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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Mauritius	Fiji	Mauritius
1960	404,887	680,331	-	-
1961	417,406	680,757	3.09%	0.06%
1962	430,536	700,349	3.15%	2.88%
1963	444,276	718,861	3.19%	2.64%
1964	458,324	736,381	3.16%	2.44%
1965	472,575	753,000	3.11%	2.26%
1966	486,487	768,813	2.94%	2.1%
1967	498,873	783,917	2.55%	1.96%
1968	510,002	798,413	2.23%	1.85%
1969	520,797	812,405	2.12%	1.75%
1970	531,188	826,000	2%	1.67%
1971	541,121	839,230	1.87%	1.6%
1972	550,499	852,053	1.73%	1.53%
1973	559,222	864,819	1.58%	1.5%
1974	567,489	878,042	1.48%	1.53%
1975	575,906	892,000	1.48%	1.59%
1976	585,534	906,507	1.67%	1.63%
1977	597,805	921,379	2.1%	1.64%
1978	612,091	933,499	2.39%	1.32%
1979	626,862	949,888	2.41%	1.76%
1980	641,975	966,039	2.41%	1.7%
1981	657,471	980,462	2.41%	1.49%
1982	673,414	992,521	2.42%	1.23%
1983	689,835	1,001,691	2.44%	0.92%
1984	706,716	1,012,221	2.45%	1.05%
1985	723,761	1,020,528	2.41%	0.82%
1986	739,306	1,028,360	2.15%	0.77%
1987	750,540	1,036,082	1.52%	0.75%
1988	758,697	1,043,239	1.09%	0.69%
1989	766,321	1,051,260	1%	0.77%
1990	773,316	1,058,775	0.91%	0.71%
1991	779,656	1,070,266	0.82%	1.09%
1992	785,346	1,084,441	0.73%	1.32%
1993	790,369	1,097,374	0.64%	1.19%
1994	794,771	1,112,846	0.56%	1.41%
1995	798,746	1,122,457	0.5%	0.86%
1996	803,789	1,133,996	0.63%	1.03%
1997	812,139	1,148,284	1.04%	1.26%
1998	822,258	1,160,421	1.25%	1.06%
1999	831,828	1,175,267	1.16%	1.28%
2000	840,909	1,186,873	1.09%	0.99%
2001	849,596	1,196,287	1.03%	0.79%
2002	858,049	1,204,621	0.99%	0.7%
2003	866,286	1,213,370	0.96%	0.73%
2004	874,366	1,221,003	0.93%	0.63%
2005	882,379	1,228,254	0.92%	0.59%
2006	890,365	1,233,996	0.91%	0.47%
2007	897,832	1,239,630	0.84%	0.46%
2008	903,399	1,244,121	0.62%	0.36%
2009	907,239	1,247,429	0.43%	0.27%
2010	910,419	1,250,400	0.35%	0.24%
2011	912,989	1,252,404	0.28%	0.16%
2012	914,918	1,255,882	0.21%	0.28%
2013	916,352	1,258,927	0.16%	0.24%
2014	917,585	1,261,208	0.13%	0.18%
2015	918,578	1,262,879	0.11%	0.13%
2016	919,166	1,263,747	0.06%	0.07%
2017	918,759	1,264,887	-0.04%	0.09%
2018	917,180	1,265,577	-0.17%	0.05%
2019	914,899	1,265,985	-0.25%	0.03%
2020	914,963	1,266,014	0.007%	0.002%
2021	916,711	1,266,334	0.19%	0.03%
2022	919,422	1,262,523	0.3%	-0.3%
2023	924,145	1,261,041	0.51%	-0.12%
2024	928,784	1,259,509	0.5%	-0.12%
2025	933,141	1,256,649	0.47%	-0.23%
2026	937,268	1,253,457	0.44%	-0.25%
2027	941,304	1,250,062	0.43%	-0.27%
2028	945,347	1,246,502	0.43%	-0.28%
2029	949,269	1,242,774	0.41%	-0.3%
2030	953,095	1,238,963	0.4%	-0.31%
2031	956,685	1,234,965	0.38%	-0.32%
2032	960,056	1,230,623	0.35%	-0.35%
2033	963,339	1,225,970	0.34%	-0.38%
2034	966,516	1,220,995	0.33%	-0.41%
2035	969,613	1,215,701	0.32%	-0.43%
2036	972,641	1,210,085	0.31%	-0.46%
2037	975,643	1,204,158	0.31%	-0.49%
2038	978,533	1,197,926	0.3%	-0.52%
2039	981,270	1,191,299	0.28%	-0.55%
2040	983,842	1,184,262	0.26%	-0.59%
2041	986,409	1,176,870	0.26%	-0.62%
2042	988,810	1,169,165	0.24%	-0.65%
2043	990,851	1,161,119	0.21%	-0.69%
2044	992,731	1,152,733	0.19%	-0.72%
2045	994,437	1,144,071	0.17%	-0.75%
2046	995,957	1,135,101	0.15%	-0.78%
2047	997,319	1,125,881	0.14%	-0.81%
2048	998,544	1,116,431	0.12%	-0.84%
2049	999,530	1,106,794	0.1%	-0.86%
2050	1,000,244	1,097,042	0.07%	-0.88%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Mauritius gained 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -6,230 (a 0.49% decline).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th in 2025. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2005 and ranked 157th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Mauritius will decrease by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.