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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Oman	Mauritius	Oman
1960	680,331	530,485	-	-
1961	680,757	539,854	0.06%	1.77%
1962	700,349	549,941	2.88%	1.87%
1963	718,861	560,827	2.64%	1.98%
1964	736,381	572,577	2.44%	2.1%
1965	753,000	585,236	2.26%	2.21%
1966	768,813	598,804	2.1%	2.32%
1967	783,917	613,318	1.96%	2.42%
1968	798,413	628,798	1.85%	2.52%
1969	812,405	645,255	1.75%	2.62%
1970	826,000	662,680	1.67%	2.7%
1971	839,230	681,119	1.6%	2.78%
1972	852,053	700,593	1.53%	2.86%
1973	864,819	721,179	1.5%	2.94%
1974	878,042	746,988	1.53%	3.58%
1975	892,000	778,864	1.59%	4.27%
1976	906,507	814,701	1.63%	4.6%
1977	921,379	855,314	1.64%	4.99%
1978	933,499	900,304	1.32%	5.26%
1979	949,888	949,116	1.76%	5.42%
1980	966,039	1,001,248	1.7%	5.49%
1981	980,462	1,057,320	1.49%	5.6%
1982	992,521	1,117,678	1.23%	5.71%
1983	1,001,691	1,181,459	0.92%	5.71%
1984	1,012,221	1,247,716	1.05%	5.61%
1985	1,020,528	1,325,480	0.82%	6.23%
1986	1,028,360	1,413,419	0.77%	6.63%
1987	1,036,082	1,500,996	0.75%	6.2%
1988	1,043,239	1,588,568	0.69%	5.83%
1989	1,051,260	1,676,228	0.77%	5.52%
1990	1,058,775	1,763,954	0.71%	5.23%
1991	1,070,266	1,851,473	1.09%	4.96%
1992	1,084,441	1,938,238	1.32%	4.69%
1993	1,097,374	2,021,675	1.19%	4.3%
1994	1,112,846	2,081,834	1.41%	2.98%
1995	1,122,457	2,120,528	0.86%	1.86%
1996	1,133,996	2,156,926	1.03%	1.72%
1997	1,148,284	2,190,720	1.26%	1.57%
1998	1,160,421	2,222,489	1.06%	1.45%
1999	1,175,267	2,252,909	1.28%	1.37%
2000	1,186,873	2,282,131	0.99%	1.3%
2001	1,196,287	2,310,217	0.79%	1.23%
2002	1,204,621	2,337,140	0.7%	1.17%
2003	1,213,370	2,363,796	0.73%	1.14%
2004	1,221,003	2,404,821	0.63%	1.74%
2005	1,228,254	2,459,802	0.59%	2.29%
2006	1,233,996	2,514,795	0.47%	2.24%
2007	1,239,630	2,570,174	0.46%	2.2%
2008	1,244,121	2,626,529	0.36%	2.19%
2009	1,247,429	2,684,659	0.27%	2.21%
2010	1,250,400	2,757,446	0.24%	2.71%
2011	1,252,404	3,076,763	0.16%	11.6%
2012	1,255,882	3,547,106	0.28%	15.3%
2013	1,258,927	3,833,913	0.24%	8.09%
2014	1,261,208	4,002,439	0.18%	4.4%
2015	1,262,879	4,184,895	0.13%	4.56%
2016	1,263,747	4,390,877	0.07%	4.92%
2017	1,264,887	4,537,396	0.09%	3.34%
2018	1,265,577	4,597,877	0.05%	1.33%
2019	1,265,985	4,591,241	0.03%	-0.14%
2020	1,266,014	4,522,497	0.002%	-1.5%
2021	1,266,334	4,500,424	0.03%	-0.49%
2022	1,262,523	4,730,226	-0.3%	5.11%
2023	1,248,647	5,049,269	-1.1%	6.74%
2024	1,245,779	5,281,538	-0.23%	4.6%
2025	1,242,950	5,494,693	-0.23%	4.04%
2026	1,239,793	5,671,451	-0.25%	3.22%
2027	1,236,435	5,814,719	-0.27%	2.53%
2028	1,232,914	5,929,317	-0.28%	1.97%
2029	1,229,227	6,026,178	-0.3%	1.63%
2030	1,225,457	6,112,708	-0.31%	1.44%
2031	1,221,502	6,194,366	-0.32%	1.34%
2032	1,217,208	6,275,465	-0.35%	1.31%
2033	1,212,606	6,356,248	-0.38%	1.29%
2034	1,207,685	6,436,919	-0.41%	1.27%
2035	1,202,449	6,517,799	-0.43%	1.26%
2036	1,196,894	6,599,101	-0.46%	1.25%
2037	1,191,031	6,681,041	-0.49%	1.24%
2038	1,184,867	6,763,781	-0.52%	1.24%
2039	1,178,313	6,847,380	-0.55%	1.24%
2040	1,171,352	6,931,970	-0.59%	1.24%
2041	1,164,041	7,017,684	-0.62%	1.24%
2042	1,156,420	7,104,475	-0.65%	1.24%
2043	1,148,461	7,192,217	-0.69%	1.24%
2044	1,140,167	7,280,846	-0.72%	1.23%
2045	1,131,600	7,370,221	-0.75%	1.23%
2046	1,122,728	7,460,268	-0.78%	1.22%
2047	1,113,607	7,550,973	-0.81%	1.22%
2048	1,104,261	7,642,323	-0.84%	1.21%
2049	1,094,728	7,734,352	-0.86%	1.2%
2050	1,085,083	7,826,991	-0.88%	1.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Oman gained 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Oman's population increased by 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Oman was ranked 138th in 2006 and ranked 118th 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 Oman will increase by 38% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 118th to 113th.