Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Suriname

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	6.15	6.59
1961	6.2	6.58
1962	6.24	6.57
1963	6.31	6.51
1964	6.37	6.43
1965	6.44	6.32
1966	6.52	6.2
1967	6.57	6.04
1968	6.6	5.86
1969	6.64	5.7
1970	6.68	5.53
1971	6.7	5.36
1972	6.71	5.18
1973	6.72	5.01
1974	6.73	4.81
1975	6.71	4.63
1976	6.73	4.45
1977	6.74	4.26
1978	6.73	4.08
1979	6.7	3.93
1980	6.67	3.79
1981	6.64	3.75
1982	6.59	3.82
1983	6.54	3.87
1984	6.48	3.8
1985	6.42	3.71
1986	6.34	3.61
1987	6.27	3.53
1988	6.21	3.46
1989	6.2	3.39
1990	6.18	3.23
1991	6.16	3.09
1992	6.13	3.01
1993	6.09	2.94
1994	6.06	2.9
1995	5.96	2.9
1996	5.86	2.92
1997	5.74	2.95
1998	5.62	2.99
1999	5.52	3.02
2000	5.46	3.05
2001	5.41	3.06
2002	5.37	2.96
2003	5.36	2.84
2004	5.37	2.74
2005	5.38	2.71
2006	5.4	2.73
2007	5.43	2.74
2008	5.44	2.73
2009	5.41	2.71
2010	5.38	2.69
2011	5.38	2.67
2012	5.35	2.67
2013	5.32	2.65
2014	5.26	2.62
2015	5.21	2.57
2016	5.16	2.5
2017	5.11	2.43
2018	5.04	2.38
2019	4.98	2.35
2020	4.91	2.31
2021	4.85	2.3
2022	4.77	2.27
2023	4.7	2.25
2024	4.63	2.23
2025	4.56	2.21
2026	4.48	2.19
2027	4.42	2.16
2028	4.36	2.14
2029	4.29	2.13
2030	4.24	2.11
2031	4.18	2.09
2032	4.11	2.08
2033	4.02	2.06
2034	3.97	2.05
2035	3.9	2.04
2036	3.83	2.02
2037	3.78	2.01
2038	3.71	2
2039	3.66	1.99
2040	3.6	1.98
2041	3.55	1.97
2042	3.5	1.96
2043	3.45	1.95
2044	3.39	1.94
2045	3.35	1.93
2046	3.3	1.92
2047	3.26	1.91
2048	3.21	1.9
2049	3.17	1.9
2050	3.14	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Suriname
1960	41.8%	44.5%
1961	41.8%	44.6%
1962	41.8%	45.1%
1963	41.8%	46.1%
1964	42%	46.8%
1965	42.4%	47.4%
1966	42.8%	48%
1967	43.2%	48.5%
1968	43.6%	48.8%
1969	44%	48.9%
1970	44.4%	48.8%
1971	44.7%	48.5%
1972	44.9%	47.8%
1973	45.2%	46.8%
1974	45.4%	46%
1975	45.5%	45.1%
1976	45.6%	44.3%
1977	45.7%	43.4%
1978	45.8%	42.6%
1979	45.9%	41.8%
1980	45.9%	41%
1981	45.9%	40.1%
1982	45.8%	39.5%
1983	45.8%	39%
1984	45.7%	38.6%
1985	45.6%	38.3%
1986	45.5%	38%
1987	45.4%	37.8%
1988	45.3%	37.7%
1989	45.4%	37.5%
1990	45.4%	37.4%
1991	45.3%	37.3%
1992	44.9%	37.2%
1993	44.4%	37.1%
1994	44.3%	37%
1995	44.4%	36.7%
1996	44.6%	36.1%
1997	44.7%	35.3%
1998	44.6%	34.5%
1999	44.4%	33.7%
2000	44.2%	33%
2001	44.1%	32.3%
2002	44.2%	31.8%
2003	44.2%	31.3%
2004	44.2%	31%
2005	44.2%	30.9%
2006	44.2%	30.8%
2007	44.3%	30.7%
2008	44.1%	30.6%
2009	43.9%	30.5%
2010	43.9%	30.3%
2011	43.9%	30%
2012	44.1%	29.8%
2013	44.2%	29.4%
2014	44.2%	29.1%
2015	44.3%	28.7%
2016	44.2%	28.3%
2017	44.2%	27.9%
2018	44.1%	27.5%
2019	44%	27.2%
2020	43.8%	26.8%
2021	43.6%	26.5%
2022	43.4%	26.3%
2023	43%	25.9%
2024	42.7%	25.6%
2025	42.4%	25.3%
2026	42%	25%
2027	41.7%	24.8%
2028	41.3%	24.5%
2029	41%	24.2%
2030	40.7%	23.9%
2031	40.4%	23.6%
2032	40%	23.4%
2033	39.7%	23.2%
2034	39.3%	23%
2035	39%	22.8%
2036	38.6%	22.6%
2037	38.3%	22.4%
2038	37.9%	22.2%
2039	37.6%	22%
2040	37.3%	21.8%
2041	36.9%	21.6%
2042	36.6%	21.4%
2043	36.2%	21.3%
2044	35.9%	21.1%
2045	35.5%	20.9%
2046	35.2%	20.7%
2047	34.8%	20.5%
2048	34.5%	20.3%
2049	34.1%	20.1%
2050	33.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	21,604	8,170
1961	22,781	8,361
1962	23,927	8,529
1963	25,250	8,838
1964	26,565	9,174
1965	28,028	9,270
1966	29,502	9,243
1967	30,853	9,104
1968	32,029	8,980
1969	33,252	8,880
1970	34,382	8,823
1971	35,279	8,814
1972	36,184	8,893
1973	37,122	8,877
1974	38,106	8,751
1975	38,975	8,587
1976	40,149	8,327
1977	41,352	7,998
1978	42,539	7,650
1979	43,537	7,312
1980	45,026	7,002
1981	46,641	7,541
1982	47,947	8,197
1983	49,187	8,797
1984	50,705	9,031
1985	52,125	9,177
1986	53,313	9,222
1987	55,037	9,319
1988	56,654	9,347
1989	58,666	9,441
1990	59,934	9,047
1991	61,782	8,637
1992	63,501	8,355
1993	68,167	8,127
1994	70,570	7,929
1995	72,244	7,968
1996	71,939	8,031
1997	71,327	8,106
1998	72,045	8,173
1999	73,554	8,236
2000	75,929	8,323
2001	78,769	8,349
2002	80,993	7,916
2003	83,804	7,396
2004	87,578	6,948
2005	90,940	7,037
2006	94,991	7,278
2007	98,895	7,468
2008	102,432	7,552
2009	105,273	7,559
2010	108,121	7,489
2011	111,165	7,401
2012	113,489	7,405
2013	115,558	7,350
2014	118,792	7,284
2015	122,092	7,150
2016	125,342	6,979
2017	128,562	6,772
2018	131,584	6,613
2019	134,460	6,564
2020	134,899	6,640
2021	137,557	5,291
2022	142,451	6,719
2023	145,164	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Suriname
1985	998	386
1986	961	377
1987	914	372
1988	887	364
1989	883	360
1990	858	350
1991	845	347
1992	811	346
1993	813	343
1994	809	334
1995	815	331
1996	813	323
1997	752	312
1998	698	302
1999	669	291
2000	644	282
2001	616	270
2002	590	253
2003	571	238
2004	557	219
2005	536	202
2006	521	187
2007	516	173
2008	506	161
2009	500	147
2010	499	134
2011	494	126
2012	496	122
2013	496	121
2014	484	120
2015	469	115
2016	456	109
2017	450	105
2018	437	101
2019	424	97
2020	413	94
2021	425	144
2022	385	88
2023	381	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1982	15.6%	-
1983	15.1%	5.67%
1984	14.5%	5.49%
1985	13.8%	5.31%
1986	13.2%	5.13%
1987	12.6%	4.97%
1988	12.1%	4.81%
1989	11.8%	4.65%
1990	11.5%	4.49%
1991	11.4%	4.34%
1992	11.3%	4.19%
1993	11.2%	4.03%
1994	11.2%	3.88%
1995	11.1%	3.74%
1996	11%	3.6%
1997	10.8%	3.47%
1998	10.6%	3.34%
1999	10.2%	3.22%
2000	9.82%	3.11%
2001	9.35%	3%
2002	8.81%	2.9%
2003	8.25%	2.81%
2004	7.7%	2.72%
2005	7.18%	2.64%
2006	6.73%	2.57%
2007	6.35%	2.5%
2008	6.04%	2.44%
2009	5.79%	2.38%
2010	5.61%	2.32%
2011	5.45%	2.26%
2012	5.31%	2.21%
2013	5.17%	2.16%
2014	5.04%	2.11%
2015	4.89%	2.05%
2016	4.74%	2%
2017	4.59%	1.95%
2018	4.45%	1.9%
2019	4.3%	1.84%
2020	4.17%	1.78%
2021	4.03%	1.73%
2022	3.91%	1.68%
2023	3.78%	1.62%