Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Slovenia 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 1.51 in Slovenia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritania	Slovenia
1960	6.15	2.19
1961	6.2	2.27
1962	6.24	2.28
1963	6.31	2.27
1964	6.37	2.31
1965	6.44	2.43
1966	6.52	2.47
1967	6.57	2.37
1968	6.6	2.25
1969	6.64	2.17
1970	6.68	2.11
1971	6.7	2.16
1972	6.71	2.17
1973	6.72	2.2
1974	6.73	2.13
1975	6.71	2.17
1976	6.73	2.2
1977	6.74	2.17
1978	6.73	2.2
1979	6.7	2.22
1980	6.67	2.11
1981	6.64	1.96
1982	6.59	1.93
1983	6.54	1.81
1984	6.48	1.74
1985	6.42	1.71
1986	6.34	1.67
1987	6.27	1.65
1988	6.21	1.63
1989	6.2	1.52
1990	6.18	1.46
1991	6.16	1.42
1992	6.13	1.33
1993	6.09	1.33
1994	6.06	1.32
1995	5.96	1.29
1996	5.86	1.28
1997	5.74	1.25
1998	5.62	1.23
1999	5.52	1.21
2000	5.46	1.26
2001	5.41	1.21
2002	5.37	1.21
2003	5.36	1.2
2004	5.37	1.25
2005	5.38	1.26
2006	5.4	1.31
2007	5.43	1.38
2008	5.44	1.53
2009	5.41	1.53
2010	5.38	1.57
2011	5.38	1.56
2012	5.35	1.58
2013	5.32	1.55
2014	5.26	1.58
2015	5.21	1.57
2016	5.16	1.58
2017	5.11	1.62
2018	5.04	1.6
2019	4.98	1.61
2020	4.91	1.59
2021	4.85	1.64
2022	4.77	1.55
2023	4.7	1.51
2024	4.63	1.51
2025	4.56	1.51
2026	4.48	1.51
2027	4.42	1.51
2028	4.36	1.52
2029	4.29	1.52
2030	4.24	1.52
2031	4.18	1.52
2032	4.11	1.52
2033	4.02	1.52
2034	3.97	1.52
2035	3.9	1.52
2036	3.83	1.53
2037	3.78	1.53
2038	3.71	1.53
2039	3.66	1.53
2040	3.6	1.53
2041	3.55	1.53
2042	3.5	1.53
2043	3.45	1.53
2044	3.39	1.53
2045	3.35	1.53
2046	3.3	1.53
2047	3.26	1.53
2048	3.21	1.54
2049	3.17	1.54
2050	3.14	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Slovenia
1960	41.8%	27.2%
1961	41.8%	27.2%
1962	41.8%	27.1%
1963	41.8%	26.9%
1964	42%	26.6%
1965	42.4%	26.2%
1966	42.8%	25.8%
1967	43.2%	25.5%
1968	43.6%	25.1%
1969	44%	24.7%
1970	44.4%	24.3%
1971	44.7%	24%
1972	44.9%	23.9%
1973	45.2%	23.8%
1974	45.4%	23.7%
1975	45.5%	23.6%
1976	45.6%	23.4%
1977	45.7%	23.3%
1978	45.8%	23.2%
1979	45.9%	23.1%
1980	45.9%	23%
1981	45.9%	22.9%
1982	45.8%	22.8%
1983	45.8%	22.7%
1984	45.7%	22.5%
1985	45.6%	22.3%
1986	45.5%	22%
1987	45.4%	21.6%
1988	45.3%	21.4%
1989	45.4%	21.1%
1990	45.4%	20.8%
1991	45.3%	20.3%
1992	44.9%	19.8%
1993	44.4%	19.3%
1994	44.3%	18.8%
1995	44.4%	18.3%
1996	44.6%	17.8%
1997	44.7%	17.3%
1998	44.6%	16.8%
1999	44.4%	16.4%
2000	44.2%	15.9%
2001	44.1%	15.6%
2002	44.2%	15.2%
2003	44.2%	14.8%
2004	44.2%	14.5%
2005	44.2%	14.3%
2006	44.2%	14.1%
2007	44.3%	14%
2008	44.1%	14%
2009	43.9%	14%
2010	43.9%	14.1%
2011	43.9%	14.3%
2012	44.1%	14.4%
2013	44.2%	14.6%
2014	44.2%	14.7%
2015	44.3%	14.8%
2016	44.2%	14.9%
2017	44.2%	15%
2018	44.1%	15.1%
2019	44%	15.1%
2020	43.8%	15.1%
2021	43.6%	15.2%
2022	43.4%	15.1%
2023	43%	14.9%
2024	42.7%	14.7%
2025	42.4%	14.5%
2026	42%	14.2%
2027	41.7%	14%
2028	41.3%	13.8%
2029	41%	13.5%
2030	40.7%	13.3%
2031	40.4%	13.1%
2032	40%	13%
2033	39.7%	12.8%
2034	39.3%	12.7%
2035	39%	12.6%
2036	38.6%	12.5%
2037	38.3%	12.4%
2038	37.9%	12.4%
2039	37.6%	12.5%
2040	37.3%	12.5%
2041	36.9%	12.6%
2042	36.6%	12.7%
2043	36.2%	12.8%
2044	35.9%	12.9%
2045	35.5%	13%
2046	35.2%	13.2%
2047	34.8%	13.3%
2048	34.5%	13.4%
2049	34.1%	13.5%
2050	33.8%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and -0.08% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	21,604	12,678
1961	22,781	14,985
1962	23,927	13,150
1963	25,250	14,068
1964	26,565	12,567
1965	28,028	14,513
1966	29,502	15,697
1967	30,853	13,516
1968	32,029	11,250
1969	33,252	9,427
1970	34,382	10,004
1971	35,279	10,951
1972	36,184	10,513
1973	37,122	11,837
1974	38,106	11,367
1975	38,975	11,658
1976	40,149	12,196
1977	41,352	12,160
1978	42,539	11,920
1979	43,537	12,614
1980	45,026	11,027
1981	46,641	10,485
1982	47,947	9,170
1983	49,187	6,343
1984	50,705	5,990
1985	52,125	6,213
1986	53,313	6,094
1987	55,037	5,771
1988	56,654	5,986
1989	58,666	4,592
1990	59,934	3,797
1991	61,782	2,199
1992	63,501	598
1993	68,167	-199
1994	70,570	199
1995	72,244	0
1996	71,939	0
1997	71,327	-794
1998	72,045	-1,189
1999	73,554	-1,388
2000	75,929	-398
2001	78,769	-996
2002	80,993	-1,197
2003	83,804	-1,996
2004	87,578	-599
2005	90,940	-600
2006	94,991	602
2007	98,895	1,211
2008	102,432	3,437
2009	105,273	3,060
2010	108,121	3,687
2011	111,165	3,285
2012	113,489	2,674
2013	115,558	1,648
2014	118,792	2,268
2015	122,092	826
2016	125,342	826
2017	128,562	-207
2018	131,584	-1,037
2019	134,460	-1,254
2020	134,899	-5,256
2021	137,557	-4,216
2022	142,451	-4,858
2023	145,164	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Slovenia
1985	998	17
1986	961	16
1987	914	16
1988	887	16
1989	883	15
1990	858	14
1991	845	13
1992	811	13
1993	813	12
1994	809	12
1995	815	11
1996	813	10
1997	752	9
1998	698	9
1999	669	8
2000	644	7
2001	616	6
2002	590	6
2003	571	6
2004	557	6
2005	536	6
2006	521	6
2007	516	6
2008	506	7
2009	500	7
2010	499	7
2011	494	6
2012	496	6
2013	496	6
2014	484	6
2015	469	5
2016	456	5
2017	450	5
2018	437	4
2019	424	4
2020	413	12
2021	425	8
2022	385	15
2023	381	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 0.22% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
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%	-
1979	17.1%	-
1980	16.6%	-
1981	16.1%	1.78%
1982	15.6%	1.69%
1983	15.1%	1.61%
1984	14.5%	1.53%
1985	13.8%	1.44%
1986	13.2%	1.36%
1987	12.6%	1.27%
1988	12.1%	1.19%
1989	11.8%	1.11%
1990	11.5%	1.04%
1991	11.4%	0.97%
1992	11.3%	0.9%
1993	11.2%	0.84%
1994	11.2%	0.79%
1995	11.1%	0.73%
1996	11%	0.69%
1997	10.8%	0.65%
1998	10.6%	0.61%
1999	10.2%	0.58%
2000	9.82%	0.54%
2001	9.35%	0.52%
2002	8.81%	0.49%
2003	8.25%	0.47%
2004	7.7%	0.44%
2005	7.18%	0.42%
2006	6.73%	0.4%
2007	6.35%	0.38%
2008	6.04%	0.36%
2009	5.79%	0.34%
2010	5.61%	0.32%
2011	5.45%	0.31%
2012	5.31%	0.29%
2013	5.17%	0.28%
2014	5.04%	0.27%
2015	4.89%	0.26%
2016	4.74%	0.26%
2017	4.59%	0.25%
2018	4.45%	0.24%
2019	4.3%	0.24%
2020	4.17%	0.24%
2021	4.03%	0.23%
2022	3.91%	0.23%
2023	3.78%	0.22%