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	1,261,041	26,159,867	-0.12%	3.35%
2024	1,259,509	27,032,412	-0.12%	3.34%
2025	1,256,649	27,917,825	-0.23%	3.28%
2026	1,253,457	28,814,872	-0.25%	3.21%
2027	1,250,062	29,723,688	-0.27%	3.15%
2028	1,246,502	30,643,561	-0.28%	3.09%
2029	1,242,774	31,575,091	-0.3%	3.04%
2030	1,238,963	32,518,069	-0.31%	2.99%
2031	1,234,965	33,469,616	-0.32%	2.93%
2032	1,230,623	34,428,638	-0.35%	2.87%
2033	1,225,970	35,397,029	-0.38%	2.81%
2034	1,220,995	36,372,374	-0.41%	2.76%
2035	1,215,701	37,353,462	-0.43%	2.7%
2036	1,210,085	38,340,142	-0.46%	2.64%
2037	1,204,158	39,330,372	-0.49%	2.58%
2038	1,197,926	40,323,460	-0.52%	2.52%
2039	1,191,299	41,318,407	-0.55%	2.47%
2040	1,184,262	42,316,733	-0.59%	2.42%
2041	1,176,870	43,319,236	-0.62%	2.37%
2042	1,169,165	44,326,115	-0.65%	2.32%
2043	1,161,119	45,337,248	-0.69%	2.28%
2044	1,152,733	46,353,160	-0.72%	2.24%
2045	1,144,071	47,374,113	-0.75%	2.2%
2046	1,135,101	48,397,993	-0.78%	2.16%
2047	1,125,881	49,423,853	-0.81%	2.12%
2048	1,116,431	50,452,202	-0.84%	2.08%
2049	1,106,794	51,482,559	-0.86%	2.04%
2050	1,097,042	52,513,870	-0.88%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.