24.9%	44.2%
2006	24.5%	44.2%
2007	24.1%	44.3%
2008	23.7%	44.1%
2009	23.3%	43.9%
2010	23%	43.9%
2011	22.5%	43.9%
2012	22.1%	44.1%
2013	22%	44.2%
2014	21.9%	44.2%
2015	21.8%	44.3%
2016	21.6%	44.2%
2017	21.4%	44.2%
2018	21.1%	44.1%
2019	20.8%	44%
2020	20.6%	43.8%
2021	20.1%	43.6%
2022	19.2%	43.4%
2023	18.6%	43%
2024	18.2%	42.7%
2025	18%	42.4%
2026	17.8%	42%
2027	17.6%	41.7%
2028	17.4%	41.3%
2029	17.3%	41%
2030	17.2%	40.7%
2031	17.1%	40.4%
2032	17.1%	40%
2033	17.1%	39.7%
2034	17.1%	39.3%
2035	17.2%	39%
2036	17.3%	38.6%
2037	17.3%	38.3%
2038	17.4%	37.9%
2039	17.4%	37.6%
2040	17.5%	37.3%
2041	17.5%	36.9%
2042	17.6%	36.6%
2043	17.6%	36.2%
2044	17.7%	35.9%
2045	17.7%	35.5%
2046	17.7%	35.2%
2047	17.7%	34.8%
2048	17.7%	34.5%
2049	17.7%	34.1%
2050	17.7%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Kuwait and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 36% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kuwait and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Kuwait vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.12% in Kuwait 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
	Kuwait	Mauritania
1960	11,054	21,604
1961	12,327	22,781
1962	13,730	23,927
1963	15,357	25,250
1964	17,064	26,565
1965	18,952	28,028
1966	20,914	29,502
1967	23,520	30,853
1968	26,161	32,029
1969	28,774	33,252
1970	30,789	34,382
1971	32,339	35,279
1972	34,045	36,184
1973	35,741	37,122
1974	37,425	38,106
1975	39,295	38,975
1976	41,439	40,149
1977	42,922	41,352
1978	44,277	42,539
1979	45,569	43,537
1980	47,096	45,026
1981	48,098	46,641
1982	49,981	47,947
1983	51,460	49,187
1984	52,539	50,705
1985	51,772	52,125
1986	51,824	53,313
1987	50,690	55,037
1988	50,037	56,654
1989	49,390	58,666
1990	46,720	59,934
1991	21,867	61,782
1992	32,016	63,501
1993	33,239	68,167
1994	36,533	70,570
1995	39,198	72,244
1996	39,920	71,939
1997	39,581	71,327
1998	39,324	72,045
1999	39,342	73,554
2000	39,811	75,929
2001	40,662	78,769
2002	41,651	80,993
2003	42,934	83,804
2004	44,341	87,578
2005	45,243	90,940
2006	45,911	94,991
2007	46,539	98,895
2008	47,505	102,432
2009	48,879	105,273
2010	49,838	108,121
2011	50,733	111,165
2012	53,181	113,489
2013	52,666	115,558
2014	54,673	118,792
2015	52,127	122,092
2016	51,397	125,342
2017	51,498	128,562
2018	47,222	131,584
2019	46,268	134,460
2020	41,083	134,899
2021	42,057	137,557
2022	41,752	142,451
2023	42,568	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Kuwait vs Mauritania

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kuwait, compared to 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kuwait	Mauritania
1985	11	998
1986	11	961
1987	10	914
1988	10	887
1989	10	883
1990	16	858
1991	8	845
1992	10	811
1993	10	813
1994	10	809
1995	10	815
1996	11	813
1997	11	752
1998	11	698
1999	11	669
2000	11	644
2001	11	616
2002	11	590
2003	11	571
2004	11	557
2005	10	536
2006	10	521
2007	10	516
2008	9	506
2009	9	500
2010	9	499
2011	8	494
2012	8	496
2013	8	496
2014	8	484
2015	8	469
2016	8	456
2017	8	450
2018	8	437
2019	7	424
2020	33	413
2021	75	425
2022	8	385
2023	8	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.88% in Kuwait 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
	Kuwait	Mauritania
1960	14.2%	25.3%
1961	13.2%	24.7%
1962	12.3%	24%
1963	11.4%	23.4%
1964	10.6%	22.7%
1965	9.86%	22%
1966	9.17%	21.3%
1967	8.55%	20.6%
1968	7.98%	19.9%
1969	7.47%	19.4%
1970	7%	19%
1971	6.57%	18.9%
1972	6.17%	18.9%
1973	5.8%	19%
1974	5.45%	19%
1975	5.12%	18.9%
1976	4.8%	18.6%
1977	4.49%	18.2%
1978	4.19%	17.6%
1979	3.89%	17.1%
1980	3.59%	16.6%
1981	3.29%	16.1%
1982	3%	15.6%
1983	2.72%	15.1%
1984	2.48%	14.5%
1985	2.3%	13.8%
1986	2.16%	13.2%
1987	2.04%	12.6%
1988	1.93%	12.1%
1989	1.83%	11.8%
1990	1.73%	11.5%
1991	1.64%	11.4%
1992	1.57%	11.3%
1993	1.52%	11.2%
1994	1.49%	11.2%
1995	1.46%	11.1%
1996	1.42%	11%
1997	1.38%	10.8%
1998	1.34%	10.6%
1999	1.3%	10.2%
2000	1.27%	9.82%
2001	1.25%	9.35%
2002	1.23%	8.81%
2003	1.21%	8.25%
2004	1.19%	7.7%
2005	1.17%	7.18%
2006	1.16%	6.73%
2007	1.14%	6.35%
2008	1.12%	6.04%
2009	1.1%	5.79%
2010	1.07%	5.61%
2011	1.03%	5.45%
2012	0.99%	5.31%
2013	0.96%	5.17%
2014	0.93%	5.04%
2015	0.91%	4.89%
2016	0.9%	4.74%
2017	0.89%	4.59%
2018	0.89%	4.45%
2019	0.89%	4.3%
2020	0.89%	4.17%
2021	0.89%	4.03%
2022	0.88%	3.91%
2023	0.88%	3.78%