Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	5.9	5.35
1961	5.98	5.24
1962	5.88	5.18
1963	6.18	5.12
1964	5.96	5.06
1965	5.51	4.93
1966	5.46	4.83
1967	4.63	4.79
1968	4.6	4.66
1969	3.97	4.5
1970	3.82	4.39
1971	3.51	4.27
1972	3.41	4.16
1973	3.07	4
1974	3.45	3.86
1975	3.2	3.82
1976	3.13	3.78
1977	3.07	3.74
1978	3.01	3.81
1979	2.91	3.82
1980	2.8	3.73
1981	2.67	3.65
1982	2.53	3.32
1983	2.4	3.11
1984	2.16	3.01
1985	2.02	2.9
1986	1.99	2.74
1987	2.05	2.64
1988	2.14	2.57
1989	2.23	2.58
1990	2.32	2.54
1991	2.3	2.51
1992	2.37	2.49
1993	2.21	2.44
1994	2.25	2.4
1995	2.14	2.35
1996	2.12	2.29
1997	2.04	2.22
1998	1.97	2.14
1999	2.05	2.14
2000	1.99	2.21
2001	1.91	2.28
2002	1.94	2.31
2003	1.87	2.3
2004	1.92	2.27
2005	1.88	2.26
2006	1.77	2.29
2007	1.74	2.3
2008	1.67	2.23
2009	1.59	2.18
2010	1.57	2.13
2011	1.55	2.14
2012	1.54	2.17
2013	1.44	2.18
2014	1.43	2.13
2015	1.36	2.09
2016	1.4	2.06
2017	1.44	2.04
2018	1.41	2.03
2019	1.4	2.02
2020	1.44	2.01
2021	1.41	2
2022	1.32	1.98
2023	1.39	1.97
2024	1.37	1.95
2025	1.36	1.94
2026	1.35	1.93
2027	1.35	1.91
2028	1.35	1.9
2029	1.35	1.89
2030	1.36	1.88
2031	1.36	1.87
2032	1.37	1.86
2033	1.37	1.85
2034	1.38	1.85
2035	1.39	1.84
2036	1.39	1.83
2037	1.4	1.83
2038	1.41	1.82
2039	1.41	1.81
2040	1.42	1.81
2041	1.42	1.8
2042	1.43	1.8
2043	1.43	1.8
2044	1.44	1.79
2045	1.45	1.79
2046	1.45	1.79
2047	1.46	1.78
2048	1.46	1.78
2049	1.47	1.77
2050	1.47	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Sri Lanka
1960	45%	41%
1961	45%	40.9%
1962	45.1%	40.8%
1963	45.1%	40.7%
1964	44.8%	40.6%
1965	44.4%	40.5%
1966	44%	40.4%
1967	43.4%	40.3%
1968	42.9%	40.1%
1969	42.3%	39.9%
1970	41.6%	39.7%
1971	40.9%	39.5%
1972	40.1%	39.2%
1973	39.1%	38.8%
1974	38.2%	38.4%
1975	37.3%	38%
1976	36.5%	37.6%
1977	35.7%	37.2%
1978	34.9%	36.9%
1979	34.2%	36.7%
1980	33.6%	36.4%
1981	33.1%	36.2%
1982	32.6%	36%
1983	32.2%	35.8%
1984	31.8%	35.5%
1985	31.4%	35.2%
1986	31.1%	34.6%
1987	30.8%	34%
1988	30.5%	33.5%
1989	30.1%	33%
1990	29.8%	32.5%
1991	29.4%	32.1%
1992	29%	31.4%
1993	28.5%	30.6%
1994	28%	29.9%
1995	27.5%	29.2%
1996	27%	28.6%
1997	26.6%	28.2%
1998	26.2%	27.8%
1999	25.8%	27.4%
2000	25.6%	27%
2001	25.3%	26.6%
2002	25%	26.3%
2003	24.7%	26.1%
2004	24.3%	26%
2005	23.9%	25.8%
2006	23.4%	25.7%
2007	22.9%	25.7%
2008	22.3%	25.6%
2009	21.7%	25.5%
2010	21.1%	25.4%
2011	20.6%	25.3%
2012	20.1%	25.2%
2013	19.7%	25%
2014	19.3%	24.9%
2015	18.9%	24.7%
2016	18.4%	24.5%
2017	17.9%	24.2%
2018	17.4%	24%
2019	16.9%	23.7%
2020	16.4%	23.3%
2021	15.9%	23%
2022	15.5%	22.7%
2023	15.1%	22.4%
2024	14.8%	22%
2025	14.5%	21.7%
2026	14.3%	21.4%
2027	14.1%	21.1%
2028	14%	20.8%
2029	13.8%	20.5%
2030	13.7%	20.2%
2031	13.6%	20%
2032	13.5%	19.8%
2033	13.4%	19.6%
2034	13.3%	19.4%
2035	13.2%	19.2%
2036	13%	19.1%
2037	12.9%	18.9%
2038	12.8%	18.8%
2039	12.7%	18.7%
2040	12.6%	18.6%
2041	12.5%	18.4%
2042	12.4%	18.3%
2043	12.3%	18.2%
2044	12.2%	18.1%
2045	12.1%	18%
2046	12%	17.9%
2047	11.8%	17.7%
2048	11.7%	17.6%
2049	11.6%	17.5%
2050	11.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	19,931	247,631
1961	20,355	251,087
1962	20,660	256,719
1963	22,069	262,880
1964	22,239	269,584
1965	20,482	272,422
1966	20,758	275,549
1967	17,560	284,738
1968	17,884	286,642
1969	15,761	286,218
1970	16,190	286,719
1971	15,441	281,200
1972	14,825	282,494
1973	13,145	278,577
1974	17,561	275,521
1975	15,342	282,496
1976	16,407	291,816
1977	16,769	300,038
1978	18,670	317,055
1979	19,282	329,791
1980	19,321	328,155
1981	18,334	328,096
1982	15,880	300,030
1983	14,525	277,768
1984	13,665	263,175
1985	12,451	247,836
1986	12,340	233,782
1987	13,262	226,414
1988	14,084	219,184
1989	14,718	212,401
1990	15,564	224,454
1991	15,091	218,117
1992	15,833	222,230
1993	14,814	226,257
1994	14,355	228,904
1995	13,020	221,957
1996	13,041	215,290
1997	11,943	208,193
1998	11,489	201,059
1999	12,341	206,876
2000	12,224	227,060
2001	11,723	244,377
2002	11,685	252,840
2003	10,799	252,008
2004	10,745	212,527
2005	10,195	248,683
2006	8,515	248,706
2007	8,429	248,287
2008	7,465	232,225
2009	6,113	200,175
2010	5,877	224,325
2011	5,511	224,461
2012	5,149	229,138
2013	4,281	221,021
2014	3,657	211,541
2015	3,031	201,815
2016	2,906	194,232
2017	3,415	187,993
2018	2,151	183,610
2019	1,773	172,243
2020	2,405	170,968
2021	-253	121,858
2022	-757	95,378
2023	1,009	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Sri Lanka
1985	111	68
1986	106	66
1987	103	64
1988	93	62
1989	85	61
1990	77	59
1991	75	57
1992	73	54
1993	70	51
1994	63	49
1995	55	48
1996	52	47
1997	49	45
1998	48	43
1999	46	41
2000	43	39
2001	42	37
2002	42	36
2003	42	35
2004	43	37
2005	43	32
2006	45	32
2007	46	31
2008	48	30
2009	51	28
2010	53	26
2011	55	25
2012	55	24
2013	58	23
2014	60	23
2015	61	22
2016	62	22
2017	66	21
2018	67	21
2019	67	20
2020	58	23
2021	80	34
2022	61	22
2023	66	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	10.2%	9.41%
1961	9.82%	8.95%
1962	9.31%	8.66%
1963	8.72%	8.48%
1964	8.4%	8.3%
1965	8.66%	8.07%
1966	9.25%	7.81%
1967	9.55%	7.55%
1968	9.25%	7.32%
1969	8.72%	7.14%
1970	8.35%	7.02%
1971	8.15%	6.94%
1972	7.98%	6.86%
1973	7.71%	6.77%
1974	7.24%	6.62%
1975	6.53%	6.41%
1976	5.74%	6.12%
1977	5.08%	5.77%
1978	4.62%	5.38%
1979	4.28%	4.99%
1980	4.02%	4.63%
1981	3.77%	4.29%
1982	3.47%	3.98%
1983	3.15%	3.67%
1984	2.92%	3.35%
1985	2.85%	3.02%
1986	2.88%	2.74%
1987	2.85%	2.54%
1988	2.7%	2.41%
1989	2.5%	2.74%
1990	2.32%	2.33%
1991	2.19%	2.32%
1992	2.13%	2.29%
1993	2.12%	2.22%
1994	2.16%	2.14%
1995	2.22%	2.05%
1996	2.26%	1.95%
1997	2.25%	1.86%
1998	2.16%	1.76%
1999	2.03%	1.69%
2000	1.89%	1.63%
2001	1.76%	1.58%
2002	1.66%	1.55%
2003	1.6%	1.52%
2004	1.57%	2.88%
2005	1.55%	1.4%
2006	1.54%	1.33%
2007	1.52%	1.26%
2008	1.5%	1.2%
2009	1.48%	2.08%
2010	1.48%	1.12%
2011	1.49%	1.08%
2012	1.5%	1.03%
2013	1.49%	0.98%
2014	1.47%	0.92%
2015	1.47%	0.87%
2016	1.47%	0.83%
2017	1.5%	0.79%
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%	0.61%