Population in Dominica compared to Mauritius: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Dominica and Mauritius: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	Mauritius	Dominica	Mauritius
1960	59,372	680,331	-	-
1961	60,209	680,757	1.41%	0.06%
1962	60,948	700,349	1.23%	2.88%
1963	61,739	718,861	1.3%	2.64%
1964	62,587	736,381	1.37%	2.44%
1965	63,505	753,000	1.47%	2.26%
1966	64,507	768,813	1.58%	2.1%
1967	65,585	783,917	1.67%	1.96%
1968	66,732	798,413	1.75%	1.85%
1969	67,934	812,405	1.8%	1.75%
1970	68,908	826,000	1.43%	1.67%
1971	69,532	839,230	0.91%	1.6%
1972	70,060	852,053	0.76%	1.53%
1973	70,585	864,819	0.75%	1.5%
1974	71,091	878,042	0.72%	1.53%
1975	71,570	892,000	0.67%	1.59%
1976	72,017	906,507	0.62%	1.63%
1977	72,406	921,379	0.54%	1.64%
1978	72,724	933,499	0.44%	1.32%
1979	72,959	949,888	0.32%	1.76%
1980	73,083	966,039	0.17%	1.7%
1981	72,986	980,462	-0.13%	1.49%
1982	72,688	992,521	-0.41%	1.23%
1983	72,365	1,001,691	-0.44%	0.92%
1984	72,056	1,012,221	-0.43%	1.05%
1985	71,744	1,020,528	-0.43%	0.82%
1986	71,406	1,028,360	-0.47%	0.77%
1987	71,023	1,036,082	-0.54%	0.75%
1988	70,608	1,043,239	-0.58%	0.69%
1989	70,153	1,051,260	-0.64%	0.77%
1990	69,627	1,058,775	-0.75%	0.71%
1991	69,296	1,070,266	-0.48%	1.09%
1992	69,325	1,084,441	0.04%	1.32%
1993	69,433	1,097,374	0.16%	1.19%
1994	69,477	1,112,846	0.06%	1.41%
1995	69,469	1,122,457	-0.01%	0.86%
1996	69,410	1,133,996	-0.08%	1.03%
1997	69,299	1,148,284	-0.16%	1.26%
1998	69,124	1,160,421	-0.25%	1.06%
1999	68,870	1,175,267	-0.37%	1.28%
2000	68,511	1,186,873	-0.52%	0.99%
2001	68,288	1,196,287	-0.33%	0.79%
2002	68,367	1,204,621	0.12%	0.7%
2003	68,531	1,213,370	0.24%	0.73%
2004	68,649	1,221,003	0.17%	0.63%
2005	68,734	1,228,254	0.12%	0.59%
2006	68,806	1,233,996	0.1%	0.47%
2007	68,847	1,239,630	0.06%	0.46%
2008	68,854	1,244,121	0.01%	0.36%
2009	68,864	1,247,429	0.01%	0.27%
2010	68,859	1,250,400	-0.007%	0.24%
2011	69,053	1,252,404	0.28%	0.16%
2012	69,118	1,255,882	0.09%	0.28%
2013	69,715	1,258,927	0.86%	0.24%
2014	70,373	1,261,208	0.94%	0.18%
2015	70,410	1,262,879	0.05%	0.13%
2016	69,606	1,263,747	-1.14%	0.07%
2017	68,496	1,264,887	-1.59%	0.09%
2018	68,174	1,265,577	-0.47%	0.05%
2019	67,880	1,265,985	-0.43%	0.03%
2020	67,573	1,266,014	-0.45%	0.002%
2021	67,202	1,266,334	-0.55%	0.03%
2022	66,826	1,262,523	-0.56%	-0.3%
2023	66,510	1,248,647	-0.47%	-1.1%
2024	66,205	1,245,779	-0.46%	-0.23%
2025	65,870	1,242,950	-0.51%	-0.23%
2026	65,508	1,239,793	-0.55%	-0.25%
2027	65,160	1,236,435	-0.53%	-0.27%
2028	64,808	1,232,914	-0.54%	-0.28%
2029	64,475	1,229,227	-0.51%	-0.3%
2030	64,169	1,225,457	-0.47%	-0.31%
2031	63,949	1,221,502	-0.34%	-0.32%
2032	63,825	1,217,208	-0.19%	-0.35%
2033	63,775	1,212,606	-0.08%	-0.38%
2034	63,756	1,207,685	-0.03%	-0.41%
2035	63,764	1,202,449	0.01%	-0.43%
2036	63,757	1,196,894	-0.01%	-0.46%
2037	63,770	1,191,031	0.02%	-0.49%
2038	63,784	1,184,867	0.02%	-0.52%
2039	63,792	1,178,313	0.01%	-0.55%
2040	63,798	1,171,352	0.009%	-0.59%
2041	63,804	1,164,041	0.009%	-0.62%
2042	63,778	1,156,420	-0.04%	-0.65%
2043	63,731	1,148,461	-0.07%	-0.69%
2044	63,677	1,140,167	-0.08%	-0.72%
2045	63,630	1,131,600	-0.07%	-0.75%
2046	63,575	1,122,728	-0.09%	-0.78%
2047	63,501	1,113,607	-0.12%	-0.81%
2048	63,411	1,104,261	-0.14%	-0.84%
2049	63,303	1,094,728	-0.17%	-0.86%
2050	63,191	1,085,083	-0.18%	-0.88%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Dominica increased by 800 people (a 1.16% growth), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Dominica lost -4,098 (a 5.89% decline), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2006 and is 188th in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Dominica's population will shrink by 3.54% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.