Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs South Sudan 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 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs South Sudan 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	South Sudan
1960	5.9	7.16
1961	5.98	7.18
1962	5.88	7.2
1963	6.18	7.2
1964	5.96	7.22
1965	5.51	7.22
1966	5.46	7.25
1967	4.63	7.26
1968	4.6	7.26
1969	3.97	7.28
1970	3.82	7.29
1971	3.51	7.3
1972	3.41	7.31
1973	3.07	7.31
1974	3.45	7.31
1975	3.2	7.33
1976	3.13	7.33
1977	3.07	7.33
1978	3.01	7.33
1979	2.91	7.32
1980	2.8	7.33
1981	2.67	7.33
1982	2.53	7.34
1983	2.4	7.34
1984	2.16	7.35
1985	2.02	7.36
1986	1.99	7.38
1987	2.05	7.39
1988	2.14	7.38
1989	2.23	7.37
1990	2.32	7.38
1991	2.3	7.38
1992	2.37	7.37
1993	2.21	7.36
1994	2.25	7.35
1995	2.14	7.34
1996	2.12	7.32
1997	2.04	7.2
1998	1.97	7.08
1999	2.05	6.94
2000	1.99	6.8
2001	1.91	6.65
2002	1.94	6.52
2003	1.87	6.35
2004	1.92	6.19
2005	1.88	6.02
2006	1.77	5.85
2007	1.74	5.7
2008	1.67	5.57
2009	1.59	5.45
2010	1.57	5.32
2011	1.55	5.19
2012	1.54	5.06
2013	1.44	4.94
2014	1.43	4.82
2015	1.36	4.7
2016	1.4	4.58
2017	1.44	4.48
2018	1.41	4.37
2019	1.4	4.26
2020	1.44	4.16
2021	1.41	4.05
2022	1.32	3.96
2023	1.39	3.86
2024	1.37	3.79
2025	1.36	3.71
2026	1.35	3.63
2027	1.35	3.56
2028	1.35	3.49
2029	1.35	3.43
2030	1.36	3.37
2031	1.36	3.31
2032	1.37	3.26
2033	1.37	3.2
2034	1.38	3.15
2035	1.39	3.1
2036	1.39	3.06
2037	1.4	3.01
2038	1.41	2.96
2039	1.41	2.92
2040	1.42	2.88
2041	1.42	2.84
2042	1.43	2.8
2043	1.43	2.76
2044	1.44	2.73
2045	1.45	2.69
2046	1.45	2.66
2047	1.46	2.63
2048	1.46	2.6
2049	1.47	2.58
2050	1.47	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	South Sudan
1960	45%	42.5%
1961	45%	42.6%
1962	45.1%	42.6%
1963	45.1%	42.8%
1964	44.8%	43%
1965	44.4%	43.3%
1966	44%	43.5%
1967	43.4%	43.8%
1968	42.9%	44%
1969	42.3%	44.3%
1970	41.6%	44.5%
1971	40.9%	44.7%
1972	40.1%	44.8%
1973	39.1%	45%
1974	38.2%	45.1%
1975	37.3%	45.2%
1976	36.5%	45.3%
1977	35.7%	45.4%
1978	34.9%	45.5%
1979	34.2%	45.7%
1980	33.6%	45.8%
1981	33.1%	46%
1982	32.6%	46.2%
1983	32.2%	46.3%
1984	31.8%	46.5%
1985	31.4%	46.6%
1986	31.1%	46.7%
1987	30.8%	46.9%
1988	30.5%	46.2%
1989	30.1%	45.4%
1990	29.8%	45.4%
1991	29.4%	45.5%
1992	29%	45.6%
1993	28.5%	45.7%
1994	28%	45.8%
1995	27.5%	45.8%
1996	27%	46%
1997	26.6%	46%
1998	26.2%	45.8%
1999	25.8%	45.6%
2000	25.6%	45.5%
2001	25.3%	45.5%
2002	25%	45.7%
2003	24.7%	45.9%
2004	24.3%	45.8%
2005	23.9%	45.3%
2006	23.4%	44.8%
2007	22.9%	44.3%
2008	22.3%	43.8%
2009	21.7%	43.4%
2010	21.1%	42.8%
2011	20.6%	42.2%
2012	20.1%	41.9%
2013	19.7%	41.9%
2014	19.3%	42.5%
2015	18.9%	43.1%
2016	18.4%	43.7%
2017	17.9%	45%
2018	17.4%	44.9%
2019	16.9%	43.6%
2020	16.4%	42.4%
2021	15.9%	41.6%
2022	15.5%	40.9%
2023	15.1%	39.9%
2024	14.8%	38.9%
2025	14.5%	38%
2026	14.3%	37.1%
2027	14.1%	36.2%
2028	14%	35.5%
2029	13.8%	35%
2030	13.7%	34.7%
2031	13.6%	34.5%
2032	13.5%	34.4%
2033	13.4%	34.3%
2034	13.3%	34.3%
2035	13.2%	34.2%
2036	13%	34.1%
2037	12.9%	34%
2038	12.8%	33.8%
2039	12.7%	33.7%
2040	12.6%	33.4%
2041	12.5%	33.2%
2042	12.4%	32.9%
2043	12.3%	32.5%
2044	12.2%	32.2%
2045	12.1%	31.8%
2046	12%	31.4%
2047	11.8%	31%
2048	11.7%	30.5%
2049	11.6%	30.1%
2050	11.4%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +1.65% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	19,931	42,945
1961	20,355	45,186
1962	20,660	47,406
1963	22,069	46,333
1964	22,239	64,786
1965	20,482	51,682
1966	20,758	38,523
1967	17,560	41,357
1968	17,884	44,213
1969	15,761	42,015
1970	16,190	44,776
1971	15,441	72,308
1972	14,825	74,803
1973	13,145	94,765
1974	17,561	97,181
1975	15,342	99,882
1976	16,407	102,346
1977	16,769	104,886
1978	18,670	107,352
1979	19,282	109,540
1980	19,321	112,307
1981	18,334	115,163
1982	15,880	118,641
1983	14,525	104,107
1984	13,665	90,970
1985	12,451	95,342
1986	12,340	99,502
1987	13,262	5,756
1988	14,084	-125,447
1989	14,718	83,735
1990	15,564	82,900
1991	15,091	87,873
1992	15,833	28,874
1993	14,814	32,779
1994	14,355	165,407
1995	13,020	110,417
1996	13,041	116,728
1997	11,943	121,454
1998	11,489	-12,157
1999	12,341	180,721
2000	12,224	196,055
2001	11,723	204,108
2002	11,685	212,014
2003	10,799	225,822
2004	10,745	231,877
2005	10,195	239,272
2006	8,515	246,706
2007	8,429	256,546
2008	7,465	268,268
2009	6,113	278,859
2010	5,877	287,409
2011	5,511	303,181
2012	5,149	312,974
2013	4,281	315,983
2014	3,657	227,611
2015	3,031	148,542
2016	2,906	110,553
2017	3,415	72,193
2018	2,151	168,497
2019	1,773	209,708
2020	2,405	212,332
2021	-253	213,567
2022	-757	211,166
2023	1,009	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs South Sudan

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 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	South Sudan
1985	111	3,845
1986	106	3,720
1987	103	8,045
1988	93	5,535
1989	85	5,103
1990	77	4,877
1991	75	4,764
1992	73	7,597
1993	70	7,537
1994	63	1,666
1995	55	4,430
1996	52	4,357
1997	49	4,172
1998	48	7,514
1999	46	2,048
2000	43	1,658
2001	42	1,580
2002	42	1,521
2003	42	1,199
2004	43	1,150
2005	43	1,074
2006	45	1,005
2007	46	933
2008	48	858
2009	51	823
2010	53	776
2011	55	770
2012	55	755
2013	58	771
2014	60	1,216
2015	61	1,436
2016	62	1,629
2017	66	1,662
2018	67	913
2019	67	745
2020	58	729
2021	80	749
2022	61	704
2023	66	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 9.87% in South Sudan. 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	South Sudan
1960	10.2%	35.5%
1961	9.82%	35.2%
1962	9.31%	34.9%
1963	8.72%	34.6%
1964	8.4%	34.3%
1965	8.66%	34%
1966	9.25%	33.6%
1967	9.55%	33.3%
1968	9.25%	32.9%
1969	8.72%	32.6%
1970	8.35%	32.3%
1971	8.15%	31.9%
1972	7.98%	31.6%
1973	7.71%	31.3%
1974	7.24%	30.9%
1975	6.53%	30.6%
1976	5.74%	30.2%
1977	5.08%	29.9%
1978	4.62%	29.5%
1979	4.28%	29.2%
1980	4.02%	28.9%
1981	3.77%	28.5%
1982	3.47%	28.2%
1983	3.15%	27.8%
1984	2.92%	27.5%
1985	2.85%	27.1%
1986	2.88%	26.7%
1987	2.85%	36%
1988	2.7%	76.7%
1989	2.5%	30.7%
1990	2.32%	30.3%
1991	2.19%	29.7%
1992	2.13%	33.8%
1993	2.12%	33.1%
1994	2.16%	23%
1995	2.22%	27%
1996	2.26%	26.1%
1997	2.25%	25.2%
1998	2.16%	42.6%
1999	2.03%	19.2%
2000	1.89%	18.3%
2001	1.76%	17.4%
2002	1.66%	16.5%
2003	1.6%	15.7%
2004	1.57%	14.8%
2005	1.55%	14.1%
2006	1.54%	13.4%
2007	1.52%	12.7%
2008	1.5%	12.1%
2009	1.48%	11.5%
2010	1.48%	10.9%
2011	1.49%	10.5%
2012	1.5%	10.1%
2013	1.49%	9.92%
2014	1.47%	18.2%
2015	1.47%	23.7%
2016	1.47%	26.4%
2017	1.5%	27.8%
2018	1.53%	13.2%
2019	1.57%	9.87%
2020	1.58%	9.87%
2021	1.57%	9.87%
2022	1.55%	9.87%
2023	1.52%	9.87%