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How many babies are born in Mayotte?

11.5 thousand babies born in Mayotte in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 163rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Mayotte: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Mayotte’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1800 ~3 ~65 48.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~10 ~200 48.6 Historical reconstruction
1950 1.04K 20.5K 50.9 UN estimate
2000 5.81K 156K 37.1 UN estimate
2023 11.2K 316K 35.4 UN estimate
2026 11.5K 348K 33.0 UN projection
2050 16.2K 645K 25.1 UN projection
2075 19.2K 1.02M 18.9 UN projection
2100 20K 1.38M 14.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Mayotte among estimates through 2023 were in 2023, at about 11.2K. That is roughly 51,387 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 1600.

At 4.43 children per woman, fertility in Mayotte is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Mayotte each year?

An estimated 11.5 thousand babies are born in Mayotte in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 31 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Mayotte?

Mayotte has an estimated 33.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 4.43 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.