Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Namibia

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	5.9	6.24
1961	5.98	6.29
1962	5.88	6.35
1963	6.18	6.41
1964	5.96	6.43
1965	5.51	6.45
1966	5.46	6.47
1967	4.63	6.49
1968	4.6	6.5
1969	3.97	6.51
1970	3.82	6.52
1971	3.51	6.52
1972	3.41	6.53
1973	3.07	6.54
1974	3.45	6.55
1975	3.2	6.53
1976	3.13	6.49
1977	3.07	6.44
1978	3.01	6.38
1979	2.91	6.31
1980	2.8	6.24
1981	2.67	6.16
1982	2.53	6.08
1983	2.4	6
1984	2.16	5.94
1985	2.02	5.88
1986	1.99	5.79
1987	2.05	5.7
1988	2.14	5.61
1989	2.23	5.52
1990	2.32	5.4
1991	2.3	5.29
1992	2.37	5.11
1993	2.21	4.91
1994	2.25	4.68
1995	2.14	4.42
1996	2.12	4.2
1997	2.04	4.17
1998	1.97	4.18
1999	2.05	4.14
2000	1.99	3.99
2001	1.91	3.83
2002	1.94	3.69
2003	1.87	3.58
2004	1.92	3.55
2005	1.88	3.57
2006	1.77	3.6
2007	1.74	3.61
2008	1.67	3.62
2009	1.59	3.63
2010	1.57	3.66
2011	1.55	3.66
2012	1.54	3.68
2013	1.44	3.65
2014	1.43	3.64
2015	1.36	3.6
2016	1.4	3.57
2017	1.44	3.51
2018	1.41	3.46
2019	1.4	3.4
2020	1.44	3.35
2021	1.41	3.3
2022	1.32	3.25
2023	1.39	3.21
2024	1.37	3.21
2025	1.36	3.17
2026	1.35	3.13
2027	1.35	3.09
2028	1.35	3.06
2029	1.35	3.02
2030	1.36	2.98
2031	1.36	2.94
2032	1.37	2.91
2033	1.37	2.88
2034	1.38	2.84
2035	1.39	2.81
2036	1.39	2.78
2037	1.4	2.75
2038	1.41	2.72
2039	1.41	2.68
2040	1.42	2.66
2041	1.42	2.63
2042	1.43	2.6
2043	1.43	2.58
2044	1.44	2.56
2045	1.45	2.53
2046	1.45	2.51
2047	1.46	2.49
2048	1.46	2.47
2049	1.47	2.45
2050	1.47	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Namibia
1960	45%	42.2%
1961	45%	42.4%
1962	45.1%	42.6%
1963	45.1%	42.7%
1964	44.8%	42.9%
1965	44.4%	43%
1966	44%	43.2%
1967	43.4%	43.3%
1968	42.9%	43.5%
1969	42.3%	43.6%
1970	41.6%	43.8%
1971	40.9%	43.9%
1972	40.1%	44.1%
1973	39.1%	44.3%
1974	38.2%	44.6%
1975	37.3%	44.8%
1976	36.5%	45%
1977	35.7%	45.3%
1978	34.9%	45.9%
1979	34.2%	46.3%
1980	33.6%	46.6%
1981	33.1%	47.1%
1982	32.6%	47.2%
1983	32.2%	46.9%
1984	31.8%	46.6%
1985	31.4%	46.2%
1986	31.1%	45.8%
1987	30.8%	45.3%
1988	30.5%	44.8%
1989	30.1%	43.4%
1990	29.8%	42.3%
1991	29.4%	42.2%
1992	29%	42.2%
1993	28.5%	42.2%
1994	28%	42.2%
1995	27.5%	42.1%
1996	27%	42%
1997	26.6%	41.9%
1998	26.2%	41.8%
1999	25.8%	41.7%
2000	25.6%	41.5%
2001	25.3%	41.3%
2002	25%	41%
2003	24.7%	40.5%
2004	24.3%	40%
2005	23.9%	39.4%
2006	23.4%	38.7%
2007	22.9%	38.1%
2008	22.3%	37.5%
2009	21.7%	37.1%
2010	21.1%	36.8%
2011	20.6%	36.7%
2012	20.1%	36.6%
2013	19.7%	36.6%
2014	19.3%	36.5%
2015	18.9%	36.5%
2016	18.4%	36.5%
2017	17.9%	36.7%
2018	17.4%	36.8%
2019	16.9%	37%
2020	16.4%	37.1%
2021	15.9%	37.4%
2022	15.5%	37.5%
2023	15.1%	37.3%
2024	14.8%	37%
2025	14.5%	36.7%
2026	14.3%	36.3%
2027	14.1%	35.9%
2028	14%	35.5%
2029	13.8%	35.1%
2030	13.7%	34.6%
2031	13.6%	34%
2032	13.5%	33.5%
2033	13.4%	32.9%
2034	13.3%	32.4%
2035	13.2%	31.8%
2036	13%	31.1%
2037	12.9%	30.6%
2038	12.8%	30.3%
2039	12.7%	30%
2040	12.6%	29.7%
2041	12.5%	29.5%
2042	12.4%	29.2%
2043	12.3%	29%
2044	12.2%	28.8%
2045	12.1%	28.5%
2046	12%	28.3%
2047	11.8%	28.1%
2048	11.7%	27.9%
2049	11.6%	27.7%
2050	11.4%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	19,931	14,307
1961	20,355	14,936
1962	20,660	15,656
1963	22,069	16,430
1964	22,239	17,134
1965	20,482	17,902
1966	20,758	18,635
1967	17,560	19,498
1968	17,884	20,470
1969	15,761	21,387
1970	16,190	22,414
1971	15,441	23,467
1972	14,825	24,606
1973	13,145	25,754
1974	17,561	26,844
1975	15,342	27,882
1976	16,407	28,785
1977	16,769	29,241
1978	18,670	29,821
1979	19,282	28,930
1980	19,321	28,142
1981	18,334	27,938
1982	15,880	27,474
1983	14,525	28,307
1984	13,665	29,395
1985	12,451	30,575
1986	12,340	31,764
1987	13,262	33,340
1988	14,084	34,798
1989	14,718	37,715
1990	15,564	43,956
1991	15,091	44,523
1992	15,833	43,945
1993	14,814	42,861
1994	14,355	41,316
1995	13,020	39,119
1996	13,041	37,177
1997	11,943	37,256
1998	11,489	37,500
1999	12,341	37,233
2000	12,224	35,280
2001	11,723	32,942
2002	11,685	31,947
2003	10,799	31,115
2004	10,745	31,478
2005	10,195	32,909
2006	8,515	34,690
2007	8,429	36,430
2008	7,465	38,147
2009	6,113	39,942
2010	5,877	42,046
2011	5,511	43,557
2012	5,149	46,204
2013	4,281	47,801
2014	3,657	49,581
2015	3,031	50,846
2016	2,906	52,228
2017	3,415	52,975
2018	2,151	53,970
2019	1,773	54,769
2020	2,405	55,034
2021	-253	50,160
2022	-757	54,534
2023	1,009	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Namibia
1985	111	354
1986	106	348
1987	103	336
1988	93	342
1989	85	306
1990	77	325
1991	75	337
1992	73	346
1993	70	354
1994	63	367
1995	55	369
1996	52	387
1997	49	383
1998	48	396
1999	46	371
2000	43	384
2001	42	376
2002	42	313
2003	42	290
2004	43	282
2005	43	344
2006	45	408
2007	46	489
2008	48	537
2009	51	547
2010	53	531
2011	55	498
2012	55	439
2013	58	402
2014	60	369
2015	61	307
2016	62	250
2017	66	213
2018	67	198
2019	67	175
2020	58	143
2021	80	254
2022	61	127
2023	66	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	10.2%	-
1961	9.82%	-
1962	9.31%	-
1963	8.72%	-
1964	8.4%	-
1965	8.66%	-
1966	9.25%	-
1967	9.55%	9.66%
1968	9.25%	9.64%
1969	8.72%	9.65%
1970	8.35%	9.65%
1971	8.15%	9.67%
1972	7.98%	9.68%
1973	7.71%	9.73%
1974	7.24%	9.79%
1975	6.53%	9.89%
1976	5.74%	10%
1977	5.08%	10.2%
1978	4.62%	10.3%
1979	4.28%	10.3%
1980	4.02%	10.3%
1981	3.77%	10.2%
1982	3.47%	9.93%
1983	3.15%	9.61%
1984	2.92%	9.22%
1985	2.85%	8.81%
1986	2.88%	8.43%
1987	2.85%	8.09%
1988	2.7%	7.81%
1989	2.5%	7.57%
1990	2.32%	7.39%
1991	2.19%	7.24%
1992	2.13%	7.14%
1993	2.12%	7.1%
1994	2.16%	7.13%
1995	2.22%	7.24%
1996	2.26%	7.39%
1997	2.25%	7.56%
1998	2.16%	7.7%
1999	2.03%	7.79%
2000	1.89%	7.79%
2001	1.76%	7.71%
2002	1.66%	7.61%
2003	1.6%	7.51%
2004	1.57%	7.41%
2005	1.55%	7.05%
2006	1.54%	6.49%
2007	1.52%	6.06%
2008	1.5%	5.64%
2009	1.48%	5.29%
2010	1.48%	5.08%
2011	1.49%	5.16%
2012	1.5%	5.51%
2013	1.49%	5.4%
2014	1.47%	5.31%
2015	1.47%	5.5%
2016	1.47%	5.42%
2017	1.5%	5.19%
2018	1.53%	5.01%
2019	1.57%	4.78%
2020	1.58%	4.57%
2021	1.57%	4.38%
2022	1.55%	4.2%
2023	1.52%	4.07%