Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Mexico

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Mexico chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mauritius was 1.39 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs Mexico population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mauritius	Mexico
1960	5.9	6.76
1961	5.98	6.78
1962	5.88	6.8
1963	6.18	6.82
1964	5.96	6.83
1965	5.51	6.82
1966	5.46	6.79
1967	4.63	6.75
1968	4.6	6.71
1969	3.97	6.63
1970	3.82	6.53
1971	3.51	6.42
1972	3.41	6.28
1973	3.07	6.12
1974	3.45	5.95
1975	3.2	5.74
1976	3.13	5.54
1977	3.07	5.36
1978	3.01	5.2
1979	2.91	4.96
1980	2.8	4.74
1981	2.67	4.57
1982	2.53	4.43
1983	2.4	4.3
1984	2.16	4.18
1985	2.02	4.09
1986	1.99	3.97
1987	2.05	3.8
1988	2.14	3.64
1989	2.23	3.53
1990	2.32	3.44
1991	2.3	3.36
1992	2.37	3.29
1993	2.21	3.21
1994	2.25	3.13
1995	2.14	3.04
1996	2.12	2.96
1997	2.04	2.89
1998	1.97	2.82
1999	2.05	2.76
2000	1.99	2.71
2001	1.91	2.67
2002	1.94	2.63
2003	1.87	2.58
2004	1.92	2.54
2005	1.88	2.5
2006	1.77	2.46
2007	1.74	2.42
2008	1.67	2.39
2009	1.59	2.36
2010	1.57	2.34
2011	1.55	2.32
2012	1.54	2.29
2013	1.44	2.27
2014	1.43	2.21
2015	1.36	2.14
2016	1.4	2.09
2017	1.44	2.04
2018	1.41	2.03
2019	1.4	2.02
2020	1.44	1.99
2021	1.41	1.97
2022	1.32	1.94
2023	1.39	1.91
2024	1.37	1.89
2025	1.36	1.87
2026	1.35	1.85
2027	1.35	1.83
2028	1.35	1.82
2029	1.35	1.81
2030	1.36	1.79
2031	1.36	1.78
2032	1.37	1.77
2033	1.37	1.77
2034	1.38	1.76
2035	1.39	1.76
2036	1.39	1.75
2037	1.4	1.75
2038	1.41	1.74
2039	1.41	1.74
2040	1.42	1.73
2041	1.42	1.73
2042	1.43	1.72
2043	1.43	1.72
2044	1.44	1.72
2045	1.45	1.71
2046	1.45	1.71
2047	1.46	1.71
2048	1.46	1.7
2049	1.47	1.7
2050	1.47	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Mexico
1960	45%	46.8%
1961	45%	47%
1962	45.1%	47.1%
1963	45.1%	47.2%
1964	44.8%	47.3%
1965	44.4%	47.4%
1966	44%	47.5%
1967	43.4%	47.6%
1968	42.9%	47.6%
1969	42.3%	47.7%
1970	41.6%	47.7%
1971	40.9%	47.8%
1972	40.1%	47.7%
1973	39.1%	47.7%
1974	38.2%	47.6%
1975	37.3%	47.5%
1976	36.5%	47.2%
1977	35.7%	47%
1978	34.9%	46.7%
1979	34.2%	46.3%
1980	33.6%	45.8%
1981	33.1%	45.2%
1982	32.6%	44.4%
1983	32.2%	43.7%
1984	31.8%	43%
1985	31.4%	42.3%
1986	31.1%	41.6%
1987	30.8%	41%
1988	30.5%	40.3%
1989	30.1%	39.7%
1990	29.8%	39%
1991	29.4%	38.4%
1992	29%	37.8%
1993	28.5%	37.3%
1994	28%	36.9%
1995	27.5%	36.5%
1996	27%	36%
1997	26.6%	35.6%
1998	26.2%	35.2%
1999	25.8%	34.8%
2000	25.6%	34.3%
2001	25.3%	33.9%
2002	25%	33.4%
2003	24.7%	33%
2004	24.3%	32.5%
2005	23.9%	32.1%
2006	23.4%	31.6%
2007	22.9%	31.1%
2008	22.3%	30.6%
2009	21.7%	30.2%
2010	21.1%	29.8%
2011	20.6%	29.4%
2012	20.1%	29%
2013	19.7%	28.7%
2014	19.3%	28.3%
2015	18.9%	28%
2016	18.4%	27.6%
2017	17.9%	27.2%
2018	17.4%	26.7%
2019	16.9%	26.3%
2020	16.4%	26%
2021	15.9%	25.7%
2022	15.5%	25.3%
2023	15.1%	24.9%
2024	14.8%	24.5%
2025	14.5%	24.1%
2026	14.3%	23.7%
2027	14.1%	23.2%
2028	14%	22.8%
2029	13.8%	22.4%
2030	13.7%	22.1%
2031	13.6%	21.7%
2032	13.5%	21.4%
2033	13.4%	21.2%
2034	13.3%	20.9%
2035	13.2%	20.6%
2036	13%	20.3%
2037	12.9%	20.1%
2038	12.8%	19.9%
2039	12.7%	19.6%
2040	12.6%	19.4%
2041	12.5%	19.2%
2042	12.4%	19%
2043	12.3%	18.8%
2044	12.2%	18.6%
2045	12.1%	18.4%
2046	12%	18.2%
2047	11.8%	18%
2048	11.7%	17.8%
2049	11.6%	17.7%
2050	11.4%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +1.05% in Mexico. 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
	Mauritius	Mexico
1960	19,931	1,206,955
1961	20,355	1,265,833
1962	20,660	1,328,319
1963	22,069	1,387,678
1964	22,239	1,447,360
1965	20,482	1,508,344
1966	20,758	1,566,170
1967	17,560	1,620,534
1968	17,884	1,671,918
1969	15,761	1,711,297
1970	16,190	1,753,370
1971	15,441	1,790,990
1972	14,825	1,823,302
1973	13,145	1,845,593
1974	17,561	1,868,809
1975	15,342	1,880,241
1976	16,407	1,891,958
1977	16,769	1,902,964
1978	18,670	1,921,419
1979	19,282	1,908,018
1980	19,321	1,893,158
1981	18,334	1,904,384
1982	15,880	1,921,772
1983	14,525	1,939,193
1984	13,665	1,960,428
1985	12,451	1,983,622
1986	12,340	1,998,043
1987	13,262	1,971,231
1988	14,084	1,936,601
1989	14,718	1,927,752
1990	15,564	1,926,480
1991	15,091	1,942,832
1992	15,833	1,956,659
1993	14,814	1,963,708
1994	14,355	1,959,775
1995	13,020	1,941,458
1996	13,041	1,922,554
1997	11,943	1,898,383
1998	11,489	1,871,650
1999	12,341	1,859,475
2000	12,224	1,845,383
2001	11,723	1,836,418
2002	11,685	1,820,665
2003	10,799	1,788,016
2004	10,745	1,759,250
2005	10,195	1,732,663
2006	8,515	1,706,084
2007	8,429	1,684,915
2008	7,465	1,670,846
2009	6,113	1,661,180
2010	5,877	1,658,682
2011	5,511	1,659,161
2012	5,149	1,656,599
2013	4,281	1,642,609
2014	3,657	1,587,620
2015	3,031	1,508,439
2016	2,906	1,445,256
2017	3,415	1,384,178
2018	2,151	1,366,076
2019	1,773	1,357,485
2020	2,405	1,031,637
2021	-253	936,682
2022	-757	1,224,397
2023	1,009	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Mexico

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mauritius, compared to 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Mexico
1985	111	107
1986	106	100
1987	103	93
1988	93	88
1989	85	85
1990	77	81
1991	75	77
1992	73	73
1993	70	71
1994	63	69
1995	55	66
1996	52	64
1997	49	62
1998	48	60
1999	46	58
2000	43	56
2001	42	55
2002	42	55
2003	42	54
2004	43	53
2005	43	52
2006	45	51
2007	46	50
2008	48	51
2009	51	51
2010	53	50
2011	55	47
2012	55	46
2013	58	45
2014	60	44
2015	61	43
2016	62	43
2017	66	44
2018	67	44
2019	67	43
2020	58	61
2021	80	104
2022	61	45
2023	66	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 1.25% in Mexico. 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
	Mauritius	Mexico
1960	10.2%	15.5%
1961	9.82%	14.8%
1962	9.31%	14.3%
1963	8.72%	13.7%
1964	8.4%	13.2%
1965	8.66%	12.7%
1966	9.25%	12.3%
1967	9.55%	11.9%
1968	9.25%	11.5%
1969	8.72%	11.1%
1970	8.35%	10.7%
1971	8.15%	10.3%
1972	7.98%	9.93%
1973	7.71%	9.56%
1974	7.24%	9.21%
1975	6.53%	8.86%
1976	5.74%	8.52%
1977	5.08%	8.18%
1978	4.62%	7.85%
1979	4.28%	7.51%
1980	4.02%	7.18%
1981	3.77%	6.86%
1982	3.47%	6.55%
1983	3.15%	6.26%
1984	2.92%	5.98%
1985	2.85%	5.71%
1986	2.88%	5.46%
1987	2.85%	5.21%
1988	2.7%	4.98%
1989	2.5%	4.75%
1990	2.32%	4.53%
1991	2.19%	4.32%
1992	2.13%	4.12%
1993	2.12%	3.92%
1994	2.16%	3.74%
1995	2.22%	3.57%
1996	2.26%	3.4%
1997	2.25%	3.24%
1998	2.16%	3.09%
1999	2.03%	2.94%
2000	1.89%	2.81%
2001	1.76%	2.68%
2002	1.66%	2.57%
2003	1.6%	2.46%
2004	1.57%	2.36%
2005	1.55%	2.27%
2006	1.54%	2.19%
2007	1.52%	2.11%
2008	1.5%	2.04%
2009	1.48%	1.98%
2010	1.48%	1.91%
2011	1.49%	1.85%
2012	1.5%	1.79%
2013	1.49%	1.73%
2014	1.47%	1.68%
2015	1.47%	1.62%
2016	1.47%	1.57%
2017	1.5%	1.52%
2018	1.53%	1.47%
2019	1.57%	1.42%
2020	1.58%	1.38%
2021	1.57%	1.33%
2022	1.55%	1.29%
2023	1.52%	1.25%