Mauritius vs Sierra Leone Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Mauritius vs Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age
	Mauritius	Sierra Leone
1960	17.4	21.1
1961	17.5	21.1
1962	17.6	21.1
1963	17.6	21
1964	17.6	21
1965	17.7	20.9
1966	17.8	20.9
1967	17.9	20.8
1968	18.1	20.7
1969	18.3	20.6
1970	18.5	20.4
1971	18.8	20.2
1972	19.1	20.1
1973	19.5	19.9
1974	19.8	19.8
1975	20.2	19.6
1976	20.6	19.5
1977	21	19.4
1978	21.3	19.3
1979	21.6	19.2
1980	21.9	19.1
1981	22.1	19.1
1982	22.4	19
1983	22.8	18.9
1984	23.2	18.9
1985	23.5	18.8
1986	23.9	18.7
1987	24.3	18.7
1988	24.7	18.6
1989	25.2	18.6
1990	25.6	18.5
1991	26	18.5
1992	26.3	18.4
1993	26.6	18.4
1994	26.9	18.3
1995	27.3	18.2
1996	27.6	18.2
1997	28	18.1
1998	28.4	18.1
1999	28.7	18
2000	29	18
2001	29.4	18
2002	29.7	17.9
2003	30	17.9
2004	30.3	17.9
2005	30.7	18
2006	31.1	18
2007	31.6	18
2008	32	18.1
2009	32.5	18.1
2010	32.9	18.2
2011	33.4	18.3
2012	33.8	18.4
2013	34.2	18.5
2014	34.6	18.6
2015	35	18.7
2016	35.4	18.9
2017	35.8	19.1
2018	36.2	19.2
2019	36.5	19.4
2020	36.8	19.6
2021	37.1	19.8
2022	37.5	20
2023	38	20.3
2024	38.5	20.5
2025	38.8	20.7
2026	39.3	20.9
2027	39.7	21.2
2028	40.2	21.4
2029	40.7	21.7
2030	41.2	21.9
2031	41.7	22.2
2032	42.1	22.4
2033	42.6	22.7
2034	43.1	23
2035	43.6	23.2
2036	44.1	23.5
2037	44.6	23.8
2038	45	24
2039	45.5	24.3
2040	45.9	24.6
2041	46.4	24.8
2042	46.8	25.1
2043	47.3	25.4
2044	47.7	25.7
2045	48.1	25.9
2046	48.5	26.2
2047	48.9	26.5
2048	49.3	26.8
2049	49.7	27.1
2050	50.1	27.3

In 1960, the median age in Mauritius was 17.4 years compared to 21.1 years in Sierra Leone. As of 2024, the median age had changed to 38.5 years in Mauritius and to 20.5 years in Sierra Leone.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Mauritius is expected to increased to around 50.1 years by 2050 compared to 27.3 years in Sierra Leone. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Mauritius		Sierra Leone
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	2.33%	2.38%	6.85%	6.72%
5-9	2.37%	2.41%	6.32%	6.24%
10-14	2.62%	2.71%	6.01%	5.94%
15-19	3.32%	3.4%	5.48%	5.41%
20-24	3.72%	3.63%	4.9%	4.84%
25-29	4%	3.71%	4.17%	4.17%
30-34	4.37%	3.94%	3.52%	3.5%
35-39	3.87%	3.48%	2.96%	2.95%
40-44	3.93%	3.68%	2.45%	2.45%
45-49	3.76%	3.66%	1.99%	2.03%
50-54	3.15%	3.13%	1.59%	1.66%
55-59	3.26%	3.31%	1.25%	1.34%
60-64	3.07%	3.26%	0.94%	1.05%
65-69	2.45%	2.67%	0.65%	0.77%
70-74	1.81%	2.1%	0.4%	0.51%
75-79	1.03%	1.33%	0.24%	0.31%
80+	0.85%	1.3%	0.15%	0.22%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Mauritius has low demographic potential with 44.9% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 74.1% and average potential in Sierra Leone.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Mauritius			Sierra Leone
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	92.4%	86.6%	5.77%	72.5%	66%	6.59%
1961	92.6%	86.6%	5.97%	72.8%	66.1%	6.68%
1962	93.4%	87.3%	6.19%	73.1%	66.3%	6.77%
1963	93.6%	87.3%	6.33%	73.7%	66.9%	6.87%
1964	92.8%	86.4%	6.39%	74.8%	67.9%	6.97%
1965	91.6%	85.1%	6.45%	75.9%	68.8%	7.07%
1966	90%	83.5%	6.5%	76.7%	69.6%	7.15%
1967	88.3%	81.8%	6.54%	77.6%	70.4%	7.23%
1968	86.6%	80%	6.57%	78.5%	71.2%	7.31%
1969	84.6%	78%	6.58%	79.3%	72%	7.38%
1970	82.5%	76%	6.58%	80.1%	72.7%	7.44%
1971	80.3%	73.7%	6.57%	80.8%	73.3%	7.49%
1972	77.8%	71.3%	6.58%	81.5%	73.9%	7.54%
1973	75.1%	68.5%	6.61%	82.1%	74.5%	7.57%
1974	72.5%	65.9%	6.67%	82.7%	75.1%	7.61%
1975	70.2%	63.5%	6.73%	83.3%	75.7%	7.63%
1976	68%	61.3%	6.76%	83.8%	76.2%	7.65%
1977	66%	59.2%	6.79%	84.3%	76.6%	7.66%
1978	64.2%	57.3%	6.84%	84.7%	77%	7.67%
1979	62.5%	55.6%	6.92%	85.1%	77.4%	7.68%
1980	61.1%	54.1%	6.99%	85.4%	77.7%	7.67%
1981	59.9%	52.9%	7.04%	85.7%	78.1%	7.67%
1982	58.9%	51.8%	7.1%	86.1%	78.4%	7.66%
1983	57.9%	50.8%	7.16%	86.4%	78.7%	7.64%
1984	57.1%	49.9%	7.21%	86.7%	79.1%	7.62%
1985	56.5%	49.2%	7.29%	87%	79.4%	7.6%
1986	56%	48.6%	7.41%	87.3%	79.7%	7.57%
1987	55.6%	48%	7.57%	87.6%	80%	7.54%
1988	55.1%	47.3%	7.75%	87.9%	80.4%	7.5%
1989	54.6%	46.6%	7.97%	88.1%	80.6%	7.46%
1990	54.1%	45.9%	8.2%	88.2%	80.8%	7.41%
1991	53.5%	45.1%	8.42%	88.4%	81%	7.36%
1992	52.8%	44.3%	8.58%	88.6%	81.3%	7.3%
1993	52%	43.4%	8.69%	88.7%	81.5%	7.23%
1994	51.1%	42.3%	8.75%	88.9%	81.8%	7.17%
1995	50.1%	41.3%	8.78%	89.1%	82%	7.09%
1996	49%	40.3%	8.76%	89.3%	82.3%	7.02%
1997	48.1%	39.4%	8.74%	89.4%	82.5%	6.95%
1998	47.3%	38.6%	8.77%	89.6%	82.7%	6.87%
1999	46.8%	37.9%	8.85%	89.9%	83.1%	6.8%
2000	46.4%	37.5%	8.96%	90%	83.3%	6.73%
2001	46%	36.9%	9.06%	90.1%	83.4%	6.66%
2002	45.6%	36.4%	9.15%	90%	83.5%	6.59%
2003	45%	35.8%	9.22%	89.9%	83.4%	6.53%
2004	44.4%	35.1%	9.28%	89.7%	83.2%	6.46%
2005	43.7%	34.4%	9.34%	89.4%	83%	6.4%
2006	42.8%	33.5%	9.39%	89%	82.6%	6.34%
2007	41.9%	32.4%	9.45%	88.5%	82.2%	6.28%
2008	40.9%	31.4%	9.56%	88%	81.8%	6.22%
2009	40.1%	30.3%	9.76%	87.5%	81.3%	6.18%
2010	39.4%	29.4%	10%	86.9%	80.7%	6.14%
2011	38.9%	28.6%	10.3%	86.2%	80.1%	6.09%
2012	38.5%	27.9%	10.7%	85.4%	79.3%	6.03%
2013	38.4%	27.3%	11.1%	84.3%	78.4%	5.95%
2014	38.4%	26.8%	11.7%	83.1%	77.3%	5.83%
2015	38.4%	26.1%	12.3%	81.8%	76%	5.73%
2016	38.5%	25.5%	13%	80.4%	74.8%	5.67%
2017	38.5%	24.8%	13.7%	79.1%	73.5%	5.61%
2018	38.5%	24.1%	14.4%	77.7%	72.2%	5.56%
2019	38.4%	23.4%	15.1%	76.5%	70.9%	5.53%
2020	38.4%	22.6%	15.8%	75.3%	69.8%	5.51%
2021	38.5%	22%	16.5%	74.1%	68.6%	5.49%
2022	38.6%	21.5%	17.2%	72.9%	67.4%	5.49%
2023	39%	21%	18%	71.6%	66.1%	5.5%
2024	39.5%	20.7%	18.9%	70.4%	64.9%	5.53%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Mauritius decreased from 44.4% to 39.5% between 2004 and 2024.

In Sierra Leone, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 89.7% to 70.4% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and a decreased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Mauritius	Sierra Leone
1960	52%	58%
1961	51.9%	57.9%
1962	51.7%	57.8%
1963	51.7%	57.6%
1964	51.9%	57.2%
1965	52.2%	56.9%
1966	52.6%	56.6%
1967	53.1%	56.3%
1968	53.6%	56%
1969	54.2%	55.8%
1970	54.8%	55.5%
1971	55.5%	55.3%
1972	56.2%	55.1%
1973	57.1%	54.9%
1974	58%	54.7%
1975	58.8%	54.6%
1976	59.5%	54.4%
1977	60.2%	54.3%
1978	60.9%	54.1%
1979	61.5%	54%
1980	62.1%	53.9%
1981	62.5%	53.8%
1982	62.9%	53.7%
1983	63.3%	53.7%
1984	63.6%	53.6%
1985	63.9%	53.5%
1986	64.1%	53.4%
1987	64.3%	53.3%
1988	64.5%	53.2%
1989	64.7%	53.2%
1990	64.9%	53.1%
1991	65.1%	53.1%
1992	65.4%	53%
1993	65.8%	53%
1994	66.2%	52.9%
1995	66.6%	52.9%
1996	67.1%	52.8%
1997	67.5%	52.8%
1998	67.9%	52.7%
1999	68.1%	52.7%
2000	68.3%	52.6%
2001	68.5%	52.6%
2002	68.7%	52.6%
2003	68.9%	52.6%
2004	69.2%	52.7%
2005	69.6%	52.8%
2006	70%	52.9%
2007	70.5%	53%
2008	71%	53.2%
2009	71.4%	53.3%
2010	71.7%	53.5%
2011	72%	53.7%
2012	72.2%	53.9%
2013	72.2%	54.2%
2014	72.3%	54.6%
2015	72.3%	55%
2016	72.2%	55.4%
2017	72.2%	55.8%
2018	72.2%	56.3%
2019	72.2%	56.7%
2020	72.2%	57%
2021	72.2%	57.4%
2022	72.1%	57.8%
2023	71.9%	58.3%
2024	71.7%	58.7%
2025	71.3%	59.1%
2026	71%	59.5%
2027	70.6%	59.9%
2028	70.1%	60.2%
2029	69.6%	60.6%
2030	69.1%	60.9%
2031	68.7%	61.2%
2032	68.3%	61.6%
2033	67.9%	61.9%
2034	67.6%	62.2%
2035	67.4%	62.5%
2036	67.2%	62.9%
2037	67%	63.2%
2038	66.7%	63.5%
2039	66.5%	63.8%
2040	66.2%	64.1%
2041	65.8%	64.3%
2042	65.4%	64.6%
2043	65%	64.8%
2044	64.5%	65.1%
2045	64%	65.3%
2046	63.6%	65.5%
2047	63.2%	65.7%
2048	62.9%	65.9%
2049	62.7%	66.1%
2050	62.5%	66.3%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 69.2% to 71.7% in Mauritius and from 52.7% to 58.7% in Sierra Leone.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mauritius	Sierra Leone
1960	45%	38.2%
1961	45%	38.3%
1962	45.1%	38.3%
1963	45.1%	38.5%
1964	44.8%	38.8%
1965	44.4%	39.1%
1966	44%	39.4%
1967	43.4%	39.6%
1968	42.9%	39.9%
1969	42.3%	40.1%
1970	41.6%	40.3%
1971	40.9%	40.6%
1972	40.1%	40.7%
1973	39.1%	40.9%
1974	38.2%	41.1%
1975	37.3%	41.3%
1976	36.5%	41.4%
1977	35.7%	41.6%
1978	34.9%	41.7%
1979	34.2%	41.8%
1980	33.6%	41.9%
1981	33.1%	42%
1982	32.6%	42.1%
1983	32.2%	42.2%
1984	31.8%	42.3%
1985	31.4%	42.5%
1986	31.1%	42.6%
1987	30.8%	42.7%
1988	30.5%	42.8%
1989	30.1%	42.9%
1990	29.8%	42.9%
1991	29.4%	43%
1992	29%	43.1%
1993	28.5%	43.2%
1994	28%	43.3%
1995	27.5%	43.4%
1996	27%	43.5%
1997	26.6%	43.5%
1998	26.2%	43.6%
1999	25.8%	43.7%
2000	25.6%	43.8%
2001	25.3%	43.9%
2002	25%	43.9%
2003	24.7%	43.9%
2004	24.3%	43.9%
2005	23.9%	43.8%
2006	23.4%	43.7%
2007	22.9%	43.6%
2008	22.3%	43.5%
2009	21.7%	43.4%
2010	21.1%	43.2%
2011	20.6%	43%
2012	20.1%	42.8%
2013	19.7%	42.5%
2014	19.3%	42.2%
2015	18.9%	41.8%
2016	18.4%	41.4%
2017	17.9%	41%
2018	17.4%	40.6%
2019	16.9%	40.2%
2020	16.4%	39.8%
2021	15.9%	39.4%
2022	15.5%	39%
2023	15.1%	38.5%
2024	14.8%	38.1%
2025	14.5%	37.7%
2026	14.3%	37.2%
2027	14.1%	36.8%
2028	14%	36.3%
2029	13.8%	35.9%
2030	13.7%	35.5%
2031	13.6%	35.2%
2032	13.5%	34.8%
2033	13.4%	34.4%
2034	13.3%	34%
2035	13.2%	33.6%
2036	13%	33.2%
2037	12.9%	32.8%
2038	12.8%	32.4%
2039	12.7%	32%
2040	12.6%	31.6%
2041	12.5%	31.2%
2042	12.4%	30.9%
2043	12.3%	30.5%
2044	12.2%	30.2%
2045	12.1%	29.8%
2046	12%	29.5%
2047	11.8%	29.2%
2048	11.7%	28.8%
2049	11.6%	28.5%
2050	11.4%	28.2%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 14.8% in Mauritius and 38.1% in Sierra Leone. Birth rates in Mauritius compared to Sierra Leone .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Mauritius	Sierra Leone
1960	3%	3.82%
1961	3.1%	3.87%
1962	3.2%	3.91%
1963	3.27%	3.95%
1964	3.31%	3.99%
1965	3.36%	4.02%
1966	3.42%	4.05%
1967	3.47%	4.07%
1968	3.52%	4.09%
1969	3.56%	4.11%
1970	3.61%	4.13%
1971	3.65%	4.14%
1972	3.7%	4.15%
1973	3.77%	4.16%
1974	3.87%	4.16%
1975	3.95%	4.16%
1976	4.02%	4.16%
1977	4.09%	4.16%
1978	4.17%	4.15%
1979	4.26%	4.15%
1980	4.34%	4.14%
1981	4.4%	4.13%
1982	4.47%	4.12%
1983	4.53%	4.1%
1984	4.59%	4.08%
1985	4.66%	4.06%
1986	4.75%	4.04%
1987	4.86%	4.02%
1988	5%	3.99%
1989	5.16%	3.97%
1990	5.32%	3.94%
1991	5.48%	3.91%
1992	5.62%	3.87%
1993	5.72%	3.83%
1994	5.79%	3.79%
1995	5.85%	3.75%
1996	5.88%	3.71%
1997	5.9%	3.67%
1998	5.95%	3.62%
1999	6.03%	3.58%
2000	6.12%	3.54%
2001	6.21%	3.5%
2002	6.29%	3.47%
2003	6.36%	3.44%
2004	6.43%	3.41%
2005	6.5%	3.38%
2006	6.58%	3.35%
2007	6.66%	3.33%
2008	6.78%	3.31%
2009	6.97%	3.3%
2010	7.19%	3.28%
2011	7.42%	3.27%
2012	7.7%	3.26%
2013	8.03%	3.23%
2014	8.42%	3.19%
2015	8.88%	3.15%
2016	9.38%	3.14%
2017	9.89%	3.13%
2018	10.4%	3.13%
2019	10.9%	3.14%
2020	11.4%	3.14%
2021	11.9%	3.15%
2022	12.4%	3.18%
2023	12.9%	3.21%
2024	13.5%	3.24%
2025	14.1%	3.28%
2026	14.7%	3.33%
2027	15.3%	3.38%
2028	16%	3.43%
2029	16.6%	3.49%
2030	17.2%	3.56%
2031	17.7%	3.62%
2032	18.2%	3.69%
2033	18.7%	3.76%
2034	19.1%	3.83%
2035	19.5%	3.91%
2036	19.8%	3.99%
2037	20.1%	4.07%
2038	20.5%	4.15%
2039	20.8%	4.24%
2040	21.2%	4.33%
2041	21.6%	4.43%
2042	22.1%	4.53%
2043	22.7%	4.64%
2044	23.3%	4.75%
2045	23.9%	4.86%
2046	24.4%	4.98%
2047	25%	5.1%
2048	25.4%	5.23%
2049	25.8%	5.36%
2050	26.1%	5.5%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 13.5% in Mauritius and 3.24% in Sierra Leone. Life expectancy in Mauritius compared to Sierra Leone .