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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Nauru	Mauritius	Nauru
1960	680,331	4,607	-	-
1961	680,757	4,774	0.06%	3.62%
1962	700,349	4,979	2.88%	4.29%
1963	718,861	5,226	2.64%	4.96%
1964	736,381	5,515	2.44%	5.53%
1965	753,000	5,832	2.26%	5.75%
1966	768,813	6,043	2.1%	3.62%
1967	783,917	6,135	1.96%	1.52%
1968	798,413	6,328	1.85%	3.15%
1969	812,405	6,581	1.75%	4%
1970	826,000	6,710	1.67%	1.96%
1971	839,230	6,762	1.6%	0.77%
1972	852,053	6,812	1.53%	0.74%
1973	864,819	6,866	1.5%	0.79%
1974	878,042	6,923	1.53%	0.83%
1975	892,000	6,987	1.59%	0.92%
1976	906,507	7,064	1.63%	1.1%
1977	921,379	7,163	1.64%	1.4%
1978	933,499	7,298	1.32%	1.88%
1979	949,888	7,468	1.76%	2.33%
1980	966,039	7,649	1.7%	2.42%
1981	980,462	7,839	1.49%	2.48%
1982	992,521	8,040	1.23%	2.56%
1983	1,001,691	8,216	0.92%	2.19%
1984	1,012,221	8,377	1.05%	1.96%
1985	1,020,528	8,551	0.82%	2.08%
1986	1,028,360	8,742	0.77%	2.23%
1987	1,036,082	8,946	0.75%	2.33%
1988	1,043,239	9,165	0.69%	2.45%
1989	1,051,260	9,390	0.77%	2.45%
1990	1,058,775	9,622	0.71%	2.47%
1991	1,070,266	9,850	1.09%	2.37%
1992	1,084,441	10,021	1.32%	1.74%
1993	1,097,374	10,102	1.19%	0.81%
1994	1,112,846	10,137	1.41%	0.35%
1995	1,122,457	10,165	0.86%	0.28%
1996	1,133,996	10,183	1.03%	0.18%
1997	1,148,284	10,197	1.26%	0.14%
1998	1,160,421	10,198	1.06%	0.01%
1999	1,175,267	10,187	1.28%	-0.11%
2000	1,186,873	10,168	0.99%	-0.19%
2001	1,196,287	10,130	0.79%	-0.37%
2002	1,204,621	10,082	0.7%	-0.47%
2003	1,213,370	10,059	0.73%	-0.23%
2004	1,221,003	10,060	0.63%	0.01%
2005	1,228,254	10,049	0.59%	-0.11%
2006	1,233,996	10,034	0.47%	-0.15%
2007	1,239,630	10,020	0.46%	-0.14%
2008	1,244,121	10,009	0.36%	-0.11%
2009	1,247,429	10,016	0.27%	0.07%
2010	1,250,400	10,043	0.24%	0.27%
2011	1,252,404	10,098	0.16%	0.55%
2012	1,255,882	10,267	0.28%	1.67%
2013	1,258,927	10,517	0.24%	2.43%
2014	1,261,208	10,742	0.18%	2.14%
2015	1,262,879	10,954	0.13%	1.97%
2016	1,263,747	11,150	0.07%	1.79%
2017	1,264,887	11,324	0.09%	1.56%
2018	1,265,577	11,477	0.05%	1.35%
2019	1,265,985	11,587	0.03%	0.96%
2020	1,266,014	11,643	0.002%	0.48%
2021	1,266,334	11,709	0.03%	0.57%
2022	1,262,523	11,801	-0.3%	0.79%
2023	1,248,647	11,875	-1.1%	0.63%
2024	1,245,779	11,947	-0.23%	0.61%
2025	1,242,950	12,030	-0.23%	0.7%
2026	1,239,793	12,103	-0.25%	0.61%
2027	1,236,435	12,196	-0.27%	0.77%
2028	1,232,914	12,296	-0.28%	0.82%
2029	1,229,227	12,403	-0.3%	0.87%
2030	1,225,457	12,519	-0.31%	0.94%
2031	1,221,502	12,645	-0.32%	1%
2032	1,217,208	12,785	-0.35%	1.11%
2033	1,212,606	12,921	-0.38%	1.06%
2034	1,207,685	13,071	-0.41%	1.16%
2035	1,202,449	13,230	-0.43%	1.22%
2036	1,196,894	13,391	-0.46%	1.21%
2037	1,191,031	13,541	-0.49%	1.12%
2038	1,184,867	13,697	-0.52%	1.16%
2039	1,178,313	13,857	-0.55%	1.17%
2040	1,171,352	14,041	-0.59%	1.33%
2041	1,164,041	14,220	-0.62%	1.27%
2042	1,156,420	14,402	-0.65%	1.28%
2043	1,148,461	14,579	-0.69%	1.23%
2044	1,140,167	14,754	-0.72%	1.2%
2045	1,131,600	14,920	-0.75%	1.13%
2046	1,122,728	15,098	-0.78%	1.19%
2047	1,113,607	15,268	-0.81%	1.12%
2048	1,104,261	15,431	-0.84%	1.07%
2049	1,094,728	15,595	-0.86%	1.06%
2050	1,085,083	15,751	-0.88%	1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Nauru gained 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Nauru's population increased by 954 (a 8.56% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Nauru was ranked 196th in 2006 and ranked 195th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Nauru will increase by 30.1% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.