Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Mongolia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mauritania was 4.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Mongolia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Mongolia
1960	6.15	6.82
1961	6.2	6.96
1962	6.24	7.1
1963	6.31	7.24
1964	6.37	7.33
1965	6.44	7.38
1966	6.52	7.41
1967	6.57	7.39
1968	6.6	7.37
1969	6.64	7.34
1970	6.68	7.31
1971	6.7	7.3
1972	6.71	7.28
1973	6.72	7.24
1974	6.73	7.17
1975	6.71	7.07
1976	6.73	6.93
1977	6.74	6.79
1978	6.73	6.62
1979	6.7	6.42
1980	6.67	6.21
1981	6.64	5.98
1982	6.59	5.8
1983	6.54	5.63
1984	6.48	5.45
1985	6.42	5.26
1986	6.34	5.03
1987	6.27	4.83
1988	6.21	4.65
1989	6.2	4.42
1990	6.18	4.5
1991	6.16	4
1992	6.13	3.5
1993	6.09	2.5
1994	6.06	2.7
1995	5.96	2.77
1996	5.86	2.5
1997	5.74	2.4
1998	5.62	2.3
1999	5.52	2.3
2000	5.46	2.2
2001	5.41	2.2
2002	5.37	2.1
2003	5.36	2
2004	5.37	2
2005	5.38	2
2006	5.4	2.1
2007	5.43	2.3
2008	5.44	2.6
2009	5.41	2.8
2010	5.38	2.4
2011	5.38	2.6
2012	5.35	2.7
2013	5.32	3
2014	5.26	3.1
2015	5.21	3
2016	5.16	3
2017	5.11	2.8
2018	5.04	2.9
2019	4.98	3
2020	4.91	2.9
2021	4.85	2.8
2022	4.77	2.7
2023	4.7	2.7
2024	4.63	2.65
2025	4.56	2.6
2026	4.48	2.55
2027	4.42	2.51
2028	4.36	2.47
2029	4.29	2.44
2030	4.24	2.4
2031	4.18	2.37
2032	4.11	2.34
2033	4.02	2.31
2034	3.97	2.29
2035	3.9	2.26
2036	3.83	2.23
2037	3.78	2.21
2038	3.71	2.19
2039	3.66	2.17
2040	3.6	2.15
2041	3.55	2.13
2042	3.5	2.11
2043	3.45	2.09
2044	3.39	2.08
2045	3.35	2.06
2046	3.3	2.05
2047	3.26	2.04
2048	3.21	2.02
2049	3.17	2.01
2050	3.14	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Mongolia
1960	41.8%	38.1%
1961	41.8%	38.8%
1962	41.8%	39.6%
1963	41.8%	40.4%
1964	42%	41.4%
1965	42.4%	42.4%
1966	42.8%	43.3%
1967	43.2%	44.2%
1968	43.6%	44.9%
1969	44%	45.4%
1970	44.4%	45.6%
1971	44.7%	45.8%
1972	44.9%	45.8%
1973	45.2%	45.8%
1974	45.4%	45.6%
1975	45.5%	45.4%
1976	45.6%	45.2%
1977	45.7%	44.8%
1978	45.8%	44.5%
1979	45.9%	44.1%
1980	45.9%	43.7%
1981	45.9%	43.3%
1982	45.8%	43%
1983	45.8%	42.7%
1984	45.7%	42.5%
1985	45.6%	42.3%
1986	45.5%	42.1%
1987	45.4%	42%
1988	45.3%	41.8%
1989	45.4%	41.7%
1990	45.4%	41.4%
1991	45.3%	41%
1992	44.9%	40.5%
1993	44.4%	40%
1994	44.3%	39.5%
1995	44.4%	39%
1996	44.6%	38.4%
1997	44.7%	37.8%
1998	44.6%	37%
1999	44.4%	36.2%
2000	44.2%	35.2%
2001	44.1%	34.1%
2002	44.2%	32.9%
2003	44.2%	31.8%
2004	44.2%	30.8%
2005	44.2%	29.9%
2006	44.2%	29.1%
2007	44.3%	28.5%
2008	44.1%	28.1%
2009	43.9%	27.9%
2010	43.9%	27.9%
2011	43.9%	28%
2012	44.1%	28.1%
2013	44.2%	28.5%
2014	44.2%	28.9%
2015	44.3%	29.5%
2016	44.2%	30.2%
2017	44.2%	30.9%
2018	44.1%	31.6%
2019	44%	32.3%
2020	43.8%	32.8%
2021	43.6%	32.9%
2022	43.4%	32.9%
2023	43%	32.6%
2024	42.7%	32.2%
2025	42.4%	31.6%
2026	42%	30.9%
2027	41.7%	30.1%
2028	41.3%	29.2%
2029	41%	28.2%
2030	40.7%	27.3%
2031	40.4%	26.3%
2032	40%	25.6%
2033	39.7%	24.9%
2034	39.3%	24.3%
2035	39%	23.8%
2036	38.6%	23.4%
2037	38.3%	23.1%
2038	37.9%	23%
2039	37.6%	22.9%
2040	37.3%	22.8%
2041	36.9%	22.9%
2042	36.6%	22.9%
2043	36.2%	23%
2044	35.9%	23.1%
2045	35.5%	23.2%
2046	35.2%	23.3%
2047	34.8%	23.4%
2048	34.5%	23.4%
2049	34.1%	23.4%
2050	33.8%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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
	Mauritania	Mongolia
1960	21,604	20,726
1961	22,781	21,873
1962	23,927	22,960
1963	25,250	24,142
1964	26,565	25,317
1965	28,028	26,364
1966	29,502	27,338
1967	30,853	28,178
1968	32,029	29,017
1969	33,252	29,781
1970	34,382	30,558
1971	35,279	31,536
1972	36,184	32,727
1973	37,122	33,993
1974	38,106	35,297
1975	38,975	36,490
1976	40,149	37,670
1977	41,352	38,995
1978	42,539	40,276
1979	43,537	41,568
1980	45,026	42,343
1981	46,641	43,588
1982	47,947	45,179
1983	49,187	46,919
1984	50,705	48,562
1985	52,125	49,944
1986	53,313	50,329
1987	55,037	51,140
1988	56,654	51,588
1989	58,666	51,420
1990	59,934	49,443
1991	61,782	47,884
1992	63,501	42,437
1993	68,167	36,924
1994	70,570	34,711
1995	72,244	34,473
1996	71,939	33,741
1997	71,327	32,403
1998	72,045	31,757
1999	73,554	32,283
2000	75,929	32,753
2001	78,769	32,052
2002	80,993	30,439
2003	83,804	28,827
2004	87,578	28,418
2005	90,940	29,290
2006	94,991	33,609
2007	98,895	39,636
2008	102,432	45,843
2009	105,273	48,876
2010	108,121	44,914
2011	111,165	50,711
2012	113,489	55,942
2013	115,558	62,618
2014	118,792	66,078
2015	122,092	64,473
2016	125,342	62,086
2017	128,562	57,940
2018	131,584	60,635
2019	134,460	61,433
2020	134,899	60,888
2021	137,557	52,109
2022	142,451	47,730
2023	145,164	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Mongolia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 381 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mauritania, compared to 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Mongolia
1985	998	352
1986	961	346
1987	914	341
1988	887	335
1989	883	311
1990	858	276
1991	845	227
1992	811	199
1993	813	181
1994	809	178
1995	815	176
1996	813	178
1997	752	180
1998	698	174
1999	669	162
2000	644	144
2001	616	130
2002	590	120
2003	571	114
2004	557	108
2005	536	99
2006	521	90
2007	516	81
2008	506	77
2009	500	75
2010	499	71
2011	494	67
2012	496	63
2013	496	59
2014	484	56
2015	469	52
2016	456	48
2017	450	45
2018	437	45
2019	424	45
2020	413	47
2021	425	63
2022	385	41
2023	381	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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
	Mauritania	Mongolia
1960	25.3%	-
1961	24.7%	-
1962	24%	-
1963	23.4%	-
1964	22.7%	-
1965	22%	-
1966	21.3%	-
1967	20.6%	-
1968	19.9%	-
1969	19.4%	-
1970	19%	-
1971	18.9%	-
1972	18.9%	-
1973	19%	-
1974	19%	-
1975	18.9%	-
1976	18.6%	-
1977	18.2%	-
1978	17.6%	17.3%
1979	17.1%	16.7%
1980	16.6%	16.1%
1981	16.1%	15.5%
1982	15.6%	15%
1983	15.1%	14.4%
1984	14.5%	13.9%
1985	13.8%	13.4%
1986	13.2%	12.8%
1987	12.6%	12.2%
1988	12.1%	11.7%
1989	11.8%	11.1%
1990	11.5%	10.7%
1991	11.4%	10.2%
1992	11.3%	9.78%
1993	11.2%	9.39%
1994	11.2%	9%
1995	11.1%	8.6%
1996	11%	8.19%
1997	10.8%	7.74%
1998	10.6%	7.27%
1999	10.2%	6.78%
2000	9.82%	6.29%
2001	9.35%	5.8%
2002	8.81%	5.32%
2003	8.25%	4.87%
2004	7.7%	4.45%
2005	7.18%	4.07%
2006	6.73%	3.71%
2007	6.35%	3.39%
2008	6.04%	3.11%
2009	5.79%	2.85%
2010	5.61%	2.63%
2011	5.45%	2.44%
2012	5.31%	2.28%
2013	5.17%	2.15%
2014	5.04%	2.04%
2015	4.89%	1.94%
2016	4.74%	1.84%
2017	4.59%	1.74%
2018	4.45%	1.64%
2019	4.3%	1.56%
2020	4.17%	1.48%
2021	4.03%	1.43%
2022	3.91%	1.39%
2023	3.78%	1.36%