Japan vs Mauritius: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Japan

1.21 live births per woman

in 2023

Mauritius

1.24 live births per woman

in 2023

Japan rank

216th

Mauritius rank

213th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Japan
Mauritius

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 1.24 live births per woman against 1.21 live births per woman in Japan, a difference of 0.033 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritius ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 216th and Mauritius ranks 213th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.