Population in Mauritius compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mauritius and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	New Zealand	Mauritius	New Zealand
1960	680,331	2,371,800	-	-
1961	680,757	2,419,700	0.06%	2.02%
1962	700,349	2,482,000	2.88%	2.57%
1963	718,861	2,531,800	2.64%	2.01%
1964	736,381	2,585,400	2.44%	2.12%
1965	753,000	2,628,400	2.26%	1.66%
1966	768,813	2,675,900	2.1%	1.81%
1967	783,917	2,724,100	1.96%	1.8%
1968	798,413	2,748,100	1.85%	0.88%
1969	812,405	2,772,800	1.75%	0.9%
1970	826,000	2,810,700	1.67%	1.37%
1971	839,230	2,853,000	1.6%	1.5%
1972	852,053	2,903,900	1.53%	1.78%
1973	864,819	2,961,300	1.5%	1.98%
1974	878,042	3,023,700	1.53%	2.11%
1975	892,000	3,083,100	1.59%	1.96%
1976	906,507	3,110,500	1.63%	0.89%
1977	921,379	3,120,200	1.64%	0.31%
1978	933,499	3,121,200	1.32%	0.03%
1979	949,888	3,109,000	1.76%	-0.39%
1980	966,039	3,112,900	1.7%	0.13%
1981	980,462	3,124,900	1.49%	0.39%
1982	992,521	3,156,100	1.23%	1%
1983	1,001,691	3,199,300	0.92%	1.37%
1984	1,012,221	3,227,100	1.05%	0.87%
1985	1,020,528	3,247,100	0.82%	0.62%
1986	1,028,360	3,246,300	0.77%	-0.02%
1987	1,036,082	3,274,400	0.75%	0.87%
1988	1,043,239	3,283,400	0.69%	0.27%
1989	1,051,260	3,299,200	0.77%	0.48%
1990	1,058,775	3,329,800	0.71%	0.93%
1991	1,070,266	3,495,100	1.09%	4.96%
1992	1,084,441	3,531,700	1.32%	1.05%
1993	1,097,374	3,572,200	1.19%	1.15%
1994	1,112,846	3,620,000	1.41%	1.34%
1995	1,122,457	3,673,400	0.86%	1.48%
1996	1,133,996	3,732,000	1.03%	1.6%
1997	1,148,284	3,781,300	1.26%	1.32%
1998	1,160,421	3,815,000	1.06%	0.89%
1999	1,175,267	3,835,100	1.28%	0.53%
2000	1,186,873	3,857,700	0.99%	0.59%
2001	1,196,287	3,880,500	0.79%	0.59%
2002	1,204,621	3,948,500	0.7%	1.75%
2003	1,213,370	4,027,200	0.73%	1.99%
2004	1,221,003	4,087,500	0.63%	1.5%
2005	1,228,254	4,133,900	0.59%	1.14%
2006	1,233,996	4,184,600	0.47%	1.23%
2007	1,239,630	4,223,800	0.46%	0.94%
2008	1,244,121	4,259,800	0.36%	0.85%
2009	1,247,429	4,302,600	0.27%	1%
2010	1,250,400	4,350,700	0.24%	1.12%
2011	1,252,404	4,384,000	0.16%	0.77%
2012	1,255,882	4,408,100	0.28%	0.55%
2013	1,258,927	4,442,100	0.24%	0.77%
2014	1,261,208	4,516,500	0.18%	1.67%
2015	1,262,879	4,609,400	0.13%	2.06%
2016	1,263,747	4,714,100	0.07%	2.27%
2017	1,264,887	4,813,600	0.09%	2.11%
2018	1,265,577	4,900,600	0.05%	1.81%
2019	1,265,985	4,970,300	0.03%	1.42%
2020	1,266,014	5,072,400	0.002%	2.05%
2021	1,266,334	5,084,600	0.03%	0.24%
2022	1,262,523	5,081,700	-0.3%	-0.06%
2023	1,248,647	5,200,000	-1.1%	2.33%
2024	1,245,779	5,287,500	-0.23%	1.68%
2025	1,242,950	5,325,989	-0.23%	0.73%
2026	1,239,793	5,362,071	-0.25%	0.68%
2027	1,236,435	5,395,933	-0.27%	0.63%
2028	1,232,914	5,427,327	-0.28%	0.58%
2029	1,229,227	5,456,502	-0.3%	0.54%
2030	1,225,457	5,483,630	-0.31%	0.5%
2031	1,221,502	5,509,118	-0.32%	0.46%
2032	1,217,208	5,533,087	-0.35%	0.44%
2033	1,212,606	5,555,912	-0.38%	0.41%
2034	1,207,685	5,577,658	-0.41%	0.39%
2035	1,202,449	5,598,481	-0.43%	0.37%
2036	1,196,894	5,618,949	-0.46%	0.37%
2037	1,191,031	5,638,796	-0.49%	0.35%
2038	1,184,867	5,658,606	-0.52%	0.35%
2039	1,178,313	5,677,983	-0.55%	0.34%
2040	1,171,352	5,696,537	-0.59%	0.33%
2041	1,164,041	5,715,286	-0.62%	0.33%
2042	1,156,420	5,733,881	-0.65%	0.33%
2043	1,148,461	5,750,997	-0.69%	0.3%
2044	1,140,167	5,766,545	-0.72%	0.27%
2045	1,131,600	5,780,970	-0.75%	0.25%
2046	1,122,728	5,794,046	-0.78%	0.23%
2047	1,113,607	5,805,663	-0.81%	0.2%
2048	1,104,261	5,816,692	-0.84%	0.19%
2049	1,094,728	5,826,512	-0.86%	0.17%
2050	1,085,083	5,836,471	-0.88%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.