The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,259,509 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,256,649 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.
Population statistics:
- The Netherlands' population is 14.5 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.02% for Mauritius vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
- For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of +0.004% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
- Since 2005, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.26M (2.31% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
- The Netherlands is projected to reach its peak in 2041 at 18.8M people, while Mauritius' population already peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and is projected to decrease to 576K people by 2100.
Mauritius vs Netherlands: live population counter
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| Current population |
1256649
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18191638
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| Population rank | 157/197 | 72/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.22% |
| One net population change |
5.72 hours
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4.49 minutes
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| One birth every |
40.9 minutes
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3.2 minutes
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| One death every |
44.3 minutes
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3.09 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.14 hours
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4.32 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,787 | +121,628 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +321 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,532 | +117,120 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.66% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 122/197 |
Mauritius and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 1,261,041 | 17,877,117 | -0.12% | 1% |
| 2024 | 1,259,509 | 17,994,237 | -0.12% | 0.66% |
| 2025 | 1,256,649 | 18,110,800 | -0.23% | 0.65% |
| 2026 | 1,253,457 | 18,211,436 | -0.25% | 0.56% |
| 2027 | 1,250,062 | 18,299,531 | -0.27% | 0.48% |
| 2028 | 1,246,502 | 18,379,573 | -0.28% | 0.44% |
| 2029 | 1,242,774 | 18,452,044 | -0.3% | 0.39% |
| 2030 | 1,238,963 | 18,515,913 | -0.31% | 0.35% |
| 2031 | 1,234,965 | 18,571,934 | -0.32% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 1,230,623 | 18,621,087 | -0.35% | 0.26% |
| 2033 | 1,225,970 | 18,664,975 | -0.38% | 0.24% |
| 2034 | 1,220,995 | 18,702,456 | -0.41% | 0.2% |
| 2035 | 1,215,701 | 18,733,223 | -0.43% | 0.16% |
| 2036 | 1,210,085 | 18,760,054 | -0.46% | 0.14% |
| 2037 | 1,204,158 | 18,781,793 | -0.49% | 0.12% |
| 2038 | 1,197,926 | 18,798,283 | -0.52% | 0.09% |
| 2039 | 1,191,299 | 18,810,276 | -0.55% | 0.06% |
| 2040 | 1,184,262 | 18,817,745 | -0.59% | 0.04% |
| 2041 | 1,176,870 | 18,820,870 | -0.62% | 0.02% |
| 2042 | 1,169,165 | 18,819,607 | -0.65% | -0.007% |
| 2043 | 1,161,119 | 18,815,261 | -0.69% | -0.02% |
| 2044 | 1,152,733 | 18,807,564 | -0.72% | -0.04% |
| 2045 | 1,144,071 | 18,797,005 | -0.75% | -0.06% |
| 2046 | 1,135,101 | 18,785,724 | -0.78% | -0.06% |
| 2047 | 1,125,881 | 18,771,651 | -0.81% | -0.07% |
| 2048 | 1,116,431 | 18,754,325 | -0.84% | -0.09% |
| 2049 | 1,106,794 | 18,735,299 | -0.86% | -0.1% |
| 2050 | 1,097,042 | 18,714,579 | -0.88% | -0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).
Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
| Triolet | 23.4K |
| Goodlands | 20.7K |
| Centre de Flacq | 15.8K |
| Mahebourg | 15.8K |
| Bambous | 15.3K |
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Population differences between Mauritius and the Netherlands
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| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 82.4 years |
| Average age | 39.2 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 38.5 years | 42.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.9:50.1 | 49.7:50.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.39 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,634 ppl/mi² | 1,384 ppl/mi² |
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