The current population of Mauritius is 1,256,649 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,259,509 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Mauritius accounts for 0.02% of the world's population.
- Mauritius' population peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and has been in decline since.
- The UN estimates that Mauritius' population is going to decline by -12.7% to 1.1M people by 2050.
- Mauritius is ranked 157/197 by population and was ranked 151st in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of 0.12% per year.
Mauritius population clock
Mauritius
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1256649
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 157/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | N/A |
| One net population change |
5.72 hours
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0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
40.9 minutes
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
44.3 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,532 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
3.14 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -2,787 | N/A |
Mauritius population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 680,331 | - |
| 1961 | 680,757 | 0.06% |
| 1962 | 700,349 | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 718,861 | 2.64% |
| 1964 | 736,381 | 2.44% |
| 1965 | 753,000 | 2.26% |
| 1966 | 768,813 | 2.1% |
| 1967 | 783,917 | 1.96% |
| 1968 | 798,413 | 1.85% |
| 1969 | 812,405 | 1.75% |
| 1970 | 826,000 | 1.67% |
| 1971 | 839,230 | 1.6% |
| 1972 | 852,053 | 1.53% |
| 1973 | 864,819 | 1.5% |
| 1974 | 878,042 | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 892,000 | 1.59% |
| 1976 | 906,507 | 1.63% |
| 1977 | 921,379 | 1.64% |
| 1978 | 933,499 | 1.32% |
| 1979 | 949,888 | 1.76% |
| 1980 | 966,039 | 1.7% |
| 1981 | 980,462 | 1.49% |
| 1982 | 992,521 | 1.23% |
| 1983 | 1,001,691 | 0.92% |
| 1984 | 1,012,221 | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 1,020,528 | 0.82% |
| 1986 | 1,028,360 | 0.77% |
| 1987 | 1,036,082 | 0.75% |
| 1988 | 1,043,239 | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 1,051,260 | 0.77% |
| 1990 | 1,058,775 | 0.71% |
| 1991 | 1,070,266 | 1.09% |
| 1992 | 1,084,441 | 1.32% |
| 1993 | 1,097,374 | 1.19% |
| 1994 | 1,112,846 | 1.41% |
| 1995 | 1,122,457 | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 1,133,996 | 1.03% |
| 1997 | 1,148,284 | 1.26% |
| 1998 | 1,160,421 | 1.06% |
| 1999 | 1,175,267 | 1.28% |
| 2000 | 1,186,873 | 0.99% |
| 2001 | 1,196,287 | 0.79% |
| 2002 | 1,204,621 | 0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,213,370 | 0.73% |
| 2004 | 1,221,003 | 0.63% |
| 2005 | 1,228,254 | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 1,233,996 | 0.47% |
| 2007 | 1,239,630 | 0.46% |
| 2008 | 1,244,121 | 0.36% |
| 2009 | 1,247,429 | 0.27% |
| 2010 | 1,250,400 | 0.24% |
| 2011 | 1,252,404 | 0.16% |
| 2012 | 1,255,882 | 0.28% |
| 2013 | 1,258,927 | 0.24% |
| 2014 | 1,261,208 | 0.18% |
| 2015 | 1,262,879 | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 1,263,747 | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 1,264,887 | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 1,265,577 | 0.05% |
| 2019 | 1,265,985 | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 1,266,014 | 0.002% |
| 2021 | 1,266,334 | 0.03% |
| 2022 | 1,262,523 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,261,041 | -0.12% |
| 2024 | 1,259,509 | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 1,256,649 | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 1,253,457 | -0.25% |
| 2027 | 1,250,062 | -0.27% |
| 2028 | 1,246,502 | -0.28% |
| 2029 | 1,242,774 | -0.3% |
| 2030 | 1,238,963 | -0.31% |
| 2031 | 1,234,965 | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 1,230,623 | -0.35% |
| 2033 | 1,225,970 | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 1,220,995 | -0.41% |
| 2035 | 1,215,701 | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 1,210,085 | -0.46% |
| 2037 | 1,204,158 | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 1,197,926 | -0.52% |
| 2039 | 1,191,299 | -0.55% |
| 2040 | 1,184,262 | -0.59% |
| 2041 | 1,176,870 | -0.62% |
| 2042 | 1,169,165 | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 1,161,119 | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 1,152,733 | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 1,144,071 | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 1,135,101 | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 1,125,881 | -0.81% |
| 2048 | 1,116,431 | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 1,106,794 | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 1,097,042 | -0.88% |
Mauritius has a population of 1.26M as of 2025, compared to 1.26M in 2015, 1.23M in 2005, and 1.12M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.05% per year. Mauritius is ranked 167th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Mauritius will have 1,144,071 people (-8.96% decline) with a rank change from 157th to 160th.
By the year 2100, Mauritius' population is projected to decline by 54.1% to 576K people.
Largest cities by population
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Mauritius
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
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Mauritius population statistics
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Mauritius
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 39.2 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,634 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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