Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar 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
	Mauritius	Myanmar
1960	5.9	5.9
1961	5.98	5.9
1962	5.88	5.9
1963	6.18	5.91
1964	5.96	5.91
1965	5.51	5.91
1966	5.46	5.88
1967	4.63	5.84
1968	4.6	5.8
1969	3.97	5.75
1970	3.82	5.68
1971	3.51	5.62
1972	3.41	5.53
1973	3.07	5.44
1974	3.45	5.34
1975	3.2	5.25
1976	3.13	5.16
1977	3.07	5.07
1978	3.01	4.99
1979	2.91	4.9
1980	2.8	4.79
1981	2.67	4.69
1982	2.53	4.66
1983	2.4	4.63
1984	2.16	4.52
1985	2.02	4.32
1986	1.99	4.08
1987	2.05	3.86
1988	2.14	3.67
1989	2.23	3.59
1990	2.32	3.5
1991	2.3	3.43
1992	2.37	3.35
1993	2.21	3.28
1994	2.25	3.2
1995	2.14	3.13
1996	2.12	3.06
1997	2.04	2.99
1998	1.97	2.91
1999	2.05	2.85
2000	1.99	2.81
2001	1.91	2.79
2002	1.94	2.77
2003	1.87	2.68
2004	1.92	2.59
2005	1.88	2.52
2006	1.77	2.47
2007	1.74	2.45
2008	1.67	2.4
2009	1.59	2.37
2010	1.57	2.34
2011	1.55	2.31
2012	1.54	2.28
2013	1.44	2.26
2014	1.43	2.25
2015	1.36	2.27
2016	1.4	2.27
2017	1.44	2.25
2018	1.41	2.23
2019	1.4	2.21
2020	1.44	2.18
2021	1.41	2.16
2022	1.32	2.13
2023	1.39	2.12
2024	1.37	2.1
2025	1.36	2.08
2026	1.35	2.06
2027	1.35	2.04
2028	1.35	2.02
2029	1.35	2.01
2030	1.36	2
2031	1.36	1.98
2032	1.37	1.97
2033	1.37	1.96
2034	1.38	1.94
2035	1.39	1.93
2036	1.39	1.92
2037	1.4	1.92
2038	1.41	1.91
2039	1.41	1.9
2040	1.42	1.89
2041	1.42	1.89
2042	1.43	1.88
2043	1.43	1.87
2044	1.44	1.86
2045	1.45	1.86
2046	1.45	1.85
2047	1.46	1.85
2048	1.46	1.84
2049	1.47	1.83
2050	1.47	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Myanmar
1960	45%	39.9%
1961	45%	40.2%
1962	45.1%	40.6%
1963	45.1%	40.9%
1964	44.8%	41%
1965	44.4%	41.1%
1966	44%	41.1%
1967	43.4%	41%
1968	42.9%	40.9%
1969	42.3%	40.8%
1970	41.6%	40.7%
1971	40.9%	40.6%
1972	40.1%	40.5%
1973	39.1%	40.3%
1974	38.2%	40.2%
1975	37.3%	40.1%
1976	36.5%	40%
1977	35.7%	39.8%
1978	34.9%	39.6%
1979	34.2%	39.4%
1980	33.6%	39.2%
1981	33.1%	39%
1982	32.6%	38.8%
1983	32.2%	38.6%
1984	31.8%	38.3%
1985	31.4%	38.1%
1986	31.1%	37.8%
1987	30.8%	37.4%
1988	30.5%	37%
1989	30.1%	36.6%
1990	29.8%	36.2%
1991	29.4%	35.8%
1992	29%	35.4%
1993	28.5%	35.1%
1994	28%	34.7%
1995	27.5%	34.2%
1996	27%	33.8%
1997	26.6%	33.3%
1998	26.2%	32.8%
1999	25.8%	32.3%
2000	25.6%	31.8%
2001	25.3%	31.4%
2002	25%	31%
2003	24.7%	30.7%
2004	24.3%	30.4%
2005	23.9%	30.1%
2006	23.4%	29.7%
2007	22.9%	29.4%
2008	22.3%	29%
2009	21.7%	28.6%
2010	21.1%	28.2%
2011	20.6%	27.9%
2012	20.1%	27.5%
2013	19.7%	27.1%
2014	19.3%	26.8%
2015	18.9%	26.5%
2016	18.4%	26.2%
2017	17.9%	25.9%
2018	17.4%	25.6%
2019	16.9%	25.4%
2020	16.4%	25.1%
2021	15.9%	24.9%
2022	15.5%	24.7%
2023	15.1%	24.5%
2024	14.8%	24.3%
2025	14.5%	24.1%
2026	14.3%	23.9%
2027	14.1%	23.6%
2028	14%	23.4%
2029	13.8%	23.2%
2030	13.7%	23%
2031	13.6%	22.7%
2032	13.5%	22.4%
2033	13.4%	22.2%
2034	13.3%	21.9%
2035	13.2%	21.7%
2036	13%	21.4%
2037	12.9%	21.2%
2038	12.8%	21%
2039	12.7%	20.8%
2040	12.6%	20.6%
2041	12.5%	20.4%
2042	12.4%	20.2%
2043	12.3%	20.1%
2044	12.2%	19.9%
2045	12.1%	19.8%
2046	12%	19.6%
2047	11.8%	19.5%
2048	11.7%	19.4%
2049	11.6%	19.2%
2050	11.4%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	19,931	465,049
1961	20,355	474,818
1962	20,660	487,925
1963	22,069	501,548
1964	22,239	516,334
1965	20,482	533,443
1966	20,758	546,378
1967	17,560	559,577
1968	17,884	571,123
1969	15,761	584,979
1970	16,190	595,337
1971	15,441	608,784
1972	14,825	616,411
1973	13,145	624,619
1974	17,561	628,458
1975	15,342	635,005
1976	16,407	642,829
1977	16,769	649,915
1978	18,670	658,068
1979	19,282	669,338
1980	19,321	673,815
1981	18,334	679,851
1982	15,880	701,212
1983	14,525	719,710
1984	13,665	723,623
1985	12,451	705,905
1986	12,340	679,467
1987	13,262	652,960
1988	14,084	630,392
1989	14,718	636,610
1990	15,564	636,081
1991	15,091	637,622
1992	15,833	634,484
1993	14,814	633,576
1994	14,355	626,411
1995	13,020	620,376
1996	13,041	619,488
1997	11,943	613,103
1998	11,489	606,110
1999	12,341	597,916
2000	12,224	596,979
2001	11,723	601,524
2002	11,685	602,873
2003	10,799	582,173
2004	10,745	556,494
2005	10,195	537,429
2006	8,515	527,165
2007	8,429	523,745
2008	7,465	373,287
2009	6,113	505,144
2010	5,877	497,745
2011	5,511	492,271
2012	5,149	487,210
2013	4,281	487,648
2014	3,657	488,114
2015	3,031	495,769
2016	2,906	499,508
2017	3,415	492,276
2018	2,151	482,316
2019	1,773	469,924
2020	2,405	448,626
2021	-253	394,104
2022	-757	415,647
2023	1,009	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Myanmar
1985	111	674
1986	106	652
1987	103	631
1988	93	616
1989	85	603
1990	77	586
1991	75	566
1992	73	542
1993	70	522
1994	63	498
1995	55	472
1996	52	442
1997	49	416
1998	48	398
1999	46	388
2000	43	375
2001	42	361
2002	42	347
2003	42	335
2004	43	324
2005	43	312
2006	45	301
2007	46	290
2008	48	286
2009	51	268
2010	53	259
2011	55	249
2012	55	243
2013	58	237
2014	60	228
2015	61	222
2016	62	215
2017	66	209
2018	67	201
2019	67	195
2020	58	198
2021	80	231
2022	61	193
2023	66	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	10.2%	-
1961	9.82%	-
1962	9.31%	-
1963	8.72%	-
1964	8.4%	-
1965	8.66%	-
1966	9.25%	-
1967	9.55%	-
1968	9.25%	18%
1969	8.72%	17.7%
1970	8.35%	17.4%
1971	8.15%	17%
1972	7.98%	16.7%
1973	7.71%	16.3%
1974	7.24%	16%
1975	6.53%	15.6%
1976	5.74%	15.3%
1977	5.08%	14.9%
1978	4.62%	14.6%
1979	4.28%	14.3%
1980	4.02%	14%
1981	3.77%	13.7%
1982	3.47%	13.4%
1983	3.15%	13.1%
1984	2.92%	12.9%
1985	2.85%	12.7%
1986	2.88%	12.5%
1987	2.85%	12.2%
1988	2.7%	12%
1989	2.5%	11.8%
1990	2.32%	11.5%
1991	2.19%	11.3%
1992	2.13%	11%
1993	2.12%	10.7%
1994	2.16%	10.5%
1995	2.22%	10.2%
1996	2.26%	9.94%
1997	2.25%	9.68%
1998	2.16%	9.43%
1999	2.03%	9.19%
2000	1.89%	8.95%
2001	1.76%	8.71%
2002	1.66%	8.47%
2003	1.6%	8.22%
2004	1.57%	7.97%
2005	1.55%	7.71%
2006	1.54%	7.44%
2007	1.52%	7.16%
2008	1.5%	10.1%
2009	1.48%	6.6%
2010	1.48%	6.32%
2011	1.49%	6.05%
2012	1.5%	5.8%
2013	1.49%	5.56%
2014	1.47%	5.34%
2015	1.47%	5.13%
2016	1.47%	4.95%
2017	1.5%	4.77%
2018	1.53%	4.6%
2019	1.57%	4.44%
2020	1.58%	4.29%
2021	1.57%	4.14%
2022	1.55%	4%
2023	1.52%	3.87%