Japan vs Mauritius: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Japan
1.22 live births per woman
in 2024
Mauritius
1.23 live births per woman
in 2024
Japan rank
215th
Mauritius rank
213th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Japan
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 1.23 live births per woman against 1.22 live births per woman in Japan, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritius ahead.
Japan ranks 215th and Mauritius ranks 213th of 236 countries.
Mauritius has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.57 live births per woman | 5.9 live births per woman | 3.33 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 1960s | 1.98 live births per woman | 5.4 live births per woman | 3.43 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 1.96 live births per woman | 3.26 live births per woman | 1.3 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 1.7 live births per woman | 2.29 live births per woman | 0.5925 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 1990s | 1.43 live births per woman | 2.17 live births per woman | 0.7434 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 1.3 live births per woman | 1.79 live births per woman | 0.483 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 1.38 live births per woman | 1.4 live births per woman | 0.0246 live births per woman | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 1.25 live births per woman | 1.3 live births per woman | 0.0432 live births per woman | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Japan or Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 1.23 live births per woman against 1.22 live births per woman in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Japan and Mauritius?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mauritius?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Mauritius rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Japan ranks 215th and Mauritius ranks 213th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.