Demographics of Mauritius

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Mauritius is projected at 1.273 million, up by 0.13% compared with 1.272 million in 2020. Mauritius is ranked 157th in terms of population and 193rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 12.66 thousand births in Mauritius in 2021. That is 35 per day, which is ranked 165th. The crude birth rate is 9.95 per 1000 people. There are 11.29 thousand deaths in Mauritius in 2021. That is 31 per day, which is ranked 154th. The crude death rate is 8.87 per 1000 people.

0.52 million people are living in urban areas, which is 40.78% of Mauritius population. Mauritius is ranked 182nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Mauritius in 2021 is 97.24 males per 100 females. There are 0.63 million males and 0.65 million females in Mauritius. The percentage of female population is 50.70% compare to 49.30% male population. Mauritius has 17.83 thousand more females than males. Mauritius is at 69th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Mauritius population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	493,258	-
1955	570,650	3.08
1960	660,025	2.90
1965	753,283	2.37
1970	826,451	1.66
1975	892,219	1.58
1980	966,039	1.41
1985	1,015,764	0.82
1990	1,055,869	0.98
1995	1,128,676	1.30
2000	1,185,147	0.81
2005	1,222,010	0.52
2010	1,247,953	0.32
2015	1,259,457	0.17
2016	1,261,870	0.19
2017	1,264,497	0.21
2018	1,267,184	0.21
2019	1,269,670	0.20
2020	1,271,767	0.17
2021	1,273,428	0.13

Total
Crude

Mauritius death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	8,669	22,374	17.20	44.33
1955	7,564	24,570	13.21	42.99
1960	6,495	29,344	9.81	44.21
1965	5,860	29,143	7.79	39.01
1970	5,776	24,221	6.98	29.30
1975	5,776	23,929	6.46	26.63
1980	5,740	22,360	5.97	23.31
1985	6,194	20,578	6.10	20.25
1990	6,557	22,260	6.18	20.94
1995	7,102	21,660	6.30	19.26
2000	7,852	20,094	6.64	16.98
2005	8,401	17,905	6.88	14.66
2010	8,977	15,035	7.21	12.06
2015	9,830	13,309	7.80	10.55
2020	11,064	12,722	8.71	10.01
2021	11,290	12,656	8.87	9.95

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mauritius

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	144,658	348,597	-	29.327
1955	180,433	390,215	5.32	31.619
1960	231,739	428,284	5.03	35.111
1965	292,028	461,257	4.37	38.767
1970	351,699	474,742	3.52	42.556
1975	387,600	504,611	1.07	43.443
1980	409,127	556,904	0.89	42.351
1985	429,921	585,841	1.57	42.325
1990	463,526	592,342	1.72	43.900
1995	488,537	640,136	1.02	43.284
2000	505,705	679,440	0.52	42.670
2005	514,605	707,398	0.26	42.112
2010	518,584	729,371	0.05	41.555
2015	516,377	743,079	-0.09	41.000
2020	519,330	754,784	0.20	40.760
2021	520,480	755,995	0.22	40.775

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Mauritius population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	32,593	31,339	63,932	5.02	104.001
05-09	34,249	32,969	67,218	5.28	103.882
10-14	39,606	38,138	77,744	6.11	103.849
15-19	47,330	45,546	92,876	7.29	103.917
20-24	47,269	46,261	93,530	7.34	102.179
25-29	51,499	50,967	102,466	8.05	101.044
30-34	45,533	45,448	90,981	7.14	100.187
35-39	42,785	42,333	85,118	6.68	101.068
40-44	49,605	48,948	98,553	7.74	101.342
45-49	42,697	42,313	85,010	6.68	100.908
50-54	41,453	41,711	83,164	6.53	99.381
55-59	44,026	45,707	89,733	7.05	96.322
60-64	37,181	39,964	77,145	6.06	93.036
65-69	30,014	34,123	64,137	5.04	87.958
70-74	20,927	26,075	47,002	3.69	80.257
75-79	11,069	15,483	26,552	2.09	71.491
80-84	6,052	9,656	15,708	1.23	62.676
85-89	2,822	5,517	8,339	0.65	51.151
90-94	885	2,345	3,230	0.25	37.740
95-99	183	674	857	0.07	27.151
100+	21	112	133	0.01	18.750
Total	627,799	645,629	1,273,428		97.238