Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and New Zealand

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs New Zealand 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 1.56 in New Zealand 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	New Zealand
1960	5.9	4.24
1961	5.98	4.31
1962	5.88	4.19
1963	6.18	4.05
1964	5.96	3.8
1965	5.51	3.54
1966	5.46	3.41
1967	4.63	3.35
1968	4.6	3.34
1969	3.97	3.28
1970	3.82	3.17
1971	3.51	3.18
1972	3.41	3
1973	3.07	2.76
1974	3.45	2.58
1975	3.2	2.37
1976	3.13	2.27
1977	3.07	2.21
1978	3.01	2.07
1979	2.91	2.12
1980	2.8	2.03
1981	2.67	2.01
1982	2.53	1.95
1983	2.4	1.92
1984	2.16	1.93
1985	2.02	1.93
1986	1.99	1.96
1987	2.05	2.03
1988	2.14	2.1
1989	2.23	2.12
1990	2.32	2.18
1991	2.3	2.09
1992	2.37	2.06
1993	2.21	2.04
1994	2.25	1.98
1995	2.14	1.98
1996	2.12	1.96
1997	2.04	1.96
1998	1.97	1.89
1999	2.05	1.97
2000	1.99	1.98
2001	1.91	1.97
2002	1.94	1.89
2003	1.87	1.93
2004	1.92	1.98
2005	1.88	1.97
2006	1.77	2.01
2007	1.74	2.18
2008	1.67	2.19
2009	1.59	2.13
2010	1.57	2.17
2011	1.55	2.09
2012	1.54	2.1
2013	1.44	2.01
2014	1.43	1.92
2015	1.36	1.99
2016	1.4	1.87
2017	1.44	1.81
2018	1.41	1.71
2019	1.4	1.72
2020	1.44	1.61
2021	1.41	1.64
2022	1.32	1.66
2023	1.39	1.56
2024	1.37	1.55
2025	1.36	1.54
2026	1.35	1.53
2027	1.35	1.53
2028	1.35	1.52
2029	1.35	1.52
2030	1.36	1.52
2031	1.36	1.52
2032	1.37	1.52
2033	1.37	1.51
2034	1.38	1.51
2035	1.39	1.51
2036	1.39	1.51
2037	1.4	1.51
2038	1.41	1.51
2039	1.41	1.51
2040	1.42	1.51
2041	1.42	1.51
2042	1.43	1.51
2043	1.43	1.51
2044	1.44	1.51
2045	1.45	1.51
2046	1.45	1.51
2047	1.46	1.51
2048	1.46	1.51
2049	1.47	1.51
2050	1.47	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	New Zealand
1960	45%	32.8%
1961	45%	33%
1962	45.1%	33%
1963	45.1%	32.9%
1964	44.8%	32.9%
1965	44.4%	32.7%
1966	44%	32.6%
1967	43.4%	32.5%
1968	42.9%	32.3%
1969	42.3%	32.2%
1970	41.6%	31.9%
1971	40.9%	31.7%
1972	40.1%	31.4%
1973	39.1%	31%
1974	38.2%	30.5%
1975	37.3%	30.1%
1976	36.5%	29.6%
1977	35.7%	29%
1978	34.9%	28.4%
1979	34.2%	27.8%
1980	33.6%	27.2%
1981	33.1%	26.7%
1982	32.6%	26.2%
1983	32.2%	25.6%
1984	31.8%	25.1%
1985	31.4%	24.6%
1986	31.1%	24.2%
1987	30.8%	23.8%
1988	30.5%	23.5%
1989	30.1%	23.3%
1990	29.8%	23.3%
1991	29.4%	23.2%
1992	29%	23.1%
1993	28.5%	23.1%
1994	28%	23.1%
1995	27.5%	23.1%
1996	27%	23%
1997	26.6%	23%
1998	26.2%	23%
1999	25.8%	22.9%
2000	25.6%	22.8%
2001	25.3%	22.6%
2002	25%	22.4%
2003	24.7%	22.1%
2004	24.3%	21.8%
2005	23.9%	21.5%
2006	23.4%	21.3%
2007	22.9%	21.1%
2008	22.3%	21%
2009	21.7%	20.9%
2010	21.1%	20.9%
2011	20.6%	20.8%
2012	20.1%	20.6%
2013	19.7%	20.4%
2014	19.3%	20.2%
2015	18.9%	19.9%
2016	18.4%	19.6%
2017	17.9%	19.5%
2018	17.4%	19.3%
2019	16.9%	19.2%
2020	16.4%	19%
2021	15.9%	18.9%
2022	15.5%	18.6%
2023	15.1%	18.4%
2024	14.8%	18.1%
2025	14.5%	17.9%
2026	14.3%	17.6%
2027	14.1%	17.4%
2028	14%	17.2%
2029	13.8%	17%
2030	13.7%	16.8%
2031	13.6%	16.6%
2032	13.5%	16.4%
2033	13.4%	16.3%
2034	13.3%	16.1%
2035	13.2%	16%
2036	13%	15.9%
2037	12.9%	15.8%
2038	12.8%	15.7%
2039	12.7%	15.6%
2040	12.6%	15.5%
2041	12.5%	15.4%
2042	12.4%	15.4%
2043	12.3%	15.4%
2044	12.2%	15.3%
2045	12.1%	15.3%
2046	12%	15.3%
2047	11.8%	15.3%
2048	11.7%	15.3%
2049	11.6%	15.2%
2050	11.4%	15.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 18.1% in New Zealand in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and New Zealand compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs New Zealand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +0.51% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	19,931	41,791
1961	20,355	43,482
1962	20,660	42,865
1963	22,069	42,027
1964	22,239	39,375
1965	20,482	36,982
1966	20,758	36,151
1967	17,560	37,974
1968	17,884	37,594
1969	15,761	38,098
1970	16,190	37,101
1971	15,441	40,000
1972	14,825	38,244
1973	13,145	35,239
1974	17,561	33,896
1975	15,342	31,355
1976	16,407	29,456
1977	16,769	28,020
1978	18,670	26,156
1979	19,282	26,675
1980	19,321	23,658
1981	18,334	25,374
1982	15,880	24,207
1983	14,525	24,315
1984	13,665	26,043
1985	12,451	24,126
1986	12,340	25,549
1987	13,262	27,603
1988	14,084	29,846
1989	14,718	30,749
1990	15,564	33,298
1991	15,091	33,518
1992	15,833	32,067
1993	14,814	31,685
1994	14,355	30,372
1995	13,020	29,828
1996	13,041	28,997
1997	11,943	30,137
1998	11,489	29,146
1999	12,341	28,916
2000	12,224	29,897
2001	11,723	27,939
2002	11,685	25,941
2003	10,799	28,150
2004	10,745	29,634
2005	10,195	30,674
2006	8,515	30,924
2007	8,429	35,480
2008	7,465	35,143
2009	6,113	33,560
2010	5,877	35,458
2011	5,511	31,302
2012	5,149	31,077
2013	4,281	29,096
2014	3,657	26,196
2015	3,031	29,408
2016	2,906	28,237
2017	3,415	26,282
2018	2,151	24,797
2019	1,773	25,344
2020	2,405	24,993
2021	-253	23,767
2022	-757	20,264
2023	1,009	19,039

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs New Zealand

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 7 deaths in New Zealand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	New Zealand
1985	111	19
1986	106	18
1987	103	19
1988	93	19
1989	85	18
1990	77	18
1991	75	16
1992	73	15
1993	70	14
1994	63	13
1995	55	14
1996	52	14
1997	49	13
1998	48	12
1999	46	12
2000	43	11
2001	42	10
2002	42	11
2003	42	11
2004	43	11
2005	43	11
2006	45	10
2007	46	10
2008	48	10
2009	51	10
2010	53	10
2011	55	10
2012	55	9
2013	58	8
2014	60	7
2015	61	8
2016	62	8
2017	66	8
2018	67	7
2019	67	8
2020	58	8
2021	80	8
2022	61	23
2023	66	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 0.47% in New Zealand. 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	New Zealand
1960	10.2%	2.78%
1961	9.82%	2.68%
1962	9.31%	2.58%
1963	8.72%	2.48%
1964	8.4%	2.39%
1965	8.66%	2.31%
1966	9.25%	2.25%
1967	9.55%	2.2%
1968	9.25%	2.16%
1969	8.72%	2.12%
1970	8.35%	2.08%
1971	8.15%	2.03%
1972	7.98%	1.98%
1973	7.71%	1.94%
1974	7.24%	1.88%
1975	6.53%	1.83%
1976	5.74%	1.77%
1977	5.08%	1.71%
1978	4.62%	1.66%
1979	4.28%	1.61%
1980	4.02%	1.56%
1981	3.77%	1.52%
1982	3.47%	1.48%
1983	3.15%	1.45%
1984	2.92%	1.41%
1985	2.85%	1.38%
1986	2.88%	1.34%
1987	2.85%	1.29%
1988	2.7%	1.24%
1989	2.5%	1.18%
1990	2.32%	1.12%
1991	2.19%	1.06%
1992	2.13%	1%
1993	2.12%	0.95%
1994	2.16%	0.91%
1995	2.22%	0.87%
1996	2.26%	0.84%
1997	2.25%	0.81%
1998	2.16%	0.78%
1999	2.03%	0.76%
2000	1.89%	0.74%
2001	1.76%	0.72%
2002	1.66%	0.7%
2003	1.6%	0.69%
2004	1.57%	0.67%
2005	1.55%	0.66%
2006	1.54%	0.65%
2007	1.52%	0.65%
2008	1.5%	0.64%
2009	1.48%	0.63%
2010	1.48%	0.62%
2011	1.49%	0.61%
2012	1.5%	0.6%
2013	1.49%	0.59%
2014	1.47%	0.57%
2015	1.47%	0.56%
2016	1.47%	0.55%
2017	1.5%	0.53%
2018	1.53%	0.52%
2019	1.57%	0.51%
2020	1.58%	0.5%
2021	1.57%	0.49%
2022	1.55%	0.48%
2023	1.52%	0.47%