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Live births in Mauritius

Live births in Mauritius was 11,804 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 2.7% from 2022. That is the 164th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count11,804 Estimated
Change on 2022-2.7%
Rank164th of 236Countries ranked
Series high28,0521963
Series low11,8042023
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Live births in Mauritius, 1950 to 2023

10K15K20K25K30K19501961197219831994200520231950: 22,211 count1951: 22,690 count1952: 22,954 count1953: 23,142 count1954: 23,356 count1955: 23,691 count1956: 24,035 count1957: 24,590 count1958: 25,242 count1959: 25,946 count1960: 26,810 count1961: 27,288 count1962: 26,653 count1963: 28,052 count1964: 27,561 count1965: 26,110 count1966: 26,570 count1967: 23,261 count1968: 23,831 count1969: 21,312 count1970: 21,197 count1971: 20,303 count1972: 20,658 count1973: 19,606 count1974: 22,905 count1975: 22,258 count1976: 22,847 count1977: 23,280 count1978: 23,642 count1979: 23,645 count1980: 23,469 count1981: 22,987 count1982: 22,455 count1983: 21,766 count1984: 20,746 count1985: 19,451 count1986: 18,708 count1987: 19,455 count1988: 20,511 count1989: 21,666 count1990: 22,622 count1991: 22,628 count1992: 23,321 count1993: 22,894 count1994: 22,280 count1995: 21,306 count1996: 21,173 count1997: 20,422 count1998: 19,319 count1999: 20,624 count2000: 20,154 count2001: 19,357 count2002: 19,546 count2003: 19,030 count2004: 18,957 count2005: 18,421 count2006: 17,268 count2007: 16,792 count2008: 16,048 count2009: 15,284 count2010: 14,941 count2011: 14,809 count2012: 14,764 count2013: 14,073 count2014: 13,524 count2015: 12,939 count2016: 13,198 count2017: 13,565 count2018: 13,207 count2019: 13,015 count2020: 13,324 count2021: 12,954 count2022: 12,128 count2023: 11,804 count10K15K20K25K30K19501975200020231950: 22,211 count1951: 22,690 count1952: 22,954 count1953: 23,142 count1954: 23,356 count1955: 23,691 count1956: 24,035 count1957: 24,590 count1958: 25,242 count1959: 25,946 count1960: 26,810 count1961: 27,288 count1962: 26,653 count1963: 28,052 count1964: 27,561 count1965: 26,110 count1966: 26,570 count1967: 23,261 count1968: 23,831 count1969: 21,312 count1970: 21,197 count1971: 20,303 count1972: 20,658 count1973: 19,606 count1974: 22,905 count1975: 22,258 count1976: 22,847 count1977: 23,280 count1978: 23,642 count1979: 23,645 count1980: 23,469 count1981: 22,987 count1982: 22,455 count1983: 21,766 count1984: 20,746 count1985: 19,451 count1986: 18,708 count1987: 19,455 count1988: 20,511 count1989: 21,666 count1990: 22,622 count1991: 22,628 count1992: 23,321 count1993: 22,894 count1994: 22,280 count1995: 21,306 count1996: 21,173 count1997: 20,422 count1998: 19,319 count1999: 20,624 count2000: 20,154 count2001: 19,357 count2002: 19,546 count2003: 19,030 count2004: 18,957 count2005: 18,421 count2006: 17,268 count2007: 16,792 count2008: 16,048 count2009: 15,284 count2010: 14,941 count2011: 14,809 count2012: 14,764 count2013: 14,073 count2014: 13,524 count2015: 12,939 count2016: 13,198 count2017: 13,565 count2018: 13,207 count2019: 13,015 count2020: 13,324 count2021: 12,954 count2022: 12,128 count2023: 11,804 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
202311,804 Estimated
202212,128 Estimated
202112,954 Estimated
202013,324 Estimated
201913,015 Estimated
201813,207 Estimated
201713,565 Estimated
201613,198 Estimated
201512,939 Estimated
201413,524 Estimated
201314,073 Estimated
201214,764 Estimated
201114,809 Estimated
201014,941 Estimated
200915,284 Estimated
200816,048 Estimated
200716,792 Estimated
200617,268 Estimated
200518,421 Estimated
200418,957 Estimated
200319,030 Estimated
200219,546 Estimated
200119,357 Estimated
200020,154 Estimated
199920,624 Estimated
199819,319 Estimated
199720,422 Estimated
199621,173 Estimated
199521,306 Estimated
199422,280 Estimated
199322,894 Estimated
199223,321 Estimated
199122,628 Estimated
199022,622 Estimated
198921,666 Estimated
198820,511 Estimated
198719,455 Estimated
198618,708 Estimated
198519,451 Estimated
198420,746 Estimated
198321,766 Estimated
198222,455 Estimated
198122,987 Estimated
198023,469 Estimated
197923,645 Estimated
197823,642 Estimated
197723,280 Estimated
197622,847 Estimated
197522,258 Estimated
197422,905 Estimated
197319,606 Estimated
197220,658 Estimated
197120,303 Estimated
197021,197 Estimated
196921,312 Estimated
196823,831 Estimated
196723,261 Estimated
196626,570 Estimated
196526,110 Estimated
196427,561 Estimated
196328,052 Estimated
196226,653 Estimated
196127,288 Estimated
196026,810 Estimated
195925,946 Estimated
195825,242 Estimated
195724,590 Estimated
195624,035 Estimated
195523,691 Estimated
195423,356 Estimated
195323,142 Estimated
195222,954 Estimated
195122,690 Estimated
195022,211 Estimated

Mauritius compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Mauritius is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Mauritius, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Mauritius, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/mauritius. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Mauritius, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/mauritius.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Mauritius, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/mauritius (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/mauritius. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Mauritius?

Live births in Mauritius was 11,804 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 2.7% from 2022. That is the 164th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Mauritius?

28,052 in 1963, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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