Fertility & birth rates in Mauritius and Yemen

Fertility rate in Mauritius vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mauritius vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	5.9	7.99
1961	5.98	8
1962	5.88	8.01
1963	6.18	8.03
1964	5.96	8.07
1965	5.51	8.1
1966	5.46	8.14
1967	4.63	8.17
1968	4.6	8.19
1969	3.97	8.22
1970	3.82	8.23
1971	3.51	8.26
1972	3.41	8.27
1973	3.07	8.29
1974	3.45	8.33
1975	3.2	8.37
1976	3.13	8.42
1977	3.07	8.47
1978	3.01	8.5
1979	2.91	8.67
1980	2.8	8.71
1981	2.67	8.75
1982	2.53	8.79
1983	2.4	8.83
1984	2.16	8.85
1985	2.02	8.86
1986	1.99	8.86
1987	2.05	8.83
1988	2.14	8.79
1989	2.23	8.71
1990	2.32	8.61
1991	2.3	8.46
1992	2.37	8.27
1993	2.21	8.05
1994	2.25	7.8
1995	2.14	7.53
1996	2.12	7
1997	2.04	6.82
1998	1.97	6.64
1999	2.05	6.49
2000	1.99	6.32
2001	1.91	6.14
2002	1.94	5.97
2003	1.87	5.84
2004	1.92	5.71
2005	1.88	5.56
2006	1.77	5.41
2007	1.74	5.26
2008	1.67	5.11
2009	1.59	5
2010	1.57	4.81
2011	1.55	4.63
2012	1.54	4.63
2013	1.44	4.62
2014	1.43	4.62
2015	1.36	4.62
2016	1.4	4.61
2017	1.44	4.61
2018	1.41	4.61
2019	1.4	4.6
2020	1.44	4.6
2021	1.41	4.6
2022	1.32	4.59
2023	1.39	4.59
2024	1.37	4.5
2025	1.36	4.41
2026	1.35	4.33
2027	1.35	4.23
2028	1.35	4.14
2029	1.35	4.06
2030	1.36	3.97
2031	1.36	3.87
2032	1.37	3.8
2033	1.37	3.73
2034	1.38	3.66
2035	1.39	3.59
2036	1.39	3.51
2037	1.4	3.44
2038	1.41	3.38
2039	1.41	3.32
2040	1.42	3.26
2041	1.42	3.21
2042	1.43	3.16
2043	1.43	3.12
2044	1.44	3.07
2045	1.45	3.02
2046	1.45	2.97
2047	1.46	2.93
2048	1.46	2.89
2049	1.47	2.85
2050	1.47	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Yemen
1960	45%	40.3%
1961	45%	40.4%
1962	45.1%	40.4%
1963	45.1%	40.6%
1964	44.8%	40.9%
1965	44.4%	41.3%
1966	44%	41.8%
1967	43.4%	42.3%
1968	42.9%	42.8%
1969	42.3%	43.3%
1970	41.6%	43.8%
1971	40.9%	44.3%
1972	40.1%	44.8%
1973	39.1%	45.3%
1974	38.2%	45.7%
1975	37.3%	46.2%
1976	36.5%	46.6%
1977	35.7%	47%
1978	34.9%	47.5%
1979	34.2%	47.9%
1980	33.6%	48.3%
1981	33.1%	48.7%
1982	32.6%	49.1%
1983	32.2%	49.4%
1984	31.8%	49.7%
1985	31.4%	50%
1986	31.1%	50.3%
1987	30.8%	50.5%
1988	30.5%	50.7%
1989	30.1%	50.9%
1990	29.8%	51.1%
1991	29.4%	51.2%
1992	29%	51.2%
1993	28.5%	51.2%
1994	28%	51.1%
1995	27.5%	50.9%
1996	27%	50.6%
1997	26.6%	50.3%
1998	26.2%	49.9%
1999	25.8%	49.5%
2000	25.6%	49%
2001	25.3%	48.6%
2002	25%	48.1%
2003	24.7%	47.6%
2004	24.3%	47.1%
2005	23.9%	46.5%
2006	23.4%	45.9%
2007	22.9%	45.3%
2008	22.3%	44.7%
2009	21.7%	44.1%
2010	21.1%	43.5%
2011	20.6%	43%
2012	20.1%	42.7%
2013	19.7%	42.3%
2014	19.3%	42.1%
2015	18.9%	41.8%
2016	18.4%	41.7%
2017	17.9%	41.6%
2018	17.4%	41.5%
2019	16.9%	41.4%
2020	16.4%	41.4%
2021	15.9%	41.4%
2022	15.5%	41.3%
2023	15.1%	41.2%
2024	14.8%	41.1%
2025	14.5%	41%
2026	14.3%	40.9%
2027	14.1%	40.8%
2028	14%	40.6%
2029	13.8%	40.3%
2030	13.7%	40%
2031	13.6%	39.6%
2032	13.5%	39.2%
2033	13.4%	38.7%
2034	13.3%	38.2%
2035	13.2%	37.7%
2036	13%	37.1%
2037	12.9%	36.5%
2038	12.8%	36%
2039	12.7%	35.4%
2040	12.6%	34.8%
2041	12.5%	34.3%
2042	12.4%	33.8%
2043	12.3%	33.4%
2044	12.2%	33%
2045	12.1%	32.6%
2046	12%	32.3%
2047	11.8%	32%
2048	11.7%	31.7%
2049	11.6%	31.4%
2050	11.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Mauritius and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mauritius and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Mauritius vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Mauritius and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	19,931	122,994
1961	20,355	129,787
1962	20,660	131,262
1963	22,069	133,781
1964	22,239	147,299
1965	20,482	155,398
1966	20,758	164,091
1967	17,560	173,637
1968	17,884	182,518
1969	15,761	196,305
1970	16,190	207,613
1971	15,441	219,095
1972	14,825	229,322
1973	13,145	240,235
1974	17,561	252,737
1975	15,342	266,815
1976	16,407	281,078
1977	16,769	296,115
1978	18,670	312,439
1979	19,282	336,378
1980	19,321	355,767
1981	18,334	374,482
1982	15,880	392,302
1983	14,525	414,823
1984	13,665	434,674
1985	12,451	455,576
1986	12,340	464,665
1987	13,262	493,337
1988	14,084	513,296
1989	14,718	530,464
1990	15,564	549,654
1991	15,091	565,837
1992	15,833	582,072
1993	14,814	595,459
1994	14,355	602,363
1995	13,020	607,966
1996	13,041	588,786
1997	11,943	604,443
1998	11,489	615,488
1999	12,341	633,166
2000	12,224	646,694
2001	11,723	658,704
2002	11,685	672,494
2003	10,799	694,457
2004	10,745	710,493
2005	10,195	726,708
2006	8,515	750,082
2007	8,429	764,780
2008	7,465	779,123
2009	6,113	798,911
2010	5,877	803,246
2011	5,511	806,359
2012	5,149	845,645
2013	4,281	884,929
2014	3,657	920,330
2015	3,031	939,922
2016	2,906	975,697
2017	3,415	1,006,725
2018	2,151	1,020,238
2019	1,773	1,056,432
2020	2,405	1,086,322
2021	-253	1,103,622
2022	-757	1,153,375
2023	1,009	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Mauritius vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mauritius	Yemen
1985	111	430
1986	106	430
1987	103	400
1988	93	388
1989	85	371
1990	77	359
1991	75	341
1992	73	330
1993	70	319
1994	63	311
1995	55	296
1996	52	282
1997	49	271
1998	48	260
1999	46	250
2000	43	241
2001	42	231
2002	42	218
2003	42	205
2004	43	194
2005	43	181
2006	45	171
2007	46	161
2008	48	153
2009	51	149
2010	53	144
2011	55	140
2012	55	137
2013	58	135
2014	60	134
2015	61	135
2016	62	134
2017	66	142
2018	67	134
2019	67	131
2020	58	135
2021	80	156
2022	61	125
2023	66	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.52% in Mauritius and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	10.2%	42.9%
1961	9.82%	42.2%
1962	9.31%	41.5%
1963	8.72%	40.8%
1964	8.4%	40%
1965	8.66%	39%
1966	9.25%	38%
1967	9.55%	36.8%
1968	9.25%	35.6%
1969	8.72%	34.3%
1970	8.35%	33%
1971	8.15%	31.8%
1972	7.98%	30.6%
1973	7.71%	29.5%
1974	7.24%	28.4%
1975	6.53%	27.2%
1976	5.74%	26%
1977	5.08%	24.7%
1978	4.62%	23.4%
1979	4.28%	22.1%
1980	4.02%	20.8%
1981	3.77%	19.6%
1982	3.47%	18.4%
1983	3.15%	17.2%
1984	2.92%	16.2%
1985	2.85%	15.3%
1986	2.88%	14.6%
1987	2.85%	14%
1988	2.7%	13.4%
1989	2.5%	12.9%
1990	2.32%	12.5%
1991	2.19%	12.1%
1992	2.13%	11.8%
1993	2.12%	11.6%
1994	2.16%	11.3%
1995	2.22%	11.1%
1996	2.26%	10.8%
1997	2.25%	10.5%
1998	2.16%	10.2%
1999	2.03%	9.77%
2000	1.89%	9.32%
2001	1.76%	8.84%
2002	1.66%	8.36%
2003	1.6%	7.9%
2004	1.57%	7.47%
2005	1.55%	7.06%
2006	1.54%	6.68%
2007	1.52%	6.33%
2008	1.5%	6.02%
2009	1.48%	5.74%
2010	1.48%	5.49%
2011	1.49%	5.3%
2012	1.5%	5.14%
2013	1.49%	4.95%
2014	1.47%	4.84%
2015	1.47%	4.9%
2016	1.47%	4.77%
2017	1.5%	4.66%
2018	1.53%	4.7%
2019	1.57%	4.59%
2020	1.58%	4.32%
2021	1.57%	4.24%
2022	1.55%	4.08%
2023	1.52%	3.93%