Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Mauritius

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Mauritius chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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
	Luxembourg	Mauritius
1960	2.29	5.9
1961	-	5.98
1962	2.37	5.88
1963	-	6.18
1964	2.34	5.96
1965	2.42	5.51
1966	2.34	5.46
1967	2.24	4.63
1968	2.12	4.6
1969	2.02	3.97
1970	1.97	3.82
1971	1.95	3.51
1972	1.75	3.41
1973	1.58	3.07
1974	1.58	3.45
1975	1.55	3.2
1976	1.48	3.13
1977	1.5	3.07
1978	1.48	3.01
1979	1.48	2.91
1980	1.5	2.8
1981	1.55	2.67
1982	1.49	2.53
1983	1.43	2.4
1984	1.42	2.16
1985	1.38	2.02
1986	1.43	1.99
1987	1.4	2.05
1988	1.51	2.14
1989	1.52	2.23
1990	1.6	2.32
1991	1.6	2.3
1992	1.64	2.37
1993	1.7	2.21
1994	1.72	2.25
1995	1.7	2.14
1996	1.77	2.12
1997	1.71	2.04
1998	1.68	1.97
1999	1.74	2.05
2000	1.76	1.99
2001	1.66	1.91
2002	1.63	1.94
2003	1.62	1.87
2004	1.66	1.92
2005	1.63	1.88
2006	1.65	1.77
2007	1.61	1.74
2008	1.61	1.67
2009	1.59	1.59
2010	1.63	1.57
2011	1.52	1.55
2012	1.57	1.54
2013	1.55	1.44
2014	1.5	1.43
2015	1.47	1.36
2016	1.41	1.4
2017	1.39	1.44
2018	1.38	1.41
2019	1.34	1.4
2020	1.36	1.44
2021	1.38	1.41
2022	1.31	1.32
2023	1.25	1.39
2024	1.25	1.37
2025	1.26	1.36
2026	1.26	1.35
2027	1.27	1.35
2028	1.27	1.35
2029	1.28	1.35
2030	1.28	1.36
2031	1.29	1.36
2032	1.29	1.37
2033	1.29	1.37
2034	1.29	1.38
2035	1.3	1.39
2036	1.3	1.39
2037	1.3	1.4
2038	1.3	1.41
2039	1.3	1.41
2040	1.31	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	1.32	1.45
2047	1.32	1.46
2048	1.32	1.46
2049	1.33	1.47
2050	1.33	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Mauritius
1960	21.2%	45%
1961	21.5%	45%
1962	21.7%	45.1%
1963	21.9%	45.1%
1964	22.1%	44.8%
1965	22.3%	44.4%
1966	22.5%	44%
1967	22.6%	43.4%
1968	22.5%	42.9%
1969	22.4%	42.3%
1970	22.2%	41.6%
1971	22%	40.9%
1972	21.6%	40.1%
1973	21.2%	39.1%
1974	20.9%	38.2%
1975	20.5%	37.3%
1976	20.2%	36.5%
1977	19.9%	35.7%
1978	19.5%	34.9%
1979	19.2%	34.2%
1980	18.8%	33.6%
1981	18.4%	33.1%
1982	18.1%	32.6%
1983	17.8%	32.2%
1984	17.5%	31.8%
1985	17.2%	31.4%
1986	17%	31.1%
1987	16.9%	30.8%
1988	17%	30.5%
1989	17.2%	30.1%
1990	17.4%	29.8%
1991	17.6%	29.4%
1992	17.8%	29%
1993	18%	28.5%
1994	18.3%	28%
1995	18.4%	27.5%
1996	18.6%	27%
1997	18.7%	26.6%
1998	18.8%	26.2%
1999	18.9%	25.8%
2000	18.9%	25.6%
2001	18.9%	25.3%
2002	18.9%	25%
2003	18.8%	24.7%
2004	18.7%	24.3%
2005	18.5%	23.9%
2006	18.4%	23.4%
2007	18.2%	22.9%
2008	18%	22.3%
2009	17.8%	21.7%
2010	17.7%	21.1%
2011	17.4%	20.6%
2012	17.1%	20.1%
2013	16.9%	19.7%
2014	16.7%	19.3%
2015	16.6%	18.9%
2016	16.4%	18.4%
2017	16.2%	17.9%
2018	16.1%	17.4%
2019	16%	16.9%
2020	16%	16.4%
2021	15.9%	15.9%
2022	15.9%	15.5%
2023	15.8%	15.1%
2024	15.8%	14.8%
2025	15.7%	14.5%
2026	15.7%	14.3%
2027	15.7%	14.1%
2028	15.6%	14%
2029	15.5%	13.8%
2030	15.4%	13.7%
2031	15.3%	13.6%
2032	15.2%	13.5%
2033	15.1%	13.4%
2034	15%	13.3%
2035	14.9%	13.2%
2036	14.7%	13%
2037	14.6%	12.9%
2038	14.5%	12.8%
2039	14.3%	12.7%
2040	14.2%	12.6%
2041	14%	12.5%
2042	13.9%	12.4%
2043	13.8%	12.3%
2044	13.7%	12.2%
2045	13.6%	12.1%
2046	13.5%	12%
2047	13.5%	11.8%
2048	13.5%	11.7%
2049	13.5%	11.6%
2050	13.5%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 14.8% in Mauritius in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 29.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Mauritius compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Mauritius by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Mauritius
1960	1,319	19,931
1961	1,489	20,355
1962	1,091	20,660
1963	1,199	22,069
1964	1,377	22,239
1965	1,260	20,482
1966	1,168	20,758
1967	837	17,560
1968	604	17,884
1969	303	15,761
1970	272	16,190
1971	69	15,441
1972	-35	14,825
1973	-421	13,145
1974	-390	17,561
1975	-395	15,342
1976	-578	16,407
1977	-36	16,769
1978	-145	18,670
1979	72	19,282
1980	37	19,321
1981	329	18,334
1982	183	15,880
1983	37	14,525
1984	146	13,665
1985	74	12,451
1986	331	12,340
1987	222	13,262
1988	747	14,084
1989	679	14,718
1990	1,145	15,564
1991	1,239	15,091
1992	1,098	15,833
1993	1,470	14,814
1994	1,652	14,355
1995	1,634	13,020
1996	1,781	13,041
1997	1,552	11,943
1998	1,486	11,489
1999	1,808	12,341
2000	1,963	12,224
2001	1,766	11,723
2002	1,607	11,685
2003	1,220	10,799
2004	1,878	10,745
2005	1,721	10,195
2006	1,748	8,515
2007	1,584	8,429
2008	2,003	7,465
2009	1,991	6,113
2010	2,129	5,877
2011	1,814	5,511
2012	2,124	5,149
2013	2,336	4,281
2014	2,225	3,657
2015	2,107	3,031
2016	2,095	2,906
2017	1,968	3,415
2018	1,945	2,151
2019	1,922	1,773
2020	1,828	2,405
2021	2,240	-253
2022	2,024	-757
2023	1,933	1,009

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Mauritius

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 66 deaths in Mauritius.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Mauritius
1985	24	111
1986	24	106
1987	23	103
1988	24	93
1989	21	85
1990	24	77
1991	25	75
1992	26	73
1993	20	70
1994	20	63
1995	22	55
1996	23	52
1997	22	49
1998	18	48
1999	21	46
2000	18	43
2001	19	42
2002	17	42
2003	15	42
2004	17	43
2005	17	43
2006	16	45
2007	14	46
2008	13	48
2009	15	51
2010	17	53
2011	13	55
2012	13	55
2013	15	58
2014	13	60
2015	13	61
2016	13	62
2017	15	66
2018	9	67
2019	12	67
2020	6	58
2021	6	80
2022	6	61
2023	11	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Mauritius
1960	3.72%	10.2%
1961	3.54%	9.82%
1962	3.36%	9.31%
1963	3.2%	8.72%
1964	3.04%	8.4%
1965	2.89%	8.66%
1966	2.75%	9.25%
1967	2.61%	9.55%
1968	2.48%	9.25%
1969	2.36%	8.72%
1970	2.24%	8.35%
1971	2.11%	8.15%
1972	1.99%	7.98%
1973	1.88%	7.71%
1974	1.77%	7.24%
1975	1.67%	6.53%
1976	1.58%	5.74%
1977	1.51%	5.08%
1978	1.44%	4.62%
1979	1.39%	4.28%
1980	1.34%	4.02%
1981	1.29%	3.77%
1982	1.25%	3.47%
1983	1.21%	3.15%
1984	1.16%	2.92%
1985	1.12%	2.85%
1986	1.07%	2.88%
1987	1.02%	2.85%
1988	0.97%	2.7%
1989	0.93%	2.5%
1990	0.88%	2.32%
1991	0.83%	2.19%
1992	0.78%	2.13%
1993	0.73%	2.12%
1994	0.68%	2.16%
1995	0.64%	2.22%
1996	0.6%	2.26%
1997	0.56%	2.25%
1998	0.53%	2.16%
1999	0.5%	2.03%
2000	0.47%	1.89%
2001	0.44%	1.76%
2002	0.42%	1.66%
2003	0.39%	1.6%
2004	0.37%	1.57%
2005	0.35%	1.55%
2006	0.33%	1.54%
2007	0.31%	1.52%
2008	0.3%	1.5%
2009	0.29%	1.48%
2010	0.28%	1.48%
2011	0.27%	1.49%
2012	0.27%	1.5%
2013	0.26%	1.49%
2014	0.26%	1.47%
2015	0.26%	1.47%
2016	0.25%	1.47%
2017	0.25%	1.5%
2018	0.25%	1.53%
2019	0.25%	1.57%
2020	0.25%	1.58%
2021	0.24%	1.57%
2022	0.24%	1.55%
2023	0.23%	1.52%