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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Palau	Mauritius	Palau
1960	680,331	9,328	-	-
1961	680,757	9,555	0.06%	2.43%
1962	700,349	9,793	2.88%	2.49%
1963	718,861	10,037	2.64%	2.49%
1964	736,381	10,292	2.44%	2.54%
1965	753,000	10,547	2.26%	2.48%
1966	768,813	10,805	2.1%	2.45%
1967	783,917	10,988	1.96%	1.69%
1968	798,413	11,080	1.85%	0.84%
1969	812,405	11,159	1.75%	0.71%
1970	826,000	11,368	1.67%	1.87%
1971	839,230	11,759	1.6%	3.44%
1972	852,053	12,194	1.53%	3.7%
1973	864,819	12,552	1.5%	2.94%
1974	878,042	12,687	1.53%	1.08%
1975	892,000	12,655	1.59%	-0.25%
1976	906,507	12,598	1.63%	-0.45%
1977	921,379	12,525	1.64%	-0.58%
1978	933,499	12,440	1.32%	-0.68%
1979	949,888	12,337	1.76%	-0.83%
1980	966,039	12,271	1.7%	-0.53%
1981	980,462	12,402	1.49%	1.07%
1982	992,521	12,694	1.23%	2.35%
1983	1,001,691	13,006	0.92%	2.46%
1984	1,012,221	13,337	1.05%	2.54%
1985	1,020,528	13,688	0.82%	2.63%
1986	1,028,360	14,024	0.77%	2.45%
1987	1,036,082	14,334	0.75%	2.21%
1988	1,043,239	14,645	0.69%	2.17%
1989	1,051,260	14,945	0.77%	2.05%
1990	1,058,775	15,259	0.71%	2.1%
1991	1,070,266	15,614	1.09%	2.33%
1992	1,084,441	15,989	1.32%	2.4%
1993	1,097,374	16,372	1.19%	2.4%
1994	1,112,846	16,770	1.41%	2.43%
1995	1,122,457	17,195	0.86%	2.53%
1996	1,133,996	17,654	1.03%	2.67%
1997	1,148,284	18,108	1.26%	2.57%
1998	1,160,421	18,524	1.06%	2.3%
1999	1,175,267	18,901	1.28%	2.04%
2000	1,186,873	19,178	0.99%	1.47%
2001	1,196,287	19,352	0.79%	0.91%
2002	1,204,621	19,503	0.7%	0.78%
2003	1,213,370	19,659	0.73%	0.8%
2004	1,221,003	19,820	0.63%	0.82%
2005	1,228,254	19,819	0.59%	-0.005%
2006	1,233,996	19,593	0.47%	-1.14%
2007	1,239,630	19,302	0.46%	-1.49%
2008	1,244,121	19,009	0.36%	-1.52%
2009	1,247,429	18,709	0.27%	-1.58%
2010	1,250,400	18,396	0.24%	-1.67%
2011	1,252,404	18,078	0.16%	-1.73%
2012	1,255,882	17,765	0.28%	-1.73%
2013	1,258,927	17,648	0.24%	-0.66%
2014	1,261,208	17,715	0.18%	0.38%
2015	1,262,879	17,770	0.13%	0.31%
2016	1,263,747	17,797	0.07%	0.15%
2017	1,264,887	17,812	0.09%	0.08%
2018	1,265,577	17,814	0.05%	0.01%
2019	1,265,985	17,798	0.03%	-0.09%
2020	1,266,014	17,792	0.002%	-0.03%
2021	1,266,334	17,783	0.03%	-0.05%
2022	1,262,523	17,759	-0.3%	-0.13%
2023	1,261,041	17,727	-0.12%	-0.18%
2024	1,259,509	17,695	-0.12%	-0.18%
2025	1,256,649	17,663	-0.23%	-0.18%
2026	1,253,457	17,618	-0.25%	-0.25%
2027	1,250,062	17,564	-0.27%	-0.31%
2028	1,246,502	17,504	-0.28%	-0.34%
2029	1,242,774	17,436	-0.3%	-0.39%
2030	1,238,963	17,376	-0.31%	-0.34%
2031	1,234,965	17,299	-0.32%	-0.44%
2032	1,230,623	17,228	-0.35%	-0.41%
2033	1,225,970	17,163	-0.38%	-0.38%
2034	1,220,995	17,092	-0.41%	-0.41%
2035	1,215,701	17,012	-0.43%	-0.47%
2036	1,210,085	16,940	-0.46%	-0.43%
2037	1,204,158	16,858	-0.49%	-0.48%
2038	1,197,926	16,779	-0.52%	-0.47%
2039	1,191,299	16,689	-0.55%	-0.54%
2040	1,184,262	16,604	-0.59%	-0.51%
2041	1,176,870	16,510	-0.62%	-0.57%
2042	1,169,165	16,403	-0.65%	-0.65%
2043	1,161,119	16,302	-0.69%	-0.61%
2044	1,152,733	16,202	-0.72%	-0.62%
2045	1,144,071	16,097	-0.75%	-0.65%
2046	1,135,101	15,977	-0.78%	-0.74%
2047	1,125,881	15,863	-0.81%	-0.71%
2048	1,116,431	15,749	-0.84%	-0.72%
2049	1,106,794	15,632	-0.86%	-0.74%
2050	1,097,042	15,515	-0.88%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.