Population in Mauritius compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Netherlands	Mauritius	Netherlands
1960	680,331	11,486,631	-	-
1961	680,757	11,638,712	0.06%	1.32%
1962	700,349	11,805,689	2.88%	1.43%
1963	718,861	11,965,966	2.64%	1.36%
1964	736,381	12,127,120	2.44%	1.35%
1965	753,000	12,294,732	2.26%	1.38%
1966	768,813	12,456,251	2.1%	1.31%
1967	783,917	12,598,201	1.96%	1.14%
1968	798,413	12,729,721	1.85%	1.04%
1969	812,405	12,877,984	1.75%	1.16%
1970	826,000	13,038,526	1.67%	1.25%
1971	839,230	13,194,497	1.6%	1.2%
1972	852,053	13,328,593	1.53%	1.02%
1973	864,819	13,439,322	1.5%	0.83%
1974	878,042	13,545,056	1.53%	0.79%
1975	892,000	13,666,335	1.59%	0.9%
1976	906,507	13,774,037	1.63%	0.79%
1977	921,379	13,856,185	1.64%	0.6%
1978	933,499	13,941,700	1.32%	0.62%
1979	949,888	14,038,270	1.76%	0.69%
1980	966,039	14,149,800	1.7%	0.79%
1981	980,462	14,247,208	1.49%	0.69%
1982	992,521	14,312,690	1.23%	0.46%
1983	1,001,691	14,367,070	0.92%	0.38%
1984	1,012,221	14,424,211	1.05%	0.4%
1985	1,020,528	14,491,632	0.82%	0.47%
1986	1,028,360	14,572,278	0.77%	0.56%
1987	1,036,082	14,665,037	0.75%	0.64%
1988	1,043,239	14,760,094	0.69%	0.65%
1989	1,051,260	14,848,907	0.77%	0.6%
1990	1,058,775	14,951,510	0.71%	0.69%
1991	1,070,266	15,069,798	1.09%	0.79%
1992	1,084,441	15,184,166	1.32%	0.76%
1993	1,097,374	15,290,368	1.19%	0.7%
1994	1,112,846	15,382,838	1.41%	0.6%
1995	1,122,457	15,459,006	0.86%	0.5%
1996	1,133,996	15,530,498	1.03%	0.46%
1997	1,148,284	15,610,650	1.26%	0.52%
1998	1,160,421	15,707,209	1.06%	0.62%
1999	1,175,267	15,812,088	1.28%	0.67%
2000	1,186,873	15,925,513	0.99%	0.72%
2001	1,196,287	16,046,180	0.79%	0.76%
2002	1,204,621	16,148,929	0.7%	0.64%
2003	1,213,370	16,225,302	0.73%	0.47%
2004	1,221,003	16,281,779	0.63%	0.35%
2005	1,228,254	16,319,868	0.59%	0.23%
2006	1,233,996	16,346,101	0.47%	0.16%
2007	1,239,630	16,381,696	0.46%	0.22%
2008	1,244,121	16,445,593	0.36%	0.39%
2009	1,247,429	16,530,388	0.27%	0.52%
2010	1,250,400	16,615,394	0.24%	0.51%
2011	1,252,404	16,693,074	0.16%	0.47%
2012	1,255,882	16,754,962	0.28%	0.37%
2013	1,258,927	16,804,432	0.24%	0.3%
2014	1,261,208	16,865,008	0.18%	0.36%
2015	1,262,879	16,939,923	0.13%	0.44%
2016	1,263,747	17,030,314	0.07%	0.53%
2017	1,264,887	17,131,296	0.09%	0.59%
2018	1,265,577	17,231,624	0.05%	0.59%
2019	1,265,985	17,344,874	0.03%	0.66%
2020	1,266,014	17,441,500	0.002%	0.56%
2021	1,266,334	17,533,044	0.03%	0.52%
2022	1,262,523	17,700,982	-0.3%	0.96%
2023	1,248,647	17,877,117	-1.1%	1%
2024	1,245,779	17,993,485	-0.23%	0.65%
2025	1,242,950	18,110,044	-0.23%	0.65%
2026	1,239,793	18,210,675	-0.25%	0.56%
2027	1,236,435	18,298,766	-0.27%	0.48%
2028	1,232,914	18,378,805	-0.28%	0.44%
2029	1,229,227	18,451,273	-0.3%	0.39%
2030	1,225,457	18,515,139	-0.31%	0.35%
2031	1,221,502	18,571,158	-0.32%	0.3%
2032	1,217,208	18,620,309	-0.35%	0.26%
2033	1,212,606	18,664,195	-0.38%	0.24%
2034	1,207,685	18,701,674	-0.41%	0.2%
2035	1,202,449	18,732,440	-0.43%	0.16%
2036	1,196,894	18,759,270	-0.46%	0.14%
2037	1,191,031	18,781,008	-0.49%	0.12%
2038	1,184,867	18,797,497	-0.52%	0.09%
2039	1,178,313	18,809,490	-0.55%	0.06%
2040	1,171,352	18,816,959	-0.59%	0.04%
2041	1,164,041	18,820,083	-0.62%	0.02%
2042	1,156,420	18,818,821	-0.65%	-0.007%
2043	1,148,461	18,814,475	-0.69%	-0.02%
2044	1,140,167	18,806,778	-0.72%	-0.04%
2045	1,131,600	18,796,219	-0.75%	-0.06%
2046	1,122,728	18,784,939	-0.78%	-0.06%
2047	1,113,607	18,770,867	-0.81%	-0.07%
2048	1,104,261	18,753,541	-0.84%	-0.09%
2049	1,094,728	18,734,516	-0.86%	-0.1%
2050	1,085,083	18,713,797	-0.88%	-0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while the Netherlands gained 684,213 people (a 4.19% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,181,323 (a 6.94% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2006 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.76% to 18,713,797 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.