Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	5.9	7.63
1961	5.98	7.63
1962	5.88	7.64
1963	6.18	7.65
1964	5.96	7.67
1965	5.51	7.66
1966	5.46	7.66
1967	4.63	7.66
1968	4.6	7.63
1969	3.97	7.6
1970	3.82	7.58
1971	3.51	7.56
1972	3.41	7.54
1973	3.07	7.48
1974	3.45	7.43
1975	3.2	7.37
1976	3.13	7.33
1977	3.07	7.3
1978	3.01	7.26
1979	2.91	7.23
1980	2.8	7.15
1981	2.67	7.07
1982	2.53	6.98
1983	2.4	6.88
1984	2.16	6.78
1985	2.02	6.65
1986	1.99	6.52
1987	2.05	6.34
1988	2.14	6.15
1989	2.23	5.98
1990	2.32	5.8
1991	2.3	5.64
1992	2.37	5.49
1993	2.21	5.33
1994	2.25	5.16
1995	2.14	4.99
1996	2.12	4.81
1997	2.04	4.66
1998	1.97	4.52
1999	2.05	4.35
2000	1.99	4.21
2001	1.91	3.96
2002	1.94	3.71
2003	1.87	3.47
2004	1.92	3.26
2005	1.88	3.16
2006	1.77	3.18
2007	1.74	3.19
2008	1.67	3.07
2009	1.59	2.95
2010	1.57	2.81
2011	1.55	2.8
2012	1.54	2.78
2013	1.44	2.67
2014	1.43	2.68
2015	1.36	2.63
2016	1.4	2.65
2017	1.44	2.67
2018	1.41	2.67
2019	1.4	2.49
2020	1.44	2.27
2021	1.41	2.17
2022	1.32	2.14
2023	1.39	2.28
2024	1.37	2.31
2025	1.36	2.29
2026	1.35	2.27
2027	1.35	2.25
2028	1.35	2.22
2029	1.35	2.2
2030	1.36	2.17
2031	1.36	2.15
2032	1.37	2.13
2033	1.37	2.11
2034	1.38	2.09
2035	1.39	2.07
2036	1.39	2.05
2037	1.4	2.03
2038	1.41	2.01
2039	1.41	1.99
2040	1.42	1.98
2041	1.42	1.97
2042	1.43	1.95
2043	1.43	1.94
2044	1.44	1.93
2045	1.45	1.92
2046	1.45	1.91
2047	1.46	1.9
2048	1.46	1.89
2049	1.47	1.88
2050	1.47	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Saudi Arabia
1960	45%	43.4%
1961	45%	43.6%
1962	45.1%	43.9%
1963	45.1%	44.3%
1964	44.8%	44.6%
1965	44.4%	44.8%
1966	44%	45.1%
1967	43.4%	45.3%
1968	42.9%	45.4%
1969	42.3%	45.5%
1970	41.6%	45.5%
1971	40.9%	45.5%
1972	40.1%	45.3%
1973	39.1%	45.2%
1974	38.2%	45%
1975	37.3%	44.8%
1976	36.5%	44.6%
1977	35.7%	44.5%
1978	34.9%	44.3%
1979	34.2%	44.2%
1980	33.6%	44.1%
1981	33.1%	43.9%
1982	32.6%	43.8%
1983	32.2%	43.7%
1984	31.8%	43.6%
1985	31.4%	43.6%
1986	31.1%	43.5%
1987	30.8%	43.4%
1988	30.5%	43.3%
1989	30.1%	43.2%
1990	29.8%	43%
1991	29.4%	42.7%
1992	29%	42.4%
1993	28.5%	42.1%
1994	28%	41.7%
1995	27.5%	41.2%
1996	27%	40.7%
1997	26.6%	40.1%
1998	26.2%	39.5%
1999	25.8%	38.9%
2000	25.6%	38.3%
2001	25.3%	37.7%
2002	25%	36.8%
2003	24.7%	35.7%
2004	24.3%	34.5%
2005	23.9%	33.2%
2006	23.4%	31.9%
2007	22.9%	30.6%
2008	22.3%	29.5%
2009	21.7%	28.5%
2010	21.1%	27.6%
2011	20.6%	26.9%
2012	20.1%	26.3%
2013	19.7%	25.8%
2014	19.3%	25.4%
2015	18.9%	25.1%
2016	18.4%	24.9%
2017	17.9%	25.2%
2018	17.4%	25.7%
2019	16.9%	25.8%
2020	16.4%	25.5%
2021	15.9%	25.2%
2022	15.5%	24.6%
2023	15.1%	24.1%
2024	14.8%	23.8%
2025	14.5%	23.6%
2026	14.3%	23.4%
2027	14.1%	23.3%
2028	14%	23.1%
2029	13.8%	22.9%
2030	13.7%	22.8%
2031	13.6%	22.6%
2032	13.5%	22.5%
2033	13.4%	22.4%
2034	13.3%	22.3%
2035	13.2%	22.2%
2036	13%	22.2%
2037	12.9%	22.1%
2038	12.8%	22%
2039	12.7%	21.9%
2040	12.6%	21.7%
2041	12.5%	21.5%
2042	12.4%	21.3%
2043	12.3%	21.2%
2044	12.2%	21%
2045	12.1%	20.8%
2046	12%	20.7%
2047	11.8%	20.5%
2048	11.7%	20.4%
2049	11.6%	20.2%
2050	11.4%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	19,931	74,143
1961	20,355	77,743
1962	20,660	81,393
1963	22,069	85,480
1964	22,239	89,776
1965	20,482	93,820
1966	20,758	98,361
1967	17,560	103,343
1968	17,884	108,281
1969	15,761	113,859
1970	16,190	120,440
1971	15,441	127,600
1972	14,825	136,360
1973	13,145	145,450
1974	17,561	155,478
1975	15,342	166,223
1976	16,407	178,024
1977	16,769	191,103
1978	18,670	205,331
1979	19,282	220,186
1980	19,321	234,372
1981	18,334	249,156
1982	15,880	264,831
1983	14,525	280,616
1984	13,665	296,615
1985	12,451	310,558
1986	12,340	322,340
1987	13,262	333,088
1988	14,084	342,865
1989	14,718	349,399
1990	15,564	355,495
1991	15,091	361,329
1992	15,833	366,763
1993	14,814	372,621
1994	14,355	377,351
1995	13,020	380,231
1996	13,041	382,248
1997	11,943	385,033
1998	11,489	389,499
1999	12,341	390,112
2000	12,224	392,407
2001	11,723	382,153
2002	11,685	372,099
2003	10,799	364,520
2004	10,745	362,843
2005	10,195	375,938
2006	8,515	399,333
2007	8,429	425,199
2008	7,465	433,457
2009	6,113	438,557
2010	5,877	418,641
2011	5,511	443,675
2012	5,149	465,649
2013	4,281	475,299
2014	3,657	493,431
2015	3,031	511,023
2016	2,906	537,829
2017	3,415	546,751
2018	2,151	528,767
2019	1,773	474,407
2020	2,405	447,036
2021	-253	409,032
2022	-757	406,920
2023	1,009	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Saudi Arabia

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 Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Saudi Arabia
1985	111	40
1986	106	38
1987	103	36
1988	93	34
1989	85	32
1990	77	30
1991	75	29
1992	73	27
1993	70	26
1994	63	25
1995	55	24
1996	52	23
1997	49	23
1998	48	22
1999	46	21
2000	43	20
2001	42	19
2002	42	18
2003	42	16
2004	43	16
2005	43	15
2006	45	14
2007	46	13
2008	48	12
2009	51	11
2010	53	11
2011	55	10
2012	55	9
2013	58	9
2014	60	8
2015	61	8
2016	62	8
2017	66	8
2018	67	8
2019	67	8
2020	58	11
2021	80	12
2022	61	9
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 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	10.2%	-
1961	9.82%	-
1962	9.31%	-
1963	8.72%	-
1964	8.4%	-
1965	8.66%	-
1966	9.25%	-
1967	9.55%	-
1968	9.25%	-
1969	8.72%	-
1970	8.35%	-
1971	8.15%	-
1972	7.98%	16%
1973	7.71%	14.9%
1974	7.24%	14%
1975	6.53%	13.1%
1976	5.74%	12.2%
1977	5.08%	11.4%
1978	4.62%	10.7%
1979	4.28%	9.99%
1980	4.02%	9.34%
1981	3.77%	8.71%
1982	3.47%	8.12%
1983	3.15%	7.56%
1984	2.92%	7.04%
1985	2.85%	6.55%
1986	2.88%	6.07%
1987	2.85%	5.62%
1988	2.7%	5.19%
1989	2.5%	4.8%
1990	2.32%	4.44%
1991	2.19%	4.11%
1992	2.13%	3.81%
1993	2.12%	3.54%
1994	2.16%	3.29%
1995	2.22%	3.06%
1996	2.26%	2.86%
1997	2.25%	2.67%
1998	2.16%	2.5%
1999	2.03%	2.35%
2000	1.89%	2.21%
2001	1.76%	2.08%
2002	1.66%	1.96%
2003	1.6%	1.85%
2004	1.57%	1.75%
2005	1.55%	1.65%
2006	1.54%	1.56%
2007	1.52%	1.47%
2008	1.5%	1.38%
2009	1.48%	1.3%
2010	1.48%	1.22%
2011	1.49%	1.15%
2012	1.5%	1.08%
2013	1.49%	1.02%
2014	1.47%	0.96%
2015	1.47%	0.9%
2016	1.47%	0.85%
2017	1.5%	0.8%
2018	1.53%	0.76%
2019	1.57%	0.72%
2020	1.58%	0.69%
2021	1.57%	0.66%
2022	1.55%	0.64%
2023	1.52%	0.62%