Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Panama

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

Check Mauritius vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	5.9	5.83
1961	5.98	5.87
1962	5.88	5.87
1963	6.18	5.87
1964	5.96	5.81
1965	5.51	5.73
1966	5.46	5.65
1967	4.63	5.53
1968	4.6	5.41
1969	3.97	5.29
1970	3.82	5.18
1971	3.51	5.05
1972	3.41	4.91
1973	3.07	4.74
1974	3.45	4.58
1975	3.2	4.41
1976	3.13	4.26
1977	3.07	4.12
1978	3.01	3.98
1979	2.91	3.88
1980	2.8	3.8
1981	2.67	3.72
1982	2.53	3.66
1983	2.4	3.6
1984	2.16	3.52
1985	2.02	3.43
1986	1.99	3.34
1987	2.05	3.25
1988	2.14	3.17
1989	2.23	3.12
1990	2.32	3.07
1991	2.3	3
1992	2.37	2.95
1993	2.21	2.91
1994	2.25	2.88
1995	2.14	2.85
1996	2.12	2.83
1997	2.04	2.81
1998	1.97	2.79
1999	2.05	2.77
2000	1.99	2.74
2001	1.91	2.72
2002	1.94	2.7
2003	1.87	2.68
2004	1.92	2.68
2005	1.88	2.64
2006	1.77	2.62
2007	1.74	2.61
2008	1.67	2.61
2009	1.59	2.59
2010	1.57	2.59
2011	1.55	2.6
2012	1.54	2.59
2013	1.44	2.57
2014	1.43	2.55
2015	1.36	2.53
2016	1.4	2.5
2017	1.44	2.46
2018	1.41	2.4
2019	1.4	2.29
2020	1.44	2.18
2021	1.41	2.15
2022	1.32	2.14
2023	1.39	2.12
2024	1.37	2.11
2025	1.36	2.09
2026	1.35	2.07
2027	1.35	2.06
2028	1.35	2.04
2029	1.35	2.02
2030	1.36	2.01
2031	1.36	2
2032	1.37	1.99
2033	1.37	1.97
2034	1.38	1.96
2035	1.39	1.95
2036	1.39	1.95
2037	1.4	1.94
2038	1.41	1.93
2039	1.41	1.92
2040	1.42	1.91
2041	1.42	1.91
2042	1.43	1.9
2043	1.43	1.89
2044	1.44	1.89
2045	1.45	1.88
2046	1.45	1.88
2047	1.46	1.87
2048	1.46	1.87
2049	1.47	1.86
2050	1.47	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Panama
1960	45%	44.2%
1961	45%	44.3%
1962	45.1%	44.5%
1963	45.1%	44.6%
1964	44.8%	44.7%
1965	44.4%	44.8%
1966	44%	44.8%
1967	43.4%	44.8%
1968	42.9%	44.7%
1969	42.3%	44.6%
1970	41.6%	44.5%
1971	40.9%	44.3%
1972	40.1%	44.1%
1973	39.1%	43.9%
1974	38.2%	43.6%
1975	37.3%	43.3%
1976	36.5%	42.9%
1977	35.7%	42.4%
1978	34.9%	41.9%
1979	34.2%	41.4%
1980	33.6%	40.8%
1981	33.1%	40.3%
1982	32.6%	39.8%
1983	32.2%	39.3%
1984	31.8%	38.8%
1985	31.4%	38.3%
1986	31.1%	37.8%
1987	30.8%	37.4%
1988	30.5%	36.9%
1989	30.1%	36.5%
1990	29.8%	36.1%
1991	29.4%	35.7%
1992	29%	35.3%
1993	28.5%	34.9%
1994	28%	34.6%
1995	27.5%	34.2%
1996	27%	33.9%
1997	26.6%	33.5%
1998	26.2%	33.1%
1999	25.8%	32.8%
2000	25.6%	32.4%
2001	25.3%	32%
2002	25%	31.6%
2003	24.7%	31.3%
2004	24.3%	31%
2005	23.9%	30.6%
2006	23.4%	30.3%
2007	22.9%	30%
2008	22.3%	29.7%
2009	21.7%	29.5%
2010	21.1%	29.2%
2011	20.6%	28.9%
2012	20.1%	28.7%
2013	19.7%	28.4%
2014	19.3%	28.2%
2015	18.9%	27.9%
2016	18.4%	27.6%
2017	17.9%	27.4%
2018	17.4%	27.1%
2019	16.9%	26.7%
2020	16.4%	26.4%
2021	15.9%	26%
2022	15.5%	25.7%
2023	15.1%	25.3%
2024	14.8%	24.9%
2025	14.5%	24.5%
2026	14.3%	24.1%
2027	14.1%	23.8%
2028	14%	23.4%
2029	13.8%	23%
2030	13.7%	22.6%
2031	13.6%	22.2%
2032	13.5%	21.9%
2033	13.4%	21.6%
2034	13.3%	21.3%
2035	13.2%	21%
2036	13%	20.9%
2037	12.9%	20.7%
2038	12.8%	20.5%
2039	12.7%	20.3%
2040	12.6%	20.1%
2041	12.5%	20%
2042	12.4%	19.8%
2043	12.3%	19.6%
2044	12.2%	19.4%
2045	12.1%	19.3%
2046	12%	19.1%
2047	11.8%	18.9%
2048	11.7%	18.8%
2049	11.6%	18.6%
2050	11.4%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	19,931	35,431
1961	20,355	37,100
1962	20,660	38,537
1963	22,069	39,872
1964	22,239	40,806
1965	20,482	41,604
1966	20,758	42,457
1967	17,560	43,054
1968	17,884	43,641
1969	15,761	44,278
1970	16,190	45,075
1971	15,441	45,867
1972	14,825	46,311
1973	13,145	46,540
1974	17,561	46,932
1975	15,342	47,149
1976	16,407	47,307
1977	16,769	47,438
1978	18,670	47,694
1979	19,282	48,362
1980	19,321	49,077
1981	18,334	50,018
1982	15,880	50,858
1983	14,525	51,880
1984	13,665	52,436
1985	12,451	52,573
1986	12,340	52,681
1987	13,262	52,690
1988	14,084	52,767
1989	14,718	52,295
1990	15,564	53,451
1991	15,091	53,079
1992	15,833	53,186
1993	14,814	53,591
1994	14,355	53,845
1995	13,020	54,069
1996	13,041	54,512
1997	11,943	55,060
1998	11,489	55,482
1999	12,341	55,911
2000	12,224	56,236
2001	11,723	56,654
2002	11,685	57,011
2003	10,799	57,458
2004	10,745	58,281
2005	10,195	58,014
2006	8,515	58,067
2007	8,429	58,454
2008	7,465	58,961
2009	6,113	59,168
2010	5,877	59,418
2011	5,511	60,411
2012	5,149	60,471
2013	4,281	60,295
2014	3,657	60,227
2015	3,031	59,896
2016	2,906	59,454
2017	3,415	58,607
2018	2,151	57,508
2019	1,773	54,420
2020	2,405	46,599
2021	-253	46,747
2022	-757	50,556
2023	1,009	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Panama
1985	111	95
1986	106	94
1987	103	93
1988	93	93
1989	85	96
1990	77	89
1991	75	87
1992	73	85
1993	70	81
1994	63	78
1995	55	77
1996	52	73
1997	49	70
1998	48	68
1999	46	65
2000	43	64
2001	42	62
2002	42	59
2003	42	58
2004	43	57
2005	43	57
2006	45	56
2007	46	55
2008	48	55
2009	51	55
2010	53	56
2011	55	55
2012	55	53
2013	58	52
2014	60	49
2015	61	48
2016	62	47
2017	66	47
2018	67	43
2019	67	41
2020	58	74
2021	80	59
2022	61	40
2023	66	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	10.2%	9.31%
1961	9.82%	9.04%
1962	9.31%	8.78%
1963	8.72%	8.52%
1964	8.4%	8.28%
1965	8.66%	8.05%
1966	9.25%	7.83%
1967	9.55%	7.62%
1968	9.25%	7.38%
1969	8.72%	7.1%
1970	8.35%	6.78%
1971	8.15%	6.43%
1972	7.98%	6.07%
1973	7.71%	5.72%
1974	7.24%	5.41%
1975	6.53%	5.15%
1976	5.74%	4.93%
1977	5.08%	4.76%
1978	4.62%	4.61%
1979	4.28%	4.47%
1980	4.02%	4.34%
1981	3.77%	4.19%
1982	3.47%	4.05%
1983	3.15%	3.9%
1984	2.92%	3.75%
1985	2.85%	3.61%
1986	2.88%	3.47%
1987	2.85%	3.35%
1988	2.7%	3.24%
1989	2.5%	3.14%
1990	2.32%	3.05%
1991	2.19%	2.97%
1992	2.13%	2.91%
1993	2.12%	2.87%
1994	2.16%	2.83%
1995	2.22%	2.8%
1996	2.26%	2.77%
1997	2.25%	2.73%
1998	2.16%	2.68%
1999	2.03%	2.63%
2000	1.89%	2.56%
2001	1.76%	2.49%
2002	1.66%	2.41%
2003	1.6%	2.33%
2004	1.57%	2.25%
2005	1.55%	2.17%
2006	1.54%	2.1%
2007	1.52%	2.03%
2008	1.5%	1.97%
2009	1.48%	1.91%
2010	1.48%	1.86%
2011	1.49%	1.81%
2012	1.5%	1.77%
2013	1.49%	1.75%
2014	1.47%	1.73%
2015	1.47%	1.72%
2016	1.47%	1.7%
2017	1.5%	1.68%
2018	1.53%	1.65%
2019	1.57%	1.59%
2020	1.58%	1.52%
2021	1.57%	1.45%
2022	1.55%	1.39%
2023	1.52%	1.33%