Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Peru

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Peru 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 1.98 in Peru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs Peru 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	Peru
1960	5.9	6.94
1961	5.98	6.92
1962	5.88	6.9
1963	6.18	6.86
1964	5.96	6.81
1965	5.51	6.75
1966	5.46	6.68
1967	4.63	6.6
1968	4.6	6.51
1969	3.97	6.42
1970	3.82	6.32
1971	3.51	6.21
1972	3.41	6.09
1973	3.07	5.97
1974	3.45	5.84
1975	3.2	5.71
1976	3.13	5.58
1977	3.07	5.44
1978	3.01	5.31
1979	2.91	5.17
1980	2.8	5.04
1981	2.67	4.92
1982	2.53	4.8
1983	2.4	4.68
1984	2.16	4.57
1985	2.02	4.46
1986	1.99	4.35
1987	2.05	4.25
1988	2.14	4.14
1989	2.23	4.03
1990	2.32	3.91
1991	2.3	3.79
1992	2.37	3.67
1993	2.21	3.55
1994	2.25	3.43
1995	2.14	3.32
1996	2.12	3.2
1997	2.04	3.1
1998	1.97	3
1999	2.05	2.92
2000	1.99	2.85
2001	1.91	2.74
2002	1.94	2.69
2003	1.87	2.66
2004	1.92	2.67
2005	1.88	2.64
2006	1.77	2.62
2007	1.74	2.58
2008	1.67	2.53
2009	1.59	2.48
2010	1.57	2.42
2011	1.55	2.41
2012	1.54	2.36
2013	1.44	2.32
2014	1.43	2.27
2015	1.36	2.23
2016	1.4	2.19
2017	1.44	2.15
2018	1.41	2.12
2019	1.4	2.09
2020	1.44	2.06
2021	1.41	2.03
2022	1.32	2
2023	1.39	1.98
2024	1.37	1.96
2025	1.36	1.94
2026	1.35	1.92
2027	1.35	1.91
2028	1.35	1.9
2029	1.35	1.88
2030	1.36	1.87
2031	1.36	1.86
2032	1.37	1.85
2033	1.37	1.84
2034	1.38	1.83
2035	1.39	1.83
2036	1.39	1.82
2037	1.4	1.81
2038	1.41	1.81
2039	1.41	1.8
2040	1.42	1.79
2041	1.42	1.79
2042	1.43	1.78
2043	1.43	1.78
2044	1.44	1.77
2045	1.45	1.77
2046	1.45	1.76
2047	1.46	1.75
2048	1.46	1.75
2049	1.47	1.75
2050	1.47	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Peru
1960	45%	44%
1961	45%	44.2%
1962	45.1%	44.3%
1963	45.1%	44.3%
1964	44.8%	44.3%
1965	44.4%	44.3%
1966	44%	44.2%
1967	43.4%	44.2%
1968	42.9%	44.2%
1969	42.3%	44.1%
1970	41.6%	44%
1971	40.9%	43.9%
1972	40.1%	43.8%
1973	39.1%	43.7%
1974	38.2%	43.6%
1975	37.3%	43.5%
1976	36.5%	43.4%
1977	35.7%	43.2%
1978	34.9%	43%
1979	34.2%	42.8%
1980	33.6%	42.6%
1981	33.1%	42.4%
1982	32.6%	42.1%
1983	32.2%	41.8%
1984	31.8%	41.5%
1985	31.4%	41.2%
1986	31.1%	40.8%
1987	30.8%	40.5%
1988	30.5%	40.2%
1989	30.1%	39.8%
1990	29.8%	39.4%
1991	29.4%	39.1%
1992	29%	38.7%
1993	28.5%	38.3%
1994	28%	37.9%
1995	27.5%	37.4%
1996	27%	36.9%
1997	26.6%	36.4%
1998	26.2%	35.8%
1999	25.8%	35.3%
2000	25.6%	34.7%
2001	25.3%	34.1%
2002	25%	33.5%
2003	24.7%	32.9%
2004	24.3%	32.3%
2005	23.9%	31.7%
2006	23.4%	31.2%
2007	22.9%	30.7%
2008	22.3%	30.2%
2009	21.7%	29.7%
2010	21.1%	29.3%
2011	20.6%	28.9%
2012	20.1%	28.5%
2013	19.7%	28.2%
2014	19.3%	27.8%
2015	18.9%	27.5%
2016	18.4%	27.2%
2017	17.9%	26.8%
2018	17.4%	26.4%
2019	16.9%	25.9%
2020	16.4%	25.5%
2021	15.9%	25.1%
2022	15.5%	24.8%
2023	15.1%	24.4%
2024	14.8%	24%
2025	14.5%	23.6%
2026	14.3%	23.3%
2027	14.1%	22.9%
2028	14%	22.6%
2029	13.8%	22.3%
2030	13.7%	22.1%
2031	13.6%	21.8%
2032	13.5%	21.6%
2033	13.4%	21.3%
2034	13.3%	21%
2035	13.2%	20.8%
2036	13%	20.5%
2037	12.9%	20.3%
2038	12.8%	20.1%
2039	12.7%	19.8%
2040	12.6%	19.6%
2041	12.5%	19.4%
2042	12.4%	19.1%
2043	12.3%	18.9%
2044	12.2%	18.7%
2045	12.1%	18.5%
2046	12%	18.3%
2047	11.8%	18.1%
2048	11.7%	17.9%
2049	11.6%	17.8%
2050	11.4%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +1.05% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	19,931	302,924
1961	20,355	313,385
1962	20,660	321,716
1963	22,069	332,352
1964	22,239	341,570
1965	20,482	349,245
1966	20,758	356,819
1967	17,560	365,224
1968	17,884	372,379
1969	15,761	379,347
1970	16,190	318,022
1971	15,441	391,506
1972	14,825	396,960
1973	13,145	400,752
1974	17,561	408,299
1975	15,342	414,400
1976	16,407	420,284
1977	16,769	425,428
1978	18,670	432,127
1979	19,282	439,110
1980	19,321	445,100
1981	18,334	453,158
1982	15,880	461,107
1983	14,525	469,781
1984	13,665	477,968
1985	12,451	488,887
1986	12,340	496,712
1987	13,262	502,229
1988	14,084	508,429
1989	14,718	512,152
1990	15,564	515,233
1991	15,091	513,867
1992	15,833	514,618
1993	14,814	513,769
1994	14,355	512,735
1995	13,020	507,894
1996	13,041	501,855
1997	11,943	495,348
1998	11,489	489,436
1999	12,341	487,095
2000	12,224	484,222
2001	11,723	470,154
2002	11,685	463,709
2003	10,799	459,243
2004	10,745	459,617
2005	10,195	454,199
2006	8,515	445,884
2007	8,429	435,122
2008	7,465	413,640
2009	6,113	396,522
2010	5,877	382,510
2011	5,511	383,268
2012	5,149	376,501
2013	4,281	372,694
2014	3,657	368,708
2015	3,031	362,781
2016	2,906	355,859
2017	3,415	349,333
2018	2,151	343,123
2019	1,773	346,981
2020	2,405	301,950
2021	-253	235,440
2022	-757	327,859
2023	1,009	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Peru

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 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Peru
1985	111	198
1986	106	193
1987	103	192
1988	93	190
1989	85	190
1990	77	191
1991	75	201
1992	73	195
1993	70	192
1994	63	188
1995	55	179
1996	52	166
1997	49	152
1998	48	139
1999	46	124
2000	43	115
2001	42	109
2002	42	106
2003	42	104
2004	43	107
2005	43	103
2006	45	99
2007	46	94
2008	48	91
2009	51	89
2010	53	86
2011	55	83
2012	55	79
2013	58	75
2014	60	73
2015	61	71
2016	62	69
2017	66	67
2018	67	66
2019	67	60
2020	58	75
2021	80	141
2022	61	81
2023	66	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 1.58% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	10.2%	22.9%
1961	9.82%	22.2%
1962	9.31%	21.6%
1963	8.72%	20.9%
1964	8.4%	20.2%
1965	8.66%	19.4%
1966	9.25%	18.7%
1967	9.55%	18.1%
1968	9.25%	17.5%
1969	8.72%	17%
1970	8.35%	19.7%
1971	8.15%	16.1%
1972	7.98%	15.6%
1973	7.71%	15.1%
1974	7.24%	14.7%
1975	6.53%	14.2%
1976	5.74%	13.8%
1977	5.08%	13.5%
1978	4.62%	13.2%
1979	4.28%	12.9%
1980	4.02%	12.7%
1981	3.77%	12.4%
1982	3.47%	12%
1983	3.15%	11.6%
1984	2.92%	11.1%
1985	2.85%	10.5%
1986	2.88%	9.97%
1987	2.85%	9.43%
1988	2.7%	8.92%
1989	2.5%	8.46%
1990	2.32%	8.04%
1991	2.19%	7.63%
1992	2.13%	7.2%
1993	2.12%	6.75%
1994	2.16%	6.29%
1995	2.22%	5.82%
1996	2.26%	5.36%
1997	2.25%	4.92%
1998	2.16%	4.51%
1999	2.03%	4.13%
2000	1.89%	3.79%
2001	1.76%	3.49%
2002	1.66%	3.24%
2003	1.6%	3.01%
2004	1.57%	2.82%
2005	1.55%	2.65%
2006	1.54%	2.5%
2007	1.52%	2.37%
2008	1.5%	2.25%
2009	1.48%	2.14%
2010	1.48%	2.04%
2011	1.49%	1.96%
2012	1.5%	1.89%
2013	1.49%	1.84%
2014	1.47%	1.79%
2015	1.47%	1.76%
2016	1.47%	1.73%
2017	1.5%	1.71%
2018	1.53%	1.69%
2019	1.57%	1.68%
2020	1.58%	1.66%
2021	1.57%	1.64%
2022	1.55%	1.61%
2023	1.52%	1.58%