Mauritius - Fertility Rate 1997
2.04
−0.08 from 1996
Mauritius's fertility rate was 2.04 in 1997, decreased +0.08 from 2.12 in 1996. This was the 69th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bulgaria | 1.09 | -11.4% |
| 2nd | Latvia | 1.11 | -4.3% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.13 | -5.4% |
| 4th | Spain | 1.15 | 0.9% |
| 5th | Czechia | 1.17 | -0.8% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 1.21 | -6.4% |
| 7th | Russian Federation | 1.22 | -4.1% |
| 8th | Italy | 1.22 | 1.7% |
| 9th | San Marino | 1.24 | 2.6% |
| 10th | Belarus | 1.25 | -6.4% |
| 11th | Slovenia | 1.25 | -2.3% |
| 12th | Greece | 1.27 | 0.8% |
| 13th | Ukraine | 1.27 | -4.7% |
| 14th | Estonia | 1.32 | -3.6% |
| 15th | Romania | 1.32 | 1.5% |
| 16th | Germany | 1.35 | 3.8% |
| 17th | Andorra | 1.35 | 1.9% |
| 18th | Hungary | 1.37 | -6.2% |
| 19th | Austria | 1.39 | -4.1% |
| 20th | Japan | 1.39 | -2.8% |
| 21st | Serbia | 1.40 | -2.6% |
| 22nd | European Union | 1.42 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Slovak Republic | 1.43 | -2.7% |
| 24th | Lithuania | 1.47 | -1.3% |
| 25th | Portugal | 1.47 | 2.1% |
| 26th | Switzerland | 1.48 | -1.3% |
| 27th | Channel Islands | 1.51 | 1.3% |
| 28th | Poland | 1.51 | -5.0% |
| 29th | Sweden | 1.52 | -5.0% |
| 30th | China | 1.53 | -1.7% |
| 31st | Korea | 1.54 | -2.4% |
| 32nd | Netherlands | 1.56 | 2.0% |
| 33rd | Liechtenstein | 1.57 | 3.5% |
| 34th | Canada | 1.57 | -3.7% |
| 35th | Cuba | 1.59 | 9.1% |
| 36th | Belgium | 1.60 | 0.6% |
| 37th | Singapore | 1.61 | -3.0% |
| 38th | Barbados | 1.65 | -1.7% |
| 39th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.69 | 2.1% |
| 40th | Croatia | 1.69 | 1.2% |
| 41st | Bermuda | 1.69 | -0.4% |
| 42nd | Cayman Islands | 1.70 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | Luxembourg | 1.71 | -3.4% |
| 44th | United Kingdom | 1.72 | -0.6% |
| 45th | Georgia | 1.73 | -1.8% |
| 46th | Denmark | 1.75 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Finland | 1.75 | -1.7% |
| 48th | France | 1.77 | 1.1% |
| 49th | Australia | 1.78 | -1.0% |
| 50th | Moldova | 1.79 | 4.7% |
| 51st | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.83 | -3.3% |
| 52nd | Thailand | 1.85 | -1.1% |
| 53rd | Cyprus | 1.86 | -4.8% |
| 54th | Norway | 1.86 | -1.6% |
| 55th | Monaco | 1.88 | 3.3% |
| 56th | Montenegro | 1.89 | -1.9% |
| 57th | Armenia | 1.90 | -7.8% |
| 58th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.90 | -2.1% |
| 59th | North Macedonia | 1.92 | -6.9% |
| 60th | Isle of Man | 1.93 | -0.3% |
| 61st | Ireland | 1.93 | 2.7% |
| 62nd | Malta | 1.93 | -3.0% |
| 63rd | New Zealand | 1.96 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Kazakhstan | 1.97 | -5.5% |
| 65th | United States | 1.97 | -0.3% |
| 66th | British Virgin Islands | 2.01 | 6.1% |
| 67th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.03 | -3.2% |
| 68th | Iceland | 2.04 | -3.8% |
| 69th | Mauritius | 2.04 | -3.8% |
| 70th | Azerbaijan | 2.07 | 0.5% |
| 71st | Seychelles | 2.10 | -9.1% |
| 72nd | Aruba | 2.14 | -4.3% |
| 73rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.17 | -0.5% |
| 74th | Palau | 2.19 | -8.5% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.19 | -3.4% |
| 76th | Chile | 2.20 | -3.6% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.22 | -3.1% |
| 78th | Gibraltar | 2.23 | -0.8% |
| 79th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.25 | -13.3% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 2.27 | -7.9% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 2.29 | -2.5% |
| 82nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.30 | 1.8% |
| 83rd | Kosovo | 2.31 | -8.8% |
| 84th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.32 | -8.6% |
| 85th | Uruguay | 2.33 | -1.5% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 2.34 | -6.0% |
| 87th | Curaçao | 2.37 | -1.5% |
| 88th | Mongolia | 2.40 | -4.0% |
| 89th | Dominica | 2.41 | -5.5% |
| 90th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.43 | -3.7% |
| 91st | Brazil | 2.47 | -1.7% |
| 92nd | Faroe Islands | 2.51 | -2.7% |
| 93rd | Albania | 2.54 | -4.9% |
| 94th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.58 | -2.6% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | 2.59 | -3.4% |
| 96th | French Polynesia | 2.59 | -4.6% |
| 97th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.60 | -3.0% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.60 | -7.1% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 2.65 | -0.3% |
| 100th | Lebanon | 2.67 | -1.1% |
| 101st | Jamaica | 2.68 | -3.4% |
| 102nd | Greenland | 2.69 | 7.9% |
| 103rd | Argentina | 2.71 | -2.7% |
| 104th | South Africa | 2.73 | -8.6% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 2.74 | -1.4% |
| 106th | Colombia | 2.74 | -0.9% |
| 107th | St. Lucia | 2.74 | 1.1% |
| 108th | Türkiye | 2.74 | -1.3% |
| 109th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.75 | 1.3% |
| 110th | Grenada | 2.80 | -1.6% |
| 111th | Panama | 2.81 | -0.7% |
| 112th | United Arab Emirates | 2.83 | -7.7% |
| 113th | Algeria | 2.89 | -8.1% |
| 114th | Mexico | 2.89 | -2.6% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 2.92 | -3.9% |
| 116th | Bahrain | 2.92 | -2.1% |
| 117th | Israel | 2.94 | 1.4% |
| 118th | Suriname | 2.95 | 1.1% |
| 119th | Myanmar | 2.99 | -2.4% |
| 120th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.02 | 2.6% |
| 121st | Guam | 3.02 | -0.3% |
| 122nd | Peru | 3.10 | -3.2% |
| 123rd | Libya | 3.13 | -3.8% |
| 124th | Kuwait | 3.14 | -2.7% |
| 125th | Morocco | 3.15 | -2.5% |
| 126th | Turkmenistan | 3.18 | -3.4% |
| 127th | Uzbekistan | 3.19 | -6.1% |
| 128th | Fiji | 3.19 | -1.8% |
| 129th | Guyana | 3.22 | -0.3% |
| 130th | Malaysia | 3.23 | -2.1% |
| 131st | Ecuador | 3.29 | -1.9% |
| 132nd | Qatar | 3.33 | -3.4% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 3.38 | -3.0% |
| 134th | Botswana | 3.43 | -4.0% |
| 135th | Nicaragua | 3.47 | -4.1% |
| 136th | Maldives | 3.48 | -9.9% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 3.50 | -0.1% |
| 138th | India | 3.51 | -1.9% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.68 | -0.5% |
| 140th | Belize | 3.74 | -0.5% |
| 141st | Nauru | 3.74 | -1.0% |
| 142nd | American Samoa | 3.89 | -1.4% |
| 143rd | Paraguay | 3.91 | -2.6% |
| 144th | Philippines | 3.94 | -1.5% |
| 145th | Tuvalu | 3.95 | 0.0% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 3.98 | -1.9% |
| 147th | Cabo Verde | 4.05 | -4.8% |
| 148th | Tajikistan | 4.06 | 3.0% |
| 149th | Zimbabwe | 4.08 | -0.9% |
| 150th | Bhutan | 4.09 | -6.4% |
| 151st | Namibia | 4.17 | -0.8% |
| 152nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.22 | -2.7% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 4.24 | -3.3% |
| 154th | Jordan | 4.32 | -4.2% |
| 155th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.36 | -1.6% |
| 156th | Kiribati | 4.37 | -1.3% |
| 157th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.37 | -3.6% |
| 158th | Tonga | 4.38 | -1.7% |
| 159th | Cambodia | 4.40 | -9.7% |
| 160th | Nepal | 4.44 | -4.8% |
| 161st | Oman | 4.52 | -5.6% |
| 162nd | Honduras | 4.59 | -2.6% |
| 163rd | Saudi Arabia | 4.66 | -3.2% |
| 164th | Gabon | 4.66 | -1.8% |
| 165th | Vanuatu | 4.66 | -2.0% |
| 166th | Haiti | 4.67 | -2.3% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | 4.68 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Samoa | 4.70 | -0.9% |
| 169th | Ghana | 4.88 | -1.5% |
| 170th | Guatemala | 4.91 | -2.0% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 4.96 | -1.2% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | 4.96 | -3.6% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 4.97 | -3.6% |
| 174th | Congo, Republic of | 5.00 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 5.09 | -2.5% |
| 176th | Iraq | 5.19 | -1.0% |
| 177th | Kenya | 5.27 | -0.7% |
| 178th | Togo | 5.36 | -1.8% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.40 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Comoros | 5.51 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Senegal | 5.64 | -1.5% |
| 182nd | Pakistan | 5.64 | -2.2% |
| 183rd | Cameroon | 5.71 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Sudan | 5.72 | -1.3% |
| 185th | Eritrea | 5.74 | -1.7% |
| 186th | Mauritania | 5.74 | -2.0% |
| 187th | West Bank and Gaza | 5.82 | -2.9% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 5.84 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Gambia, The | 5.85 | -1.2% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.90 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 5.92 | -0.7% |
| 192nd | Mozambique | 5.93 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.94 | -0.3% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 5.96 | 0.2% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 6.02 | -0.1% |
| 196th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.06 | -1.3% |
| 197th | Liberia | 6.08 | -0.8% |
| 198th | Guinea | 6.12 | -1.3% |
| 199th | Zambia | 6.12 | -0.9% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 6.14 | -1.3% |
| 201st | Benin | 6.23 | -0.8% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 6.23 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Rwanda | 6.24 | -0.9% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 6.53 | -0.3% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.69 | 0.3% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 6.72 | -0.8% |
| 207th | Angola | 6.79 | -0.9% |
| 208th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.82 | -2.6% |
| 209th | Uganda | 6.86 | 0.3% |
| 210th | Mali | 6.97 | -0.6% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.04 | -1.2% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 7.20 | -1.7% |
| 213th | Chad | 7.27 | -0.2% |
| 214th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.66 | 0.5% |
| 215th | Afghanistan | 7.73 | -0.3% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.80 | 0.3% |
FAQ
What was Mauritius's fertility rate in 1997?▾
Mauritius's fertility rate in 1997 was 2.04. This ranked 69th globally.
How did Mauritius's fertility rate change in 1997?▾
Mauritius's fertility rate decreased by 3.8% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1997?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 1997 at 7.80.
What is the fertility rate of Mauritius in 1997?▾
The fertility rate of Mauritius in 1997 was 2.04. This ranked 69th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Mauritius's fertility rate?▾
Mauritius's fertility rate went from 2.12 in 1996 to 2.04 in 1997, a 3.8% decrease.
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