Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Nepal

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Nepal 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 1.98 in Nepal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Nepal 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	Nepal
1960	6.15	6.07
1961	6.2	6.09
1962	6.24	6.08
1963	6.31	6.06
1964	6.37	6.04
1965	6.44	6.01
1966	6.52	5.98
1967	6.57	5.95
1968	6.6	5.94
1969	6.64	5.89
1970	6.68	5.87
1971	6.7	5.85
1972	6.71	5.8
1973	6.72	5.7
1974	6.73	5.75
1975	6.71	5.73
1976	6.73	5.72
1977	6.74	5.69
1978	6.73	5.68
1979	6.7	5.64
1980	6.67	5.6
1981	6.64	5.58
1982	6.59	5.55
1983	6.54	5.54
1984	6.48	5.51
1985	6.42	5.46
1986	6.34	5.4
1987	6.27	5.35
1988	6.21	5.31
1989	6.2	5.26
1990	6.18	5.21
1991	6.16	5.15
1992	6.13	5.07
1993	6.09	5.04
1994	6.06	4.96
1995	5.96	4.87
1996	5.86	4.67
1997	5.74	4.44
1998	5.62	4.28
1999	5.52	4.13
2000	5.46	3.98
2001	5.41	3.79
2002	5.37	3.6
2003	5.36	3.44
2004	5.37	3.28
2005	5.38	3.12
2006	5.4	2.97
2007	5.43	2.86
2008	5.44	2.74
2009	5.41	2.63
2010	5.38	2.54
2011	5.38	2.46
2012	5.35	2.42
2013	5.32	2.36
2014	5.26	2.32
2015	5.21	2.27
2016	5.16	2.23
2017	5.11	2.17
2018	5.04	2.12
2019	4.98	2.08
2020	4.91	2.05
2021	4.85	2.03
2022	4.77	2
2023	4.7	1.98
2024	4.63	1.96
2025	4.56	1.94
2026	4.48	1.92
2027	4.42	1.9
2028	4.36	1.89
2029	4.29	1.88
2030	4.24	1.86
2031	4.18	1.85
2032	4.11	1.84
2033	4.02	1.83
2034	3.97	1.82
2035	3.9	1.81
2036	3.83	1.8
2037	3.78	1.79
2038	3.71	1.79
2039	3.66	1.78
2040	3.6	1.78
2041	3.55	1.77
2042	3.5	1.77
2043	3.45	1.76
2044	3.39	1.76
2045	3.35	1.75
2046	3.3	1.75
2047	3.26	1.74
2048	3.21	1.74
2049	3.17	1.74
2050	3.14	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Nepal
1960	41.8%	40.7%
1961	41.8%	40.7%
1962	41.8%	40.6%
1963	41.8%	40.5%
1964	42%	40.4%
1965	42.4%	40.4%
1966	42.8%	40.4%
1967	43.2%	40.3%
1968	43.6%	40.3%
1969	44%	40.3%
1970	44.4%	40.3%
1971	44.7%	40.4%
1972	44.9%	40.4%
1973	45.2%	40.5%
1974	45.4%	40.5%
1975	45.5%	40.6%
1976	45.6%	40.7%
1977	45.7%	40.7%
1978	45.8%	40.8%
1979	45.9%	40.8%
1980	45.9%	40.9%
1981	45.9%	40.9%
1982	45.8%	40.9%
1983	45.8%	41%
1984	45.7%	41%
1985	45.6%	41.1%
1986	45.5%	41.2%
1987	45.4%	41.3%
1988	45.3%	41.4%
1989	45.4%	41.5%
1990	45.4%	41.5%
1991	45.3%	41.5%
1992	44.9%	41.4%
1993	44.4%	41.3%
1994	44.3%	41.4%
1995	44.4%	41.4%
1996	44.6%	41.5%
1997	44.7%	41.4%
1998	44.6%	41.3%
1999	44.4%	41.1%
2000	44.2%	40.9%
2001	44.1%	40.7%
2002	44.2%	40.4%
2003	44.2%	40%
2004	44.2%	39.6%
2005	44.2%	39.2%
2006	44.2%	38.7%
2007	44.3%	38.1%
2008	44.1%	37.5%
2009	43.9%	36.7%
2010	43.9%	36%
2011	43.9%	35.3%
2012	44.1%	34.7%
2013	44.2%	34.2%
2014	44.2%	33.6%
2015	44.3%	33%
2016	44.2%	32.5%
2017	44.2%	32.1%
2018	44.1%	31.6%
2019	44%	30.9%
2020	43.8%	30.1%
2021	43.6%	29.4%
2022	43.4%	28.9%
2023	43%	28.7%
2024	42.7%	28.4%
2025	42.4%	28.1%
2026	42%	27.7%
2027	41.7%	27.3%
2028	41.3%	26.8%
2029	41%	26.4%
2030	40.7%	26%
2031	40.4%	25.6%
2032	40%	25.2%
2033	39.7%	24.8%
2034	39.3%	24.5%
2035	39%	24.1%
2036	38.6%	23.8%
2037	38.3%	23.4%
2038	37.9%	23%
2039	37.6%	22.7%
2040	37.3%	22.4%
2041	36.9%	22.1%
2042	36.6%	21.7%
2043	36.2%	21.4%
2044	35.9%	21.1%
2045	35.5%	20.8%
2046	35.2%	20.5%
2047	34.8%	20.3%
2048	34.5%	20%
2049	34.1%	19.7%
2050	33.8%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 28.4% in Nepal in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Nepal compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Nepal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +1.37% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	21,604	203,374
1961	22,781	209,917
1962	23,927	215,368
1963	25,250	219,586
1964	26,565	227,948
1965	28,028	233,726
1966	29,502	241,716
1967	30,853	249,240
1968	32,029	258,259
1969	33,252	264,560
1970	34,382	272,439
1971	35,279	280,752
1972	36,184	286,708
1973	37,122	288,750
1974	38,106	303,078
1975	38,975	312,479
1976	40,149	323,222
1977	41,352	332,843
1978	42,539	345,765
1979	43,537	355,597
1980	45,026	364,254
1981	46,641	374,145
1982	47,947	385,741
1983	49,187	399,103
1984	50,705	411,122
1985	52,125	423,240
1986	53,313	434,802
1987	55,037	449,400
1988	56,654	463,581
1989	58,666	478,771
1990	59,934	495,202
1991	61,782	512,233
1992	63,501	533,029
1993	68,167	561,549
1994	70,570	578,293
1995	72,244	591,283
1996	71,939	580,099
1997	71,327	565,882
1998	72,045	562,787
1999	73,554	557,847
2000	75,929	554,506
2001	78,769	542,118
2002	80,993	525,045
2003	83,804	516,575
2004	87,578	504,853
2005	90,940	489,093
2006	94,991	475,335
2007	98,895	464,780
2008	102,432	452,353
2009	105,273	441,290
2010	108,121	432,631
2011	111,165	429,957
2012	113,489	430,151
2013	115,558	424,804
2014	118,792	423,166
2015	122,092	410,565
2016	125,342	415,921
2017	128,562	406,219
2018	131,584	394,576
2019	134,460	387,113
2020	134,899	373,553
2021	137,557	351,165
2022	142,451	379,021
2023	145,164	368,450

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Nepal

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 142 deaths in Nepal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Nepal
1985	998	1,186
1986	961	1,143
1987	914	1,088
1988	887	1,038
1989	883	973
1990	858	920
1991	845	850
1992	811	768
1993	813	703
1994	809	657
1995	815	625
1996	813	584
1997	752	550
1998	698	522
1999	669	512
2000	644	480
2001	616	443
2002	590	414
2003	571	387
2004	557	364
2005	536	344
2006	521	318
2007	516	309
2008	506	302
2009	500	299
2010	499	297
2011	494	286
2012	496	272
2013	496	258
2014	484	245
2015	469	236
2016	456	214
2017	450	197
2018	437	183
2019	424	170
2020	413	153
2021	425	173
2022	385	139
2023	381	142

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 2.65% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	25.3%	32.8%
1961	24.7%	32.4%
1962	24%	31.9%
1963	23.4%	31.3%
1964	22.7%	30.7%
1965	22%	30%
1966	21.3%	29.4%
1967	20.6%	28.7%
1968	19.9%	28%
1969	19.4%	27.3%
1970	19%	26.7%
1971	18.9%	26.2%
1972	18.9%	25.6%
1973	19%	25%
1974	19%	24.5%
1975	18.9%	23.9%
1976	18.6%	23.3%
1977	18.2%	22.7%
1978	17.6%	22.1%
1979	17.1%	21.5%
1980	16.6%	20.8%
1981	16.1%	20.2%
1982	15.6%	19.5%
1983	15.1%	18.8%
1984	14.5%	18.2%
1985	13.8%	17.5%
1986	13.2%	16.8%
1987	12.6%	16.1%
1988	12.1%	15.3%
1989	11.8%	14.6%
1990	11.5%	13.9%
1991	11.4%	13.2%
1992	11.3%	12.5%
1993	11.2%	11.8%
1994	11.2%	11.2%
1995	11.1%	10.6%
1996	11%	10%
1997	10.8%	9.44%
1998	10.6%	8.91%
1999	10.2%	8.4%
2000	9.82%	7.92%
2001	9.35%	7.48%
2002	8.81%	7.06%
2003	8.25%	6.69%
2004	7.7%	6.35%
2005	7.18%	6.04%
2006	6.73%	5.76%
2007	6.35%	5.51%
2008	6.04%	5.27%
2009	5.79%	5.05%
2010	5.61%	4.83%
2011	5.45%	4.62%
2012	5.31%	4.41%
2013	5.17%	4.21%
2014	5.04%	4.01%
2015	4.89%	3.82%
2016	4.74%	3.64%
2017	4.59%	3.46%
2018	4.45%	3.3%
2019	4.3%	3.14%
2020	4.17%	2.99%
2021	4.03%	2.86%
2022	3.91%	2.75%
2023	3.78%	2.65%