Mauritania vs Mayotte: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Mauritania
4.45 children per women
in 2023
Mayotte
4.54 children per women
in 2023
Mauritania rank
10th
Mayotte rank
8th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
How they compare
Mayotte currently reports 4.54 children per women against 4.45 children per women in Mauritania, a difference of 0.09 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mayotte ahead.
Mauritania ranks 10th and Mayotte ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Mayotte in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Mayotte | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.84 children per women | 5.44 children per women | 1.6 children per women | Mayotte |
| 1960s | 4.63 children per women | 6.35 children per women | 1.72 children per women | Mayotte |
| 1970s | 5.17 children per women | 7.02 children per women | 1.85 children per women | Mayotte |
| 1980s | 5.31 children per women | 6.51 children per women | 1.2 children per women | Mayotte |
| 1990s | 5.12 children per women | 5.48 children per women | 0.3574 children per women | Mayotte |
| 2000s | 4.88 children per women | 4.51 children per women | 0.3743 children per women | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 4.87 children per women | 4.47 children per women | 0.4023 children per women | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 4.54 children per women | 4.45 children per women | 0.093 children per women | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Mauritania or Mayotte?
- Mayotte, at 4.54 children per women against 4.45 children per women in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Mauritania and Mayotte?
- 0.09 children per women, with Mayotte ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Mayotte?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Mayotte rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Mauritania ranks 10th and Mayotte ranks 8th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).