Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	5.9	6.5
1961	5.98	6.49
1962	5.88	6.49
1963	6.18	6.5
1964	5.96	6.49
1965	5.51	6.5
1966	5.46	6.5
1967	4.63	6.51
1968	4.6	6.53
1969	3.97	6.52
1970	3.82	6.52
1971	3.51	6.52
1972	3.41	6.5
1973	3.07	6.46
1974	3.45	6.41
1975	3.2	6.35
1976	3.13	6.29
1977	3.07	6.22
1978	3.01	6.15
1979	2.91	6.06
1980	2.8	5.95
1981	2.67	5.81
1982	2.53	5.66
1983	2.4	5.48
1984	2.16	5.3
1985	2.02	5.13
1986	1.99	5
1987	2.05	4.88
1988	2.14	4.77
1989	2.23	4.65
1990	2.32	4.51
1991	2.3	4.25
1992	2.37	4.09
1993	2.21	3.82
1994	2.25	3.76
1995	2.14	3.28
1996	2.12	3.06
1997	2.04	2.83
1998	1.97	2.77
1999	2.05	2.79
2000	1.99	2.73
2001	1.91	2.62
2002	1.94	2.54
2003	1.87	2.49
2004	1.92	2.38
2005	1.88	2.23
2006	1.77	1.96
2007	1.74	1.79
2008	1.67	1.52
2009	1.59	1.58
2010	1.57	1.57
2011	1.55	1.54
2012	1.54	1.53
2013	1.44	1.53
2014	1.43	1.48
2015	1.36	1.42
2016	1.4	1.37
2017	1.44	1.35
2018	1.41	1.29
2019	1.4	1.25
2020	1.44	1.29
2021	1.41	1.16
2022	1.32	1.15
2023	1.39	1.2
2024	1.37	1.21
2025	1.36	1.21
2026	1.35	1.21
2027	1.35	1.21
2028	1.35	1.22
2029	1.35	1.22
2030	1.36	1.23
2031	1.36	1.23
2032	1.37	1.24
2033	1.37	1.25
2034	1.38	1.25
2035	1.39	1.26
2036	1.39	1.26
2037	1.4	1.27
2038	1.41	1.28
2039	1.41	1.28
2040	1.42	1.28
2041	1.42	1.29
2042	1.43	1.29
2043	1.43	1.3
2044	1.44	1.3
2045	1.45	1.31
2046	1.45	1.31
2047	1.46	1.31
2048	1.46	1.32
2049	1.47	1.32
2050	1.47	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	UAE
1960	45%	37.8%
1961	45%	36.7%
1962	45.1%	35.8%
1963	45.1%	35.1%
1964	44.8%	34.5%
1965	44.4%	33.9%
1966	44%	33.2%
1967	43.4%	32.1%
1968	42.9%	31.2%
1969	42.3%	30.6%
1970	41.6%	29.8%
1971	40.9%	29%
1972	40.1%	28.3%
1973	39.1%	27.8%
1974	38.2%	27.4%
1975	37.3%	27.2%
1976	36.5%	26.9%
1977	35.7%	26.8%
1978	34.9%	26.9%
1979	34.2%	27.1%
1980	33.6%	27.4%
1981	33.1%	28%
1982	32.6%	28.8%
1983	32.2%	29.5%
1984	31.8%	30.2%
1985	31.4%	30.7%
1986	31.1%	31.2%
1987	30.8%	31.2%
1988	30.5%	30.9%
1989	30.1%	30.3%
1990	29.8%	29.6%
1991	29.4%	28.8%
1992	29%	28.1%
1993	28.5%	27.4%
1994	28%	26.7%
1995	27.5%	25.9%
1996	27%	25.2%
1997	26.6%	24.3%
1998	26.2%	23.1%
1999	25.8%	22%
2000	25.6%	20.8%
2001	25.3%	19.8%
2002	25%	18.9%
2003	24.7%	18.3%
2004	24.3%	17.8%
2005	23.9%	17.5%
2006	23.4%	17.2%
2007	22.9%	17%
2008	22.3%	16.9%
2009	21.7%	16.9%
2010	21.1%	16.9%
2011	20.6%	16.8%
2012	20.1%	16.8%
2013	19.7%	16.8%
2014	19.3%	16.8%
2015	18.9%	16.8%
2016	18.4%	16.8%
2017	17.9%	16.8%
2018	17.4%	16.7%
2019	16.9%	16.6%
2020	16.4%	16.6%
2021	15.9%	16.5%
2022	15.5%	16.5%
2023	15.1%	16.3%
2024	14.8%	16.1%
2025	14.5%	16%
2026	14.3%	15.9%
2027	14.1%	15.9%
2028	14%	15.9%
2029	13.8%	15.9%
2030	13.7%	16%
2031	13.6%	16.1%
2032	13.5%	16.3%
2033	13.4%	16.5%
2034	13.3%	16.7%
2035	13.2%	16.9%
2036	13%	17.1%
2037	12.9%	17.3%
2038	12.8%	17.5%
2039	12.7%	17.7%
2040	12.6%	17.9%
2041	12.5%	18%
2042	12.4%	18.1%
2043	12.3%	18.2%
2044	12.2%	18.3%
2045	12.1%	18.3%
2046	12%	18.3%
2047	11.8%	18.3%
2048	11.7%	18.3%
2049	11.6%	18.2%
2050	11.4%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	19,931	3,418
1961	20,355	3,657
1962	20,660	3,901
1963	22,069	4,157
1964	22,239	4,410
1965	20,482	4,675
1966	20,758	4,955
1967	17,560	5,264
1968	17,884	5,588
1969	15,761	6,138
1970	16,190	6,922
1971	15,441	7,839
1972	14,825	8,818
1973	13,145	9,822
1974	17,561	10,835
1975	15,342	11,859
1976	16,407	12,876
1977	16,769	15,787
1978	18,670	18,879
1979	19,282	21,987
1980	19,321	25,005
1981	18,334	27,560
1982	15,880	29,585
1983	14,525	31,480
1984	13,665	33,250
1985	12,451	34,855
1986	12,340	36,829
1987	13,262	37,741
1988	14,084	38,861
1989	14,718	40,148
1990	15,564	41,339
1991	15,091	41,409
1992	15,833	42,119
1993	14,814	41,324
1994	14,355	42,976
1995	13,020	38,685
1996	13,041	37,886
1997	11,943	38,207
1998	11,489	41,176
1999	12,341	46,198
2000	12,224	49,993
2001	11,723	52,789
2002	11,685	55,922
2003	10,799	59,118
2004	10,745	60,344
2005	10,195	60,046
2006	8,515	54,338
2007	8,429	55,048
2008	7,465	55,426
2009	6,113	66,521
2010	5,877	69,907
2011	5,511	73,496
2012	5,149	78,682
2013	4,281	82,977
2014	3,657	84,277
2015	3,031	85,044
2016	2,906	87,028
2017	3,415	89,382
2018	2,151	86,840
2019	1,773	86,296
2020	2,405	87,871
2021	-253	76,802
2022	-757	81,758
2023	1,009	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs United Arab Emirates

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 the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	UAE
1985	111	19
1986	106	19
1987	103	19
1988	93	19
1989	85	19
1990	77	19
1991	75	19
1992	73	19
1993	70	19
1994	63	19
1995	55	18
1996	52	16
1997	49	14
1998	48	12
1999	46	10
2000	43	8
2001	42	7
2002	42	5
2003	42	5
2004	43	4
2005	43	4
2006	45	3
2007	46	3
2008	48	3
2009	51	3
2010	53	3
2011	55	4
2012	55	4
2013	58	4
2014	60	3
2015	61	3
2016	62	3
2017	66	3
2018	67	3
2019	67	3
2020	58	6
2021	80	6
2022	61	2
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 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	10.2%	20.1%
1961	9.82%	19%
1962	9.31%	18%
1963	8.72%	16.9%
1964	8.4%	15.8%
1965	8.66%	14.8%
1966	9.25%	13.7%
1967	9.55%	12.6%
1968	9.25%	11.6%
1969	8.72%	10.6%
1970	8.35%	9.62%
1971	8.15%	8.72%
1972	7.98%	7.89%
1973	7.71%	7.12%
1974	7.24%	6.43%
1975	6.53%	5.8%
1976	5.74%	5.23%
1977	5.08%	4.7%
1978	4.62%	4.22%
1979	4.28%	3.78%
1980	4.02%	3.4%
1981	3.77%	3.06%
1982	3.47%	2.77%
1983	3.15%	2.52%
1984	2.92%	2.31%
1985	2.85%	2.12%
1986	2.88%	1.97%
1987	2.85%	1.83%
1988	2.7%	1.71%
1989	2.5%	1.61%
1990	2.32%	1.51%
1991	2.19%	1.43%
1992	2.13%	1.37%
1993	2.12%	1.31%
1994	2.16%	1.26%
1995	2.22%	1.21%
1996	2.26%	1.18%
1997	2.25%	1.15%
1998	2.16%	1.12%
1999	2.03%	1.09%
2000	1.89%	1.07%
2001	1.76%	1.05%
2002	1.66%	1.03%
2003	1.6%	1.01%
2004	1.57%	1%
2005	1.55%	0.98%
2006	1.54%	0.96%
2007	1.52%	0.94%
2008	1.5%	0.92%
2009	1.48%	0.9%
2010	1.48%	0.88%
2011	1.49%	0.86%
2012	1.5%	0.84%
2013	1.49%	0.82%
2014	1.47%	0.79%
2015	1.47%	0.77%
2016	1.47%	0.73%
2017	1.5%	0.7%
2018	1.53%	0.67%
2019	1.57%	0.63%
2020	1.58%	0.6%
2021	1.57%	0.56%
2022	1.55%	0.53%
2023	1.52%	0.5%