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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Niger	Mauritius	Niger
1960	680,331	3,505,050	-	-
1961	680,757	3,608,162	0.06%	2.94%
1962	700,349	3,714,520	2.88%	2.95%
1963	718,861	3,823,873	2.64%	2.94%
1964	736,381	3,935,814	2.44%	2.93%
1965	753,000	4,049,695	2.26%	2.89%
1966	768,813	4,165,544	2.1%	2.86%
1967	783,917	4,283,590	1.96%	2.83%
1968	798,413	4,403,637	1.85%	2.8%
1969	812,405	4,525,725	1.75%	2.77%
1970	826,000	4,650,275	1.67%	2.75%
1971	839,230	4,776,225	1.6%	2.71%
1972	852,053	4,904,845	1.53%	2.69%
1973	864,819	5,037,865	1.5%	2.71%
1974	878,042	5,174,953	1.53%	2.72%
1975	892,000	5,317,019	1.59%	2.75%
1976	906,507	5,464,962	1.63%	2.78%
1977	921,379	5,619,716	1.64%	2.83%
1978	933,499	5,782,932	1.32%	2.9%
1979	949,888	5,955,556	1.76%	2.99%
1980	966,039	6,135,971	1.7%	3.03%
1981	980,462	6,322,006	1.49%	3.03%
1982	992,521	6,512,732	1.23%	3.02%
1983	1,001,691	6,708,644	0.92%	3.01%
1984	1,012,221	6,909,971	1.05%	3%
1985	1,020,528	7,118,457	0.82%	3.02%
1986	1,028,360	7,335,811	0.77%	3.05%
1987	1,036,082	7,561,150	0.75%	3.07%
1988	1,043,239	7,793,748	0.69%	3.08%
1989	1,051,260	8,034,780	0.77%	3.09%
1990	1,058,775	8,286,059	0.71%	3.13%
1991	1,070,266	8,546,900	1.09%	3.15%
1992	1,084,441	8,817,633	1.32%	3.17%
1993	1,097,374	9,100,789	1.19%	3.21%
1994	1,112,846	9,398,258	1.41%	3.27%
1995	1,122,457	9,714,529	0.86%	3.37%
1996	1,133,996	10,044,852	1.03%	3.4%
1997	1,148,284	10,383,969	1.26%	3.38%
1998	1,160,421	10,741,413	1.06%	3.44%
1999	1,175,267	11,117,411	1.28%	3.5%
2000	1,186,873	11,509,630	0.99%	3.53%
2001	1,196,287	11,920,647	0.79%	3.57%
2002	1,204,621	12,349,144	0.7%	3.59%
2003	1,213,370	12,796,984	0.73%	3.63%
2004	1,221,003	13,265,836	0.63%	3.66%
2005	1,228,254	13,756,192	0.59%	3.7%
2006	1,233,996	14,268,581	0.47%	3.72%
2007	1,239,630	14,803,610	0.46%	3.75%
2008	1,244,121	15,361,915	0.36%	3.77%
2009	1,247,429	15,943,675	0.27%	3.79%
2010	1,250,400	16,548,835	0.24%	3.8%
2011	1,252,404	17,176,283	0.16%	3.79%
2012	1,255,882	17,836,769	0.28%	3.85%
2013	1,258,927	18,519,898	0.24%	3.83%
2014	1,261,208	19,215,909	0.18%	3.76%
2015	1,262,879	19,939,498	0.13%	3.77%
2016	1,263,747	20,685,753	0.07%	3.74%
2017	1,264,887	21,435,446	0.09%	3.62%
2018	1,265,577	22,188,069	0.05%	3.51%
2019	1,265,985	22,947,757	0.03%	3.42%
2020	1,266,014	23,717,613	0.002%	3.35%
2021	1,266,334	24,502,140	0.03%	3.31%
2022	1,262,523	25,311,973	-0.3%	3.31%
2023	1,248,647	26,159,867	-1.1%	3.35%
2024	1,245,779	27,032,412	-0.23%	3.34%
2025	1,242,950	27,917,825	-0.23%	3.28%
2026	1,239,793	28,814,872	-0.25%	3.21%
2027	1,236,435	29,723,688	-0.27%	3.15%
2028	1,232,914	30,643,561	-0.28%	3.09%
2029	1,229,227	31,575,091	-0.3%	3.04%
2030	1,225,457	32,518,069	-0.31%	2.99%
2031	1,221,502	33,469,616	-0.32%	2.93%
2032	1,217,208	34,428,638	-0.35%	2.87%
2033	1,212,606	35,397,029	-0.38%	2.81%
2034	1,207,685	36,372,374	-0.41%	2.76%
2035	1,202,449	37,353,462	-0.43%	2.7%
2036	1,196,894	38,340,142	-0.46%	2.64%
2037	1,191,031	39,330,372	-0.49%	2.58%
2038	1,184,867	40,323,460	-0.52%	2.52%
2039	1,178,313	41,318,407	-0.55%	2.47%
2040	1,171,352	42,316,733	-0.59%	2.42%
2041	1,164,041	43,319,236	-0.62%	2.37%
2042	1,156,420	44,326,115	-0.65%	2.32%
2043	1,148,461	45,337,248	-0.69%	2.28%
2044	1,140,167	46,353,160	-0.72%	2.24%
2045	1,131,600	47,374,113	-0.75%	2.2%
2046	1,122,728	48,397,993	-0.78%	2.16%
2047	1,113,607	49,423,853	-0.81%	2.12%
2048	1,104,261	50,452,202	-0.84%	2.08%
2049	1,094,728	51,482,559	-0.86%	2.04%
2050	1,085,083	52,513,870	-0.88%	2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Niger gained 6,417,172 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Niger's population increased by 8,139,051 (a 39.3% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Niger was ranked 64th in 2006 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 82.2% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.