Fertility & birth rates in Mauritania and Yemen

Fertility rate in Mauritania vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritania vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.15	7.99
1961	6.2	8
1962	6.24	8.01
1963	6.31	8.03
1964	6.37	8.07
1965	6.44	8.1
1966	6.52	8.14
1967	6.57	8.17
1968	6.6	8.19
1969	6.64	8.22
1970	6.68	8.23
1971	6.7	8.26
1972	6.71	8.27
1973	6.72	8.29
1974	6.73	8.33
1975	6.71	8.37
1976	6.73	8.42
1977	6.74	8.47
1978	6.73	8.5
1979	6.7	8.67
1980	6.67	8.71
1981	6.64	8.75
1982	6.59	8.79
1983	6.54	8.83
1984	6.48	8.85
1985	6.42	8.86
1986	6.34	8.86
1987	6.27	8.83
1988	6.21	8.79
1989	6.2	8.71
1990	6.18	8.61
1991	6.16	8.46
1992	6.13	8.27
1993	6.09	8.05
1994	6.06	7.8
1995	5.96	7.53
1996	5.86	7
1997	5.74	6.82
1998	5.62	6.64
1999	5.52	6.49
2000	5.46	6.32
2001	5.41	6.14
2002	5.37	5.97
2003	5.36	5.84
2004	5.37	5.71
2005	5.38	5.56
2006	5.4	5.41
2007	5.43	5.26
2008	5.44	5.11
2009	5.41	5
2010	5.38	4.81
2011	5.38	4.63
2012	5.35	4.63
2013	5.32	4.62
2014	5.26	4.62
2015	5.21	4.62
2016	5.16	4.61
2017	5.11	4.61
2018	5.04	4.61
2019	4.98	4.6
2020	4.91	4.6
2021	4.85	4.6
2022	4.77	4.59
2023	4.7	4.59
2024	4.63	4.5
2025	4.56	4.41
2026	4.48	4.33
2027	4.42	4.23
2028	4.36	4.14
2029	4.29	4.06
2030	4.24	3.97
2031	4.18	3.87
2032	4.11	3.8
2033	4.02	3.73
2034	3.97	3.66
2035	3.9	3.59
2036	3.83	3.51
2037	3.78	3.44
2038	3.71	3.38
2039	3.66	3.32
2040	3.6	3.26
2041	3.55	3.21
2042	3.5	3.16
2043	3.45	3.12
2044	3.39	3.07
2045	3.35	3.02
2046	3.3	2.97
2047	3.26	2.93
2048	3.21	2.89
2049	3.17	2.85
2050	3.14	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritania	Yemen
1960	41.8%	40.3%
1961	41.8%	40.4%
1962	41.8%	40.4%
1963	41.8%	40.6%
1964	42%	40.9%
1965	42.4%	41.3%
1966	42.8%	41.8%
1967	43.2%	42.3%
1968	43.6%	42.8%
1969	44%	43.3%
1970	44.4%	43.8%
1971	44.7%	44.3%
1972	44.9%	44.8%
1973	45.2%	45.3%
1974	45.4%	45.7%
1975	45.5%	46.2%
1976	45.6%	46.6%
1977	45.7%	47%
1978	45.8%	47.5%
1979	45.9%	47.9%
1980	45.9%	48.3%
1981	45.9%	48.7%
1982	45.8%	49.1%
1983	45.8%	49.4%
1984	45.7%	49.7%
1985	45.6%	50%
1986	45.5%	50.3%
1987	45.4%	50.5%
1988	45.3%	50.7%
1989	45.4%	50.9%
1990	45.4%	51.1%
1991	45.3%	51.2%
1992	44.9%	51.2%
1993	44.4%	51.2%
1994	44.3%	51.1%
1995	44.4%	50.9%
1996	44.6%	50.6%
1997	44.7%	50.3%
1998	44.6%	49.9%
1999	44.4%	49.5%
2000	44.2%	49%
2001	44.1%	48.6%
2002	44.2%	48.1%
2003	44.2%	47.6%
2004	44.2%	47.1%
2005	44.2%	46.5%
2006	44.2%	45.9%
2007	44.3%	45.3%
2008	44.1%	44.7%
2009	43.9%	44.1%
2010	43.9%	43.5%
2011	43.9%	43%
2012	44.1%	42.7%
2013	44.2%	42.3%
2014	44.2%	42.1%
2015	44.3%	41.8%
2016	44.2%	41.7%
2017	44.2%	41.6%
2018	44.1%	41.5%
2019	44%	41.4%
2020	43.8%	41.4%
2021	43.6%	41.4%
2022	43.4%	41.3%
2023	43%	41.2%
2024	42.7%	41.1%
2025	42.4%	41%
2026	42%	40.9%
2027	41.7%	40.8%
2028	41.3%	40.6%
2029	41%	40.3%
2030	40.7%	40%
2031	40.4%	39.6%
2032	40%	39.2%
2033	39.7%	38.7%
2034	39.3%	38.2%
2035	39%	37.7%
2036	38.6%	37.1%
2037	38.3%	36.5%
2038	37.9%	36%
2039	37.6%	35.4%
2040	37.3%	34.8%
2041	36.9%	34.3%
2042	36.6%	33.8%
2043	36.2%	33.4%
2044	35.9%	33%
2045	35.5%	32.6%
2046	35.2%	32.3%
2047	34.8%	32%
2048	34.5%	31.7%
2049	34.1%	31.4%
2050	33.8%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.7% of the population in Mauritania and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritania and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Mauritania vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Mauritania and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	21,604	122,994
1961	22,781	129,787
1962	23,927	131,262
1963	25,250	133,781
1964	26,565	147,299
1965	28,028	155,398
1966	29,502	164,091
1967	30,853	173,637
1968	32,029	182,518
1969	33,252	196,305
1970	34,382	207,613
1971	35,279	219,095
1972	36,184	229,322
1973	37,122	240,235
1974	38,106	252,737
1975	38,975	266,815
1976	40,149	281,078
1977	41,352	296,115
1978	42,539	312,439
1979	43,537	336,378
1980	45,026	355,767
1981	46,641	374,482
1982	47,947	392,302
1983	49,187	414,823
1984	50,705	434,674
1985	52,125	455,576
1986	53,313	464,665
1987	55,037	493,337
1988	56,654	513,296
1989	58,666	530,464
1990	59,934	549,654
1991	61,782	565,837
1992	63,501	582,072
1993	68,167	595,459
1994	70,570	602,363
1995	72,244	607,966
1996	71,939	588,786
1997	71,327	604,443
1998	72,045	615,488
1999	73,554	633,166
2000	75,929	646,694
2001	78,769	658,704
2002	80,993	672,494
2003	83,804	694,457
2004	87,578	710,493
2005	90,940	726,708
2006	94,991	750,082
2007	98,895	764,780
2008	102,432	779,123
2009	105,273	798,911
2010	108,121	803,246
2011	111,165	806,359
2012	113,489	845,645
2013	115,558	884,929
2014	118,792	920,330
2015	122,092	939,922
2016	125,342	975,697
2017	128,562	1,006,725
2018	131,584	1,020,238
2019	134,460	1,056,432
2020	134,899	1,086,322
2021	137,557	1,103,622
2022	142,451	1,153,375
2023	145,164	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritania vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritania	Yemen
1985	998	430
1986	961	430
1987	914	400
1988	887	388
1989	883	371
1990	858	359
1991	845	341
1992	811	330
1993	813	319
1994	809	311
1995	815	296
1996	813	282
1997	752	271
1998	698	260
1999	669	250
2000	644	241
2001	616	231
2002	590	218
2003	571	205
2004	557	194
2005	536	181
2006	521	171
2007	516	161
2008	506	153
2009	500	149
2010	499	144
2011	494	140
2012	496	137
2013	496	135
2014	484	134
2015	469	135
2016	456	134
2017	450	142
2018	437	134
2019	424	131
2020	413	135
2021	425	156
2022	385	125
2023	381	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.78% in Mauritania and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	25.3%	42.9%
1961	24.7%	42.2%
1962	24%	41.5%
1963	23.4%	40.8%
1964	22.7%	40%
1965	22%	39%
1966	21.3%	38%
1967	20.6%	36.8%
1968	19.9%	35.6%
1969	19.4%	34.3%
1970	19%	33%
1971	18.9%	31.8%
1972	18.9%	30.6%
1973	19%	29.5%
1974	19%	28.4%
1975	18.9%	27.2%
1976	18.6%	26%
1977	18.2%	24.7%
1978	17.6%	23.4%
1979	17.1%	22.1%
1980	16.6%	20.8%
1981	16.1%	19.6%
1982	15.6%	18.4%
1983	15.1%	17.2%
1984	14.5%	16.2%
1985	13.8%	15.3%
1986	13.2%	14.6%
1987	12.6%	14%
1988	12.1%	13.4%
1989	11.8%	12.9%
1990	11.5%	12.5%
1991	11.4%	12.1%
1992	11.3%	11.8%
1993	11.2%	11.6%
1994	11.2%	11.3%
1995	11.1%	11.1%
1996	11%	10.8%
1997	10.8%	10.5%
1998	10.6%	10.2%
1999	10.2%	9.77%
2000	9.82%	9.32%
2001	9.35%	8.84%
2002	8.81%	8.36%
2003	8.25%	7.9%
2004	7.7%	7.47%
2005	7.18%	7.06%
2006	6.73%	6.68%
2007	6.35%	6.33%
2008	6.04%	6.02%
2009	5.79%	5.74%
2010	5.61%	5.49%
2011	5.45%	5.3%
2012	5.31%	5.14%
2013	5.17%	4.95%
2014	5.04%	4.84%
2015	4.89%	4.9%
2016	4.74%	4.77%
2017	4.59%	4.66%
2018	4.45%	4.7%
2019	4.3%	4.59%
2020	4.17%	4.32%
2021	4.03%	4.24%
2022	3.91%	4.08%
2023	3.78%	3.93%