Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Panama

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Panama 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 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	6.15	5.83
1961	6.2	5.87
1962	6.24	5.87
1963	6.31	5.87
1964	6.37	5.81
1965	6.44	5.73
1966	6.52	5.65
1967	6.57	5.53
1968	6.6	5.41
1969	6.64	5.29
1970	6.68	5.18
1971	6.7	5.05
1972	6.71	4.91
1973	6.72	4.74
1974	6.73	4.58
1975	6.71	4.41
1976	6.73	4.26
1977	6.74	4.12
1978	6.73	3.98
1979	6.7	3.88
1980	6.67	3.8
1981	6.64	3.72
1982	6.59	3.66
1983	6.54	3.6
1984	6.48	3.52
1985	6.42	3.43
1986	6.34	3.34
1987	6.27	3.25
1988	6.21	3.17
1989	6.2	3.12
1990	6.18	3.07
1991	6.16	3
1992	6.13	2.95
1993	6.09	2.91
1994	6.06	2.88
1995	5.96	2.85
1996	5.86	2.83
1997	5.74	2.81
1998	5.62	2.79
1999	5.52	2.77
2000	5.46	2.74
2001	5.41	2.72
2002	5.37	2.7
2003	5.36	2.68
2004	5.37	2.68
2005	5.38	2.64
2006	5.4	2.62
2007	5.43	2.61
2008	5.44	2.61
2009	5.41	2.59
2010	5.38	2.59
2011	5.38	2.6
2012	5.35	2.59
2013	5.32	2.57
2014	5.26	2.55
2015	5.21	2.53
2016	5.16	2.5
2017	5.11	2.46
2018	5.04	2.4
2019	4.98	2.29
2020	4.91	2.18
2021	4.85	2.15
2022	4.77	2.14
2023	4.7	2.12
2024	4.63	2.11
2025	4.56	2.09
2026	4.48	2.07
2027	4.42	2.06
2028	4.36	2.04
2029	4.29	2.02
2030	4.24	2.01
2031	4.18	2
2032	4.11	1.99
2033	4.02	1.97
2034	3.97	1.96
2035	3.9	1.95
2036	3.83	1.95
2037	3.78	1.94
2038	3.71	1.93
2039	3.66	1.92
2040	3.6	1.91
2041	3.55	1.91
2042	3.5	1.9
2043	3.45	1.89
2044	3.39	1.89
2045	3.35	1.88
2046	3.3	1.88
2047	3.26	1.87
2048	3.21	1.87
2049	3.17	1.86
2050	3.14	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Panama
1960	41.8%	44.2%
1961	41.8%	44.3%
1962	41.8%	44.5%
1963	41.8%	44.6%
1964	42%	44.7%
1965	42.4%	44.8%
1966	42.8%	44.8%
1967	43.2%	44.8%
1968	43.6%	44.7%
1969	44%	44.6%
1970	44.4%	44.5%
1971	44.7%	44.3%
1972	44.9%	44.1%
1973	45.2%	43.9%
1974	45.4%	43.6%
1975	45.5%	43.3%
1976	45.6%	42.9%
1977	45.7%	42.4%
1978	45.8%	41.9%
1979	45.9%	41.4%
1980	45.9%	40.8%
1981	45.9%	40.3%
1982	45.8%	39.8%
1983	45.8%	39.3%
1984	45.7%	38.8%
1985	45.6%	38.3%
1986	45.5%	37.8%
1987	45.4%	37.4%
1988	45.3%	36.9%
1989	45.4%	36.5%
1990	45.4%	36.1%
1991	45.3%	35.7%
1992	44.9%	35.3%
1993	44.4%	34.9%
1994	44.3%	34.6%
1995	44.4%	34.2%
1996	44.6%	33.9%
1997	44.7%	33.5%
1998	44.6%	33.1%
1999	44.4%	32.8%
2000	44.2%	32.4%
2001	44.1%	32%
2002	44.2%	31.6%
2003	44.2%	31.3%
2004	44.2%	31%
2005	44.2%	30.6%
2006	44.2%	30.3%
2007	44.3%	30%
2008	44.1%	29.7%
2009	43.9%	29.5%
2010	43.9%	29.2%
2011	43.9%	28.9%
2012	44.1%	28.7%
2013	44.2%	28.4%
2014	44.2%	28.2%
2015	44.3%	27.9%
2016	44.2%	27.6%
2017	44.2%	27.4%
2018	44.1%	27.1%
2019	44%	26.7%
2020	43.8%	26.4%
2021	43.6%	26%
2022	43.4%	25.7%
2023	43%	25.3%
2024	42.7%	24.9%
2025	42.4%	24.5%
2026	42%	24.1%
2027	41.7%	23.8%
2028	41.3%	23.4%
2029	41%	23%
2030	40.7%	22.6%
2031	40.4%	22.2%
2032	40%	21.9%
2033	39.7%	21.6%
2034	39.3%	21.3%
2035	39%	21%
2036	38.6%	20.9%
2037	38.3%	20.7%
2038	37.9%	20.5%
2039	37.6%	20.3%
2040	37.3%	20.1%
2041	36.9%	20%
2042	36.6%	19.8%
2043	36.2%	19.6%
2044	35.9%	19.4%
2045	35.5%	19.3%
2046	35.2%	19.1%
2047	34.8%	18.9%
2048	34.5%	18.8%
2049	34.1%	18.6%
2050	33.8%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	21,604	35,431
1961	22,781	37,100
1962	23,927	38,537
1963	25,250	39,872
1964	26,565	40,806
1965	28,028	41,604
1966	29,502	42,457
1967	30,853	43,054
1968	32,029	43,641
1969	33,252	44,278
1970	34,382	45,075
1971	35,279	45,867
1972	36,184	46,311
1973	37,122	46,540
1974	38,106	46,932
1975	38,975	47,149
1976	40,149	47,307
1977	41,352	47,438
1978	42,539	47,694
1979	43,537	48,362
1980	45,026	49,077
1981	46,641	50,018
1982	47,947	50,858
1983	49,187	51,880
1984	50,705	52,436
1985	52,125	52,573
1986	53,313	52,681
1987	55,037	52,690
1988	56,654	52,767
1989	58,666	52,295
1990	59,934	53,451
1991	61,782	53,079
1992	63,501	53,186
1993	68,167	53,591
1994	70,570	53,845
1995	72,244	54,069
1996	71,939	54,512
1997	71,327	55,060
1998	72,045	55,482
1999	73,554	55,911
2000	75,929	56,236
2001	78,769	56,654
2002	80,993	57,011
2003	83,804	57,458
2004	87,578	58,281
2005	90,940	58,014
2006	94,991	58,067
2007	98,895	58,454
2008	102,432	58,961
2009	105,273	59,168
2010	108,121	59,418
2011	111,165	60,411
2012	113,489	60,471
2013	115,558	60,295
2014	118,792	60,227
2015	122,092	59,896
2016	125,342	59,454
2017	128,562	58,607
2018	131,584	57,508
2019	134,460	54,420
2020	134,899	46,599
2021	137,557	46,747
2022	142,451	50,556
2023	145,164	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Panama
1985	998	95
1986	961	94
1987	914	93
1988	887	93
1989	883	96
1990	858	89
1991	845	87
1992	811	85
1993	813	81
1994	809	78
1995	815	77
1996	813	73
1997	752	70
1998	698	68
1999	669	65
2000	644	64
2001	616	62
2002	590	59
2003	571	58
2004	557	57
2005	536	57
2006	521	56
2007	516	55
2008	506	55
2009	500	55
2010	499	56
2011	494	55
2012	496	53
2013	496	52
2014	484	49
2015	469	48
2016	456	47
2017	450	47
2018	437	43
2019	424	41
2020	413	74
2021	425	59
2022	385	40
2023	381	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	25.3%	9.31%
1961	24.7%	9.04%
1962	24%	8.78%
1963	23.4%	8.52%
1964	22.7%	8.28%
1965	22%	8.05%
1966	21.3%	7.83%
1967	20.6%	7.62%
1968	19.9%	7.38%
1969	19.4%	7.1%
1970	19%	6.78%
1971	18.9%	6.43%
1972	18.9%	6.07%
1973	19%	5.72%
1974	19%	5.41%
1975	18.9%	5.15%
1976	18.6%	4.93%
1977	18.2%	4.76%
1978	17.6%	4.61%
1979	17.1%	4.47%
1980	16.6%	4.34%
1981	16.1%	4.19%
1982	15.6%	4.05%
1983	15.1%	3.9%
1984	14.5%	3.75%
1985	13.8%	3.61%
1986	13.2%	3.47%
1987	12.6%	3.35%
1988	12.1%	3.24%
1989	11.8%	3.14%
1990	11.5%	3.05%
1991	11.4%	2.97%
1992	11.3%	2.91%
1993	11.2%	2.87%
1994	11.2%	2.83%
1995	11.1%	2.8%
1996	11%	2.77%
1997	10.8%	2.73%
1998	10.6%	2.68%
1999	10.2%	2.63%
2000	9.82%	2.56%
2001	9.35%	2.49%
2002	8.81%	2.41%
2003	8.25%	2.33%
2004	7.7%	2.25%
2005	7.18%	2.17%
2006	6.73%	2.1%
2007	6.35%	2.03%
2008	6.04%	1.97%
2009	5.79%	1.91%
2010	5.61%	1.86%
2011	5.45%	1.81%
2012	5.31%	1.77%
2013	5.17%	1.75%
2014	5.04%	1.73%
2015	4.89%	1.72%
2016	4.74%	1.7%
2017	4.59%	1.68%
2018	4.45%	1.65%
2019	4.3%	1.59%
2020	4.17%	1.52%
2021	4.03%	1.45%
2022	3.91%	1.39%
2023	3.78%	1.33%