Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Spain

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Spain 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 1.12 in Spain in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs Spain 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	Spain
1960	5.9	2.86
1961	5.98	2.77
1962	5.88	2.8
1963	6.18	2.88
1964	5.96	3.01
1965	5.51	2.94
1966	5.46	2.91
1967	4.63	2.94
1968	4.6	2.87
1969	3.97	2.86
1970	3.82	2.84
1971	3.51	2.9
1972	3.41	2.87
1973	3.07	2.84
1974	3.45	2.88
1975	3.2	2.77
1976	3.13	2.77
1977	3.07	2.65
1978	3.01	2.54
1979	2.91	2.37
1980	2.8	2.22
1981	2.67	2.04
1982	2.53	1.94
1983	2.4	1.8
1984	2.16	1.73
1985	2.02	1.64
1986	1.99	1.56
1987	2.05	1.49
1988	2.14	1.45
1989	2.23	1.4
1990	2.32	1.36
1991	2.3	1.33
1992	2.37	1.31
1993	2.21	1.26
1994	2.25	1.19
1995	2.14	1.16
1996	2.12	1.14
1997	2.04	1.15
1998	1.97	1.13
1999	2.05	1.17
2000	1.99	1.22
2001	1.91	1.23
2002	1.94	1.25
2003	1.87	1.3
2004	1.92	1.31
2005	1.88	1.33
2006	1.77	1.36
2007	1.74	1.38
2008	1.67	1.45
2009	1.59	1.38
2010	1.57	1.37
2011	1.55	1.34
2012	1.54	1.32
2013	1.44	1.27
2014	1.43	1.32
2015	1.36	1.33
2016	1.4	1.33
2017	1.44	1.31
2018	1.41	1.26
2019	1.4	1.23
2020	1.44	1.18
2021	1.41	1.18
2022	1.32	1.16
2023	1.39	1.12
2024	1.37	1.13
2025	1.36	1.14
2026	1.35	1.14
2027	1.35	1.15
2028	1.35	1.16
2029	1.35	1.16
2030	1.36	1.17
2031	1.36	1.17
2032	1.37	1.18
2033	1.37	1.18
2034	1.38	1.19
2035	1.39	1.19
2036	1.39	1.2
2037	1.4	1.2
2038	1.41	1.2
2039	1.41	1.21
2040	1.42	1.21
2041	1.42	1.22
2042	1.43	1.23
2043	1.43	1.23
2044	1.44	1.24
2045	1.45	1.24
2046	1.45	1.24
2047	1.46	1.25
2048	1.46	1.25
2049	1.47	1.25
2050	1.47	1.26

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Spain
1960	45%	27.4%
1961	45%	27.4%
1962	45.1%	27.4%
1963	45.1%	27.4%
1964	44.8%	27.4%
1965	44.4%	27.5%
1966	44%	27.6%
1967	43.4%	27.7%
1968	42.9%	27.8%
1969	42.3%	27.8%
1970	41.6%	27.9%
1971	40.9%	27.8%
1972	40.1%	27.8%
1973	39.1%	27.7%
1974	38.2%	27.5%
1975	37.3%	27.3%
1976	36.5%	27.2%
1977	35.7%	27%
1978	34.9%	26.8%
1979	34.2%	26.4%
1980	33.6%	26%
1981	33.1%	25.5%
1982	32.6%	24.9%
1983	32.2%	24.4%
1984	31.8%	23.8%
1985	31.4%	23.2%
1986	31.1%	22.5%
1987	30.8%	21.9%
1988	30.5%	21.2%
1989	30.1%	20.5%
1990	29.8%	19.8%
1991	29.4%	19.1%
1992	29%	18.4%
1993	28.5%	17.8%
1994	28%	17.2%
1995	27.5%	16.6%
1996	27%	16.1%
1997	26.6%	15.7%
1998	26.2%	15.3%
1999	25.8%	15%
2000	25.6%	14.8%
2001	25.3%	14.7%
2002	25%	14.6%
2003	24.7%	14.5%
2004	24.3%	14.5%
2005	23.9%	14.5%
2006	23.4%	14.5%
2007	22.9%	14.6%
2008	22.3%	14.7%
2009	21.7%	14.8%
2010	21.1%	14.9%
2011	20.6%	15%
2012	20.1%	15.1%
2013	19.7%	15.1%
2014	19.3%	15.1%
2015	18.9%	15%
2016	18.4%	14.9%
2017	17.9%	14.8%
2018	17.4%	14.7%
2019	16.9%	14.4%
2020	16.4%	14.2%
2021	15.9%	13.9%
2022	15.5%	13.6%
2023	15.1%	13.3%
2024	14.8%	12.9%
2025	14.5%	12.6%
2026	14.3%	12.3%
2027	14.1%	12.1%
2028	14%	11.8%
2029	13.8%	11.6%
2030	13.7%	11.4%
2031	13.6%	11.2%
2032	13.5%	11%
2033	13.4%	10.9%
2034	13.3%	10.8%
2035	13.2%	10.7%
2036	13%	10.7%
2037	12.9%	10.7%
2038	12.8%	10.8%
2039	12.7%	10.8%
2040	12.6%	10.8%
2041	12.5%	10.9%
2042	12.4%	11%
2043	12.3%	11%
2044	12.2%	11.1%
2045	12.1%	11.2%
2046	12%	11.3%
2047	11.8%	11.3%
2048	11.7%	11.4%
2049	11.6%	11.5%
2050	11.4%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 12.9% in Spain in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 19.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Spain compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Spain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and -0.13% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	19,931	398,960
1961	20,355	396,537
1962	20,660	384,690
1963	22,069	394,338
1964	22,239	429,885
1965	20,482	405,819
1966	20,758	397,084
1967	17,560	402,001
1968	17,884	387,423
1969	15,761	367,851
1970	16,190	378,723
1971	15,441	369,625
1972	14,825	391,030
1973	13,145	374,381
1974	17,561	396,182
1975	15,342	371,882
1976	16,407	375,834
1977	16,769	361,465
1978	18,670	339,157
1979	19,282	312,407
1980	19,321	281,184
1981	18,334	237,879
1982	15,880	231,714
1983	14,525	183,223
1984	13,665	172,487
1985	12,451	146,184
1986	12,340	131,188
1987	13,262	116,054
1988	14,084	100,794
1989	14,718	81,538
1990	15,564	66,075
1991	15,091	58,450
1992	15,833	62,652
1993	14,814	47,234
1994	14,355	31,639
1995	13,020	15,889
1996	13,041	11,967
1997	11,943	20,028
1998	11,489	4,022
1999	12,341	8,077
2000	12,224	36,512
2001	11,723	44,936
2002	11,685	53,861
2003	10,799	54,844
2004	10,745	85,844
2005	10,195	78,576
2006	8,515	110,994
2007	8,429	108,545
2008	7,465	133,267
2009	6,113	106,635
2010	5,877	102,469
2011	5,511	84,137
2012	5,149	51,450
2013	4,281	37,284
2014	3,657	32,522
2015	3,031	-4,642
2016	2,906	0
2017	3,415	-32,600
2018	2,151	-56,139
2019	1,773	-56,542
2020	2,405	-151,551
2021	-253	-113,865
2022	-757	-133,801
2023	1,009	-111,201

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Spain

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 3 deaths in Spain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Spain
1985	111	6
1986	106	7
1987	103	7
1988	93	7
1989	85	7
1990	77	6
1991	75	6
1992	73	6
1993	70	6
1994	63	6
1995	55	6
1996	52	6
1997	49	5
1998	48	5
1999	46	5
2000	43	5
2001	42	5
2002	42	5
2003	42	4
2004	43	5
2005	43	5
2006	45	4
2007	46	4
2008	48	4
2009	51	4
2010	53	4
2011	55	4
2012	55	4
2013	58	4
2014	60	4
2015	61	4
2016	62	3
2017	66	3
2018	67	3
2019	67	3
2020	58	4
2021	80	4
2022	61	4
2023	66	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 0.31% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	10.2%	5.47%
1961	9.82%	5.2%
1962	9.31%	4.94%
1963	8.72%	4.68%
1964	8.4%	4.45%
1965	8.66%	4.23%
1966	9.25%	4.03%
1967	9.55%	3.83%
1968	9.25%	3.61%
1969	8.72%	3.39%
1970	8.35%	3.16%
1971	8.15%	2.94%
1972	7.98%	2.72%
1973	7.71%	2.52%
1974	7.24%	2.33%
1975	6.53%	2.17%
1976	5.74%	2.02%
1977	5.08%	1.87%
1978	4.62%	1.74%
1979	4.28%	1.61%
1980	4.02%	1.49%
1981	3.77%	1.38%
1982	3.47%	1.3%
1983	3.15%	1.23%
1984	2.92%	1.17%
1985	2.85%	1.11%
1986	2.88%	1.07%
1987	2.85%	1.03%
1988	2.7%	0.99%
1989	2.5%	0.95%
1990	2.32%	0.92%
1991	2.19%	0.88%
1992	2.13%	0.83%
1993	2.12%	0.79%
1994	2.16%	0.74%
1995	2.22%	0.69%
1996	2.26%	0.65%
1997	2.25%	0.61%
1998	2.16%	0.58%
1999	2.03%	0.56%
2000	1.89%	0.54%
2001	1.76%	0.53%
2002	1.66%	0.51%
2003	1.6%	0.5%
2004	1.57%	0.49%
2005	1.55%	0.47%
2006	1.54%	0.45%
2007	1.52%	0.44%
2008	1.5%	0.42%
2009	1.48%	0.4%
2010	1.48%	0.38%
2011	1.49%	0.37%
2012	1.5%	0.36%
2013	1.49%	0.35%
2014	1.47%	0.34%
2015	1.47%	0.33%
2016	1.47%	0.33%
2017	1.5%	0.32%
2018	1.53%	0.32%
2019	1.57%	0.32%
2020	1.58%	0.32%
2021	1.57%	0.31%
2022	1.55%	0.31%
2023	1.52%	0.31%