Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Palau

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Palau 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 Palau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs Palau 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	Palau
1960	5.9	7.19
1961	5.98	7.17
1962	5.88	7.15
1963	6.18	7.12
1964	5.96	7.08
1965	5.51	7.01
1966	5.46	6.93
1967	4.63	6.84
1968	4.6	6.71
1969	3.97	6.58
1970	3.82	6.39
1971	3.51	6.16
1972	3.41	5.9
1973	3.07	5.59
1974	3.45	5.26
1975	3.2	4.9
1976	3.13	4.53
1977	3.07	4.09
1978	3.01	3.74
1979	2.91	3.49
1980	2.8	3.35
1981	2.67	3.28
1982	2.53	3.22
1983	2.4	3.14
1984	2.16	3.08
1985	2.02	3.01
1986	1.99	2.98
1987	2.05	2.93
1988	2.14	2.91
1989	2.23	2.92
1990	2.32	2.88
1991	2.3	2.74
1992	2.37	2.71
1993	2.21	2.73
1994	2.25	2.66
1995	2.14	2.55
1996	2.12	2.39
1997	2.04	2.19
1998	1.97	2.01
1999	2.05	1.91
2000	1.99	1.82
2001	1.91	1.87
2002	1.94	1.92
2003	1.87	1.96
2004	1.92	1.99
2005	1.88	2.02
2006	1.77	2
2007	1.74	1.97
2008	1.67	1.95
2009	1.59	1.94
2010	1.57	1.94
2011	1.55	1.97
2012	1.54	2.01
2013	1.44	2.05
2014	1.43	2.03
2015	1.36	2
2016	1.4	2.06
2017	1.44	2.02
2018	1.41	1.97
2019	1.4	1.98
2020	1.44	1.97
2021	1.41	1.95
2022	1.32	1.93
2023	1.39	1.91
2024	1.37	1.88
2025	1.36	1.86
2026	1.35	1.84
2027	1.35	1.82
2028	1.35	1.81
2029	1.35	1.8
2030	1.36	1.79
2031	1.36	1.78
2032	1.37	1.77
2033	1.37	1.76
2034	1.38	1.76
2035	1.39	1.75
2036	1.39	1.75
2037	1.4	1.75
2038	1.41	1.74
2039	1.41	1.74
2040	1.42	1.74
2041	1.42	1.74
2042	1.43	1.73
2043	1.43	1.73
2044	1.44	1.73
2045	1.45	1.73
2046	1.45	1.73
2047	1.46	1.72
2048	1.46	1.72
2049	1.47	1.72
2050	1.47	1.72

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Palau
1960	45%	47%
1961	45%	48.2%
1962	45.1%	49.1%
1963	45.1%	49.8%
1964	44.8%	50.1%
1965	44.4%	50.3%
1966	44%	50.2%
1967	43.4%	49.6%
1968	42.9%	48.4%
1969	42.3%	47.2%
1970	41.6%	46.5%
1971	40.9%	46.2%
1972	40.1%	46%
1973	39.1%	45.6%
1974	38.2%	44.9%
1975	37.3%	44.2%
1976	36.5%	43.4%
1977	35.7%	42.7%
1978	34.9%	41.9%
1979	34.2%	41.1%
1980	33.6%	40.1%
1981	33.1%	38.9%
1982	32.6%	37.7%
1983	32.2%	36.7%
1984	31.8%	36%
1985	31.4%	35.4%
1986	31.1%	34.5%
1987	30.8%	33.2%
1988	30.5%	32%
1989	30.1%	31%
1990	29.8%	30.2%
1991	29.4%	29.4%
1992	29%	28.8%
1993	28.5%	28.5%
1994	28%	28.2%
1995	27.5%	28%
1996	27%	27.5%
1997	26.6%	26.7%
1998	26.2%	25.8%
1999	25.8%	24.8%
2000	25.6%	24.1%
2001	25.3%	24%
2002	25%	24.1%
2003	24.7%	24.2%
2004	24.3%	24.2%
2005	23.9%	23.9%
2006	23.4%	23.2%
2007	22.9%	22.5%
2008	22.3%	21.9%
2009	21.7%	21.4%
2010	21.1%	21%
2011	20.6%	20.6%
2012	20.1%	20.3%
2013	19.7%	20.2%
2014	19.3%	20.3%
2015	18.9%	20.3%
2016	18.4%	20.1%
2017	17.9%	19.9%
2018	17.4%	19.7%
2019	16.9%	19.5%
2020	16.4%	19.2%
2021	15.9%	19.1%
2022	15.5%	18.8%
2023	15.1%	18.5%
2024	14.8%	18.2%
2025	14.5%	17.9%
2026	14.3%	17.6%
2027	14.1%	17.3%
2028	14%	17%
2029	13.8%	16.7%
2030	13.7%	16.5%
2031	13.6%	16.3%
2032	13.5%	16.1%
2033	13.4%	16%
2034	13.3%	16%
2035	13.2%	15.9%
2036	13%	15.9%
2037	12.9%	15.9%
2038	12.8%	15.9%
2039	12.7%	15.9%
2040	12.6%	16%
2041	12.5%	16%
2042	12.4%	16.1%
2043	12.3%	16.2%
2044	12.2%	16.2%
2045	12.1%	16.3%
2046	12%	16.3%
2047	11.8%	16.3%
2048	11.7%	16.4%
2049	11.6%	16.4%
2050	11.4%	16.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 18.2% in Palau in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 30.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Palau compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Palau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +0.15% in Palau. 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	Palau
1960	19,931	296
1961	20,355	298
1962	20,660	296
1963	22,069	291
1964	22,239	284
1965	20,482	275
1966	20,758	268
1967	17,560	266
1968	17,884	275
1969	15,761	283
1970	16,190	286
1971	15,441	287
1972	14,825	280
1973	13,145	268
1974	17,561	256
1975	15,342	249
1976	16,407	236
1977	16,769	213
1978	18,670	193
1979	19,282	176
1980	19,321	165
1981	18,334	161
1982	15,880	170
1983	14,525	176
1984	13,665	181
1985	12,451	181
1986	12,340	182
1987	13,262	182
1988	14,084	183
1989	14,718	185
1990	15,564	181
1991	15,091	175
1992	15,833	183
1993	14,814	196
1994	14,355	195
1995	13,020	186
1996	13,041	166
1997	11,943	140
1998	11,489	116
1999	12,341	100
2000	12,224	85
2001	11,723	88
2002	11,685	88
2003	10,799	86
2004	10,745	83
2005	10,195	80
2006	8,515	79
2007	8,429	80
2008	7,465	79
2009	6,113	81
2010	5,877	81
2011	5,511	83
2012	5,149	86
2013	4,281	88
2014	3,657	73
2015	3,031	55
2016	2,906	53
2017	3,415	43
2018	2,151	29
2019	1,773	23
2020	2,405	8
2021	-253	-3
2022	-757	-7
2023	1,009	-10

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Palau

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 89 deaths in Palau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Palau
1985	111	95
1986	106	92
1987	103	88
1988	93	96
1989	85	93
1990	77	100
1991	75	106
1992	73	113
1993	70	109
1994	63	116
1995	55	111
1996	52	123
1997	49	125
1998	48	119
1999	46	115
2000	43	119
2001	42	118
2002	42	117
2003	42	108
2004	43	106
2005	43	105
2006	45	105
2007	46	98
2008	48	99
2009	51	94
2010	53	96
2011	55	83
2012	55	84
2013	58	85
2014	60	78
2015	61	79
2016	62	80
2017	66	80
2018	67	82
2019	67	84
2020	58	117
2021	80	109
2022	61	121
2023	66	89

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 2.23% in Palau. 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	Palau
1960	10.2%	-
1961	9.82%	-
1962	9.31%	-
1963	8.72%	-
1964	8.4%	-
1965	8.66%	9.58%
1966	9.25%	9.27%
1967	9.55%	8.97%
1968	9.25%	8.65%
1969	8.72%	8.34%
1970	8.35%	8%
1971	8.15%	7.62%
1972	7.98%	7.24%
1973	7.71%	6.85%
1974	7.24%	6.46%
1975	6.53%	6.06%
1976	5.74%	5.7%
1977	5.08%	5.37%
1978	4.62%	5.09%
1979	4.28%	4.84%
1980	4.02%	4.63%
1981	3.77%	4.44%
1982	3.47%	4.27%
1983	3.15%	4.13%
1984	2.92%	4.01%
1985	2.85%	3.9%
1986	2.88%	3.81%
1987	2.85%	3.73%
1988	2.7%	3.66%
1989	2.5%	3.6%
1990	2.32%	3.53%
1991	2.19%	3.47%
1992	2.13%	3.4%
1993	2.12%	3.32%
1994	2.16%	3.23%
1995	2.22%	3.14%
1996	2.26%	3.04%
1997	2.25%	2.94%
1998	2.16%	2.84%
1999	2.03%	2.74%
2000	1.89%	2.65%
2001	1.76%	2.55%
2002	1.66%	2.46%
2003	1.6%	2.38%
2004	1.57%	2.29%
2005	1.55%	2.21%
2006	1.54%	2.14%
2007	1.52%	2.07%
2008	1.5%	2.02%
2009	1.48%	1.98%
2010	1.48%	1.97%
2011	1.49%	1.97%
2012	1.5%	1.99%
2013	1.49%	2.03%
2014	1.47%	2.08%
2015	1.47%	2.14%
2016	1.47%	2.21%
2017	1.5%	2.28%
2018	1.53%	2.32%
2019	1.57%	2.34%
2020	1.58%	2.33%
2021	1.57%	2.3%
2022	1.55%	2.27%
2023	1.52%	2.23%