Demographics of Mauritius

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date24 Jul 2024

There are 635k males and 637k females in Mauritius. The percentage of the male population is 49.92%, compared to 50.08% of the female population. Mauritius has 2,141 more females than males. The sex ratio in Mauritius in 2024 will be 99.664 males per 100 females. Mauritius is in the 154th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Mauritius population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950525,5582.90
1955599,5882.42
1960680,3311.89
1965752,6602.14
1970827,6961.66
1975888,0231.32
1980954,2161.58
19851,025,0631.32
19901,089,0241.26
19951,159,8211.10
20001,216,6290.83
20051,257,2150.57
20101,282,7090.28
20151,292,275-0.01
20201,283,223-0.25
20211,279,623-0.32
20241,271,169-0.21
  • Total
  • Crude

Mauritius death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19507,74422,21114.73442.261
19557,88323,69113.14839.512
19606,87926,81010.11139.407
19656,42026,1108.52934.691
19706,20221,1977.49325.610
19756,70722,2587.55325.065
19806,64923,4696.96824.595
19856,50319,4516.34418.975
19906,95022,6226.38220.773
19957,43221,3066.40818.370
20007,75720,1546.37616.565
20058,43118,4216.70614.653
20108,78914,9416.85211.648
20159,40212,9397.27510.013
202010,58913,3248.25210.384
202112,66812,9549.90010.123
202212,24712,1289.5979.504
202311,12411,8048.7349.268
202411,50211,6009.0499.125
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Mauritius

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950144,658348,59729.327
1955180,433390,21531.619
1960231,739428,28435.111
1965292,028461,25738.767
1970351,699474,74242.556
1975387,600504,61143.443
1980409,127556,90442.351
1985429,921585,84142.325
1990463,526592,34243.900
1995488,537640,13643.284
2000505,705679,44042.670
2005514,605707,39842.112
2010518,584729,37141.555
2015516,377743,07941.000
2020519,330754,78440.760
2021520,480755,99540.775
2022521,772756,75640.810
2023523,224757,08940.867
2024524,857757,02540.944
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Mauritius population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 29,636 30,210 59,846 4.71 98.100
05-09 30,075 30,614 60,690 4.77 98.239
10-14 33,316 34,419 67,735 5.33 96.795
15-19 42,260 43,204 85,464 6.72 97.815
20-24 47,258 46,131 93,389 7.35 102.443
25-29 50,870 47,109 97,980 7.71 107.984
30-34 55,520 50,100 105,620 8.31 110.818
35-39 49,186 44,294 93,480 7.35 111.044
40-44 50,006 46,805 96,811 7.62 106.839
45-49 47,778 46,531 94,308 7.42 102.680
50-54 40,102 39,806 79,907 6.29 100.744
55-59 41,480 42,060 83,541 6.57 98.621
60-64 39,081 41,380 80,462 6.33 94.444
65-69 31,146 33,977 65,123 5.12 91.668
70-74 22,971 26,646 49,617 3.90 86.208
75-79 13,044 16,871 29,915 2.35 77.316
80-84 6,308 8,762 15,070 1.19 71.993
85-89 3,075 4,982 8,057 0.63 61.722
90-94 1,081 2,134 3,216 0.25 50.656
95-99 278 530 808 0.06 52.453
100+ 42 90 132 0.01 46.667
Total 634,513 636,655 1,271,171 99.664