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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Mozambique	Mauritius	Mozambique
1960	680,331	6,713,695	-	-
1961	680,757	6,834,936	0.06%	1.81%
1962	700,349	6,969,364	2.88%	1.97%
1963	718,861	7,109,828	2.64%	2.02%
1964	736,381	7,255,061	2.44%	2.04%
1965	753,000	7,406,421	2.26%	2.09%
1966	768,813	7,562,990	2.1%	2.11%
1967	783,917	7,724,550	1.96%	2.14%
1968	798,413	7,892,613	1.85%	2.18%
1969	812,405	8,066,951	1.75%	2.21%
1970	826,000	8,250,506	1.67%	2.28%
1971	839,230	8,456,317	1.6%	2.49%
1972	852,053	8,692,935	1.53%	2.8%
1973	864,819	8,954,242	1.5%	3.01%
1974	878,042	9,236,093	1.53%	3.15%
1975	892,000	9,540,817	1.59%	3.3%
1976	906,507	9,867,209	1.63%	3.42%
1977	921,379	10,224,975	1.64%	3.63%
1978	933,499	10,618,250	1.32%	3.85%
1979	949,888	11,028,809	1.76%	3.87%
1980	966,039	11,336,221	1.7%	2.79%
1981	980,462	11,568,127	1.49%	2.05%
1982	992,521	11,824,370	1.23%	2.22%
1983	1,001,691	12,073,822	0.92%	2.11%
1984	1,012,221	12,315,954	1.05%	2.01%
1985	1,020,528	12,548,949	0.82%	1.89%
1986	1,028,360	12,770,578	0.77%	1.77%
1987	1,036,082	12,822,574	0.75%	0.41%
1988	1,043,239	12,800,558	0.69%	-0.17%
1989	1,051,260	12,906,842	0.77%	0.83%
1990	1,058,775	13,094,537	0.71%	1.45%
1991	1,070,266	13,352,090	1.09%	1.97%
1992	1,084,441	13,613,316	1.32%	1.96%
1993	1,097,374	14,051,192	1.19%	3.22%
1994	1,112,846	15,033,853	1.41%	6.99%
1995	1,122,457	15,960,530	0.86%	6.16%
1996	1,133,996	16,492,480	1.03%	3.33%
1997	1,148,284	16,949,982	1.26%	2.77%
1998	1,160,421	17,340,464	1.06%	2.3%
1999	1,175,267	17,734,506	1.28%	2.27%
2000	1,186,873	18,129,653	0.99%	2.23%
2001	1,196,287	18,537,729	0.79%	2.25%
2002	1,204,621	18,958,338	0.7%	2.27%
2003	1,213,370	19,392,475	0.73%	2.29%
2004	1,221,003	19,840,313	0.63%	2.31%
2005	1,228,254	20,304,569	0.59%	2.34%
2006	1,233,996	20,787,087	0.47%	2.38%
2007	1,239,630	21,287,635	0.46%	2.41%
2008	1,244,121	21,819,036	0.36%	2.5%
2009	1,247,429	22,391,745	0.27%	2.62%
2010	1,250,400	22,999,235	0.24%	2.71%
2011	1,252,404	23,649,039	0.16%	2.83%
2012	1,255,882	24,337,846	0.28%	2.91%
2013	1,258,927	25,051,611	0.24%	2.93%
2014	1,261,208	25,788,475	0.18%	2.94%
2015	1,262,879	26,547,572	0.13%	2.94%
2016	1,263,747	27,337,105	0.07%	2.97%
2017	1,264,887	28,166,393	0.09%	3.03%
2018	1,265,577	29,018,644	0.05%	3.03%
2019	1,265,985	29,884,380	0.03%	2.98%
2020	1,266,014	30,783,688	0.002%	3.01%
2021	1,266,334	31,707,800	0.03%	3%
2022	1,262,523	32,656,246	-0.3%	2.99%
2023	1,261,041	33,635,160	-0.12%	3%
2024	1,259,509	34,631,766	-0.12%	2.96%
2025	1,256,649	35,631,656	-0.23%	2.89%
2026	1,253,457	36,639,853	-0.25%	2.83%
2027	1,250,062	37,668,656	-0.27%	2.81%
2028	1,246,502	38,714,097	-0.28%	2.78%
2029	1,242,774	39,774,947	-0.3%	2.74%
2030	1,238,963	40,846,749	-0.31%	2.69%
2031	1,234,965	41,931,250	-0.32%	2.66%
2032	1,230,623	43,032,887	-0.35%	2.63%
2033	1,225,970	44,144,533	-0.38%	2.58%
2034	1,220,995	45,273,522	-0.41%	2.56%
2035	1,215,701	46,411,774	-0.43%	2.51%
2036	1,210,085	47,548,671	-0.46%	2.45%
2037	1,204,158	48,684,563	-0.49%	2.39%
2038	1,197,926	49,822,039	-0.52%	2.34%
2039	1,191,299	50,971,124	-0.55%	2.31%
2040	1,184,262	52,124,215	-0.59%	2.26%
2041	1,176,870	53,271,004	-0.62%	2.2%
2042	1,169,165	54,423,407	-0.65%	2.16%
2043	1,161,119	55,574,711	-0.69%	2.12%
2044	1,152,733	56,716,585	-0.72%	2.05%
2045	1,144,071	57,851,787	-0.75%	2%
2046	1,135,101	58,981,102	-0.78%	1.95%
2047	1,125,881	60,117,587	-0.81%	1.93%
2048	1,116,431	61,254,584	-0.84%	1.89%
2049	1,106,794	62,397,018	-0.86%	1.87%
2050	1,097,042	63,530,955	-0.88%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.