Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	5.9	6.78
1961	5.98	6.73
1962	5.88	6.67
1963	6.18	6.62
1964	5.96	6.57
1965	5.51	6.52
1966	5.46	6.51
1967	4.63	6.51
1968	4.6	6.46
1969	3.97	6.41
1970	3.82	6.35
1971	3.51	6.29
1972	3.41	6.23
1973	3.07	6.15
1974	3.45	6.06
1975	3.2	5.98
1976	3.13	5.89
1977	3.07	5.81
1978	3.01	5.77
1979	2.91	5.73
1980	2.8	5.69
1981	2.67	5.65
1982	2.53	5.6
1983	2.4	5.55
1984	2.16	5.49
1985	2.02	5.43
1986	1.99	5.38
1987	2.05	5.33
1988	2.14	5.27
1989	2.23	5.21
1990	2.32	5.17
1991	2.3	5.13
1992	2.37	5.09
1993	2.21	5.02
1994	2.25	4.94
1995	2.14	4.85
1996	2.12	4.75
1997	2.04	4.66
1998	1.97	4.6
1999	2.05	4.56
2000	1.99	4.54
2001	1.91	4.5
2002	1.94	4.38
2003	1.87	4.29
2004	1.92	4.21
2005	1.88	4.13
2006	1.77	4.1
2007	1.74	4.12
2008	1.67	4.16
2009	1.59	4.16
2010	1.57	4.13
2011	1.55	4.09
2012	1.54	4.06
2013	1.44	4.04
2014	1.43	4
2015	1.36	3.95
2016	1.4	3.92
2017	1.44	3.88
2018	1.41	3.83
2019	1.4	3.79
2020	1.44	3.74
2021	1.41	3.7
2022	1.32	3.65
2023	1.39	3.6
2024	1.37	3.57
2025	1.36	3.53
2026	1.35	3.5
2027	1.35	3.46
2028	1.35	3.42
2029	1.35	3.39
2030	1.36	3.35
2031	1.36	3.32
2032	1.37	3.28
2033	1.37	3.25
2034	1.38	3.21
2035	1.39	3.18
2036	1.39	3.15
2037	1.4	3.13
2038	1.41	3.1
2039	1.41	3.08
2040	1.42	3.05
2041	1.42	3.03
2042	1.43	3
2043	1.43	2.97
2044	1.44	2.94
2045	1.45	2.92
2046	1.45	2.9
2047	1.46	2.88
2048	1.46	2.85
2049	1.47	2.83
2050	1.47	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Vanuatu
1960	45%	44.6%
1961	45%	44.8%
1962	45.1%	45.1%
1963	45.1%	45.2%
1964	44.8%	45.4%
1965	44.4%	45.5%
1966	44%	45.7%
1967	43.4%	45.8%
1968	42.9%	45.8%
1969	42.3%	45.8%
1970	41.6%	45.7%
1971	40.9%	45.7%
1972	40.1%	45.6%
1973	39.1%	45.5%
1974	38.2%	45.5%
1975	37.3%	45.4%
1976	36.5%	45.2%
1977	35.7%	45.1%
1978	34.9%	45%
1979	34.2%	44.5%
1980	33.6%	44%
1981	33.1%	43.9%
1982	32.6%	44%
1983	32.2%	44%
1984	31.8%	44.1%
1985	31.4%	44.2%
1986	31.1%	44.2%
1987	30.8%	44.1%
1988	30.5%	44.1%
1989	30.1%	44%
1990	29.8%	43.9%
1991	29.4%	43.9%
1992	29%	44.1%
1993	28.5%	44.8%
1994	28%	45.2%
1995	27.5%	45%
1996	27%	44.8%
1997	26.6%	44.4%
1998	26.2%	44%
1999	25.8%	43.5%
2000	25.6%	42.9%
2001	25.3%	42.4%
2002	25%	41.8%
2003	24.7%	41.3%
2004	24.3%	40.7%
2005	23.9%	40.2%
2006	23.4%	39.6%
2007	22.9%	39.2%
2008	22.3%	38.8%
2009	21.7%	38.5%
2010	21.1%	38.2%
2011	20.6%	38.1%
2012	20.1%	38.2%
2013	19.7%	38.2%
2014	19.3%	38.4%
2015	18.9%	38.5%
2016	18.4%	38.7%
2017	17.9%	38.8%
2018	17.4%	38.9%
2019	16.9%	39%
2020	16.4%	39%
2021	15.9%	39%
2022	15.5%	38.8%
2023	15.1%	38.6%
2024	14.8%	38.3%
2025	14.5%	38%
2026	14.3%	37.6%
2027	14.1%	37.1%
2028	14%	36.7%
2029	13.8%	36.2%
2030	13.7%	35.8%
2031	13.6%	35.3%
2032	13.5%	34.9%
2033	13.4%	34.5%
2034	13.3%	34.1%
2035	13.2%	33.7%
2036	13%	33.4%
2037	12.9%	33.2%
2038	12.8%	32.9%
2039	12.7%	32.7%
2040	12.6%	32.5%
2041	12.5%	32.3%
2042	12.4%	32.2%
2043	12.3%	32%
2044	12.2%	31.8%
2045	12.1%	31.6%
2046	12%	31.5%
2047	11.8%	31.3%
2048	11.7%	31.1%
2049	11.6%	30.9%
2050	11.4%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	19,931	1,796
1961	20,355	1,872
1962	20,660	1,947
1963	22,069	2,025
1964	22,239	2,098
1965	20,482	2,180
1966	20,758	2,278
1967	17,560	2,384
1968	17,884	2,470
1969	15,761	2,529
1970	16,190	2,597
1971	15,441	2,685
1972	14,825	2,775
1973	13,145	2,876
1974	17,561	2,968
1975	15,342	3,074
1976	16,407	3,174
1977	16,769	3,285
1978	18,670	3,428
1979	19,282	3,590
1980	19,321	3,383
1981	18,334	3,592
1982	15,880	3,778
1983	14,525	3,944
1984	13,665	4,088
1985	12,451	4,219
1986	12,340	4,360
1987	13,262	4,427
1988	14,084	4,577
1989	14,718	4,656
1990	15,564	4,762
1991	15,091	4,859
1992	15,833	4,941
1993	14,814	4,973
1994	14,355	4,973
1995	13,020	4,945
1996	13,041	4,897
1997	11,943	4,854
1998	11,489	4,866
1999	12,341	4,871
2000	12,224	5,026
2001	11,723	5,144
2002	11,685	5,181
2003	10,799	5,258
2004	10,745	5,353
2005	10,195	5,454
2006	8,515	5,606
2007	8,429	5,842
2008	7,465	6,138
2009	6,113	6,362
2010	5,877	6,548
2011	5,511	6,715
2012	5,149	6,877
2013	4,281	7,036
2014	3,657	7,143
2015	3,031	7,220
2016	2,906	7,315
2017	3,415	7,371
2018	2,151	7,379
2019	1,773	7,364
2020	2,405	7,233
2021	-253	7,199
2022	-757	7,358
2023	1,009	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Vanuatu
1985	111	211
1986	106	194
1987	103	200
1988	93	172
1989	85	162
1990	77	151
1991	75	140
1992	73	140
1993	70	133
1994	63	131
1995	55	131
1996	52	129
1997	49	131
1998	48	134
1999	46	146
2000	43	133
2001	42	132
2002	42	128
2003	42	131
2004	43	131
2005	43	127
2006	45	123
2007	46	120
2008	48	117
2009	51	114
2010	53	114
2011	55	112
2012	55	109
2013	58	110
2014	60	110
2015	61	109
2016	62	107
2017	66	107
2018	67	108
2019	67	105
2020	58	107
2021	80	124
2022	61	105
2023	66	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	10.2%	15.2%
1961	9.82%	14.7%
1962	9.31%	14.3%
1963	8.72%	13.8%
1964	8.4%	13.4%
1965	8.66%	12.9%
1966	9.25%	12.4%
1967	9.55%	12%
1968	9.25%	11.5%
1969	8.72%	11%
1970	8.35%	10.6%
1971	8.15%	10.2%
1972	7.98%	9.73%
1973	7.71%	9.34%
1974	7.24%	8.95%
1975	6.53%	8.58%
1976	5.74%	8.21%
1977	5.08%	7.84%
1978	4.62%	7.45%
1979	4.28%	7.07%
1980	4.02%	6.67%
1981	3.77%	6.27%
1982	3.47%	5.87%
1983	3.15%	5.48%
1984	2.92%	5.12%
1985	2.85%	4.78%
1986	2.88%	4.47%
1987	2.85%	4.2%
1988	2.7%	3.96%
1989	2.5%	3.76%
1990	2.32%	3.58%
1991	2.19%	3.43%
1992	2.13%	3.29%
1993	2.12%	3.18%
1994	2.16%	3.08%
1995	2.22%	3%
1996	2.26%	2.92%
1997	2.25%	2.86%
1998	2.16%	2.79%
1999	2.03%	2.74%
2000	1.89%	2.68%
2001	1.76%	2.63%
2002	1.66%	2.58%
2003	1.6%	2.54%
2004	1.57%	2.5%
2005	1.55%	2.45%
2006	1.54%	2.4%
2007	1.52%	2.34%
2008	1.5%	2.27%
2009	1.48%	2.2%
2010	1.48%	2.12%
2011	1.49%	2.05%
2012	1.5%	1.99%
2013	1.49%	1.94%
2014	1.47%	1.9%
2015	1.47%	1.87%
2016	1.47%	1.84%
2017	1.5%	1.82%
2018	1.53%	1.8%
2019	1.57%	1.78%
2020	1.58%	1.77%
2021	1.57%	1.74%
2022	1.55%	1.71%
2023	1.52%	1.68%