Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Palestine

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.15	-
1961	6.2	-
1962	6.24	-
1963	6.31	-
1964	6.37	-
1965	6.44	-
1966	6.52	-
1967	6.57	-
1968	6.6	-
1969	6.64	-
1970	6.68	-
1971	6.7	-
1972	6.71	-
1973	6.72	-
1974	6.73	-
1975	6.71	-
1976	6.73	-
1977	6.74	-
1978	6.73	-
1979	6.7	-
1980	6.67	-
1981	6.64	-
1982	6.59	-
1983	6.54	-
1984	6.48	-
1985	6.42	-
1986	6.34	-
1987	6.27	-
1988	6.21	-
1989	6.2	-
1990	6.18	6.81
1991	6.16	6.75
1992	6.13	6.65
1993	6.09	6.5
1994	6.06	6.33
1995	5.96	6.16
1996	5.86	5.99
1997	5.74	5.82
1998	5.62	5.69
1999	5.52	5.58
2000	5.46	5.46
2001	5.41	5.34
2002	5.37	5.22
2003	5.36	5.06
2004	5.37	4.97
2005	5.38	4.87
2006	5.4	4.74
2007	5.43	4.63
2008	5.44	4.51
2009	5.41	4.44
2010	5.38	4.43
2011	5.38	4.31
2012	5.35	4.15
2013	5.32	4.05
2014	5.26	4
2015	5.21	3.98
2016	5.16	3.89
2017	5.11	3.77
2018	5.04	3.67
2019	4.98	3.59
2020	4.91	3.51
2021	4.85	3.44
2022	4.77	3.38
2023	4.7	3.31
2024	4.63	3.25
2025	4.56	3.19
2026	4.48	3.13
2027	4.42	3.07
2028	4.36	3.02
2029	4.29	2.97
2030	4.24	2.93
2031	4.18	2.89
2032	4.11	2.85
2033	4.02	2.81
2034	3.97	2.78
2035	3.9	2.75
2036	3.83	2.71
2037	3.78	2.68
2038	3.71	2.65
2039	3.66	2.62
2040	3.6	2.59
2041	3.55	2.56
2042	3.5	2.53
2043	3.45	2.51
2044	3.39	2.48
2045	3.35	2.45
2046	3.3	2.43
2047	3.26	2.41
2048	3.21	2.38
2049	3.17	2.36
2050	3.14	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Palestine
1960	41.8%	-
1961	41.8%	-
1962	41.8%	-
1963	41.8%	-
1964	42%	-
1965	42.4%	-
1966	42.8%	-
1967	43.2%	-
1968	43.6%	-
1969	44%	-
1970	44.4%	-
1971	44.7%	-
1972	44.9%	-
1973	45.2%	-
1974	45.4%	-
1975	45.5%	-
1976	45.6%	-
1977	45.7%	-
1978	45.8%	-
1979	45.9%	-
1980	45.9%	-
1981	45.9%	-
1982	45.8%	-
1983	45.8%	-
1984	45.7%	-
1985	45.6%	-
1986	45.5%	-
1987	45.4%	-
1988	45.3%	-
1989	45.4%	-
1990	45.4%	49.1%
1991	45.3%	49.1%
1992	44.9%	49%
1993	44.4%	49%
1994	44.3%	48.9%
1995	44.4%	48.8%
1996	44.6%	48.6%
1997	44.7%	48.4%
1998	44.6%	48.1%
1999	44.4%	47.8%
2000	44.2%	47.4%
2001	44.1%	47.1%
2002	44.2%	46.6%
2003	44.2%	46.1%
2004	44.2%	45.6%
2005	44.2%	45%
2006	44.2%	44.3%
2007	44.3%	43.7%
2008	44.1%	43%
2009	43.9%	42.4%
2010	43.9%	41.9%
2011	43.9%	41.5%
2012	44.1%	41.1%
2013	44.2%	40.7%
2014	44.2%	40.4%
2015	44.3%	40.1%
2016	44.2%	39.9%
2017	44.2%	39.7%
2018	44.1%	39.6%
2019	44%	39.5%
2020	43.8%	39.3%
2021	43.6%	39%
2022	43.4%	38.7%
2023	43%	38.4%
2024	42.7%	38%
2025	42.4%	37.6%
2026	42%	37%
2027	41.7%	36.5%
2028	41.3%	35.9%
2029	41%	35.3%
2030	40.7%	34.7%
2031	40.4%	34%
2032	40%	33.4%
2033	39.7%	32.8%
2034	39.3%	32.3%
2035	39%	31.8%
2036	38.6%	31.4%
2037	38.3%	31%
2038	37.9%	30.6%
2039	37.6%	30.3%
2040	37.3%	30%
2041	36.9%	29.7%
2042	36.6%	29.4%
2043	36.2%	29.2%
2044	35.9%	28.9%
2045	35.5%	28.6%
2046	35.2%	28.4%
2047	34.8%	28.1%
2048	34.5%	27.8%
2049	34.1%	27.5%
2050	33.8%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	21,604	-
1961	22,781	-
1962	23,927	-
1963	25,250	-
1964	26,565	-
1965	28,028	-
1966	29,502	-
1967	30,853	-
1968	32,029	-
1969	33,252	-
1970	34,382	-
1971	35,279	-
1972	36,184	-
1973	37,122	-
1974	38,106	-
1975	38,975	-
1976	40,149	-
1977	41,352	-
1978	42,539	-
1979	43,537	-
1980	45,026	-
1981	46,641	-
1982	47,947	-
1983	49,187	-
1984	50,705	-
1985	52,125	-
1986	53,313	-
1987	55,037	-
1988	56,654	-
1989	58,666	-
1990	59,934	76,163
1991	61,782	79,444
1992	63,501	82,865
1993	68,167	86,434
1994	70,570	90,156
1995	72,244	94,037
1996	71,939	98,085
1997	71,327	102,307
1998	72,045	103,566
1999	73,554	104,823
2000	75,929	106,367
2001	78,769	107,320
2002	80,993	108,560
2003	83,804	109,162
2004	87,578	110,045
2005	90,940	110,569
2006	94,991	111,728
2007	98,895	112,453
2008	102,432	108,395
2009	105,273	111,724
2010	108,121	117,674
2011	111,165	119,021
2012	113,489	119,185
2013	115,558	120,503
2014	118,792	120,724
2015	122,092	126,189
2016	125,342	126,698
2017	128,562	125,688
2018	131,584	124,791
2019	134,460	124,508
2020	134,899	122,416
2021	137,557	120,396
2022	142,451	123,987
2023	145,164	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Palestine
1985	998	102
1986	961	96
1987	914	87
1988	887	85
1989	883	82
1990	858	78
1991	845	75
1992	811	73
1993	813	69
1994	809	66
1995	815	64
1996	813	61
1997	752	60
1998	698	59
1999	669	58
2000	644	59
2001	616	60
2002	590	58
2003	571	56
2004	557	55
2005	536	52
2006	521	51
2007	516	49
2008	506	49
2009	500	48
2010	499	42
2011	494	39
2012	496	36
2013	496	32
2014	484	29
2015	469	26
2016	456	23
2017	450	21
2018	437	19
2019	424	18
2020	413	20
2021	425	29
2022	385	17
2023	381	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	18.6%	10.2%
1977	18.2%	9.55%
1978	17.6%	8.98%
1979	17.1%	8.45%
1980	16.6%	7.95%
1981	16.1%	7.48%
1982	15.6%	7.04%
1983	15.1%	6.63%
1984	14.5%	6.25%
1985	13.8%	5.89%
1986	13.2%	5.56%
1987	12.6%	5.25%
1988	12.1%	4.97%
1989	11.8%	4.72%
1990	11.5%	4.49%
1991	11.4%	4.28%
1992	11.3%	4.09%
1993	11.2%	3.92%
1994	11.2%	3.77%
1995	11.1%	3.62%
1996	11%	3.49%
1997	10.8%	3.36%
1998	10.6%	3.24%
1999	10.2%	3.13%
2000	9.82%	3.03%
2001	9.35%	2.94%
2002	8.81%	2.85%
2003	8.25%	2.77%
2004	7.7%	2.68%
2005	7.18%	2.6%
2006	6.73%	2.52%
2007	6.35%	2.43%
2008	6.04%	2.35%
2009	5.79%	2.28%
2010	5.61%	2.2%
2011	5.45%	2.12%
2012	5.31%	2.04%
2013	5.17%	1.97%
2014	5.04%	2.2%
2015	4.89%	1.83%
2016	4.74%	1.76%
2017	4.59%	1.69%
2018	4.45%	1.63%
2019	4.3%	1.57%
2020	4.17%	1.52%
2021	4.03%	1.47%
2022	3.91%	1.42%
2023	3.78%	2.63%