Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Sudan

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs 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 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs 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	Sudan
1960	5.9	6.66
1961	5.98	6.66
1962	5.88	6.7
1963	6.18	6.76
1964	5.96	6.8
1965	5.51	6.84
1966	5.46	6.88
1967	4.63	6.91
1968	4.6	6.95
1969	3.97	6.97
1970	3.82	6.99
1971	3.51	7.02
1972	3.41	6.98
1973	3.07	6.94
1974	3.45	6.91
1975	3.2	6.87
1976	3.13	6.82
1977	3.07	6.78
1978	3.01	6.72
1979	2.91	6.65
1980	2.8	6.59
1981	2.67	6.53
1982	2.53	6.47
1983	2.4	6.41
1984	2.16	6.34
1985	2.02	6.28
1986	1.99	6.23
1987	2.05	6.18
1988	2.14	6.13
1989	2.23	6.11
1990	2.32	6.07
1991	2.3	6.05
1992	2.37	6.02
1993	2.21	5.97
1994	2.25	5.91
1995	2.14	5.86
1996	2.12	5.79
1997	2.04	5.72
1998	1.97	5.65
1999	2.05	5.62
2000	1.99	5.6
2001	1.91	5.56
2002	1.94	5.53
2003	1.87	5.49
2004	1.92	5.46
2005	1.88	5.4
2006	1.77	5.33
2007	1.74	5.27
2008	1.67	5.21
2009	1.59	5.17
2010	1.57	5.14
2011	1.55	5.09
2012	1.54	5.03
2013	1.44	4.97
2014	1.43	4.91
2015	1.36	4.9
2016	1.4	4.83
2017	1.44	4.76
2018	1.41	4.68
2019	1.4	4.62
2020	1.44	4.54
2021	1.41	4.46
2022	1.32	4.38
2023	1.39	4.32
2024	1.37	4.26
2025	1.36	4.19
2026	1.35	4.13
2027	1.35	4.06
2028	1.35	4
2029	1.35	3.95
2030	1.36	3.88
2031	1.36	3.82
2032	1.37	3.77
2033	1.37	3.7
2034	1.38	3.66
2035	1.39	3.6
2036	1.39	3.54
2037	1.4	3.49
2038	1.41	3.45
2039	1.41	3.4
2040	1.42	3.36
2041	1.42	3.32
2042	1.43	3.28
2043	1.43	3.24
2044	1.44	3.2
2045	1.45	3.17
2046	1.45	3.13
2047	1.46	3.1
2048	1.46	3.07
2049	1.47	3.03
2050	1.47	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Sudan
1960	45%	46.5%
1961	45%	46.6%
1962	45.1%	46.6%
1963	45.1%	46.7%
1964	44.8%	46.9%
1965	44.4%	47%
1966	44%	47.1%
1967	43.4%	47.2%
1968	42.9%	47.3%
1969	42.3%	47.4%
1970	41.6%	47.5%
1971	40.9%	47.6%
1972	40.1%	47.7%
1973	39.1%	47.9%
1974	38.2%	48.1%
1975	37.3%	48%
1976	36.5%	47.8%
1977	35.7%	47.7%
1978	34.9%	47.4%
1979	34.2%	47.1%
1980	33.6%	46.8%
1981	33.1%	46.6%
1982	32.6%	46.4%
1983	32.2%	46.3%
1984	31.8%	46.2%
1985	31.4%	46.1%
1986	31.1%	46.1%
1987	30.8%	46%
1988	30.5%	46%
1989	30.1%	46.1%
1990	29.8%	46.1%
1991	29.4%	46.2%
1992	29%	46.3%
1993	28.5%	46.3%
1994	28%	46.3%
1995	27.5%	46.3%
1996	27%	46.2%
1997	26.6%	46.2%
1998	26.2%	46.1%
1999	25.8%	45.9%
2000	25.6%	45.8%
2001	25.3%	45.7%
2002	25%	45.6%
2003	24.7%	45.6%
2004	24.3%	45.5%
2005	23.9%	45.4%
2006	23.4%	45.3%
2007	22.9%	45.1%
2008	22.3%	44.9%
2009	21.7%	44.7%
2010	21.1%	44.6%
2011	20.6%	44.6%
2012	20.1%	44.5%
2013	19.7%	44.4%
2014	19.3%	44%
2015	18.9%	43.6%
2016	18.4%	43.1%
2017	17.9%	42.6%
2018	17.4%	42%
2019	16.9%	41.7%
2020	16.4%	41.4%
2021	15.9%	41.2%
2022	15.5%	40.9%
2023	15.1%	40.6%
2024	14.8%	40.5%
2025	14.5%	40.2%
2026	14.3%	39.8%
2027	14.1%	39.5%
2028	14%	39.3%
2029	13.8%	39.1%
2030	13.7%	38.9%
2031	13.6%	38.6%
2032	13.5%	38.3%
2033	13.4%	37.9%
2034	13.3%	37.5%
2035	13.2%	37.1%
2036	13%	36.7%
2037	12.9%	36.3%
2038	12.8%	35.9%
2039	12.7%	35.5%
2040	12.6%	35.1%
2041	12.5%	34.7%
2042	12.4%	34.3%
2043	12.3%	33.9%
2044	12.2%	33.6%
2045	12.1%	33.2%
2046	12%	32.8%
2047	11.8%	32.5%
2048	11.7%	32.2%
2049	11.6%	31.9%
2050	11.4%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +2.79% in 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	Sudan
1960	19,931	262,235
1961	20,355	272,562
1962	20,660	287,317
1963	22,069	302,132
1964	22,239	315,166
1965	20,482	327,799
1966	20,758	342,118
1967	17,560	356,599
1968	17,884	370,917
1969	15,761	385,712
1970	16,190	401,013
1971	15,441	417,641
1972	14,825	428,340
1973	13,145	439,201
1974	17,561	444,456
1975	15,342	454,813
1976	16,407	470,019
1977	16,769	483,089
1978	18,670	497,987
1979	19,282	524,942
1980	19,321	552,930
1981	18,334	585,087
1982	15,880	606,362
1983	14,525	570,198
1984	13,665	577,405
1985	12,451	583,382
1986	12,340	649,649
1987	13,262	658,416
1988	14,084	672,604
1989	14,718	683,743
1990	15,564	699,953
1991	15,091	714,612
1992	15,833	731,177
1993	14,814	743,249
1994	14,355	764,645
1995	13,020	780,700
1996	13,041	792,926
1997	11,943	802,245
1998	11,489	814,752
1999	12,341	835,840
2000	12,224	858,536
2001	11,723	880,284
2002	11,685	897,965
2003	10,799	898,226
2004	10,745	889,382
2005	10,195	907,017
2006	8,515	963,740
2007	8,429	992,819
2008	7,465	1,001,826
2009	6,113	1,041,810
2010	5,877	1,068,381
2011	5,511	1,070,888
2012	5,149	1,073,062
2013	4,281	1,078,446
2014	3,657	1,097,962
2015	3,031	1,145,259
2016	2,906	1,174,422
2017	3,415	1,208,046
2018	2,151	1,257,387
2019	1,773	1,291,747
2020	2,405	1,295,781
2021	-253	1,293,817
2022	-757	1,333,992
2023	1,009	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs 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 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Sudan
1985	111	980
1986	106	938
1987	103	914
1988	93	877
1989	85	881
1990	77	840
1991	75	873
1992	73	863
1993	70	839
1994	63	775
1995	55	730
1996	52	712
1997	49	681
1998	48	669
1999	46	662
2000	43	645
2001	42	616
2002	42	588
2003	42	593
2004	43	536
2005	43	506
2006	45	485
2007	46	445
2008	48	426
2009	51	382
2010	53	370
2011	55	357
2012	55	340
2013	58	327
2014	60	309
2015	61	298
2016	62	288
2017	66	277
2018	67	268
2019	67	262
2020	58	273
2021	80	305
2022	61	263
2023	66	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 5.01% in 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	Sudan
1960	10.2%	17.8%
1961	9.82%	17.5%
1962	9.31%	17.2%
1963	8.72%	17%
1964	8.4%	16.7%
1965	8.66%	16.5%
1966	9.25%	16.3%
1967	9.55%	16.2%
1968	9.25%	16%
1969	8.72%	15.9%
1970	8.35%	15.8%
1971	8.15%	15.7%
1972	7.98%	15.6%
1973	7.71%	15.5%
1974	7.24%	15.4%
1975	6.53%	15.3%
1976	5.74%	15.2%
1977	5.08%	15.1%
1978	4.62%	15%
1979	4.28%	14.9%
1980	4.02%	14.8%
1981	3.77%	14.6%
1982	3.47%	14.5%
1983	3.15%	18.2%
1984	2.92%	18%
1985	2.85%	17.8%
1986	2.88%	14%
1987	2.85%	13.8%
1988	2.7%	13.6%
1989	2.5%	13.4%
1990	2.32%	13.2%
1991	2.19%	13%
1992	2.13%	12.7%
1993	2.12%	12.5%
1994	2.16%	12.2%
1995	2.22%	11.9%
1996	2.26%	11.6%
1997	2.25%	11.3%
1998	2.16%	11%
1999	2.03%	10.7%
2000	1.89%	10.3%
2001	1.76%	9.99%
2002	1.66%	9.65%
2003	1.6%	9.31%
2004	1.57%	10.3%
2005	1.55%	10%
2006	1.54%	8.4%
2007	1.52%	8.13%
2008	1.5%	7.88%
2009	1.48%	7.64%
2010	1.48%	7.42%
2011	1.49%	7.22%
2012	1.5%	7.02%
2013	1.49%	6.83%
2014	1.47%	6.64%
2015	1.47%	6.45%
2016	1.47%	6.26%
2017	1.5%	6.07%
2018	1.53%	5.89%
2019	1.57%	5.71%
2020	1.58%	5.53%
2021	1.57%	5.36%
2022	1.55%	5.18%
2023	1.52%	5.01%