Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Peru

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

Check Mauritania vs Peru 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	Peru
1960	6.15	6.94
1961	6.2	6.92
1962	6.24	6.9
1963	6.31	6.86
1964	6.37	6.81
1965	6.44	6.75
1966	6.52	6.68
1967	6.57	6.6
1968	6.6	6.51
1969	6.64	6.42
1970	6.68	6.32
1971	6.7	6.21
1972	6.71	6.09
1973	6.72	5.97
1974	6.73	5.84
1975	6.71	5.71
1976	6.73	5.58
1977	6.74	5.44
1978	6.73	5.31
1979	6.7	5.17
1980	6.67	5.04
1981	6.64	4.92
1982	6.59	4.8
1983	6.54	4.68
1984	6.48	4.57
1985	6.42	4.46
1986	6.34	4.35
1987	6.27	4.25
1988	6.21	4.14
1989	6.2	4.03
1990	6.18	3.91
1991	6.16	3.79
1992	6.13	3.67
1993	6.09	3.55
1994	6.06	3.43
1995	5.96	3.32
1996	5.86	3.2
1997	5.74	3.1
1998	5.62	3
1999	5.52	2.92
2000	5.46	2.85
2001	5.41	2.74
2002	5.37	2.69
2003	5.36	2.66
2004	5.37	2.67
2005	5.38	2.64
2006	5.4	2.62
2007	5.43	2.58
2008	5.44	2.53
2009	5.41	2.48
2010	5.38	2.42
2011	5.38	2.41
2012	5.35	2.36
2013	5.32	2.32
2014	5.26	2.27
2015	5.21	2.23
2016	5.16	2.19
2017	5.11	2.15
2018	5.04	2.12
2019	4.98	2.09
2020	4.91	2.06
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	1.91
2028	4.36	1.9
2029	4.29	1.88
2030	4.24	1.87
2031	4.18	1.86
2032	4.11	1.85
2033	4.02	1.84
2034	3.97	1.83
2035	3.9	1.83
2036	3.83	1.82
2037	3.78	1.81
2038	3.71	1.81
2039	3.66	1.8
2040	3.6	1.79
2041	3.55	1.79
2042	3.5	1.78
2043	3.45	1.78
2044	3.39	1.77
2045	3.35	1.77
2046	3.3	1.76
2047	3.26	1.75
2048	3.21	1.75
2049	3.17	1.75
2050	3.14	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Peru
1960	41.8%	44%
1961	41.8%	44.2%
1962	41.8%	44.3%
1963	41.8%	44.3%
1964	42%	44.3%
1965	42.4%	44.3%
1966	42.8%	44.2%
1967	43.2%	44.2%
1968	43.6%	44.2%
1969	44%	44.1%
1970	44.4%	44%
1971	44.7%	43.9%
1972	44.9%	43.8%
1973	45.2%	43.7%
1974	45.4%	43.6%
1975	45.5%	43.5%
1976	45.6%	43.4%
1977	45.7%	43.2%
1978	45.8%	43%
1979	45.9%	42.8%
1980	45.9%	42.6%
1981	45.9%	42.4%
1982	45.8%	42.1%
1983	45.8%	41.8%
1984	45.7%	41.5%
1985	45.6%	41.2%
1986	45.5%	40.8%
1987	45.4%	40.5%
1988	45.3%	40.2%
1989	45.4%	39.8%
1990	45.4%	39.4%
1991	45.3%	39.1%
1992	44.9%	38.7%
1993	44.4%	38.3%
1994	44.3%	37.9%
1995	44.4%	37.4%
1996	44.6%	36.9%
1997	44.7%	36.4%
1998	44.6%	35.8%
1999	44.4%	35.3%
2000	44.2%	34.7%
2001	44.1%	34.1%
2002	44.2%	33.5%
2003	44.2%	32.9%
2004	44.2%	32.3%
2005	44.2%	31.7%
2006	44.2%	31.2%
2007	44.3%	30.7%
2008	44.1%	30.2%
2009	43.9%	29.7%
2010	43.9%	29.3%
2011	43.9%	28.9%
2012	44.1%	28.5%
2013	44.2%	28.2%
2014	44.2%	27.8%
2015	44.3%	27.5%
2016	44.2%	27.2%
2017	44.2%	26.8%
2018	44.1%	26.4%
2019	44%	25.9%
2020	43.8%	25.5%
2021	43.6%	25.1%
2022	43.4%	24.8%
2023	43%	24.4%
2024	42.7%	24%
2025	42.4%	23.6%
2026	42%	23.3%
2027	41.7%	22.9%
2028	41.3%	22.6%
2029	41%	22.3%
2030	40.7%	22.1%
2031	40.4%	21.8%
2032	40%	21.6%
2033	39.7%	21.3%
2034	39.3%	21%
2035	39%	20.8%
2036	38.6%	20.5%
2037	38.3%	20.3%
2038	37.9%	20.1%
2039	37.6%	19.8%
2040	37.3%	19.6%
2041	36.9%	19.4%
2042	36.6%	19.1%
2043	36.2%	18.9%
2044	35.9%	18.7%
2045	35.5%	18.5%
2046	35.2%	18.3%
2047	34.8%	18.1%
2048	34.5%	17.9%
2049	34.1%	17.8%
2050	33.8%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +1.05% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	21,604	302,924
1961	22,781	313,385
1962	23,927	321,716
1963	25,250	332,352
1964	26,565	341,570
1965	28,028	349,245
1966	29,502	356,819
1967	30,853	365,224
1968	32,029	372,379
1969	33,252	379,347
1970	34,382	318,022
1971	35,279	391,506
1972	36,184	396,960
1973	37,122	400,752
1974	38,106	408,299
1975	38,975	414,400
1976	40,149	420,284
1977	41,352	425,428
1978	42,539	432,127
1979	43,537	439,110
1980	45,026	445,100
1981	46,641	453,158
1982	47,947	461,107
1983	49,187	469,781
1984	50,705	477,968
1985	52,125	488,887
1986	53,313	496,712
1987	55,037	502,229
1988	56,654	508,429
1989	58,666	512,152
1990	59,934	515,233
1991	61,782	513,867
1992	63,501	514,618
1993	68,167	513,769
1994	70,570	512,735
1995	72,244	507,894
1996	71,939	501,855
1997	71,327	495,348
1998	72,045	489,436
1999	73,554	487,095
2000	75,929	484,222
2001	78,769	470,154
2002	80,993	463,709
2003	83,804	459,243
2004	87,578	459,617
2005	90,940	454,199
2006	94,991	445,884
2007	98,895	435,122
2008	102,432	413,640
2009	105,273	396,522
2010	108,121	382,510
2011	111,165	383,268
2012	113,489	376,501
2013	115,558	372,694
2014	118,792	368,708
2015	122,092	362,781
2016	125,342	355,859
2017	128,562	349,333
2018	131,584	343,123
2019	134,460	346,981
2020	134,899	301,950
2021	137,557	235,440
2022	142,451	327,859
2023	145,164	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Peru

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 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Peru
1985	998	198
1986	961	193
1987	914	192
1988	887	190
1989	883	190
1990	858	191
1991	845	201
1992	811	195
1993	813	192
1994	809	188
1995	815	179
1996	813	166
1997	752	152
1998	698	139
1999	669	124
2000	644	115
2001	616	109
2002	590	106
2003	571	104
2004	557	107
2005	536	103
2006	521	99
2007	516	94
2008	506	91
2009	500	89
2010	499	86
2011	494	83
2012	496	79
2013	496	75
2014	484	73
2015	469	71
2016	456	69
2017	450	67
2018	437	66
2019	424	60
2020	413	75
2021	425	141
2022	385	81
2023	381	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 1.58% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	25.3%	22.9%
1961	24.7%	22.2%
1962	24%	21.6%
1963	23.4%	20.9%
1964	22.7%	20.2%
1965	22%	19.4%
1966	21.3%	18.7%
1967	20.6%	18.1%
1968	19.9%	17.5%
1969	19.4%	17%
1970	19%	19.7%
1971	18.9%	16.1%
1972	18.9%	15.6%
1973	19%	15.1%
1974	19%	14.7%
1975	18.9%	14.2%
1976	18.6%	13.8%
1977	18.2%	13.5%
1978	17.6%	13.2%
1979	17.1%	12.9%
1980	16.6%	12.7%
1981	16.1%	12.4%
1982	15.6%	12%
1983	15.1%	11.6%
1984	14.5%	11.1%
1985	13.8%	10.5%
1986	13.2%	9.97%
1987	12.6%	9.43%
1988	12.1%	8.92%
1989	11.8%	8.46%
1990	11.5%	8.04%
1991	11.4%	7.63%
1992	11.3%	7.2%
1993	11.2%	6.75%
1994	11.2%	6.29%
1995	11.1%	5.82%
1996	11%	5.36%
1997	10.8%	4.92%
1998	10.6%	4.51%
1999	10.2%	4.13%
2000	9.82%	3.79%
2001	9.35%	3.49%
2002	8.81%	3.24%
2003	8.25%	3.01%
2004	7.7%	2.82%
2005	7.18%	2.65%
2006	6.73%	2.5%
2007	6.35%	2.37%
2008	6.04%	2.25%
2009	5.79%	2.14%
2010	5.61%	2.04%
2011	5.45%	1.96%
2012	5.31%	1.89%
2013	5.17%	1.84%
2014	5.04%	1.79%
2015	4.89%	1.76%
2016	4.74%	1.73%
2017	4.59%	1.71%
2018	4.45%	1.69%
2019	4.3%	1.68%
2020	4.17%	1.66%
2021	4.03%	1.64%
2022	3.91%	1.61%
2023	3.78%	1.58%