Fertility rate: births per woman in Mayotte
Mayotte: Fertility rate: births per woman was 4.62 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Mayotte, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Mayotte is 4.62 live births per woman, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Mayotte peaked at 7.53 live births per woman in 1975 and was at its lowest, 4.17 live births per woman, in 2020.
Mayotte ranks 12th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.88 live births per woman | 6.86 live births per woman | 6.95 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.12 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 7.3 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.47 live births per woman | 7.37 live births per woman | 7.53 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.76 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 7.32 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.61 live births per woman | 5.11 live births per woman | 6.05 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.59 live births per woman | 4.45 live births per woman | 4.96 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.54 live births per woman | 4.36 live births per woman | 4.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.53 live births per woman | 4.17 live births per woman | 4.66 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mayotte
- 9 Afghanistan 4.84 live births per woman compare
- 10 Mozambique 4.76 live births per woman compare
- 11 Mauritania 4.7 live births per woman compare
- 13 Tanzania 4.61 live births per woman compare
- 14 Yemen 4.59 live births per woman compare
- 15 Benin 4.56 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Mayotte
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Median age 16.79 years (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Mayotte?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Mayotte was 4.62 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Mayotte?
- The highest recorded value was 7.53 live births per woman in 1975.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Mayotte?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.17 live births per woman in 2020.
- How does Mayotte rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Mayotte ranks 12th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Mayotte?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mayotte data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.