1. ForecastsMauritius

   Mauritius: all 11 UN projections since 1998 expected more births

   The UN's 1998 projection expected 18.3k births a year on average for 2015–2020; the outcome was 13.2k (−28%). The latest checked one: the UN's 2022 projection expected 13.2k births for 2023; the outcome was 11.8k (−10%). "Outcome" here is the UN's own current estimate, not registration data.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Mauritius: from 6.18 to 3.07 children per woman in just 10 years
• Mauritius: the UN expects the population to shrink by 54% by 2100
• Mauritius: 58% fewer births than in 1963
• Mauritius: 1.24 children per woman in 2023, fewer than ever since 1950
• The IMF foresaw 28 of 537 economic downturns around the world a year ahead
• 2022: the IMF expected inflation above 5% in 43 countries. It happened in 149

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