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	1,261,041	11,875	-0.12%	0.63%
2024	1,259,509	11,947	-0.12%	0.61%
2025	1,256,649	12,030	-0.23%	0.7%
2026	1,253,457	12,103	-0.25%	0.61%
2027	1,250,062	12,196	-0.27%	0.77%
2028	1,246,502	12,296	-0.28%	0.82%
2029	1,242,774	12,403	-0.3%	0.87%
2030	1,238,963	12,519	-0.31%	0.94%
2031	1,234,965	12,645	-0.32%	1%
2032	1,230,623	12,785	-0.35%	1.11%
2033	1,225,970	12,921	-0.38%	1.06%
2034	1,220,995	13,071	-0.41%	1.16%
2035	1,215,701	13,230	-0.43%	1.22%
2036	1,210,085	13,391	-0.46%	1.21%
2037	1,204,158	13,541	-0.49%	1.12%
2038	1,197,926	13,697	-0.52%	1.16%
2039	1,191,299	13,857	-0.55%	1.17%
2040	1,184,262	14,041	-0.59%	1.33%
2041	1,176,870	14,220	-0.62%	1.27%
2042	1,169,165	14,402	-0.65%	1.28%
2043	1,161,119	14,579	-0.69%	1.23%
2044	1,152,733	14,754	-0.72%	1.2%
2045	1,144,071	14,920	-0.75%	1.13%
2046	1,135,101	15,098	-0.78%	1.19%
2047	1,125,881	15,268	-0.81%	1.12%
2048	1,116,431	15,431	-0.84%	1.07%
2049	1,106,794	15,595	-0.86%	1.06%
2050	1,097,042	15,751	-0.88%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.